Bob Harper

Loves cars, former editor of BMW Car magazine... now accepting freelance commissions! Usually has a slightly decrepit M car on the drive...

[Bob Harper @m5bob]

@candvbmw I hate to do this again… but that’s not an M3. BMW didn’t make a four-door M3 in the E46 generation

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@candvbmw Think that’s a Schnitzer tuned 330Ci or 330Cd, definitely not an M3 based model. Still a lovely car though!

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@candvbmw Lovely advert. Pretty sure all 3.0LA models were on the Zenith carbs though, the only fuel injected E3s were the 3.0Si and the 3.3Li. 1184 RHD 3.0LAs were made in Germany between Jan '75 and Feb '77.

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@RoundhouseLDN @thedamned Gutted

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@Scrof Amazing effort Al, keep going! Hope the feet recover soon

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@jakebeldercars Worst I have seen in a long, long time. Yeah, really bad. It had a 90% rating on rotten tomatoes and 7/10 on IMDb… completely lost faith in ratings/review sites!

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Top tip. If you’re ever tempted to watch The Northman on Amazon… don’t. Worst film I’ve ever watched.

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@AntonyWrites Precisely. Looks like brilliant vfm to me if you want a new car

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@AntonyWrites Honda e is £38k with similar range!

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@nayf_cars Worth it just so you can tell people that your daily is a Miura!

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@littlea_me I’m not an expert, but they can be expensive to run and some replacement parts are hard to find. Would be happy to ping you some old buying guides from my BMW magazine days if you DM me an email address.

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@Steffharvey I think I have found your bank card in Dulwich Park. DM me if you haven’t cancelled it.

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@JesseCrosse I’ve always liked this one

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@jrendell @Keith_Adams___ I'm south of the river within the current ULEZ so definitely possible. I did find that getting cover for occasional business use was night on impossible though!

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@jrendell @Keith_Adams___ I'm with Footman James and they insure my classic with on-road parking 24/7. Need access to another (ie. non-classic) car though.

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@TheDanProsser Happened to me about 20 years ago when the cops rang the bell and asked me if I'd used my E34 M5 in a ram-raid in Glasgow the previous night. Given the undamaged M5 was sitting outside the house it seemed like a bit of a silly question!

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@Andrew_F_1106 @Keith_Adams___ I also live in the ULEZ… just checked the plate and it’s compliant.

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@_theintercooler Alfasud 1.5ti. Might have only morphed into a hatch in its twilight years but it’s still the seminal Italian hot ‘hatch’. Dynamically still one of the best handling machines ever made.

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@ThePollitt Nice one, congratulations! Looks like there could be space for table football… we could get the band back together 😂

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@bignell_s Thanks Simon, will take a look.

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Looking for bodyshop recommendations in the south east. Nephew always wanted a W123 and bought one that’s a bit rough around the edges. Needs wheelarches and a few other bits and bobs sorting out. Would love some recommendations on places that are happy to tackle rusty classics!