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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:11 am

Hi

Just wanted to say hello in my first post and say that I'm a newbie. I own a 325i convertible with just over 100K on the clock for a March 1990 model.

Website looks good!!

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:53 am

Hi cabgirl welcome.....would be good to some pics of your cab
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:59 am

hello and welcome :D
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:28 am

Hello, welcome to the zone
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:53 am

Cabgirl wrote:Hi

Just wanted to say hello in my first post and say that I'm a newbie. I own a 325i convertible with just over 100K on the clock for a March 1990 model.

Website looks good!!

Cabgirl aka Lizzie - Old and original Administrator from e30zone.co.uk
Welcome to the zone. Lets have some pics then!
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:40 am

Welcome back Lizzie :D forgotten your old password or just fancied a change? Zone has grown a bit since you were last here!!

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:33 am

blyoss wrote:Hello, welcome to the zone
yr car looks fantastic - proper minter... :cool:
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:46 am

Welcome Back Lizzie.

Glad to see your back with the fold, Hope all is well, You have been missed and hope your old man is good too.

You going to at some meet's ???
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:21 am

Welcome Back Lizzie.,hope to see you around :cool:
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:25 am

I'll have to dig out some pics of my car.

Yes, I've been away for sometime and forgot all what my logon details are so have come back as my very first details, which was way back when I first joined the BMW scene as Cabgirl.

I was going to be cheeky and pretend I was someone else, but then that would be a little childish!!

I've not been driving my car for a while. I had a total knee replacement of my dodgy knee in August 31st last year and since then I probably have only been driving about 1,000 miles from my last MOT. I've been suffering with depression and other medical problems, but I thought I would give it another go here and speak to my old BMW E30 mates and catch up with what has been going on.

Blame me if the weather gets bad today, that's if it does - I finally got my hard top taken off my car yesterday!!

My car has had a new soft top and had it's leather re-connolised and the rear seat stitching was coming apart, so I had that repaired a while back too. The only thing that needs doing is the rust on both the rear arches. Other than that she needs a good clean, but otherwise she is her usual goodlooking E30. Just as she has always been 8) Nice and white and I still get comments on how good she looks, even when she is dirty - but I just put that to her being the usual classic look.

Here is an old picture of her when she had the original BMW X-Spoke alloys Image

B7 - Your car looks similar to mine, other than mine has different alloys - she has Hartge Alloys - just like the ones that HartgeH27 has on his car, but I had mine redone. Although I still have a set of pristine original BMW alloys in my dad's garage. My bumpers are chrome, but have been colour coded white. These were original on the car from buying. I also have an original BMW centre armrest and a few other little BMW OEM, such as the little speakers that are in the quarterlight window.

I've still got to get my cruise control fitted, which I've had in it's box for nearly 5 or 6 yeara, if not longer!!

I'm thinking of coming to the ACE Cafe meet this Monday 30th June.

Good to hear from you all.

Lizzie :hug:
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:04 am

Hi Lizzie, and welcome back. :wink:
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:21 am

Hey Lizzie! It's certainly been a while! :D
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:29 am

Hello there! Another White Cab owner :D
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:38 am

Hi Lizze,

Long time no see (was Daryll) - and still am to some extent - on the old zone.

Welcome back to your home from home.
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:07 pm

Welcome back Lizzie!!

Hope you are doing ok through all your troubles

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:13 pm

Dear ALL

Thank you ALL for such a kind welcome back. It really means a lot to me. Hope everyone and their cars are doing well. Cars and website are looking brilliant. 8) :cool:
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:15 pm

:cool:

Hello Lizzie ..................good to see you around !

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:23 pm

Hey Lizzie, welcome back!

Are you still around the Hayes/Uxbridge area?

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:33 pm

Lizzie,

Great you joined up again, try and make to the Ace cafe meet if you can the usual lot will be there!

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:07 pm

:cool: Good to see you back again, you've been missed by all and also talked about for years now - your Dad collared me at an Ace's meet awhile ago now, i now know the in's + out's of all but some things about Miss Dawson :wink:

Hope to meet up at a meet in the future, Neil.
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:12 pm

DCDC wrote:
blyoss wrote:Hello, welcome to the zone
yr car looks fantastic - proper minter... :cool:
Cheers man. Shes my pride and joy. Bought it from a chap in weymouth. at what i consider a steal.
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:02 pm

Welcome back Lizzie..... :cool:

Things have certainly moved on since we last saw you on here.

I finally figured out how to get some more poke from my e30, started with a zone chip and BBTB, now look what I've gone and done! LOL

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Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:04 pm

welcome back lizzy!
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:18 pm

welcome fello cab owner! :D
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:51 pm

Welcome back :D
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:54 pm

hello cabgirl, aka lizzie . i recognize the name but i think youd gone before i was around here. :wave:
cant you use your old account as iirc it has a few thousand post count?
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Welcome back, I think you had gone just before I joined in 2005

Off topic, Daryll - hadn't noticed that was you (NATDJ), so hi to you too dude
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:25 pm

Welcome back Lizzie. Good to see you back. :)
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:21 pm

WOWEE - I can't believe such a welcome back.

Yes, I'm still in the Hayes/Uxbridge area.

Good to see that you are still here and that you are still enjoying your cars. I had an option of updating my car, but I couldn't, instead I'm going to be all grown up and pay off nearly all my mortgage!! Although, there are still things I need to do with my car.

I've not been driving her much, as I say from my last MOT to my renewal, I only did 1,0000 miles!! At least, I'm keeping my mileage down!! She's done just over 100K for a 1990, so I would say that this is approximately low mileage. She still runs very well and I doubt that a new Mini could drive any better. And if I wanted another updated convertible it would be something like the E36, which I'm sorry but I just hate. Unless I was to go for a lovely E46 .... but noooooo ... It's my E30 or nothing else!! LOL!! Old Skool Cool
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:44 pm

Cabgirl wrote:
Yes, I've been away for sometime and

. I had a total knee replacement of my dodgy knee in August 31st last year .


.Good to hear from you all.

Lizzie :hug:
Hope it was replaced with a BMW one :)
Can,t have too many cab owners, so welcome and from the sound of things, i hope your luck and health improves. :cool:
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:26 am

gooner1 wrote:

Hope it was replaced with a BMW one :) :cool:
I hope it was a BMW one too - at least I know that it will be of the highest quality and will last forever.

I should have put in a request for an E30 - at least I know that they are of the most superior quality and will last for an eternity. LOL!!
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:19 am

I will have to check with the knee surgens at work weather they provide a BMW service too !

Service 1 = Knew Replacement

Serive 2 = Hip Repalcement

I wont even go into what a fluid change is :D
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:06 am

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Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:06 am

I managed to find some old photos of the old girl. It's been a while since I took any photos of her, let alone drive her!!

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Image One of her at nighttime
Image One with the old wheels on her - which I've still got in my garage for just in case usage. Don't want to let go of them!!
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