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just popping in to have a browse of the forum was really close to being an owner almost swapped my old car with a forum member back then (2008) met up for a second time, shook hands to agree a swap i asked if it was in accident, repair works and answer was NO. went home and did a hpi check, couldn't believe it came up as CAT D. owner denied all knowledge. shame as was a nice car, but couldn't risk getting a CAT D and swapping my then mint car anyway, anyone thinking of buying, make sure to do a check.

zedrush, i'm just going to copy this link to someone on ttforum, as they are ready to pick it up and thought i would share any info which might be useful to the other guy. you might get a PM from a random, if that's ok. rgds

zedrush, awesome car. 280bhp from a remap is pushing the boundaries. which remap was it, skn? heard mix reviews about ttshop. you should have gone to vagcheck ;-) BTW, what reg was that one, as i've seen someone on the tt forum looking at black QS with baseball leather, and that's rare, so could be your old motor.

yeah audi tt

hi to a familiar face. celica rocks ;-) i was very close to securing a deal on a 350z, but as it fell through, i've not really looked again. the car i have does exactly what i want circular of 270bhp with more torque than a celica 190 by far, and have decided against a zed for several reasons (but still great cars from out from the box). for your interest my TT to insure when i was 24 was about a third of your 350z quote ;-)

how did they try to scam you?

thanks due to circumstances, i'm in no rush to sell. actually really enjoy the car. been doing some longer distance, like to birmingham and somerset, and the quattro and remap it's a great relaxing drive on the motorway, but can still boot it easily when needed, while at speed limit it returns 35-40mpg. having a big think, if it sales, it sales, but if it doesn't no loss and will keep longer. going off the idea of the z4, but still like the zed and if i do probably spend less and save the money. but the e46 m3 is catching my eye, and think a better alround, due to extra space, so would be a car i would keep longer who knows

i know, but i'm sure if someone was interested in the car, would contact myself and discuss from there ;-)

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/798795.htm

going to have to charge up my old compact camera to take pics of the camera etc. but here's some sample pics (even from auto mode):

selling my Nikon kit and perfect kit for a beginner or newbie to DSLR on a budget: - Nikon D40 (note: flash not working, please read below) - Nikon AF-S 18-55mm DX F3.5-5.6G IF-ED Zoom Lens - Nikon AF-S 55-200mm F4-5.6 G ED Lens – with pouch and lens hood - Nikon SB-400 Flash-gun – with pouch - Hoya Super HMC Pro 1 UV Filter 52mm - Camera bag (can fit all the above) All items are in very good condition with little use, body and lens are silver colour edition. All items above, comes with original packaging, box, manual, leads, etc. Note: The Inbuilt Flash Does not flash/ light. The hood still pops open fine as per normal operation; it has had no knocks, drops etc. As still in very good condition, and takes perfect pictures. Fixation: quoted the following: "We could repair the camera here for you for a cost of: £65.00 labour plus VAT I have seen the problem before, there is a switch in the top cover that gets broken, just through use; there is nothing you could have done to stop it from happening, it is electronic component failure and just bad luck I guess. It doesn't just happen on the D40 but other Nikon camera too" However, instead of getting it fixed, I decided to go for a Nikon Flashgun sb-400, which was advised by many members, as gives better flash and options of light tilting etc. *rrp of the above (quotes from Jessops online) D40 and18-55 lens = £270 55-200 lens = £150 SB400 Flashgun = £150 Hoya Filter = £15 Camera Bag = £30 (estimate) Total = £615 The total new is over £600, and I’m looking at offers around the half the price mark plus postage (before it goes on ebay such like) £300 collected from Bristol + pics to follow (when I can) + only selling to free up some cash

near £800 for a service on a 2 yr old car. i know the M is technical, but it's like the word wedding (having got married not long ago), mention the word on that for a service, car, flowers etc, prices just double, it's like that of the M don't get me wrong, i'm sure the M is very special, but in some cases it's not the highest bhp, torque, 0-60 car out there (i know it's not all that, it's the whole drive), but it seems alot of expense to maintain

nice write up manc350z, thanks i don't go with stereotype either. last car was a celica with bodykit - screaming boy racer or something probably current car audi tt - hair dressers or for girls ;-) some well spec'd examples going for similar value to 350z's, although maybe more mileage, but then it was a car of £40-50k. i thought and still do think, they are getting dated in looks. but a good thing is it's not like an evo or subaru which shouts i'm here and blends in well, without attracting the wrong attention. but yes your last paragraph, cost is the main issue. it seems there isn't value for money garages out there, not even independants and service labour time is long and parts expensive. my current TT, forexample, i've heard people pay like £500-800 for a service from a dealer. i used a specialist VAG £28/hr+vat and charges something like £150/service. i don't read many of these for BMW especially for M3 attention.

what's the stereo-typical image? is there one for the m3, or just the bmw general, no indicators etc.?