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Just been speaking to a colleague who said his insurance company asked him at his renewal if he had been on any speed awareness courses. He told them he had and this resulted in a big increase in his premium. I didn't think they could do this? Has this happened to anyone on here? My renewal is due soon and I thought taking the course kept me from an increase in premium. Cheers

I used to make audio notes then put them on my ipod and go to the gym or walk about the place. Seems to stick in my head better than writing stuff down and you get some exercise too!

Mine failed twice. What seems to happen is the non return valve fails then the pump burns out pumping against the blockage. Second time they failed CS fitted a generic pump, much cheaper and does the same job.

My mate has completely lost his mind, keeps pretending to be an island off the coast of Italy! I said, don't be Sicily

both gone!

Z now gone so no need for these. Not valuable enough to be worth selling but thought they could help out someone on here so giving them away for free. Front and rear nissan badges in good condition Kuro black touch up pen (ideal for stone chips) First come first served.

Worst mod - alloy gators. They might be ok on rays but on the rotas they have a habit of flying off at high speed! Also kinda hard to remove them without damaging the wheels Second worst mod - Rota GTRs - look great but 2 had to be replaced due to cracks and they are soo easy to kerb, also don't do anything for the handling.

And yeah, the 335d and 335i are both really tempting for an extra 3-4k, but then I might as well have kept the Z?!

I went to look at the eBay one today. Very clean, m-sport and low miles but yeah, 9k for a 55 plate 320d If I can get him down to 8k or less I might go for it, few more to look at tomorrow. Thanks for all the help. Do you think there's much difference between the 166 and 177 bhp versions? Cheers

Sorry for the confusion...there is 2 separate cars I'm talking about here. One is private sale and has the issue with finance outstanding, the other a dealer who looks to deal almost exclusively in commercial vehicles but has a 3 series for sale.

Thanks for the help guys. I will check with him the details of the finance and let you know. In the meantime, just spotted this one for sale: http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... ?logcode=p Its the newer 177bhp engine with efficient dynamics. Higher mileage and no m-sport kit but a bit cheaper. Main thing putting me off this one is the seller seems to only sell vans and commercial vehicles? Not sure why they would be selling this car.

Looking at cars to replace the Z, spotted this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-BMW-320D ... 2c5fdb9088 Called the guy who said there is finance owing on the car. He offered me 2 options, either he pays the finance as soon as its sold or I pay it off myself and the cost deduced from the buying price. This all sounded a bit sketchy and i'm a complete newb to car buying, should this be something to steer clear of? Also, I asked his best price and he said "ideally not less than 8.5k", i'm thinking this means he would probably let it go for like 8-8.2k? Any help appreciated!

Considering a Leon to replace the Z. Anyone here got/driven one? What did you think? Looking at this one: http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified ... ?logcode=p Any thoughts?

Thanks guys, that makes sense because they were both removed when the car was in the garage and I've done no long journeys since then, so I wouldn't have noticed it.