VladSoilerOfCarpets

Yeah, go on then, just to annoy you with my very very wrong car.

That's the day after I start my new job! Put me down as a definitely maybe, then I'll get reminded by you two days before after I've forgotten. Again.

Would love to but I'm at Japfest that weekend. Failure. :(

Da-da-da-dahhhhhh...

Cheers everyone who came, mighty fine evening and a pleasure to meet you all! Photos will be up soon!

A used condom filled with water and left on a radiator makes for an inexpensive and surprisingly effective lava lamp.

I've always wondered what his album would have been like. Minimalist?!

Have you ever considered pregnancy in reverse? It's about a she-monster who sucks a child into her uterus, then spends 9 months slowly absorbing the nutrients and tissues, then a man comes along and hoovers out the remains with his willy.

And now, angry tics fly out of my nipples!

Eeeeeexcellent... cheers Lee for asking, cheers others for replying. I was wondering if it would be possible to utterly butcher a cigarette lighter charging unit..? Trying to keep mine as subtle as possible...

The factory-fit Xenons I found to be good, but not brilliant. Also, the self-levelling never truly worked on mine... I spent ages trying to set it up, and never managed it. Ended up disconnecting it and adjusting them manually, and using a friendly MOT bloke to ignore the self-levelling being inoperative. All in all... bit of a ballache. They're also sodding expensive to buy, if you can find a set... rocking horse poop!

Bang it in, I'll be there. Taking a different route next time though!!

Enjoyed that! Next!

These always appealed. A couple of my mates run 135i coupes and they are utterly mental. Enjoy it.

Travs, that's brilliant, cheers! I had heard about the US M3 cams, but am reluctant to spend £400 on them. the 330i stuff is interesting- would love to be able to badge it as a 330i! If it's cheap I'll consider it. I've already saved a lot of weight on the engine by changing the flywheel! That was a silly saving. I'm trying to keep it usable as a daily, but still fun enough to keep me interested. The flywheel has made it very ferocious! I'm interested in the computer tricks, I love that sort of thing. Still don't know whether to mess with the exhaust or not...

Agreed... they're excellent all-rounders. Classy, great off road, not bad at all on road (after the P38 anyway), excellent interior. Only other car that covers the same bases so well is a nicely specced Audi Allroad...

Really? How come, Si? It's quite popular with a lot of the E36 crowd and is good to free up a few bhpz, apparently! Cheers, not doing much cosmetically until she's sorted mechanically...

Some serious work's been put in recently... Ever since I bought the car, I've always felt that the gearchange has left a lot to be desired. Never seemed to enjoy engaging, and it used to slur fast gearchanges horrendously. A CDV delete didn't fully fix this either... and the other week, when I put my foot down in 5th, it all became clear as to why... the revs skyrocketed, the speed did not. Ah. This was a crucial moment. A clutch is no small operation- it can be expensive. A decision was made. Keep the car, fix for cheap, run until dead... fix the car with serious parts and make it faster... or scrap her? This is a standard E36 328i dual mass flywheel & clutch setup. It reduces unwanted transmission vibrations, allows softer gearchanges without so much effort and generally makes the car a smoother, more refined place to be. Yawn. It also doesn't help that the dual mass flywheel weighs 21kg by itself. This seemed like a lot, and rather unnecessary. I wonder what this is..? Looks like a corresponding number that it matches up to. Certainly not a dual mass clutch setup... Machined goodness. The retrofit solid flywheel Valeo kit comes in at 12kg, so a pretty good saving on the standard crap. However, this one is lightened to a slightly more elfin 7.2kg... and is nicely balanced with the corresponding pressure plate too. Lovely. Seal of approval from Kittychops. So, there we go. Dual mass ripped out, solid flywheel fitted. Impressions are as such: - gearchanges are more positive and more of a challenge to get 'smooth', but that's part of the fun. The fact my gear linkage was rebuilt during this operation helps a lot. - engine feels like it's fuelled by Coke now- has a lot more get up and go. - acceleration is harder, not by a huge amount but noticeable. Especially up the top end and initial takeup. - clutch feel is WAY better- I can actually feel what's going on, but it's also easier to stall. - no real noticeable increase in transmission noise or vibrations, from what I can tell. I'm happy. The kit didn't cost too much (less than half the purchase price of the car), and a very friendly mech sorted it out for a very good price. Definitely worth it. Next up for power: viscous fan removal and my (already booked) remap. Next up for handling and stopping: struts have touched down, time to strip them down, recondition them, add new springs & shocks, put some 300mm E46 grooved discs on and enjoy. Next up for looks: this... No idea what it is but it looks good. Nice and OEM, more aggressive than standard and not an M3 bumper. Oh, and a couple more interior & night-time shots... back on the Style 32s soon! Bon appetit!

If I can make it at that time, most certainly! Depends on the job situation!

They're also brilliant for bus travel, except they might get nicked. I'd have them but I am far from flush lately!

Aaaaaaaand bang goes my clutch. Count me out. :(

I love their adverts. My personal favourite is this one...

So glad I walked out of my job at their main call centre. Would not want to be one of the phone drones right now. Seb- oil is very good indeed, however if I had my way I'd have a ground source heat pump. Shame about the eye-popping initial outlay.

Excited now.

£100 if you want to finish the game with unlocks. Sod that!] Fun though.