fabialousvrs

Love this :-)

To be fair, the Sport moniker isn't created to challenge a GTI. Let's forget the mk4 golf for a moment, that was an awful "gti" and should have been dubbed "SE". But Sport I suppose is softer than Gti, XR was chavvey, ST is chavvey, RS is .... Super chavvey. To be honest, the word Sport is absolutely meaningless on any car. It must mean that you like Sport, if you drive one. Watersport anyone?

Or Cadbury's canal for you lot in Brighton.... :p

You mean Bronze Porthole?

I'm going for Gold on my Black... depending on "things"

Diesel will die one day... they are too dirty &gunk themselves up, not great at emissions and release huge plumes of NO2 into the atmosphere in larger cities. This is why electric is going to take over, probably when we are all jostling up the road with zimmer frames. Then this discussion will be aimed at Sport Electrics. I know the Tesla project with allow the name tag.

Bmw Sports too.. most of them are diesel FFS!!

You'll have a very small leak. Most likely passenger side at the bottom corner or from the fan switch.

Pull that lever..... Then a mechanical arm appears from the door card, and pulls YOUR lever.... Its great in traffic, takes away the boredom :p

Water leak causing an electrical fault

Warranties aren't worth the paper they are written on. Talking from working for a car dealer in the past...

Oh no... Not red s%$#@ ?!

First thing to do... change your pollen filter. follow the guide to remove the old one (simple enough), bet its full of muck, leaves, condoms... whatever! You won't believe the difference when you do change it. Otherwise go and get a leak test at KwikFit or the like. Could be compressor related, they do eventually fail on most cars.

I'd say... sell now. The backside will fall out the market on SE's, they are still an old Diesel hatchback at the end of the day and get what you can for it. I'd be delighted with 6k... however the wider market might not want to see its been remapped or lowered. Generally you pay top dollar for standard OEM, untouched and in unbelievable condition. I would anyway, and I'd steer well clear of anything 'mapped. How do I know how you've driven it? There's opportunity for increased wear to engine/turbo/brakes and related consumables if you've been widely using the additional hp/ torque. Go back to standard, sell your suspension. BMW did this "speccing" with their "Individual" signature on the E39's (Agean Blue) & E46's (Estoril Blue), which was designed to boost a "not quite the range topping car" but was suited to either the "in demand" 2 or 3 litre Sport diesel's or petrol Sport equivalents. As they've aged, they are hardly worth any more than a Montreal Blue in just as good condition. Markets change quickly, seeing as they seemed to have been firm of late (still blamed on traders IMO) i'd sell asap to make the most ££££

These are the kind of tyres that alloy wheel retailers slap on. Cheap, poor grip, awful wet handling... probably not too good in terms of degredation either. You get what you pay for. The amount of times i've seen posh alloys, whether they are reps or not, wearing these tyres. They must see these people coming!