...M3 bought ......MINI traded in....

Hello ...
Yes , well I dont know how to explain this but...
Ive just bought an M3 :-) . Many reasons but the biggest one is getting rid of the motorbike , firstly to save my licence (so I bought an M3 LOL!), secondly safety wise I was always riding too fast. And of course its a bloody sexy motor car :-)
Here are the dealer pictures ....

First mods will be projector front indicators (to get rid of the big white bits beside the headlights , fit the micro road pilot and get an new icelink fitted.
Oh and a small front number plate :-)

Goodbye....
Tonight I removed the wheels from the MINI , put the runflats back on and cleaned the car one last time. Sad really , but we must move on. The MINI will certainly be a superb buy for someone , its in better condition than when it was bought 18 months ago!! Have loved every minute of owning the MINI , and can certainly see why everyone raves about them. Car is going with 33k miles on it.

Tomorrow is hopefully the start of yet another car journey for me....

choices???

Just to add to the mix are another couple of possibles instead of a E46 M3....

1. New Golf R32 : Nice but pricey at 30k ish for a well specced new car. Can be 3 or 5 dr
2. Subaru WR1 : One of the few subarus I really like.. and should only be around 25k for a good second hand 04 car with around 10-15k miles on the clock

Feel free to suggest any other cars :-)

32k miles / car finally washed! / new camera

"Before" and "After" shots of the MINI after a quick wash this weekend, what a difference the car was black.
Also now clicked on past 32,000 miles.

Also tried to get an insurance quote for an M3 from Greenlight and they said no !! Apparently too many claims .. sigh

Been a while since my last gadget , so splashed out on a 6MP Sony DSC-T9 digital camera :-) its sooo small and cool. Time will tell if its any good or not.

Enjoy
J

internet explorer startup and popup delay solved

At last!!! Since loading up Windows Xp 32 bit Ive been plagued by a 10 second delay when it starts or when triggering popup of spawned new windows...
The culprit?
Java VM 5.0 SE Update6 Browser Helper Object[BHO]
Disabled via Spysweeper (a top notch product which I thoroughly recommend) and its all back to being very quick :-)
Interestingly a google search showed very little , so Ive put it here in case someone else gets a similar problem.
J

what a stunner :-)

Well here it is , the only picture I have of myself at my heaviest ever (nearly 22stone). Why put it on the web ?? I dunno , I guess so I dont go there again. ( and of course because my scanner now works)
Thankfully my weight is much lower these days :-) Enjoy and be amazed lol
Funny thing is I used to fit in a Classic Mini , no wonder it felt slow!!!

M3 colour choices / XP64 to XP32

BMW M3 colour choices
mmm, right Ive narrowed it down to a non SMG , 6 speed manual car and thats about it so far.....
[colours in picture top to bottom]
silver-grey
green
black
imola-red
titanium-silver
mystic-blue
topaz-blue
phoenix-yellow
laguna-seca

So far I like black/red/topaz and phoenix......

XP back conversion
Finally after so long with poor driver support within XP64bit I have converted my machine to XP32 , now my printer works , my roadpilot can update and the phone can connect , what a joy to have all my peripherals back :-)
Process wasn't painless and took several attempts but I finally got there in the end.
Driver issues / Large disc support etc
I guess the moral of the story is I shouldnt have bought the PC with XP64 installed in the first place !!!!
FWIW the machine seems no slower than with XP64. The only annoyance so far is a delay when starting Internet Explorer or triggering popup windows.

Happy New Year to you all