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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 01:14 PM
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I'll stop polluting this one and pollute my old one.
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 02:05 PM
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I dgaf, its all car chatter to me
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Old Jun 7, 2016 | 11:47 PM
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The car looks lovely, I really like how mean it looks with the black wheels
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Old Jun 8, 2016 | 12:55 AM
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cheers Win, i need to take some better pics. it looks as it should now and i'm happy with it.

one of my front discs has arrived. never use DHL. the other and the pads are who knows where. then it needs a service
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Old Jun 8, 2016 | 03:00 PM
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Looks fab Jason. Good you can catch up with all the tlc now it is not the commuting queen
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Old Jun 8, 2016 | 11:30 PM
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Looks like a good job on the paint

Always nerve wracking when you get it back from the painter for a first inspection
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Old Jun 9, 2016 | 12:46 AM
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I agree. I have been asking everyone at work but came up with zero recommendations. People are either not into cars or not had anything done recently.

Used a place in the city for an issue with the S and the results were average but this guy has worked on some exotica so it was a punt. it looks lovely in the flesh though. Very happy as it looked very tatty to me
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Old Jun 11, 2016 | 11:23 AM
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The fackin discs are here
One is 320mm (wrong), the other 360mm
Both have the part numbers off ECP

Balls

PS DHL are shit
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Old Feb 24, 2017 | 02:08 AM
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So, as predictable as it is annoying my throttle actuator failed today after just 34k miles (albeit car is 9 later this year)

does nothing for my feelings about the car tbh. My only issue is being unsure what to swap it for...

anyway, its a common issue, gears wear in the shitty dbw actuator (who even wants that ffs!), this causes electrical overload of the controller board which the ecu spots and spits its dummy out over resulting in random errors, a 4k redline and an engine light

Oh ane an impending bill...

more to follow

grumpy...
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Old Feb 24, 2017 | 03:42 AM
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Have a look at BMW Throttle Actuator Repair | 100% Guarantee

He comes to your house and replace your actuators for peanuts compared to BMW

Guys on the M3 facebook thing are all positive about him


I'm waiting for mine to go but so far it's ok, on 46k now
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