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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:20 am

Yeh, saw yours dips but didn't realise you were from here, sorry mate :o: , was around when you started your MEAN machine though :rock: , and those exhaust manifolds are tooooo close for comfort.Was it a really tight squeeze to get that in there, i'm just atarting out on the engine mod side of things with a m30 3.5, but having difficulty location a diff for the right price.Would love to have a v8 as the guys done with his black tourer. :cool:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:23 am

thanks mate :D the guy with the black one is colin aka oze30
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:58 am

B7 wrote:Unless you come and introduce yourself we are none the wiser. it was common knowledge on the other thread that zoners were in the main e30 line up. if you came over and said hello it would have helped us identify you. There were 4 zoners cars parked together for one. Mine, The diddlers, Barrys and Si's C2.7 touring. You couldn't miss us. I had a zone sticker in. There was never going to be a Zone stand flying the colours. That was never going to happen.
you missed out me and Gazman who's cars wear stickers and Beardymat who wont sully his sport with any foreign body so that makes 7 plus steve (C5) for 8 in the main e30 line up...out of 16....not bad

and cliffybabe was hiding his chrome on the pbmw stand...in case no one noticed the chrome
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:01 am

I was there in my 325 sport in the show and shine section...
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:16 am

Mandeep who won the show and shine???
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:13 am

I was there in the Scottish region stand. Spoke to a few guys from the zone.....Never got their names (tit)
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:56 am

Did anyone take there cars on the track????
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:31 pm

SPADGE wrote:Well i was there with Col (oze30) in the satin black V8 touring.
Oh man,i was taking snaps of that car all day,i couldnt keep away from it!Chances are i was standing right next to you and didnt know it :mad: As for other zoners,there were loads and loads up there,i spoke to many of you but as we were all spread out in the various sections i guess it wasnt easy telling who was who.I was on the bimmerowner clubstand in the show and shine arena,right opposite me was Simon13 and few other guys,there were zoners everywhere :D
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:32 pm

SilverShadow wrote:Did anyone take there cars on the track????
I did,ive spoken to the chap taking the pics and they should be online later today.I was expecting a slow 70mph drive around the circuit but as we were behaving the pace car let us go as fast as we could!The race cars and m3's etc.... were going so quick i lost site of them it was a right laugh.A blue e30 cab spun out in my session but that was about it :D
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:40 pm

shane325i wrote:
SilverShadow wrote:Did anyone take there cars on the track????
A blue e30 cab spun out in my session but that was about it :D
did that cab it into anything? was it the one with the 15' cross spokes?
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:48 pm

It had 15" on it i think,looked a nice car and seemed to have just spun out into a run off area,didnt pay to much attention as i was looking where i was going at the time!

Pics are up from the official photographer now,i'll paste the link in the pics thread :wink:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:29 pm

shane325i wrote:It had 15" on it i think,looked a nice car and seemed to have just spun out into a run off area,didnt pay to much attention as i was looking where i was going at the time!

Pics are up from the official photographer now,i'll paste the link in the pics thread :wink:

The blue cab is f4cked, major rear end hit,rear panel/rear quarter/boot lid/ boot floor etc. He passed me early sunday morning while i was loading the ute ! :) He was coming from slough direction oblivious to how crap his day would pan out ! :eek:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:39 pm

Ah thats a shame,like i said i couldnt have a good look,i didnt see any damage from the angle the car ended up at :(
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:43 pm

Shane your car looks nice, is it a standard 325 or is somthing else lurking under that hood, and how much was it to go out on the track?? :cool:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:45 pm

Our M Tech 1 Sport was parked on the green stuff on the approach road to the car park just after you went through the main gates (car park was full when we arrived!). I only recall seeing one other M Tech 1 car at the show, which surprised me a bit. Or, I may not have been looking too hard, we did however bump into Spadge and Oze30. :|
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:48 pm

pacerpete wrote:
shane325i wrote:It had 15" on it i think,looked a nice car and seemed to have just spun out into a run off area,didnt pay to much attention as i was looking where i was going at the time!

Pics are up from the official photographer now,i'll paste the link in the pics thread :wink:

The blue cab is f4cked, major rear end hit,rear panel/rear quarter/boot lid/ boot floor etc. He passed me early sunday morning while i was loading the ute ! :) He was coming from slough direction oblivious to how crap his day would pan out ! :eek:
There was no way he was going to get that home under his own steam. Looked to me like he was driving it somewhere to "stage" the event for insurance purposes.
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:49 pm

it wasn't that lovely mauritus blue one was it?!
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:13 pm

brettski wrote:it wasn't that lovely mauritus blue one was it?!

No, it was the other bruvved up one !
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:38 pm

SilverShadow wrote:Mandeep who won the show and shine???
Someone in M3 CSL, because M3 CSL's are soooo old, and require lots of time and effort to maintain and keep looking up to scratch :roll:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:46 pm

Mandeep_VW wrote:
SilverShadow wrote:Mandeep who won the show and shine???
Someone in M3 CSL, because M3 CSL's are soooo old, and require lots of time and effort to maintain and keep looking up to scratch :roll:


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Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:50 pm

rav320uk wrote:Shane your car looks nice, is it a standard 325 or is somthing else lurking under that hood, and how much was it to go out on the track?? :cool:


Thanks mate,tis almost a standard 325,it has one of Speedtouch's chips and a Bmc filter but thats all for now.Seeing and hearing the V8 tourings yesterday has made me want one of those tho :twisted:
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:19 pm

I was there with Nat and thye kids, but we only managed an hour of walking around before Nat got tired and we had to go home.
Bumped into Counciller Pete in the car park and then Neil and his polisher I mean missus and his shiny cab.

I enjoyed looking round and there were some stunning motors. Even Nat enjoyed it and has given her a bit of enthusiasm for the E30. She's bookin up Santa Pod this week too. 8)
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:43 pm

we were there too i like the name badge idea it has been mentioned before. Didn't spot you Rav but saw sunny with his new paint job looked very nice!

Who saw the ladybird in the car park the most evil thing ive ever seen? :mad:
had so far e30, e34, e30, e39
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:49 pm

:mad: Yea i saw that one aswell, matbe his mates did that or he could be BLIND!.
Didn't see you there, I left about 1.30-2.00, phones Sunny but too long to wait and I think next year we should all agree a time when we should meet up and what part in the place, as said b4 everyone came in at different times.Shame.
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:55 pm

I was the Chinese guy there. (not many of us were there, so it wouldn't have been hard to spot. I was in the first group on track and it was funny, everyone took off after the pace car except a few and then we just kinda raced round. No incidences when I was out, but passed a good few cars, came up behind a silver M3 and they looked with jaws agape and thumbs up! Had the driver of the Mcoupe come up and have a chat after the laps.. genuine enough bloke.

Managed 140mph down the longer straight, so not bad!
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Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:05 am

Yea remenber yours and was well impressed with the engine, what bhp are you running,and waht engine?
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Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:09 pm

M60B40, dynoed at 286BHP and 191lb/ft at the wheels
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:26 am

i was there with the missus hiding in museum most time in food hall out of rain :D
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:00 am

I was there, did see a few zone cars!!
Health and Safety Officer: "What would happen if a cameraman were to slip over?"
Clarkson: "Well, he'd probably have to stand back up again"
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:13 am

I was there, no E30 with me this time just a rented C class Merc.

And I met Cliffy and his mint cab...

B7 really liked your cab also...

Good day out. pity the weather wasn't like last year..
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:57 pm

Yeah I finaly got to see Cliffy's cab, no Cliffy around at the time......
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DaveGT wrote:Yeah I finaly got to see Cliffy's cab, no Cliffy around at the time......
I got to see the Echromie and the man himself. His polisher was also hanging about pretending to be his 'girlfriend'... :D

It truely is a site to behold Neil's engine. There was an E21 over by the E30 birthday section which IMO was a bit ott with all the braided hoses, alpina badges, gold plating and tin foil. Fair play to the guy, it was impressive but a bit too much in my honest opinion.

Cliffy's though is spot on. It looks fantastic and a perfect balance with the car. I tried in vain to rip the chrome arches off when he wasn't looking, but those feckers are welded on! :D
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:13 pm

i was there talked to cliffy didnt know who i was hahaha dips thank got he didnt park next to me haha oz great motor had a chat b7 sorted my oil leek i hac for 2 yrs cheers but and mine had e 30 zone stickers on every where and i was parked in the main section infront of the museam ? hello all who no me as for t shirts good idea have you got one they are avalable from the merch shop ??????
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:28 pm

Did it sort that leak fitting new rocker arm plugs?
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