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Welcome to bimmersport - nice looking car Love the E46 touring!! - will be my next car (white, manual, 330, on 19's)

haha crap i've had the exact same email except it said don't buy shell or mobil. haha load of bollocks

haha that site is funnycheck out this Luxury Door Lock Knob - only US$515.99 for a set of 4

the guy deserves to be shot for doing that to a perfectly good mercedes

Doesn't Gull have that biofuel crap!? and it's 96/97 octane?BP 98 is the best fuel IMO

Yeah I tend to agree with you here Graeme. All the junk on the road also doesn't look good, many of the cars are dangerous, and there is too many clogging up the roads.

It's a hard one! I'd like to see a Nabour or a Lational Government.

Hahahahaha ROFL

haha sh*t yeah

lost interest in lost after season 2 moved on to prison break - still hooked but sick of waiting for season 4 (or the rest of season 3) moved on to Heroes - I love it and am hooked but am also sick of waiting for season3 (or the rest of season 2) Have watched episode 1-8 of the Sarah Connor Chronicles - I like it, story wise it's a little bit weak but there is some really good action and special effects and I will continue to watch - the remainder of the 1st season at least. When is the next season of Top Gear due out in the UK?

detonating

When Ferrari wrapped up the front row of the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton’s only real hope of victory seemed to lie in the hands of the weather gods. It duly rained before the start, but after six laps the Englishman walloped the wall hard on the exit to the Swimming Pool, while trailing poleman Felipe Massa’s Ferrari. Into the pits he came, and at that stage the race seemed to belong to the Brazilian. McLaren, however, brimmed the MP4-23 with fuel, and Hamilton caught his first break when the safety car was deployed on the eighth lap after Red Bull’s David Coulthard and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais went off at Massenet. The racing resumed on the 11th lap, and two laps later Kimi Raikkonen dropped out of second place when he had to serve a drive-through penalty for having his tyres fitted too late in the grid. Now BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica moved up to push Massa, and was able to snatch the lead when the latter slid momentarily up the escape road at Ste Devote on the 16th lap. Hamilton was chasing hard after them, with Raikkonen now trailing in fourth place. Kubica stayed ahead until he refuelled on the 26th lap, whereupon Massa went back into the lead until his stop on the 33rd lap. By then Hamilton was up to second, and after moving into the lead… he just kept going. He did not have to refuel until the 54th lap, and that lengthy stint proved absolutely crucial. Kubica had already stopped for the second time a lap earlier, so was no further threat, and having built a lead of 37.6s Hamilton could refuel, switch to Bridgestone’s soft tyres, and resume still in the lead. Still he was not home and dry, however. He was 40 seconds ahead when Nico Rosberg, running a lap down after two pits stops to replace damaged noses, tanked his Williams hard into the walls on the exit to the Swimming Pool on the 61st lap. Out came the safety car again, and suddenly Hamilton’s huge advantage had been eroded completely. He kept his head when the race restarted on the 68th lap, however, and was able to pull away to what he described as “a very emotional triumph. The highlight of my career.” Behind him, Kubica had no trouble fending off Massa for second for BMW Sauber. Adrian Sutil could have finished fourth for Force India - yes, that’s right - having driven a superb race with a heavy fuel load. But he was the biggest loser in the second safety-car incident. He had been comfortably ahead of Raikkonen’s Ferrari when Rosberg crashed, and was later assaulted by the red car going into the chicane as the race resumed. Raikkonen had got into the same sort of tank-slapper as David Coulthard did in qualifying, and though the Finn kept control of his car he smacked hard enough into the back of Sutil’s car to remove his own front wing and put the unfortunate German out of the greatest race of his life. Stewards subsequently investigated the incident, but decided no action was necessary. As Raikkonen fell back, Mark Webber finished fourth for Red Bull ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who finally got a break to bring his new Toro Rosso STR3 home fifth in front of Rubens Barrichello’s Honda, Kazuki Nakajima’s Williams and Heikki Kovalainen, all of whom fought throughout. The McLaren driver had to start from the pit lane after his MP4-23 stalled on the grid, and scooped the final point by keeping Raikkonen at bay to the flag, which fell two laps sooner than scheduled as the race reached the two-hour mark. Behind Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso was 10th for Renault after a series of collisions, then came Jenson Button, who lost his Honda’s front wing on the opening lap in a brush with Nick Heidfeld, the Toyotas of thrice-spinning Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli, and Heidfeld himself, who was assaulted by Alonso in a brush at the Lowes hairpin. Besides Sutil, Rosberg (who was subsequently sent to hospital for precautionary checks), Coulthard and Bourdais, Nelson Piquet dropped out of a tough fight with Vettel after brushing a wall, and Giancarlo Fisichella’s 200th race ended in retirement too. The result of a nail-biting race puts Hamilton back in the championship lead with 38 points to Raikkonen’s 35, Massa’s 34 and Kubica’s 32. In the constructors’ stakes, Ferrari have 69 to McLaren’s 53 and BMW Sauber’s 52. The battle for the world championship has suddenly come alive again. Source: Formula1.com

how is your car coming along john? will I be seeing you on the track this summer?

I have a pre face lift tow bar you can have for a box of beers, wiring included.

Congratulations, that sounds like a good job and Monaco is definitely a good company to work for.

+ 1million

the rockers become quite work hardened and brittle over time, they can easily be over tightened when being adjusted and crack. It's not what you want to hear but i'd say when they set them at jeff gray they over tightened it and didn't notice that it had cracked. I broke one of my old rockers by over tightening it. anyway if it is at the back of the engine you can slide the rocker shaft a little way out the front and put a new one in without removing the head, otherwise your head has to come off. It's a shame time is not on your side, perfect opportunity to fully rebuild your head, new valve guides, seals, a polish, reseated valves and reset valve spring rates. maybe even a lumpy cam if you can find one.

something doesn't sound right, that shouldn't be happening. do you have a photo?

what router are you using?

happy birthday dave!

DTM E30 M3 2010 Ferrari F450 (when it is released) Lambo Murchielago R-GT Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS Mini Copper S Works Race car & A Ducati 999 in the last parking spot. none of these cars are practical for daily use, the practical ones will be in the other garage. Also like Yuen said there would have to be another garage for a hoist and tools and dyno room etc etc ... The car transporter & helicopter also must have a garage each. something like that anyway ....

not entirely correct, i said i thought the wheels actually did suit the car for once. Maybe it's the colour? or maybe its because its a compact and the wheels look good compared to how bad the shape of the car is?? ...

Found these amongst my parts, don't need them. I smoked them when i used to smoke tail lights etc. Airbrushed tint with 2 clear coats. They look far better than the hideous amber lenses. only want $20 for them, pick up Albany or add $5 courier. [email protected], first in first serve picture shows comparison to amber lenses, doesn't really do them justice either.

Since we are being all serious now.. I am an industrial designer come entrepreneur. I part own and manage Blender Design ltd - we are a small design consultancy specialising in product design and development. I am hesitant to put up our web address because the new site isn't up, but here is the old one www.blender.net.nz The rest of the time I run bimmersport along with Andrew. No company car right now, I use my 540, keep a logbook and claim the business expenses. (happy IRD man?)

you break pinus radiatas?