Finally. I bought an ///M3.

[VeinAST]

29mpg out of the m3? very impressed

 

[Fletcher]

Wont get it back till next weekend now really, & i have a 90 mile daily commute to get to work ... in all seriousness, i'm blooming lucky to have a 2nd car, or i'd be buggered lol!! How amusing, having to use the French backup car as the German engineering has failed

lol

Shame about the M3 mate.

 

[SharkyUK]

Lovely car mate but very sorry to hear of the news following the compression / leak tests. Sounds quite familiar! I hope it doesn't dent the wallet too much and you are soon enjoying it again.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Couple more purchases today, somebody put a deposit on the Trophy's cage, so thought i'd spend some money on the eMfwee

• Depo smoked front indicators with silver bulbs - to get rid of the awful standard white ones!

Please note, none of these pictures are of my car, as its in the garage, sat looking grumpy in the corner

Depo on the left, standard on the right:

• BMW 'ZHP' Weighted leather gear knob - the standard one, whilst lit, is massive lol, as can be seen in the pictures below:

Standard one:

ZHP one (same as in my old 330 6sp):

Also purchased some AutoSmart Tardis, Pure Acetone Nail Varish Remover, 0000 Steel Wool & a Safety Window Scraper in order to get the hideous wintow tints off.

So once i finally get the car back, i'll have lots of things to play with & fit

 

[Englebert]

Worthwile additions there. For a moment i thought you had bought the Asian edition stuck on CSL flippers...

 

[Šįk]

Love the new mods, will look forward to seeing them on the badboi

That interior is erection.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Worthwile additions there. For a moment i thought you had bought the Asian edition stuck on CSL flippers...

lol, no. Although the dark window tints would suggest a previous owner ....

Just spoke to the garage, head is apparently on its way back from being skimmed, & they are just waiting on a delivery of bits from BMW - then it can all go back together. Fingers crossed it will be sat on my drive again for Saturday morning

 

[Christopher]

Good news!

Red leather looks great in them. Forgot about that.

 

[alex-avfc]

The best leather colour is Laguna Seca blue! Neighbour had a silver one with those colour seats - amazing!

 

[hughesclio]

The best leather colour is Laguna Seca blue! Neighbour had a silver one with those colour seats - amazing!

eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr are you for real???? that has to be the worst colour for a seat.... EVER

 

[Ali]

Lovely colour and overall a great car. Good buy Dave.

 

[Sir_Dave]

eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr are you for real???? that has to be the worst colour for a seat.... EVER

Ha ha, i'd agree with that. Laguna interior is rank!! Although tbf, red looks minging unless its properly looked after with gliptone, etc.
Just bought another bit for the car actually, a FloPlast 112.5 degree 68mm bend. Super high tec stuff really.

More info on it here and here. Basically, it directs the cold air from the bumper ducts into the standard airbox feed a little better. Cost? £3 from B&Q lol. Who said M3 tuning was expensive

 

[Christopher]

Laguna Seca is an awesome colour for the M3, just not the matching Indi seats! lol.

 

[Scrooge]

Lol Dave next there will big blue bucket in the bay.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Lol Dave next there will big blue bucket in the bay.

Dont tempt me

 

[Hixle]

Lol Dave next there will big blue bucket in the bay.

Ha!

Always like the smoked indicators on these, good buy. When you see a comparison (like on the above pic) it really shows how mis-matched the originals are!

 

[Scrooge]

I wish I was old sooo much, one of these would be on my drive if I wasn't a youth.

 

[hughesclio]

didnt know about the cold feed pipe, if i wasnt selling my m3 then i would of invested in one

 

[Sir_Dave]

Well, after 4 weeks of farting about, the car is now ready .... hopefully picking it up tomorrow morning

 

[chriscummins7]

Fingers crossed for you mate

 

[olliewebbuk]

Well, after 4 weeks of farting about, the car is now ready .... hopefully picking it up tomorrow morning

Just in time for winter.

 

[Christopher]

Good stuff!

It's cold outside.

 

[Hixle]

Excellent stuff mate

 

[Sir_Dave]

Just in time for winter.

Well yes lol.

I give it a month before i'm back in the Trophy, rolling around on snow tyres.

 

[Šįk]

Great news!

 

[R20 CWH]

least its funtime tomorrow

 

[Silent_Scone]

Sweeeeeet. Bet you can't wait. Wonder if it was down on power previously. You might be in for a treat lol

 

[Sir_Dave]

Wonder if it was down on power previously. You might be in for a treat lol

Ha ha, think it might have been :evil:

Picked it up on Saturday morning in the end. Was shown all the old bits & bobs, along with the boxes for all the genuine BMW parts used in the rebuild as well, which was nice. Headgasket had a chunk missing between the end two cylinders as can be seen below - not as bad as some others ive seen on the web, so not really affecting the drive, but still broken:

Then pootled down to Cardiff for the weekend, saw 29mpg sat at 85-90 leptons all the way, which i was happy enough with - Sarah's not quite so happy as she pays for half the petrol on such trips (going to see her brother) and its quite a difference from the 48mpg in the derv. Ha ha.

For those that dont know, Cardiff Bay has a tunnel, of quite decent length ... in all seriousness, even if the M3 was slow, i wouldnt care. The noise it makes as it climbs towards the redline is simply sublime, spine tingling in fact.

Straight six, throttle bodies, nearly 8 thousand rpm.

Then i took a couple of pictures, still cant capture the colour particularly well, but meh, iPhone camera.

Happy as a pig in sh1t

 

[Budgie]

TFFT.

 

[Brookie.]

Good to see it back

I bet it's been a really long month for you mate.

 

[Waitey]

Why is it still Asian Spec?

Also is it none facelift? Pauper.

 

[DanielJames]

Beautiful mate! glad you got it sorted.

 

[Hixle]

Absolutely love that colour mate. Very jealous.

Can't remember if you said or not, it's a manual, yeah?

 

[Munson]

Defo lose the tints.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Why is it still Asian Spec?

Also is it none facelift? Pauper.

Ha ha, tints are coming off on Saturday!! Havent actually had it for a full weekend yet, 6 weeks of ownership & its been in my grubby mits for 6 days ...

Its a May '03 facelift, manual with mk4 DVD nav, heated seats & black nappa - deffo not pauper spec

 

[Daniel]

Roffle at charging your mrs half for fuel.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Roffle at charging your mrs half for fuel.

They fought for equal rights, so its only fair ...

 

[Coby.]

Lovely car and glad you got it back on the road.

 

[Waitey]

Ha ha, tints are coming off on Saturday!! Havent actually had it for a full weekend yet, 6 weeks of ownership & its been in my grubby mits for 6 days ...

Its a May '03 facelift, manual with mk4 DVD nav, heated seats & black nappa - deffo not pauper spec

It doesn't stop it looking like something Mr. Cadbury's gay son would mince around in.

 

[BigDaveRotary]

They fought for equal rights, so its only fair ...

Quoted for truth

Nice looking thing that M3 is!