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    The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

    My quick eBay earlier showed they were £15k-ish which is ok imo for what it is but then a few years back were just about sub £10k. Maybe one to get, keep nice and watch the value climb?
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    The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

    E31’s are still in the reasonable price bracket too, ignoring 850csi manuals as they are silly money, one on eBay for £79k.
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    Back to the old skool! Bucket and sponge...

    I don't have an outside tap so I use a little garden hand sprayer. Works really well. The only down side is the flow rate of water if you need to use a lot of water quickly for like getting under wheel arches etc. But I can rinse my E34 with 8ltr of water, although it is very rarely dirty to...
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    Clio 172 ph1- black, OEM restoration.

    Did you use a DA to apply the Autoglym stuff? I’ve got a bottle of that too and only ever applied it by hand. I get it’s not a hobby for everyone, but that guy just annoys me. Yeah I’ve had a few people come up for a chat when I’ve been working on my E34.
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    Clio 172 ph1- black, OEM restoration.

    Like this a lot. Wish I had space for another car to do this with. Maybe when my M140 is returned I will have another Ph1 to do something like this with as I rarely use a car anymore for commuting so it would be perfect! With the Menzerna polish, do you just use the heavy cut compound? I've...
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    The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

    It's a Metro, that came as standard. I had an identical Metro to this, but in white, several years ago as a stop gap. Bought for £150, someone went into the back of it and push the bumper mounting point back a bit. Fixed with a piece of wood and a sledge hammer. Claimed £150 cash off the other...
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    The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

    Bare with me on this one, but this Metro and Rover 214 The Metro has been around for a while where I live. It looked in great condition. Shame it’s not a 3 door as I would have put a note on it to buy it. Then it got damaged, not sure how. Bit of a shame. Then the 214 appears and it’s the same...
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    My New Volvo 850 T5

    Sure I read somewhere that the estates created more downforce than the saloons. But then in the 1996 season they allowed boot spoilers but they weren’t allowed above the roof line so they couldn’t fit it to the estates so moved to the saloons. Can’t remember where I read that. But it also...
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    MarkCup's BMW M140i

    I feel the same when driving mine, it doesn't feel me with confidence plus there is a lot of money tied up I do not want to crash!! I would like to get it on an air field and go mad with it just to see how far is too far with little risk. There has been times when I have been surprised on what...
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    The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

    Nothing wrong with an E34 on Style 32's....that's what I have on mine! haha. But yes, the M5 looks a lot better on Throwing Stars, look more purposeful looking original.
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    E36 - Budget Project Car

    Appartently this works http://bimmer.work/ but it won't do my E34. However https://www.mdecoder.com/ does....says I have a Diesel Particle Filter but it is a petrol.... Just need the last 7 digits of you VIN.
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    Leather Protection

    Just had a quick look at them and it initially looks like what I am after - like to re-dye those small patches. I will take a better look after work.
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    Leather Protection

    The seats in my E34 are in good condition but there is a slight wear in the driver’s side, which to be honest for a 30 year old car is good going! also some slight wear on the side of the seat base but hard to photograph. Is there anything that I can do to help prevent it getting worse? As...
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    MarkCup's BMW M140i

    I see your spreadsheet of fuel consumption...and raise it a web app I have written (mainly to learn some new stuff for my new job) This is for my auto M140i for nearly all of the fill ups I have done. Annoyingly I only tracked the MPG for the first few times but then started to note down...
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    A big milestone

    200k miles is good. Its the age old argument of high miles means nothing if well looked after. I also wonder what miles you could get out of a new car, like what is the newest car that would reach +200k miles comfortably. I just have a feeling they are not built to last nowadays. My E34 has...
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