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Yep, from what I gather inspection 2 is somewhere around the £600-800 mark and I'm aware it's due an inspection 2 in about a year's time. Rear tyres are also down to about 4mm tread depth but seemed to be around the £220/each for official M3 tyres last time I looked. Seventh, do you have...

Love the storm grey!

Cheers guys, yea I'm aware of the subframe issue. Apparently BMW fix it for free on any car under 10 years old as this is the bodywork warranty period so I'd only buy a car that's either already been fixed or is under 10 years old. This is the one I'm looking at, it's expensive but it's on 35k...

Don't just put any bolts on there that are the right diameter/length. I'd guess they're pretty high quality bolts in this application.

So many people say make sure it's manual but so many people on the owners club love the SMG! I think I want a manual really but lets see how the extended test drive in the SMG goes on Friday, if this car was the spec it is but manual I'd snap it up in a heartbeat!

I just paid ~£37 from opie so I'd snap that up if they're the genuine NGK Platinum plugs

Have seen this poster on loads of cars today, I live in Rochester. Hope they find him, I'll keep my eyes open

Could put some sort of security nuts on the flanges so they can't use normal spanners?

My immediate thought is to get a manual car and from driving an SMG today I wasn't convinced but there are a massive number of people on the m3 forums saying a 10 min test drive isn't enough to realise how good the SMG is.... there are a lot of fan boys! I'm almost hoping I will like it in the...

I'm not too worried about running costs, I know they will be high. From what I can gather ~£300 extra on insurance/yr, same road tax, servicing ~£400-£800 every 15k or 2yrs and tyres ~£200 each. I'm so tempted, looking at late 2003 car with 35k miles but it's SMG. Does have all the other bits...

It doesn't take long to get the front bumper off and take the headlight units out which makes it a piece of piss

Does anyone have experience of these? I've just come back from a test drive in one and wow, what a car! The way it really pushes you back in your seat even at relatively low revs is great after the lack of torque in the 197, the way it rides over bumps in the road is so well controlled...

Cheers Si, but if the anti-rotation link is knackered won't this also allow the wheel to wobble side to side? Edit: Just looked at the diagram, I understand what you're saying now. So the tie rod is the only part which could cause this rotation. Now just need to work out if it's worth getting...

Went to get the 197 tracked on friday at AMD Essex as it was feeling a bit wobbly over bumps and wandering a little. AMD told me they couldn't do the tracking as the passenger side tie rod was knackered. But, I know with the perfo-hub that there is another drop link style connection between...

Spotted at about 6:30pm yesterday, you went past me in the average cameras and followed you until dartford. Black 200 with club sticker in the rear window and few other stickers on it!

I've had mine just over 3 years now and have the bug to move on. Actually, I've had 'that' itch for about a year now but just haven't managed to find anything that will give the 197's thrills at a similar price, I really don't think there is ANY car out there that is a better all round car than...

I was just about to post about how superior my old mk5 zetec-s was in the snow compared to my 197! I never got stuck in any snow in my ZS, in fact I was going along in snow that pretty much everyone except 4x4s were stuck in. But, in the 197 I seriously struggle in the snow and have even...

This is a great project, looking forward to the results!

Brembo High Carbon front discs are same as the renault ones but without the black painted hub. Standard front pads are ferrodo I think but would definitely recommend an upgrade to DS2500 if you're fast road use

I've only had a problem with the ESP once which was on the karrusel at the 'ring, everywhere else I've left it on and it's never bothered me. Maybe it's not as violent when you're on stiffer suspension or something??