New E85 owner! (and question) PHOTO NOW ADDED

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jumeeno

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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 :)
 

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Good morning and welcome to the forum.

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

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.
 
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 :)
 
jumeeno said:
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 :)
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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?
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
bigwinn said:
If you are near me in the midlands I’ll happily help fix it if you don’t want to go dealer/garage route?
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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 :)
 
jumeeno said:
bigwinn said:
Ah mate just over the a46

Always welcome here just drop us a line
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Awesome - thanks again :)
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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. :wink:
 
Hi and welcome to the forum. :thumbsup:

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.
 
As it happens, it doesn't seem so bad now I have the car. Too busy driving it I guess! I'll see how I go and think on in the spring I reckon.
 
Welcome to the fold.
I had the same problem with my z4 when I bought it , I seemed to be worse in hot weather for some reason. I replaced the Bowden cable that goes from the handle to the lock mechanism but was not much better so I replaced the actual lock mechanism in the door ....sorted :thumbsup:
It is a tricky job as there is not much room in the doors, took a couple of hours to do
 
Lovely looking car and great photo. Not often that we see someone attempting to win “photo of the month” with their introductory picture :D
 
Big Bad Boris said:
Lovely looking car and great photo. Not often that we see someone attempting to win “photo of the month” with their introductory picture :D
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Thanks :) I'm really, really happy with the car (and the photo!)
 
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