Arty and Trish Z3 Lovers !

[arty]

Hi There !
My name is Arthur and my wife is Trish. We have been Z3 owners for a while now. We used to own a 2002 1.9 but it was always letting us down and putting a big hole in my wallet ! So we got rid of it begrudingly and bought a Mini Cooper convertible.......... big mistake..........got rid of it. Pondered a Z4 and started looking around. Quite by chance we drove past an Atlantic blue 98 2.8 Z3 outside someones house for sale. Next day we were the proud owners of it. Have had to spend a bit cash on it but we love it. Now we like to try and get to some as the weather is getting better. A big thank you to Mazza who introduced me to your forum

Cheers

 

[andyglym]

to the Forum from West Cumbria.

 

[t-tony]

Hi Arty and Trish, welcome from me too near Lincoln.

Tony.

 

[Mus Musculus]

from me to the forum from Cambridgeshire, UK.

I must confess that I first read your post as from Arthur and Tristan.Take that as you may...

 

[Shelly]

 

[Mint]

Hi Arthur & Trish and to the forum from me too in Stafford.

 

[Rod and Kate]

Hi and welcome from Rod and Kate in York.

 

[PHILIP BAXTER]

Hi both, and welcome from me in Cardiff.

 

[arty]

from me to the forum from Cambridgeshire, UK.

I must confess that I first read your post as from Arthur and Tristan.Take that as you may...

Hi There, no it's definitely Trish

 

[arty]

from me to the forum from Cambridgeshire, UK.

I must confess that I first read your post as from Arthur and Tristan.Take that as you may...

Hi There, no actually it's Trish

 

[Althulas]

Hi and welcome from me to you both. Do post some pics.

 

[Ian&Sue]

Hi Arty & Trish, from North Yorkshire.

Sue & Ian.

 

[colb]

Welcome aboard the Forum, you have arrived at the best Z Forum on the Web, help and advice always available here.
As our membership is Worldwide its a good idea to update your user details with your location and model of your car, it assists us in answering your questions.
You could also add a signature to show these detail so they appear in all your future posts.
If you are lucky you might be close to one of the enthusiast run Zed Sheds here in the UK where members meet up and do jobs on each others cars.
If your new to OBD2 you will want to bolster your toolbox with a decent Code Scanner, bound to need one sooner or later.
I can reccomend a Creator 310+ as a good all round scanner and easy to use.
If you want to go the Laptop route then find yourself a Windows laptop running Windows 7 or above and
purchase BMW Scanner 1.4 available on ebay for little cost, it comes with its Interface, cable and software on a usb stick, you will need a 16pin to 20 pin cable changer to plug
these diagnostics in to the under bonnet diagnostic plug (Pac-man socket) to read all modules on the car.
If yours has a 16pin obd2 socket under the steering wheel inside the car that will only read the engine and transmission modules,
the Pac-man socket reads all modules. If you get hooked on Diagnostics you may want to have a go with BMW software, INPA, NCS Expert, Winkpf and DIS, these
can be problematic setting up but usually due to configering the right drive and usb settings. Help usually forthcomming on the Forum if you run into install problems.