YesI roughly recognise the road name as I live in the same postcode
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Its actually based on the E30 style wheel, just with all the buttons and paddles and switches a modern car has
Sell drugs.
Finished playing with the video editing software, excuse the general level of crapness
Just to add when you have the HUD turned on most of the information that appears in the dash, such as the Nav instructions, music selection and phone book, appear in the HUD instead and aren't displayed on the dash at all.
Just to add when you have the HUD turned on most of the information that appears in the dash, such as the Nav instructions, music selection and phone book, appear in the HUD instead and aren't displayed on the dash at all.
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That is very cool!
Can you tell that the dials 'aren't real'- is the dial movement smooth and 60fps or is there lag / delay and jerkiness?
Can you tell that the dials 'aren't real'- is the dial movement smooth and 60fps or is there lag / delay and jerkiness?
When they are stationary if you just glanced at them probably not, when moving yes you can tell as the numbers grow and shrink as you approach or go past them and there is a slight lag when it changes up as the needle sweeps down but not much.
I'll try to get my sony action cam thing setup so it records the dash while I'm driving.
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I picked this up in the summer to replace my old Astra Coupe 1.8L.
And here its is with my old one.
Is a 2L turbo this time, got it cheap on the bay.
Had some faults, all gone now, just been to have a remap on her this morning, as it had been remapped badly in the past, not smooth on the throttle at all. Now she is.
And here its is with my old one.
Is a 2L turbo this time, got it cheap on the bay.
Had some faults, all gone now, just been to have a remap on her this morning, as it had been remapped badly in the past, not smooth on the throttle at all. Now she is.
At the time the options on the table, and to be honest what I wanted, didn't bring the 640d into my budget. I also really liked how the M235i drove, and still do, just the range of problems I experienced put me off ordering another one.
I had ordered a 335d which if they'd delivered it in the time frames originally discussed I'd have gone for, but again circumstances transpired to mean that it wouldn't be delivered until sometime after March 2015 which when I was ordering it to replace a car due to problems seemed to be a bit of a long wait.
Whilst looking at other options with the Business Manager we had a look at a used 640d they had just taken in., which i liked it quite a lot so he ran some numbers which looked promising. I asked about an extended test drive of that car but because it was untaxed they couldn't do that, so they lent me their 14 plate MY14 car for a couple of days. I loved the way it drove and how it felt to be in it, so spoke to him when I got home about the used car, at which point he said he'd been playing with the numbers on a new car, and if I could put in a bit of a deposit I could have a new one within my budget.
Became a bit of a non-decision then, as whilst its costing me more through the deposit and monthlies than the used car, the net effect once you take into account servicing, extended warranty, extending the online services and the fact the used car had the older wheel and satnav the overall cost through the time I'll own it isn't that much different. So I bought the new one, which I love...
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Dirty, wet and cold. Winter has arrived.
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After using the E39 all week and being away for business I was extremely looking forward to driving the M3 again. Have been off work today and it was nice and fresh outside so thought it was a good enough day to let the window down, have a good drive into the country and listen to the beauty that is the S54 at full pace and I'm so glad I did. It felt almost new again and excited me all over again...I remembered why I bought this car.
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Just had the car detailed 
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paint looks superb Will.
was it bad before?
that a new cat back too?
going off the last picture, looks like you're not short on tea either mate, get a brew on
haha!
Full decat (japspeed decat) and complete Milltek exhaust
It was pretty full of swirls - you can see the full post here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27261848&postcount=8830
I'm still not 100% convinced on spacers and how the affect handling, it does look better, but I'd be worried about it having a negative impact on the handling.