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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

Post by ronk » Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:36 am

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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

Post by GBZ4 » Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:43 am

FA03 means it was originally registered in Nottingham between 1st March and End of August 2003 :thumbsup:
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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

Post by MACK » Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:32 pm

AC5L4T3R wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2017 5:02 pm
maxman wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2017 4:01 pm You want to sue your dad for selling you a wreck :evil: .😉
Your a brave man driving that distance having spent so little time with the car . :thumbsup:
Well, let's just say I got a good deal ;) I'd driven it before when I temporarily "lost" the keys for my Z3 (they were in the footwell of the Z4) so I was used to it. The one thing it's taken a bit of getting used to is the long front end. I've been driving Smart cars on and off for the last 2 years and obviously they have no front end almost. Bumped in to one of the plastic posts ever so slightly at Tesco's on Friday :oops:
Welcome and watch out for those kerbs as well when you pull front ways in to a parking bay with that long front end.
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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

Post by AC5L4T3R » Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:57 am

GBZ4 wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:43 am FA03 means it was originally registered in Nottingham between 1st March and End of August 2003 :thumbsup:

Yep - Only one previous owner before and all the history receipts are from Nottingham.

On another note, how easy is it to fit electric seats? Competely forgot theres a set of electric seats in my Dad's garage that he never got around to fitting. Of course it'd mean a 1500 mile round trip to get them though :oops:
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Picked up a 2003 2.5i and drove it 770 miles to Germany

Post by Marlon » Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:00 am

AC5L4T3R wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:57 am
GBZ4 wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:43 am FA03 means it was originally registered in Nottingham between 1st March and End of August 2003 :thumbsup:

Yep - Only one previous owner before and all the history receipts are from Nottingham.

On another note, how easy is it to fit electric seats? Competely forgot theres a set of electric seats in my Dad's garage that he never got around to fitting. Of course it'd mean a 1500 mile round trip to get them though :oops:
Your car should have the loom for the electric seats pre-wired, so it should be a plug and play if you're swapping in Z4 electric seats
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