Olly Bloxham (a man who is at least partially to blame for this project’s existence!) kindly offered to take me to collect the car today. This is a little earlier than planned, mainly due to my wife’s 106 Rallye twanging its clutch cable yesterday morning, which hastened our need for an additional vehicle! I was […]  Read more »

As I edge closer to collecting the car I’ve started a discussion thread on matters here. Due to some kind people reading that, I’ve received some offers to help me on my way. First of all my friend James O’Sullivan has offered to swap the lights for the facelift efforts on his now knackered E39. […]  Read more »

Having made the fund transfer for the car and generally inspected the financial situation I’ve now turned to consider the first moves in the project. Initially I’ll just need to get to know the car to see if there’s anything lurking under the skin that requires attention. As it’s been bought from a reputable dealer […]  Read more »

I’d decided I needed (yes, needed!) a V8 M5, so having sold my E30 M3 this morning I began trawling Autotrader. I found a couple of relatively local examples, one at £9K and one 50% more at £13.5K, and trundled off to view them. Ben Smith accompanied me in the 330d, and we made a […]  Read more »