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Another new arrival in the Pond house
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- Lifer
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Never, ever thought I would be buying one of these!
Picked up this afternoon. Not too bad actually, apart from being a bit weird inside:
Picked up this afternoon. Not too bad actually, apart from being a bit weird inside:
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Mr Tidy
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Congratulations Andrew.
Mrs Tidy bought an R56 Cooper at the launch event in 2006 and they are great to rag around (when the owner isn't with you).
Mrs Tidy bought an R56 Cooper at the launch event in 2006 and they are great to rag around (when the owner isn't with you).
Coupes because stunning!
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
Gone - Ruby Black
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- Lifer
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Be alright when you get out.
- pvr
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Current:
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Not a bad looking car. I can’t believe you actually made a decision
Current:
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
911-50 Black - unique spec
X5M - 575 hp of fun in a V8
Abarth 595 Comp.
Golf Clipper - collectors item
Z4 3.0si Black Sapphire
VW ID.3
Previous:
Z4M Silver Grey - non flimper spec (gone to Bing)
Z4 3.0 Toledo
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
look at all that shiny chrome!
it's like something out of the 70's!
it's like something out of the 70's!
E85 3.0i roadie (03) 'Benny'. E93 320d M-Sport Cabrio (11) 'Bob'.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
This will be your main car now then!
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
I do think John Cooper would spin in his grave if he could see how his name has been reduced to a simple sales gimmick and plastered over everything. I used to live about 5 miles from his garage in East Preston and the 'proper' Mini's he had in there were awesome machines. Now it's just a sales badge.
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- Lifer
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
It's not mine. I just paid for it. Daughter's first car. Spoilt brats we have brought up these days. I never got bought sod all!
It was assembled at Cowley, so within earshot of where my kids were born too (JR hospital Headington Oxford).
Last edited by Pondrew on Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Lifer
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Ah but that's the legacy of the British car industry being so utterly shite in the 80s and 90s. BMW bought the rights to all of it for a fiver IIRC (or was that the Chinese with MG)?enuff_zed wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:03 pm I do think John Cooper would spin in his grave if he could see how his name has been reduced to a simple sales gimmick and plastered over everything. I used to live about 5 miles from his garage in East Preston and the 'proper' Mini's he had in there were awesome machines. Now it's just a sales badge.
Still keeping Cowley and Swindon in jobs, though. I would bet those sites would be crappy flats now if Rover had remained.
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Lifer
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- Joined: Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:20 pm
- Location: Spaldingski
Another new arrival in the Pond house
All good things come to those who wait. I'm really impatient which explains a lot.
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
F31 320i. Good car.
E89 20i Now fully dried
Z3 'free litre'. Project and a half. Complicated!
Mazda3 sold
Tatty old R56 Mini Cooper. Money pit!
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- Lifer
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
Just don't let anyone that knows you actually see you in it and you will be fine.
G29 M30i M Sport San Francisco Red
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Another new arrival in the Pond house
We had one of those for a few years not many problems.
In case you don't know these use a bit of oil and bmw think that 1litre every thousand miles is acceptable. Luckily ours wasn't quite that bad but was still about 500ml every thousand miles.
Rear calipers seize up, can be changed quite easily and cheaply.
Thermostat housing is plastic and is made of 2 parts bonded together. They split apart and dump all yge coolant when they feel like it. Ours done it twice.
Not great on fuel for such a small car.
In case you don't know these use a bit of oil and bmw think that 1litre every thousand miles is acceptable. Luckily ours wasn't quite that bad but was still about 500ml every thousand miles.
Rear calipers seize up, can be changed quite easily and cheaply.
Thermostat housing is plastic and is made of 2 parts bonded together. They split apart and dump all yge coolant when they feel like it. Ours done it twice.
Not great on fuel for such a small car.
E89 2014 35i M Sport Black with Black leather