Pashley26

BMW paint is normally quite thick, and usually very very nice to work with. Have you tried using a rotary? I rotary'd my old E36 with a lake waffle pad and Menzerna Fastcut, refined that down further with Menzerna FG400 Fastgloss. Came up like new. An E36 with f**ked paint is the PERFECT place to learn on; I'm almost certain BMW used superglue for lacquer. When I got it the car was almost matte! I've just found this picture on my Photobucket looking for E36 pics. I miss this thing.

Bare sick post. If you're not into cleaning cars or seeing many pictures of the same car, take this as a warning. There are lots of pictures of the same car, and lots of cleaning. - So a month ago I appraised this vehicle for part exchange - To me, it wasn't what I was interested in at all. It was a diesel, the bodywork was filthy and it was covered in swirls scuffs and scratches. Bleurgh. I gave the spec and condition of the car back to the other salesman (who had asked me to do the appraisal because I was into Audi's) and that was that. I told him to take it for a drive and see if everything worked, and then walked off. I got chatting with the owner and discovered it was a one owner from new, with full Audi history to interval and had never wanted for anything in it's life. I also discovered the other salesman hadn't driven it, so for my own piece of mind having appraised the car and put my name on it I took it out for a quick spin. It drove sooooooo well. Anyway, the guy did buy a car off us but said he wasn't trading the car in and that he would offer it to his brother. So I didn't give it any further thought. Later that evening I started thinking about it as I jumped in my 250bhp solid mounted track ready daily driver and scraped down the road to my girlfriends with my brakes honking, fillings falling out and spine shattering with every turn of the wheel. Not to mention the inability to drive it at all in the wet, or the fact I looked like a nob. I thought about the A3 a couple of times over the following weeks, and how nice it drove and I thought. "Hmm, well actually I would like a new car...Maybe." Well much to my delightment I decided to work last Friday; and early in the afternoon the Audi pulled up outside. And the customer collected his new car. And the Audi stayed parked outside. Hmmm... By 6PM I had the keys, log book and was on my way to the customers house to pick up the service history and pay him for the tax disc. Very very happy indeed It had evidently been a very much loved family car, and the original owner and her husband were totally in love with the car and were gutted to see it go. But equally happy that it was going to me and that it was going to a new owner who would also love it. That said, the bodywork was still a pretty big issue. It had clearly been too busy being driven to have been polished, the wheels were black and the interior was as you'd expect an 8 year old 100,000 mile old Audi that had been home to a family of 4 since new. But it was all there, and in very good condition. Now until this point I had been VERY selective on which pictures I posted, and how they were edited. Because I don't want anybody to see my car in anything but mint condition. Today I did a full 7 hour paint correction on it, and it is by far the best I've done yet. Iron-x'd. Clayed. (including glass) Trims cleaned with Autofiness APC, Wheels clayed. Paintwork prepared and cleansed with Dr Beasleys. Paintwork refined with Black Hole and a rotary. Waxybox Anniversary wax was used to finally seal in the paintwork and to provide a glass like gloss with great depth. I cleaned the interior with Autofiness APC, treated the plastics with Megs' interior trim protector and wet vac'd the upholstery. The leather was fed with Glyptone and buffed with a microfiber. I love the car, it really is great. And after having the 8L for so long I am missing it; but this is such a better chassis. I may keep it for a year or so and then upgrade to an 8P S3. That's what I'd like to do anyway.

Robins option is best.

Nice.

Clutch?

Matador? Scammell?

What Prawn said basically! This is going to be a project to get it mint again, because it had never been polished. Rather than spending money on making it go fast or whatever, I just want it smart and to drive as nicely as it does now. Original owner had it Autoglym Lifeshine'd when it was new, so never cared for it st all body work wise. I asked him about it and he openly admitted it has never been polished. Yesterday I lightly polished it with Autobrite Cherry Glaze just because it was all I had in my mini kit, I then refined that a little with Black Hole and an applicator pad. Then late last night I waxed it with Dodo Juice Blue Velvet. I cleaned the interior with diluted Autofinesse APC, which has made a huge difference. I never realised the steering wheel was contrast stitched until I cleaned all the make up out of the wheel! I am happy with the paint work itself now, just looking to enhance it with some Angelwax Dark Angel on payday. The interior plastics have all been stripped and cleaned with Autofinesse APC then refined and protected with Megs trim protector. (Which smells like arse)

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Not had it long I know, but I really like my 2.0 140, so much more refined than the old 1.9 shit used to be. It's still a shit diesel, but I quite enjoy driving it. Things to look out for are whistling turbos and rattly flywheels. Flywheel rattle is just an annoyance and will probably last forever. Whistly turbos mean replacement and the probability that the service interval has been shit. - I followed Prawn to my dads last night to lay the slayer up I felt so sad seeing it on the road, it looks and sounds so awesome popping and hissing away. Fully huge massive clean required today, so expect many pictures.

Jamie Currie is buying it! I'd rather give it to him than see some scrote driving it around; he wants a track car and he lives three seconds from Castle Combe.

I lied, there's a small scuff on the front bumper. But I'm having it done next week. I'm looking forward to cleaning it; it's never been polished. It's actually Lava Grey...IE the same colour as Prawns car/my old A3 with a different name.

It's a f**king diesel. Hahahahaha.

It's literally immaculate. One owner from new, full Audi service history until the service manager at Basingstoke Audi left and took this guy with him to his independant specialist. Just had 4 new tyres, new discs and pads, new eibach springs and belts and pumps (including injection pump) done last year. The guy who owned it LOVED it, has given me a huge box of history. He traded it in for a 10 plate 140 TDI SE that we had, because he needed a 5 door.

I'm keeping the A3, I just got this so I can have a track car and a daily.

Nervous.

Also. Most badass car ever photographed?

Want. These. Now.

Basically you pick your two drivers, one engine and one chassis. And you have x amount of points to spend on them. The points cost for the three choices you make mean that you have to be creative with the lesser known drivers if you pick a good first driver, and the same for the engine.

I've only gone and ended up 5th in the WORLD on the international F1 league. And scored the highest single race score in the world this year. Well chuffed.

Sat at 70, on a level surface. 40mpg. At 85, 45mpg. At 60, 35mpg.

I have found myself in a weird prediciment. I know I bang on about changing my car all the time, but I think it might actually happen this time. I went to look at a Mk5 GTI yesterday, DSG, Xenons, Satnav, Sunroof. I really really liked it. And subject to getting the right money for my car private I think I might do it.

We have got a new CC Bluemotion now, stepdad got it as a company car. I told him to ask VW not to "prep" the paint work, just remove the stickers and pressure wash it with clean water. They did. I did a correction and protection on it the following day with a pre release sample Waxybox gave me of their new Anniversary wax. Good wax, great on medium metallic cars. A f**ker to apply but so rewarding.

Bumbder.