front passenger window not opening or closing properly. Had to door card off today and the cables look like they have been to hell and back and the white plastic spool has some of the rim missing so knackered! a . going to replace the whole mechanism. any hints or tips, never done one before...

1996 9000 CSE had the car serviced (FSH) and driving home the exhaust tail pipe dropped off. Got a new one and driving home the turbo oil pipe feed went kaput. and the middle-box blew :mad: This has now been fixed but the blooming alarm/immobiliser (I haven't used this for years as it became...

Her indoors has just changed her ageing Toycar MR2 for a bright red BMW Z3. Bit embarrasing to have a B rated car on the drive but the 9000 is sooooo much faster that I think I can ignore it! The car appears to be in good condition and hopefully won't have big bills for a time (that was the...

Saw this the other day which makes for bleak reading. Especially the last paragraph..... The Ghia badge scenario is potentially an all too likely occurence for quite a lot of once loved manufacturers who have been swallowed up by big American or German OEMs. Think BMW Rolls Royce...oh...