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queenie must've said fetish is a bad word

New OEM/peugeot parts are not hard to come by; but used parts are a different story Using Peugeot's online service software it's very easy to figure out the part number of what you need, so apart from making life easier with the local shops (e.g. I can call the guy and ask for pricing/availability rather than have to remove the part and take it to the shop) it also makes buying from abroad (UK dealers, ebay) more practical. Lots of breakers in UK so that could be a viable option for some used stuff. There's also a few places other than agents with the diagnostics system (Lexia) to check fault codes etc.

Came across these: ALFA: Aging Latin f**kwit's Ambulance ASTON MARTIN: A Silly Toy Of Neurotic Middle Aged Rich Toffs Investing Needlessly AUDI: Another Useless Deutsche Invention BMW: Bought My Wife; Brings Me Women; Big Money Waster; Broke My Wallet; Babe Magnet Wannabe CADILLAC: Crazy And Demented Idiots Like Large American Cars. CHEVROLET: Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips. CHRYSLER: Company Has Recommended You Start Learning Engine Repair! DODGE: Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere. Dad's Old Dead Garage Experiment. Don't Over Drive Gutless Engines. EDSEL: Every Day Something Else Leaks. FIAT: Failed Italian Automotive Technology, Feeble Italian Attempt (at) Transportation; Fix It Again Tomorrow! FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily; Fast Only Rolling Downhill; First (or Fails) On Race Day; Found On Road Dead; Funding Our Retirement Daily (from a mechanic`s point of view); Driver Returning On Foot (Ford spelled backwards!) HOLDEN: Holes, Oil Leaks, Dents, Engine Noises. Heaps Of Loud Disgusting Engine Noises. HONDA: Had One Never Did Again; Hold On, 'Nother Dickhead Arriving; Happy Owners Never Drive Anything (else) HYUNDAI: Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive; Hang Your UNDerwear Anywhere Inside ISUZU: It Sucks, Unless Zero Used JAGUAR: Junk Always Going Under At Repair Shop. JEEP: Junk Engineering Executed Poorly; Just Enough Engine Power KIA: Kick It Again; Keep It Away; Kill It Anyway LOTUS: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious. MAZDA: Mostly Always Zipping Dangerously Along; Made After Zero Design Analysis. MERCEDES: Many Expensive Repairs Can Eventually Discourage Extra Sales MG: Merciless Garbage; Money Guzzler; MG-B: Might Go Backwards; the new MG-F: Might Go Forwards MINI: Moron Inside Notably Insane MITSUBISHI: Mostly In The Shop Undergoing Big Investments, Sometimes Halfway Incomplete. Motor Is Tough, Sounds Unbelievably Bad, Intimidates Slow Hondas Incessantly MOPAR: Move Over, Professionals Are Racing. Mostly Old Parts And Rust NISSAN: Needs Imminent Salvage So Abandon Now OLDSMOBILE: Old Ladies Driving Slowly Make Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday; Old Ladies Drive Slow - Mostly Off Bridges Into Lake Erie PLYMOUTH: Please Let Your Mother Out Under The Hood! PONTIAC: People On Narcotics Think It's A Cadillac PORSCHE: Proof Of Rich Spoilt Children Having Everything. SAAB: Send All Available Bits. Send Another Automobile Back; Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown; Start Adding Additional Brakefluid; Sad Attempt At Beauty. Still Ain't A Beamer. Slow As A Buick! SUBARU: Screwed Up Beyond All Repair Usually SUZUKI: Space Usually Zero Unless Kids Inside TORANA: Tons Of Rust And No Acceleration. TOYOTA: The One You Ought To Avoid, They Overcharge You On Their Accessories, and Take Off Your Oversized Tires Asshole TRIUMPH: This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help; Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt! VOLVO: Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object; Very Old Lazy Vehicle Owner. VW: Very Weird; Virtually Worthless. VOLKSWAGEN: Vehicle Owners - Losers Knowingly Suffering With All German Engineered Nonsense. Anyone care to add to this?

of course it's true. didn't you read in in the terms and conditions when you joined the forum?? Or maybe it was introduced after you joined... Anyway, people who have over 1000 posts get paid for each post. I see you are 800 posts, so when you reach 1000 you will receive an invitation to join the paid-posters scheme. If you want to quickly increase your post count, you can go to the post whoring thread.

I think he likes the look of the pre-facelift!

maybe it's in front of the radiator?

my bad; I thought the pre-facelift e46 didn't have common rail.

I wouldn't call switching to a common rail diesel a minor engine mod. (even on the Pug 406, the facelift marked the switch from older XU series engines to newer EW/DW series)

sigh... there's 65 results if you search for 320d. not all of them are relevant to your questions but several are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_(E46)

rangerover has already answered your questions better than I could. someone else who owns/owned one can perhaps give a different perspective, but those perspectives have already been shared a lot so that little search box in the top right corner can be a nice place to start. Beyond that, I'm a little disturbed about "i think the cars is very worthy compared to the price of a corolla and its a diesel" because if your motivation to buy a BMW (or any other Euro) is because you can get it for the same price as a 121 then more often than not it's going to end in grief. But - it's your money so you can buy what you want.

well.. it's hard working with a client who already thinks he's a creative director

spot on; and if they would advertise it that way, then fine... but saying "exceeds safety standards" (for motorbikes??) or "technologically advanced car ever made" (compared to 1980's cars?) is ridiculous even by the loose standards adopted by the advertising industry.

as both plates are replaced, it could quite well be due to ownership change spanning provinces as opposed to accident damage

I don't know if we should be commenting on individual advertised cars (as opposed to pros/cons of models) but the info may be useful in a general sense as well: The "P" and "D" descriptors didn't come on the original G, H, J series plates; only K onwards when they split the registration by vehicle type... however, if someone replaced plates after that, the P / D was included - i.e. the plates on this car have been replaced for some reason.

I think it can be the Tata buggers as well.. I looked up a brochure to see if that lovely line was from India, and it says the car "exceeds safety standards" and the only safety device it has are seatbelts. (at least they could include a fire extinguisher, never mind airbags) (as for technologically advanced, it seems a low fuel indicator comes standard on all models.)

I'm confused - what causes this? the only one I can think of is oxidation (can't be thermal breakdown) - but that should mean oil in a half empty can should also oxidize, but perhaps to a lesser degree since there's only so much oxygen in the can? If you left some oil in an open container (but away from dust and water) would it oxidize? Maybe people who have the luxury of cars that are used rarely can share their experiences? There are reasons to agree with the above recommendation regardless of whether oil in an unused engine degrades (e.g. such low mileage could mean several short trips => more oil degradation than mileage would suggest => better to change before mileage is up (i.e. time based because it's simple). But I wonder if the degradation of unused oil is a "reverse-engineering" of this situation whatever the merits/demerits of underbody washing; how does it impact the lifetime of the oil? if there's a path for that muck to get into the oil, wouldn't it also mean your oil had a path to leak out?

going downhill on neutral even more than that is possible

Just saw D*MO's Nano ad - it's hilarious: the guys @ Sarva must have been smoking some really good stuff.

that's going to take much more than the 100 nano's these guys say they plan to have by the end of the year...

even the advent of heaps of meter tuk tuks didn't achieve that - if you can call ahead and actually get a meter tuk tuk then you get a good price. but if you flag down a passing (non meter) tuk tuk (or worse, go to a stand) you still end up paying rates for which you could travel by regular (not nano) A/C cabs! So unless the nano cabs achieve so much coverage that you can be confident of booking one when you call, it won't affect the general tuk tuk business (and maybe not even then). (as for meter tuk tuks, I think there are far too many companies with far too few tuk tuks; it works for the companies (I guess) cos they have enough business; would work better for the public if there were a smaller number of companies with a larger number of tuks each)

stumbled on the answer by accident - it's a one way screw. As Anjo says, you can tighten it (even with a flat screwdriver) but you can't remove it

your grapevine seems to be working fine already saw two of the cabs on the road today. press release says that they will accept payment by credit card as well, which is nice. anyway, let's hope they don't drive like tuk tuk drivers

could it be an idea to get a tool specifically for the type of car he works most on (toyota?) - don't know what the tool is called for toyota or nissan or whatever, but I've been eyeing a Lexia setup (costs about 100 pounds on ebay UK for a clone) which is for PSA vehicles, the advantage over just a card reader is that can give comprehensive error descriptions (not just the fault code), do system configurations, actuator testing (e.g. turn on fuel pump), etc but of course only for the models it is designed for btw just saw this - wonder if it will become the toy of choice for ricers who used to connect a gazillion gauges on their car

what's DCI? only reference I could find do it was Nissan's common rail technology.. aren't the e46 320d facelifted common rail engines doing fine with super diesel here?

damn... you've been reading french forums