That's very impressive - what a finish you got on the car. Puts my "detailing" skills to shame!!!

Well done!!

Tony

All In the absence of photos of my new car, I've had to resort to the photos of the old one. These were both taken with an iPhone so are not great, but in particular I like the photo of the newly waxed alloy (what a geek!?!). :tumbleweed: http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab206/slieverue/Car/iPhone...

Thanks Sanj that really helped - it is test NR09 and it was reading 13.8V with the engine switched on (as you would expect) but dropped to 12.2 with the engine off. Going to check it again first thing in the morning to see how far it drops. Got a new Bosch battery on order anyway, but will be intere...

Hi Chompers yeah that was my silver 3.0d - I added the titanium grills etc and also added HID's. I did a "how to" on the HID's on the last site but I don't have a record of it. I still have the pictures so I will get round to doing a description in due course - but in the mean time if anyo...

Thanks Sanj - will give it a go tonight if I'm allowed outside to play with the new toy!!

Hi all I've done a quick search on here, but wanted some additional clarification. Basically, got the new (new to me at least) X5 the other day and next morning it wouldn't start. Got it jump started and it worked okay for the rest of the day after a good long run (about 50 miles). I did notice howe...

Thanks guys and yes it is a good choice!!

Can anyone confirm the difference between a Le Mans and an Exclusive (mine is blue by the way, so until somebody tells me differently I'll assume it is Le Mans Blue!?!)

Thanks

Tony

Hi Sanj

Slightly related topic - my near side mirror is struggling to dip fully when in reverse. I know you had written something in the previous forum about taking the mirror off and lubricating the motor or something - can you elaborate please.

Thanks

Tony

hi folks Great to see that the new site is up and running. Well done to all involved. Anyway, back to business at hand. My name's Tony and I live in Aberdeenshire. Was a member of the previous site and found some great advice and hopefully contributed a wee bit too. Things have changed since the las...