sigarland1987

On the calendar, not sure what car I will be in, potentially will be back in a BMW again

Hi All, recently picked up a mk4 Golf 1.8T, it seems to have had its clocks changed at some point by a previous owner, as such I want to get it coded so that the car shows the correct mileage, is there anyone who can do this or recommend somewhere that can sort this? Many thanks as always, Simon

As Tony says, it is an extremely quick car now, and quite enjoyable to drive with the adaptive dampers etc.

Hopefully will be there this time, its on the calendar and I have permission from the wife.

http://www.e46zone.com/forum/topic/20093-smg-paddleshift-retrofit-onto-steptronic/

Sorry guys will update with some pictures once I have the wheels back from refurbishment. Haven't clicked with a car like this for quite a while, getting used to the petrol consumption, this is offset by the LPG, albeit finding a local station has helped with this, £34 to fill the tank isn't bad. The car itself has a wonderful engine note. Looking at short shifters and upgrading the bushes to poly bushes, its definitely growing on me!

Good meet guys, thoroughly enjoyed the last meet, nice to get the cars out for a bit of a run. Looking forward to seeing the 245 Tony

Agreed Spoons is better value for money, but 7 stars hasn't seemed to bad value for money when we have been there in the past? The car park is more suited for the summer nights as well surely?

So a change was felt, having had the BMW for 2 years, I fancied something petrol and manual again, but in keeping an estate shape... Plans were put in place, first of all breaking the E39 which netted me the necessary finances in order to start that most festive of times, car shopping, I had a rough idea of what I wanted. Estate, Petrol, Manual, 4wd was a bonus not a necessity, Also needed a little bit of poke behind it. Looking through the classifieds, I looked at the A4 1.8T Quattro Avant, BMW 330's, BMW 530i's but kept coming back to the Subaru as it seemed a jack of all trades. I finally test drove one and was hooked, sadly they aren't that common over here, but whilst on a Ebay hunt a 2 owner car with mountains of paperwork and a LPG conversion came up for a reasonable price extremely near to me. It isn't without its faults, the CD changer doesn't work, easily remedied with a complete double din install included in the price, and the wheels...well they needed a complete refurbish. Managed to find a set on eBay for a good price, again needing a bit of a refurbish but much better condition then my set that are on the car currently. Initial thoughts are, well this is good fun, the engine itself sounds wonderful at the higher rev ranges, it had a quad pipe conversion from an STi and it just seems to keep pulling, anyway will put some pics up at the end of the day, it is a bit of a flying machine. Drives really well, very different to the E39 as to be expected, anyway will put some pictures up when I get a chance to take some! Thanks all,

One of the cheaper options, I would have like to know how much the fridge cost!

Aspman, have you become a typical BMW owner yet and put the last 7 digits of the vin number into bmwvin.com? Just to see what the factory option list is? I did it with this monster, it is hilarious when you have to scroll down for the options! https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/bmw-750il-individual-v12-sat-nav-fully-loaded-top-spec-e38-long-mot-xenon-lights-px-welcome-long-mot/1248577124

Have a good one peoples, I shall be missing this due to baby related NCT courses, see you next month!

Happy to go with the crowd, but how about Seven Stars this time and discuss around the table? The Seven Stars has been consistently good as well,

Thought I better put this up, for the usual lot, The meet formerly known as the West Meon Hut meet, All welcome, especially newcomers, meet starts at 19.00 but people tend to arrive a little earlier. Details of pub can be found here: http://sevenstarsstroud.co.uk The postcode GU32 3PG

Its odd how quickly this changes, I had a 61 Plate Astra that just had the gunk, whilst my 2003 530D has a full size spare alloy, a widow maker Jack, full tool kit, a wheel chock, first aid kit, torch etc. Is it all down the weight and storage space then? Then as above, the amount of people who can actually change a spare is minimal to say the least!