Inkey$ 335i build thread

Picture taken during the 12 minutes the sun did decide to shine.

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Forgot to mention this too. Met a friend and his family down there. Fellow Beemer fan and driving an E46 330i touring. Hit a freak hailstorm at 70mph on the A30 coming home, fishtailed with around 10 other vehicles, wrote off the 330. Luckily nobody hurt (his wife is 4 months pregnant and they have a 2 year old girl).

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That could have ended a lot worse inkey :cry: don't think the roofbox on the 330 would have aided when hitting the skids :o

On a side issue , i was studying winter tyres at great depth recently when purchasing & many users now run them 12 months a year .
They obviously wear quicker if doing big m/way miles in summer but for those of us who do sub 7k a year then they are a serious consideration & i doubt the fishtailing would have happened with quality winter or all weather rubber fitted :wink:

here's just one guys opinion

" i have had Vredestein Wintrac 4 Xtreme on mine for approx 18 months and done 20,000 miles so far and looking like i will get another 20,000 out of them i also run them all year as they are good in both dry and wet and fatastic in snow , i also have aset of MTR's but only ever use them when i know i am going into extreme mud and so far they have only been changed once in 18 months

as for the road noise i don't think they are any noisier than the scorpions that they replaced

all in all i will be replacing them with the same when the time eventually comes that they wear out "

makes you wonder eh ?
 
mr wilks said:
That could have ended a lot worse inkey :cry: don't think the roofbox on the 330 would have aided when hitting the skids :o

On a side issue , i was studying winter tyres at great depth recently when purchasing & many users now run them 12 months a year .
They obviously wear quicker if doing big m/way miles in summer but for those of us who do sub 7k a year then they are a serious consideration & i doubt the fishtailing would have happened with quality winter or all weather rubber fitted :wink:

here's just one guys opinion

" i have had Vredestein Wintrac 4 Xtreme on mine for approx 18 months and done 20,000 miles so far and looking like i will get another 20,000 out of them i also run them all year as they are good in both dry and wet and fatastic in snow , i also have aset of MTR's but only ever use them when i know i am going into extreme mud and so far they have only been changed once in 18 months

as for the road noise i don't think they are any noisier than the scorpions that they replaced

all in all i will be replacing them with the same when the time eventually comes that they wear out "

makes you wonder eh ?
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Very interesting indeed. I'll definitely consider this option as and when I come to replace the current setup. Which incidentally I've been more impressed with this trip.
 
tomscott said:
Awful hope everyone was on but on a side note that number plate now looks like an expletive lol!
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Tom, you have no idea! Blacked it out as it's not my vehicle, but essentially it's one of those unfortunate registrations and the first thing I noticed when my friend bought the car and brought it round to show me. Subsequently called the car Farrell (after legendary **** Colin).

May he now rest in pieces and pay out a confirmed £3k of insurance.
 
inkey$ said:
Forgot to mention this too. Met a friend and his family down there. Fellow Beemer fan and driving an E46 330i touring. Hit a freak hailstorm at 70mph on the A30 coming home, fishtailed with around 10 other vehicles, wrote off the 330. Luckily nobody hurt (his wife is 4 months pregnant and they have a 2 year old girl).

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Glad they're ok, but you can tell the car wasn't happy about it (see number plate). :o
 
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