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Welcome to the forum from Essex! It's a hard bug to shake...

Good advice, thanks. It's being stored outside, so a trickle changer might be difficult, but it gets a regular drive.

Yeah, I think I just need to resign myself to it, and give in. Thanks to everyone as well, for being such a welcoming community!

Additionally, I recently had the gear knob off of the stick, and the damn thing was wood! a 12mm dowel. Any idea how common this is, and if you have a spare knob and shifter you could sell me i'd take it!

Will do! Though, if you're breaking them, I might have a few requests later. I'm concerned about rust in the sills, and am in need of a new rear window/roof with a good one in it.

Thanks for the advice!

Yep, that's part of what i'm looking forward to!

Yeah, she'll be getting a good going over next year before i run her as a daily again during the summer.

Th Good point. Rather not re trace my own steps.

Sold! To the keenly optimistic man in the spurs shirt! But in all seriousness, I think given the advice above, a sale is a long way off, i'm glad to say. How has yours treated you?

Yeah, that seems to be the prevailing opinion, and one i'm happy to accept. I should have a few more miles out of her, And i'm looking forward to working on her too. Thanks for the reply!

Awesome, thank you all very much for the advice. Seems like a decision made. Looking forward to many more miles (hopefully not many more hours under the bonnet).

Well, my main concern is that this might indicate a more systemic problem with it, which could incur future problems. Plastic rot, for example. However, if not, then she's certainly a keeper.

Hi, I have a few questions regarding my z3. I bought it about seven or eight months ago. Prior to owning it, it had been used as a summer car, and only had 60k on the clock (W plate, 1.9). I get the feeling that it's not been looked after, or not driven very much, as I have had to replace the...

Fantastic, thanks! One last thing, I assume I should be removing all of the previous grease beforehand?

I am indeed. I've really only started working on this car recently; I'm assuming by clean oil, you mean just engine oil?

Thanks! So I take it you'd recommend using the red rubber grease, as my mechanic did? I've also had someone say that it'll be detrimental to the valve, but that was a fellow at euro car parts who sounded horrified by the fact that I would ever think of using it...

As above, I'm replacing my DISA valve in my 19. Z3, and wanted to know what sort of grease I should apply when attaching the new unit. I have had red rubber grease recommend to me, but the smallest amount I can find to buy is 500g. Any ideas? Many thanks!

Not a bad idea. I'll have a few old socks about. :)

Cheers Shelly!