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I took my 2002 Z3 to a classic car show last week. Some friendly banter took place as to whether or not it should be on display in the car show, or parked in the car park.

However it ended up in the show, and attracted a lot of interest. I think people look on it as a car they could own themselves, and use day to day.

But is it a "classic car" l would describe it as a "modern classic".

Has any one thought of taking part in these events?

It's a track day for the novice/intermediate with I believe instructors on hand to help you improve your skills.

So usually Detailing sees me on the motorway networks, doing an obscene amount of miles, travelling to clients to work the Summit magic on their cars.

This Z3 however was a little different - owned by a neighbour in the next apartment block 100ft away!

So the aim of this Detail was to get the paintwork as defect free as possible in 2 days.

This is the car in question - not bad on first impression, paintwork wise, but looks can be deceiving

You know the drill... Tee-shirt for the winning photographer

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I'm new here, just completed my first Z3 I entered this video rebuild contest and was selected as one of 10 finalists. Grand prize is $10,000 - it would really help to pay off some of the massive debt I've accumulated over the last 4 years (just finished my doctorate).

So I need your help. Winner is decided by a public vote, so please help by voting once a day for the next 10 days or so. My video is "Z Dream".

Bought a Z3M in 2001, damaged and left it in storage since. Recently dug it out over the winter to prepare it for the summer.

I have a few photos of when we got the car home back in 2001 but can't put my finger on them at the moment. Here are some photos of more recent times, now we've bitten the bullet and started working on it.

As some of you may know i went off to Le'mans a week ago with a group of friends to see what all the fuss was about. I can now see what the attraction is and can safely say i have had a once in a life time experience and shall never forget it. I took hundreds of photos and shot some interesting videos, stretching the legs of my Z3M and can certainly say these M's are very underrated. I kept up with most of the TVR's and no one managed to loose me when we played games, of course all was carried out at 130km/h on the French toll roads.

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