Hi All,
Just thought I'd say hello - I've been registered a little while but have only been properly looking through the site in recent days. You all seem helpful, friendly and informative.
I'd also like to introduce you to Misty (I suspect most of you can guess how she got her name!), who I recently inherited from a (now ex) gf and was described as a banger on ebay when first purchased a couple of years ago (the car, not the ex).
There's a few things I'm planning on doing over the next few weeks which are:
- a thorough service by a local bmw mechanic who has been recommended to me - though if anyone has a recommendation for the west London/Ealing area, I'm happy to take advice.
- sort out the leaking roof, which I assume will either be a new roof, or adjusting/fixing the seals on the passenger side - Misty collects a fair amount of water in the passenger footwell.
- both wing mirrors are kaput - previous owners had 'fixed' them by driving great big phillips head screws through the casings! Currently held on by a combination of duct-tape and parceltape - functional but not pretty! I was thinking that something like these would do the trick -
Again, any thoughts on the subject are welcome.
Lastly, once the mechanics, leak and mirrors are sorted then the paintwork (oh and the centre caps and bonnet badge have all disappeared!) along with a few other bits and pieces (door cards/damp carpets/ etc!) will be dealt with.
So, that's me saying hello and setting out my (now I'm reading it, a fairly considerable) stall - if there's interest, I'll keep you updated with progress.
Best,
Frank
Just thought I'd say hello - I've been registered a little while but have only been properly looking through the site in recent days. You all seem helpful, friendly and informative.
I'd also like to introduce you to Misty (I suspect most of you can guess how she got her name!), who I recently inherited from a (now ex) gf and was described as a banger on ebay when first purchased a couple of years ago (the car, not the ex).
There's a few things I'm planning on doing over the next few weeks which are:
- a thorough service by a local bmw mechanic who has been recommended to me - though if anyone has a recommendation for the west London/Ealing area, I'm happy to take advice.
- sort out the leaking roof, which I assume will either be a new roof, or adjusting/fixing the seals on the passenger side - Misty collects a fair amount of water in the passenger footwell.
- both wing mirrors are kaput - previous owners had 'fixed' them by driving great big phillips head screws through the casings! Currently held on by a combination of duct-tape and parceltape - functional but not pretty! I was thinking that something like these would do the trick -
Again, any thoughts on the subject are welcome.
Lastly, once the mechanics, leak and mirrors are sorted then the paintwork (oh and the centre caps and bonnet badge have all disappeared!) along with a few other bits and pieces (door cards/damp carpets/ etc!) will be dealt with.
So, that's me saying hello and setting out my (now I'm reading it, a fairly considerable) stall - if there's interest, I'll keep you updated with progress.
Best,
Frank
to the Forum from West Cumbria. Sounds like a good project, good luck. Oh, just my view of course, others are available, a mahoosive no on the wing mirrors 
