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POTM Winner Aug ''08 - Suchy

Well we have a winner! With 17 votes - Suchy''s "My fave" effort:

COTM Winner June 2008

chrome /kro?m/ noun, verb, chromed, chrom-ing.
-noun
1. chromium.
2. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.
3. Photography: a positive color transparency; kodachrome.
4. Automotive / BMW: Pre-facelift; inner-arch delete; fitted with external fuel pump.
-verb (used with object)
5. (of dyeing) to subject to a bath of dichromate of potassium or sodium.
6. to plate (metal) with a compound of chromium.
7. Automotive / BMW: to unnecessarily (subj.) adorn vehicle with trinkets; to bolt on shiny things (see: Auto-Erotic Magpie Syndrome)

Not quite the showing I was hoping for this month, and certainly not the on-time winner announcement I had planned on making in my ''Mistakes I Repeat Frequently And Must Address'' notebook. Ah well. Can''t have everything (where would you put it?).

Linking seamlessly on, however, this month''s winner is a car which to many, and to me in many ways, does indeed have almost everything. Some might say by virtue of having nothing. At least nothing it didn''t leave the factory with.

Clap your hands, or at least tap your keyboard for the fetishistically pretty car owned by hennabm.

New category to follow, and in a pathetic attempt at controlling my time-soak, we''ll be running the category for one calendar month from announcement

The new banner will be done at some point by the drawing-wallah, I imagine.

Mahalo,
D6dp...sorry, Clarksun

Zimmerbimmer1.....

Scumball.

The times that word has been ringing in my ears as a car / hotel room / cell door has been slammed shutâ�¦.

Well now I - and indeed the similarly afflicted amongst the greater Zone-ship - have the opportunity to replace my own private Pavlovian reaction to that word with something positive.

Our very own Genuine Parts guru Zimmerbimmer1 â�� Paul King â�� is taking part in this yearâ��s Scumball rally and in doing so is trying to raise as much CASH as humanly possible for the charity Myeloma UK.

The team are proud to say that not only are we supporting this noble endeavour, but also that Mr Kingâ��s 535i will be emblazoned with the Zone logo during its assault on the Continent.

If youâ��d care to join us in making a donation, hereâ��s the link:

www.justgiving.com/scumball0708

If youâ��d like to know more about the event, look here:

www.scumball.co.uk

And remember â�� no donation is too small, no amount of cash turned down!

Mahalo,

Clarksun

Welcome to E30zone.net, online home of the e30 in the UK and beyond.

You will find everything you could ever need to know about the various forms of e30 within these walls and much more besides.

From intense debates on styling to nationwide social gatherings of e30â��s and their owners. From silly annoying games you can play in that spare 5 minutes in the office to in depth technical articles and walkthroughs explaining how to do almost anything you need to do to your e30. Alongside this will be regular and up to the minute news and reviews from the bmw world, information on shows and national events and snippets from other e30 information sources.

Not to mention regular updates, articles and wry takes on the ins and outs of the e30 and the zone from my good self.

When your e30 breaks (and it will) you can rely on the incredible and unfathomable knowledge of the e30zone forums technical help guruâ��s to fix your problem and teach you so much about these cars that you wont know what to do with all your new found knowledge.

You will find an almost limitless ability to buy and sell anything e30 related. That little trim screw you lost when you changed your seats, a complete fire breathing 3.5 litre M30 engine, begging to be dropped into your engine bay. No matter how small or large, someone, somewhere will be selling it. The zone for sale/wanted section is infamous for its bargain prices and all items are sold by true enthusiasts that want nothing more than to help you make your car better in every way.

The zone even caters to lifes little essentials like alleviating boredom. Enter the weird and wonderful world of pub talk for the inane gibberings of all and sundry to wile away those hours of boredom at work. No subject is out of bounds (within reason, we donâ��t want to know about your latest std or how your cat just had the chop) and when times get hard, you will be overwhelmed by the support and solidarity that will be shown by your fellow members.

Be warned though, much like e30 ownership, it is an addictive site. In between obsessing about ways to make your car faster and ways to improve the already impeccable handling of the e30, you will find yourself wondering whats happened while you were away.

Have I missed anything important?

Will Maxfield ever make a post without mentioning his dads m3?

Have Andyboy and the gang found another victim for their banter?

How many more e30â��s has Oguz driven into the Armco at the Nurburgring?

Has 320touring managed to do the impossible and prove Brianmooore wrong once again?

Will Tylerma ever work out how to type a whole sentence without pressing return?

Have Munky and Nathan managed to post whore their way to 10,000 posts in the last day?

Will Cliffybabe remove his chrome arches?

What will old_skool_2002 restore next?

Has Ant found another obscure method of squeezing even more power out of an M40?

Who is Mr Clarksun?!

All of these things will become important parts of your life, the zone will take over your consciousness. You will have arguments with your other half (be they man, woman or beast) about â��spending all your time on that bloody pcâ��. These arguments will result in you storming off to the garage and working on your e30, which will then result in arguments about â��spending all your time tinkering with that bloody carâ��.

But it will all be worth it.

When you sit in that seat, turn that key and pull out of the drive everything will fade to a pale insignificant background of things that arenâ��t you and your car. The commute to work will be the best part of your day, you will look forward to spending the day adjusting bits of your engine and wiring in new and complex parts that youâ��ve bought for your e30.

Driving will take on a whole new meaning, your days of sitting in traffic in your plain old steel box are behind you now, the joys of e30 ownership and e30zone membership are waiting.

Welcome to the ultimate driving experience.

Enter at your peril.

Mr Clarksun.