Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Clio too old and too costly. Will be new or nearly new, most likely diesel and incredibly un-exciting. Need a house.
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
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If you need a house then I'd sell the bimmer and buy a £300 shitter to run around in.
[Edited on 11-10-2013 by Chris x]
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Aleex
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Registered: 21st Jul 09
Location: Plymouth
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i did this ^
sold my ek9 for 5.5k , funded my house moneys.
i now drive round a 150 quid e36 316i 
[Edited on 11-10-2013 by Aleex]
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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False economy.
Anyways this is a project thread so keep on topic
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Aleex
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Registered: 21st Jul 09
Location: Plymouth
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ha ha ha.
so what would be your price?
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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I am just about to apply to remove my plate then it is going up for sale. Going to be heartbreaking as I genuinely thoughjt I could afford to keep this forever. But alas no.
I will be asking £3895ono including Hardtop. This will not include the xenons or Alpine screen/nav.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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bargain that
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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I think its priced fairly. Certainly a lot cheaper than the dreamers on PH. Its 16years old and not perfect.But its reliable, fast and looks fantastic. MOT till July next year too
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BeetleGav
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Registered: 27th Jun 10
Location: lancashire, nelson
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Bargain motor!
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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Cheers Jambo 
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Olsrey, is that your E39?
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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Yeah it is, remembered seeing James bought the AMG paddles but never saw them fitted properly, so popped him a PM and bought them off him.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Wow! That was fast  all working ok?
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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I don't fook around  . Working perfectly thanks.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Looks great mate! Didn't know you could fit them to this style wheel
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
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To be fair they aren't sitting in the wheel perfectly, but good enough at least for now. Thanks again for them.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Sad news....
Some utter shitcunt decided to hurt my poor car whilst I nipped in to a shop for all of 10minutes....
Oil; change at the weeklend and she is going for sale.
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Tom going to sort that CHEAP i hope
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Quick vid I made showing the xenons before I remove them for the new owner picking them up next weekend 
http://youtu.be/e9TcFy7s-Aw
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Nothing but time wasters so far. Taken it off for a couple of weeks.
Got a bit of a rough idle and it struggled to start one morning, considering that I had already replaced Inlet hoses I did some research and all signs pointed to the VANOS. So decided to invest to make sure the car was healthy before I sold it.
Replacing the solenoid seals and renewing the gaskets and bolts on the inlet and exhaust solenoids in the VANOS assembly.
seals and gaskets/bolts came to an eye watering £85 from BMW, but much better than needed a new vanos assembly for £2500 or new cams as well. (Don't even wanna know how much that would be!)
Didn't take many pics as I was busy and it was largely poor light. Once the covers where removed it was clear there was a slight bit of a leak, although not massive as they usually are. This would enforce the fact my car doesn't use any oil, and shows that it is just in time.
Pic of the exhaust side cover, here
Can clearly see it had seeped through the gasket and also pooled out the solenoid connector end also.
Bit of oil residue and shit(should be silver)
So all in and taken for a spin, throttle response is hugely improved, lower gears pick up is fantastic and the engine is so smooth and much quieter now. If I had known how easy this was and how relatively cheap I would have done this the weekend after I got the car.
Anyway for those interested, here's a write up from someone who had it much worse than me to illustrate what was done:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=610143
Big thanks to Shrek for doing all the work safely and professionally!
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daymoon
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Registered: 1st Aug 08
Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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Do you know about BMMiniparts website?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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I use them all the time daymoon
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Yup used them for a lot of stuff. Not the greatest service but can be cheap.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Realllyyyy dont want to sell it
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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Don't then. Take it off the road and stash it away for a bit
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