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That is a nice spec tbf, assuming it still has the Sachs dampers on it?

Edited. That better? :ROFLMAO:

There is quite simply no point selling a car that you have known for years & have maintained exceptionally well, that has had a small accident and is now CAT S, to buy one that is non-categorised, but was possibly drifted (at a mere 13 months old) sideways into a hedge in Wales by a grinning...

Bit like the initial Clio 200 EDC then, or was that just because they only sold 15 :ROFLMAO: But in answer to your question, no. Generally, cars like the Trophy/CSL/V6 hold their value because they were engineer built cars, not marketing ones. The Megane R26R/Trophy holds it value very well...

More parts fitted over the weekend, mostly little bits that have been annoying me. Both bonnet struts were knackered, so i picked up some new ones - although i forgot to take photos. The tailgate ones were also a tad tired and no longer holding the boot off my head. Untitled by Sir_Dave, on...

Sorry to hear this @SharkyUK. As has been said already, part of me wanted to see this completed, but the other half just wanted you to give up on it & move on. I'd try and put it back to standard(ish) if you can, they really do seem to have shot up in price since the days of me buying them...

Lol, thats was “Revs” ... pretty sure it was an S16 or Xsi, but either way, that photo sequence is probably burned on most 35+ year olds car brains now!! Pistonheads LOOS their long-term 306 Rallye into a hedge fairly recently as well iirc. Edit, found the photos ... Lol

Drive a 306. Any 306. You will find that the definition of lift off oversteer was written following the launch of said car :ROFLMAO: I nearly crashed my Rallye 2 minutes after picking up for that very reason.

Great video, again as you say, RIP. This is another good one, in the rain, at the 'ring:

Nothing too exciting, but gave it a quick clean yesterday (estates take way longer than convertibles & saloons though :ROFLMAO:), then coded the digital speedo and the mirrors so that they fold/unfold on the keyfob. After that it was insured/taxed so that i could go for a little drive...

So then, onto last weekend ... More new tools arrived in the shape of a Laser 5258 overhead spring compressor - very cool piece of kit!! Testing on the spare cylinder head i bought for "practice": Untitled by Sir_Dave, on Flickr Then doing it on the cylinder head proper: Untitled by...

I think it is, still wont have been cheep to fix though, purely as ive had to buy soo many new tools :ROFLMAO: So Friday was 325i day. Valve cover back off, timing tool fitted: Untitled by Sir_Dave, on Flickr Timing chain tensioner removed, vanos hubs removed from cams, top half over inlet...

Bit of pre-trackday tinkering (doing Goodwood on the 6th May) completed last Thursday, just to make sure its had all its maintenance items done before hand. Firstly, spark plugs. These were apparently only done 25k miles ago by BMW, but when the correct Bosch ZGR6STE2's are only £50 from ECP...

Ill have a look next time im out there messing with it (y) No lol, thats our neighbours, he bought an F10 530d to replace it. 3 YEARS AGO Its sat there ever since. Turbo has gone iirc. Feel free to offer me peanuts £££'s wise to take it away!! I try :ROFLMAO:

Definately!!! Purely as the manifold and EGR bolts look like they'll be an utter pain to get to lol. Any idea where i can find out the towing weight on the car? The e90 doesnt seemt to have a VIN plate anywhere like the old e46's ... just the number. All i can find online is that it'll do...

Thought i might as well detail this cars rebuild on here - i certainly put all the other cars, so makes sense! Excuse me if its a bit of an info dump from a variety of different threads, but it saves me having to re-type everything (y)...

Looks pretty nice to me! Actually like the subtley of the non-chav spec ones (y)

I'm just HODLing :ROFLMAO: Have 1 ETH and 5 LTC from back when i was trading them a bit more. Think they owe me about 600 quid, currently worth £460. Up from about £250 a few weeks back lol. Sod buying anymore.

Crypo seems to have woken up again. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum all up 25%+ in the past couple of days.

@Mozza135 Thats REALLY cool!! Glad it was used for something decent after i got rid of it. Might explain why its for sale so cheap here as well: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201901083742906 :ROFLMAO:

Gave the 335i its first clean since buying it yesterday. Always a slight concern after buying something second hand, you never quite know how much (even more lol) of a turd it is underneath all the polish!! Happily, the car isnt really any worse than i initially thought and the issues is does...

I tried Firestorm the other day as well; one game, then straight back to Breakthrough.

For lack of insurance, he'll probably get 6 points and a fine. The fine will likely be far less than if he'd actually been paying insurance premiums. Tax he'll probably get another fine. MOT, im not sure anyone really cares?

Haha, i sold the N52 330i to @Rob a couple of weeks ago, the N54 335i is my new "main" car :geek: Re: the 325i touring, it will be sold yes, i dont want to break it (due to its rarity), so i had planned on fixing it, then selling it. Probably in a couple of months id imagine. On the flipside...

In the end, with the touring having nav, there was only really going to be one outcome here ... Before: Untitled by Sir_Dave, on Flickr During: Untitled by Sir_Dave, on Flickr After: Untitled by Sir_Dave, on Flickr Gotta love BMW "wood" trim haha :love: I did actually buy a CIC for it...

In the 14 years ive been on Cliosport, ive heard alot said about ktec maps - peoples preference to load a TomTom map of Belgium onto their ECU instead, their ability to kill engines & produce eleventy billion horsepowers, but only on their dyno, but never once have i heard about one of their...

Dont they export them to remove the marker as well, then just bring them back over again and voila, no more Cat D? Great article, looks like you'll be getting the press you deserve!!

lol, i think we both know what i was getting at! You, like me, are incapable of leaving anything standard, so dismissing the MLite because its a turd as standard is a bit odd :unsure: Especially considering your current Octavia VRS is boring out the factory, then better when tinkered with, as...

IMHO, they arent particularly great on the road as standard lol. The problem with the MLites is very much what you are coming from. If you are coming from a "normal car" or 120d, 320d or 520d, it'll feel brilliant, lovely engine noise, rocket like speed, comfy cabin, similar ride & handling...

Didnt realise you could get hubcentric that thin!! I take it all back (y)