Recent content by Nick177

I,ve always fancied a late 28i Valencia Orange E89, and I found one at Sytner’s in Wolverhampton.I live in Newcastle,so once I had agreed a deal to sell my E86 3.0Si Coupe to Zachery Luke in Northampton, it was agreed that I would drive down to Northampton to deliver the car. On the way down I...

10 weeks ago I was hit from behind on the A1 near Greetham in Rutland. The driver of the White Transit was Rumanian and didn’t speak English. Fortunately he was insured and worked for Amazon. The third party insurance admitted 100% liability, but it still took 9 weeks to repair my car. Both...

My car is going into BMW for a rear end repair. Does anyone have a Left Hand Rear Bumper attachment 51127165177 Nick

My car was involved in an RTA 6 weeks ago. At last, the third party insurance have been in touch with me and will be picking my car up for inspection. In the event that my car could be scrapped, I need a cheap set of wheels and tyres to replace my set of Veeman 359’s. Has anybody in the north...

The centre caps on my old MV2’s were purchased from BMW 10 months ago, fit perfectly on my new VC359’s

For Sale 4x Anthracite Staggered MV2’s. I’ve run them on my car for the last 10 months with no issues.Tyres never lost any pressure. Fronts are 18”x 8” 225/40/18 non run flat Roadcruze RA710. 5mm tread Rears are. 18”x 8.5” 255/35/18 RFT Bridgestone Potenza. 5mm tread The wheel faces have a...

Hi Bill I’ve sent you a message.

After nearly a 5 month wait, I’ve finally got a set of Veeman VC359’s 18” 9.5” rear 8.5 front fitted. Just need to order some centre caps and M badges. I got them from LK Performance in Cleckheaton.The wait was certainly worth it. I,ve now got a set of Grey MV2’s 18” which I,ll put in the for...

Washed the Z this morning and its great in the sunshine. I,ve had 2 trade in prices from dealers desperate for stock. £150 more than I paid for it 15 months ago. I’d love to trade up to a 40i, or even how mad is this go for my 2nd love an E86 coupe and mint it up to concours level. Man maths in...

This arrived today, 5L Ultima Plus Extreme Iron Fallout remover £19.99 including postage,very good value.Does Wheels and paintwork.

Yesterday, I had just finished a round of golf. The car had been parked up locked for 3 hours. I pressed the key fob to open the car and nothing happened. I tried a few more times, still no joy. Being a newish owner I didn’t know how to use the manual key, so I looked it up on google, and then...

This video ‘Everyone’s dad has owned a Ford Cortina’ on YouTube is, Clarkson May and Hammond at their best. I learnt to drive in my dad’s Ford Cortina Mk2 Estate, and years later I owned a Daytona Yellow Ford Cortina Mk3 1600 GXL. https://youtu.be/tifJ3BriD6w

Last night the wife and I had a drive out to Holy Island to do a bit of Star gazing. We managed to see quite clearly The Moon, Mars,Saturn and Jupiter all above the same horizon. Even the ISS made a visit. On the way back we stopped half way along the causeway and took some photos. The quality...

I had a Wind Deflector fitted by BMW. It wasn’t cheap, but it certainly makes a difference.

I,ve had my G29 for over 3 months and have washed my car regularly using various shampoos in my garage.No matter what product I use, I’ve been slightly disappointed with the finish. When I picked the car up from BMW, they had given the paintwork the X Guard treatment. So today I thought I would...