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Hi Waue - well I see you are on your way to the "dark side" Welcome to the BMWland and check out BMW 5 series Forum http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/ ... I am bmwtastic!

Dobroi nochi - goodnight in Russian!

neildavies wrote:Good luck with the new car, and no need not to stick around here. I still do, and I'm a Mondeo man now...

Thanks - I am down in S. Wales tomorrow and off to get it converted to LPG at Profess Autogas in Hengoed so need to polish up my Welsh! Nos da

Only pr!cks drive BMW's. Welcome to the club. :cheesy: Aw - thanks Mate! :D I see from your signature you enjoy a few motors! I also have owned a Trooper among other toys and a rather basic 520i in the past. My other side is VAG so I have run a lot of VW's and Audi's ... I do have a 1988 VW Caravel...

406executiveHDI wrote:hopefully its a BMW and not a vw bora(t)or(ing)

Congratulations - you guessed correctly... Bayerische Motoren Werke ... 530i Estate ... with LPG so 50 mpg equivalent .

I'm no right lane / lane 3 hugger!

sirwiggum wrote:No doubt we'll be seeing you inches from our back bumpers.

If I was that close my parking sensors would be firing off!

TLA's rule - Three Letter Acronyms - for cars too! e.g. JAG / PSA / VAG / but it is not any of these

Ok The car has a name that starts with a B and is from a part of Germany beginning with B!

Any guesses?

So it is time to say Goodbye folks and thanks for the superb advice - I have now sold my Pug 406 and am driving another car (secret! :wink: ) All I can say is although I have not met any of you, your friendliness and helpfulness has been very much appreciated. May you have many more happy miles driv...

Forgot the air - see new additions above!

THE CAR IS NOW SOLD - GOODBYE! :cry: Yes - it is time to pass on my baby to another 406 fan for the right number of notes! This is the top executive model with all the toys on a 53 plate in good condition. Where to start - basically a top model and in the final year of production? :cheesy: Black lea...

Well it was the intercooler pipe and £100 later fixed by my local garage but it took them 2 days to get the part! Seems a bit pricey too but good to have it sorted - now my link arm is playing up (see my other post!)

Arrgghh Cars! Who'd drive them? Me of course

Well the nuts are the killer and I didn't want to destroy the ball joint before being sure to get the inner end off... so I ran out of time and feel I miserable failure! :cry: At least I spotted the piece of metal in my tyre when re-fitting the wheel so I know I need to get this sorted before my nex...

You can get them from Eurocarparts , [url=http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p4522.m38.l1313&_nkw=406+top+link&_sacat=See-All-Categories] Top tip - I jumped onto the eurocarparts website and the link arms are cheaper than GFS even and delivered! :cheesy: Any comments on getting the bolts loo...