Steve

welcome to BMW owners Club mate :)

welcome to BMW Owners Club! My suggestion would be a good cleaner polish, then wax it using p222 seen here: http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/r222/100-carnauba-wax.aspx I used P222 on all my cars and is wonderful stuff.. not the usual Halfrauds stuff. Use the best cloths when cleaning, if you use a sponge for washing then get the best and when finished make sure you keep it clean of particles. Store in a plastic bag when not in use. of course the best thing is to ensure you wash all the dust of your car before touching it with a sponge. As for oils and fluids, use the best you can get, opie oils deliver oils to your door, very good company. http://opieoils.co.uk If you have leather then use a good quality leather cleaner. some tips, i am sure others will have other tips

I have created a meets section in the main forum. We could try and see if we can drum up some meets through facebook, and other clubs.

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did your rear diff have a leak? If you clumped the sump a few times then perhaps the diff also had a knock and broke the seal. This happened to me once before.

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hi and welcome to BMW Owners Club mate how did you go through 3 sumps?

Welcome to Bmw Owners Club mate good car for the track mate!

very nice indeed.

Welcome to the new BMW owners club mate.

Welcome to BMW owners club :)

welcome to BMW Owners Club. Good choice!.. ready for the summer :)

welcome to BMW Owners Club ;)

HI Welcome to BMW Owners Club Yeah it looks like it was the M kit purchased at new with the car i reckon ;)

welcome to BMW Owners Club mate :) Stick around as we have a new website launch real soon ;)

Welcome to BMW OC :)

hi and welcome to BMW Owners Club ;)

hi They can do, the oil has to get around the engine. Which oil grade are you using? Also brand? old oil can make it sound worse, so you may want to check the last service. Always buy the best oil you can find, your car will thank you for it.

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Welcome to BMWOC Tony!!

welcome to the club Luke!

Sounds like the roof may not have closed fully. Perhaps it may need to manually be closed in order for the switch to recognise its fully closed. Also the area where the roof is stored, is it clear?