Jamie's Monaco blue coupe

[jamie_z4]

Right guys after a short period of ownership in a e85 2,5i roaster with the 177bho engine I was less than impressed with the performance even post remap - so I thought rather than wasting time & effort on a car that didn't really float my boat, I thought I'd go all out & get what I wanted initially.

This one came up last week & I phoned the dealer explaining my situation & weather he would be interested in my roaster - luckily he was, we struck a deal & I went down to Nottingham yesterday to fetch it,

The car is a non flimper spec. Some info

2008 model
Monaco blue
Champagne individual leather
Piano black dash individual
Style 135m wheels with mixed tyres
Aux in
Bluetooth
Pdc
Mfsw
Chrome line interior
Extended storage
Cruise control
Bi xenons
Heated seats

Think it's pretty well specced!
The performance is astonishing I forgot how quick they are.


Only faults I've found are;

Rocker cover gasket is leaking
Alternator bearing is noisy
Rust on boot lid (gonna go to Bmw for that)

Just plans are to tidy up & keep mint!

Did a quick machine polish on it this morning dressed & cleaned engine bay & cleaned leather with glip tone

[Marlon]

Stunning Jamie - cruise control and heated seats too. Love the interior - well done mate

[mr wilks]

Taz will have the numbers but i can't see there being many MB/champ Si Coupes in UK
Very nice

[srhutch]

Sorry to say you got it wrong again Jamie.

That IS Flimper spec. It has no Nav.

That engine bay and leather was minging. Looks much better already.

[NeilP]

The before and after on that bay!

Good work!

[jamie_z4]

Thanks guys! Oh my bad I thought flimper spec was just a s**t spec, it has everything bar nav (which is useless anyway!) so I'm pretty happy with it

Yeah i think it's pretty rare colour combo!

[mr.tourette]

bang tidy squire

[srhutch]

Thanks guys! Oh my bad I thought flimper spec was just a s**t spec, it has everything bar nav (which is useless anyway!) so I'm pretty happy with it

Yeah i think it's pretty rare colour combo!

To be fair it is a genereic term for low spec, but mainly aimed as Sat Nav.

Flimpers car is preety well spec'd including Extended leather. But he has no Nav or BT, which is a real pain in the ass when he flew past us on the M4 recently when the rest of us pulled into the services

[Autovisiondetailing]

Great transformation on the engine compartment.

Great colour combination, I do like a cream interior on a blue car. You've given me itchy feet, caught myself looking around this morning.

[pvr]

Monaco is a great colour.

Shame on the dealer for leaving that engine in that state though !

[Taz]

Taz will have the numbers but i can't see there being many MB/champ Si Coupes in UK
Very nice

Jamie, if you pm me the last 7 digits of your chasis number i will look into you car a give you some facts and figures on quantities

[jamie_z4]

thanks guys.

haha, i know a couple of people who've driven it (friends & family) Who've also looked into changing their boring audi's & nissans in favour of something a bit more sporty!

Cheers Taz will do

[stuartC]

Congrats Jamie, looks stunning

[Swiftly]

Congrats Jamie, it looks fantastic

[jamie_z4]

thanks guys.

Just trying to get the dealer to cough up for this valve cover gasket (rocker cover) but i doubt i'll be sucessful.

Looking @ Aprox £400 @ BMW for it or 250 at an independant ? Sound about righT? i know i've done a M54 before that was a lot easier, this one has an oil cooler on it & fancy valvetronic stuff.