What have you done to your BMW today?

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Mark-insert old BMW said:

Caught a train up to London and collected a rare old saloon, in the shape of an almost rust free E36. There are a couple of small cosmetic scabs and the jacking points were repaired a few years back but, as far as E36's go, it's in remarkably good shape. The mileage is also very low at just 45k or thereabouts and some years it cpvered literally a mile between tests. Given how little it's actually been used, it definitely benefited from an Italian tune up today and by the time we reached home 253 miles later, it was running and driving without fault. The interior is in amazing condition and despite the smokers pack, it's never actually been smoked in.

Best of all though, it's a super rare 318is saloon so has a 1,9 twin cam, M sport suspension, M sport steering wheel etc.

Oh and does anyone know how I can find out the radio code for a BMW Business RDS radio cassette?

Very nice - as has been mentioned, rare in saloon form.

If you're lucky and have the manual for the radio (or it might be the service book, sorry can't remember), should be printed in there (IIRC on a small card).

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Shappers24 said:

Bought my Z4 last year and the wheels were in dire need of a refurb, and were running all kinds of odd cheap tyres. Found these on eBay, genuine Z4M wheels, with nearly brand new pilot sport 4’s on, finally got round to fitting them.



Not without its challenges, with the 16 year old locking wheel nut shearing off. Then treated the soft top to a proper scrub, and a quick bath for the rest of it.



It needs a few bits of paint correction, but it’s not looking bad for its 80K miles. This week is MOT time and it’s going to need suspension work doing.

Nice upgrade.

I keep meaning to ditch the RFTs on my E85, but they've got so much tread (I don't cover many miles), it seems v wasteful! I do hear that the difference is genuinely night and day on the Z4 (it made a decent difference on my 630i).

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Deep Thought said:

g3org3y said:

Nice upgrade.

I keep meaning to ditch the RFTs on my E85, but they've got so much tread (I don't cover many miles), it seems v wasteful! I do hear that the difference is genuinely night and day on the Z4 (it made a decent difference on my 630i).

They definitely (or lack thereof) make a big difference.

Like yourself i got rid of them on my 630i but i remember on the Z4 Coupe my wife bought new, we swapped out the RFTs when worn and the difference was amazing.

The Z4 has an especially hard ride. And IME these Bridgestone RE050A (which I also had on the E91) aren't the best.

Something to think about for the summer...oh and sort out the roof!