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breakermart
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:45 pm

I opened its door..... glared at the puddle of water where the interior should be :eek: then closed the door!
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:59 pm

breakermart wrote:I opened its door..... glared at the puddle of water where the interior should be :eek: then closed the door!
LOL!
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:13 pm

breakermart wrote:I opened its door..... glared at the puddle of water where the interior should be :eek: then closed the door!
You didnt leave a window open did you? 8O
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:53 pm

Cypriotgeeza wrote:
breakermart wrote:I opened its door..... glared at the puddle of water where the interior should be :eek: then closed the door!
You didnt leave a window open did you? 8O
no my windows are firmly shut, its just the seal isn't fitted on the sunroof yet plus the massive fact of no rear windscreen fitted yet, cant afford the £300+ bill to buy one from sytner yet lol.

I did have them taped up with plastic but a cat or fox seems to have climbed up it shredding the fook out of it.
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:38 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote:I'm done with cars as a hobby/plaything. I won't be going back there anytime in this life.
That's a very final and sad thing to hear. Not even in retirement?
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:09 pm

Finally adjusted my handbrake so that it is of some actual use..
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Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:29 pm

AndyZippy wrote:Finally adjusted my handbrake so that it is of some actual use..
Hopefully at the hubs, not at the lever!
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:28 pm

Put two brand new tyres on and two a year old that I pulled of my slowly breaking car. All Toyo Proxies.. such an improvement from the cracked tat that was on prior.

Also wedge my head in the drivers footwell and sorted my central locking with the Red/black wire fix.. :D
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:29 pm

Sorned it!
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:32 pm

Had a cracked coolant hose, managed to do a temp fix and get home though. Got a new water pump, thought i'd change that whilst there, it was only £20 ! Bargain. Should be here for the weekend so i can get it back on the road. In the mean time the 318i auto is doing a great job of the daily hack but the pernamently open thermostat is making the cabin a bit chilly....another job for the weekend.....
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:12 pm

Fitted new RAD as other one had a cushty little hole in her.
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Wed Dec 11, 2013 11:58 pm

Picked up 318 touring from Portsmouth , filled the back of it with frag in Southampton. Doors stuck on deadlock in Fleet services :evil: Lots of language and more council activity and the turd is now safely up the passage. Autopsy tomorrow...........
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Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:40 pm

New foglight bulbs, took it to the local car wash place, then cleaned the windows properly when I got home!!!
The windows are now properly cleaned in & out, anti fog layered on the inside glass and Rain-X on all the outer glass!!!

Lets see if I can see now!!!!!

Also fiddled with the rear door/light switch, which now works occasionally, as opposed to never :?
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Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:07 am

Bought a slipper diff and some new shoes for Christmas! Next up some beigeness insides!
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Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:20 pm

Chauffeured my 9 years old to horse riding.
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:18 pm

A bit of unexpected expenditure. One of my sidelight bulbs died last week and the dipped beam on the opposite side went yesterday. A trip to the motor factors and all is good again.

New Year looks like it could get quite expensive. MOT and Insurance due in January; exhaust back box is on its last legs and new summer tyres will be needed on the BBS. :(
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:47 pm

Threatened it, John Cleese style.
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:52 pm

gooner1 wrote:Threatened it, John Cleese style.
Hahahaha!!
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PONY, 2013 - "Anyway span 360 degrees hitting the kerb and giving the old man two fingers as I was spinning like Michael Schumacher would
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 2:54 pm

Started it up while I was doing the brake pads on a Polo. My poor neighbours :)
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:38 pm

Un-salted it.

I still have to put all the carpets back in the boot after about 6 months of exploritory work due to a water leak :roll:

And rebuild the carb :(
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:21 pm

Found a rusty pocket at the rear... :o
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Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:27 pm

Bought a years tax,
Bought a years parking permit,
Hoovered it out,
Checked fluid levels...then parked it up.
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jonnyd
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:15 am

washed +polished
cleaned all wheel arches out
now in hibernation for the winter in the garage under a brand new dust cover
hurry up summer! lol
im fat... that's how I roll
Gert_8
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:34 am

^^ which type of cover, how much and where from,
Please. I'm after the exact same thing for mine.
:D
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Eddie25
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:39 am

Gert_8 wrote:^^ which type of cover, how much and where from,
Please. I'm after the exact same thing for mine.
:D
Asda King size unfitted bed sheets FTW. :o:
Rust is lighter than carbon fibre.
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:40 am

Just took it in for it's MOT 8O
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:42 am

Eddie25 wrote:
Gert_8 wrote:^^ which type of cover, how much and where from,
Please. I'm after the exact same thing for mine.
:D
Asda King size unfitted bed sheets FTW. :o:
Mine is currently under bed sheets, curtains and mover's blankets. Nothing to be embarrassed about :)
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Eddie25
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:44 am

Gert_8 wrote:
Eddie25 wrote:
Gert_8 wrote:^^ which type of cover, how much and where from,
Please. I'm after the exact same thing for mine.
:D
Asda King size unfitted bed sheets FTW. :o:
Mine is currently under bed sheets, curtains and mover's blankets. Nothing to be embarrassed about :)
Have to say they work a treat. :D Budget didn't stretch to a cover as I moved from oop North to Oxfordshire in August. I only got broadband a couple of weeks ago so have been undergoing severe withdrawals from the zone.
Rust is lighter than carbon fibre.
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:47 am

You'll have to buy a real cover now you're in Oxfordshire. The locals will point and laugh at you! :D
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Eddie25
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:48 am

Gert_8 wrote:You'll have to buy a real cover now you're in Oxfordshire. The locals will point and laugh at you! :D
haha this is true mate, hence the E30 has remained up North making the old man's garage look untidy winkeye
Rust is lighter than carbon fibre.
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:40 pm

beemerbird wrote:Just took it in for it's MOT 8O
And it passed :cool:
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:44 pm

beemerbird wrote:
beemerbird wrote:Just took it in for it's MOT 8O
And it passed :cool:

Fair play mate. :thumb:
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:55 pm

Just general out and about in the lashing down rain, doing bits and pieces. The same tomorrow.
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:58 pm

finished off connecting this up and hoping it will start tomorrow

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Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:46 am

that's a clean engine bay, I like it, looks like it just rolled out the factory, well done
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