New E85 owner! (and question) PHOTO NOW ADDED

[jumeeno]

Morning all!

I have just put down a deposit on a 2006 roadster and cannot wait to take delivery! The only niggle with the car is the drivers door handle - everything else was exactly as I wanted, hence not being put off by this. To open the drivers door, you have to really pull the handle really rather firmly and I'm told that the cable inside is broken/breaking.

Does anyone have experience of this? Any ideas of whether it's likely to go altogether and maybe more importantly, any ideas around the costs involved in getting a specialist to resolve?

Many thanks

[enuff_zed]

Good morning and welcome to the forum.

Firstly I should warn you that there'll be myriad requests for photos of your car.

Stuart (Bigwinn) did a thread on how to repair the stretched cable. That should be your starting point I think.
I'll have a search for it.

[enuff_zed]

Here you go.
viewtopic.php?p=1867951#p1867951

[jumeeno]

Fantastic, thank you very much.

Trust me, once the car has arrived there will be no shortage of photos I am sure! It's in Alpine White so I'm wondering if it's already known, as I get the impression that these aren't too common.

Will go take a look at that thread - thanks again

[enuff_zed]

Fantastic, thank you very much.

Trust me, once the car has arrived there will be no shortage of photos I am sure! It's in Alpine White so I'm wondering if it's already known, as I get the impression that these aren't too common.

Will go take a look at that thread - thanks again

No problems.
I will just add the caveat that if the cable is snapped then it's slightly more work, but plenty on here have done it.
If you do your own work it isn't too difficult. If not then there's a chance, depending on where you are, that someone may be able to assist.

What model, engine, spec, etc, are you getting?

[jumeeno]

I am so far from being mechanically minded, it's unreal. I've emailed a few companies to get a ballpark of how much they'd charge (I'd imagine labour will be the big ticket, rather than parts). So no urgent rush, just looking to get an idea at this stage.

The car is a 2006 2.5si Sport in Alpine White. I'd never seen one during my on-off search over the past 6 or so months, so when it came up I had to view.

[bigwinn]

Alpine white is a colour i hanker for on a z4

Welcome

If you are near me in the midlands I’ll happily help fix it if you don’t want to go dealer/garage route?

[sw4nny]

Hi and welcome along,before any repairs are done to the cable give the door catch and lock a good clean,this may be all it takes to solve the issue,if it doesnt nothing lost it has worked for me in the past.

[jumeeno]

If you are near me in the midlands I’ll happily help fix it if you don’t want to go dealer/garage route?

This is super kind - thank you very much. Everyone is so helpful! I'm in Nottingham so have sent a handful of queries to specialists in the local area for their thoughts, so will update you when I hear back and can go from there

[bigwinn]

Ah mate just over the a46

Always welcome here just drop us a line

[jumeeno]

Ah mate just over the a46

Always welcome here just drop us a line

Awesome - thanks again

[enuff_zed]

Ah mate just over the a46

Always welcome here just drop us a line

Awesome - thanks again

Sounds like you may have found a much cheaper option.
Just be careful Stuart doesn't try to sell you one of his fleet while you're there.

[Mr Tidy]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

It's good to see you should be able to get the door handle sorted fairly painlessly. And you are right, there aren't many white E85s around - loads of white E89s though. I supposed white just came back into fashion!

Anyway we'd love to see some photos once you have collected it.

[jumeeno]

Hi and thanks All being well, collection and photos next weekend. Fingers crossed!

[jumeeno]

Photo now added