Did you get the blanking plates from PMW? Are they 22 or 32mm?
Must get this done asap. car has just turned 42k mls, but I'd feel happier with the valves gone.

Thanks for the link: I'm confident I could do this myself.
Cheers

Cheers Jagr,
Good thread on the s/f removal.... Wow, the amount of crud in there 
Not sure I approve of the pj & crocs look though... 

Well: Car is home.... 3hr drive from Elgin to near John O' Groats and averaged 44.5mpg, so quite happy. That gives a full tank range of c. 650mls. Not too shabby, although I did drive partly like a pensioner.... lol Now to have a good read of the owners manual, and get familiar with the Hill descent ...

Thanks for all the welcoming replies...  Much appreciated.
Just collected the car this evening, so looking forward to my
3hr drive home tomorrow morning. Wasn't so good leaving my TT QS
behind though.... 

Yeah, been a fairly good Summer, but weather's defo on the turn. 

Be interesting to have the X3 over Winter up here: I'll let you know its ups & downs. ;D

[quote="Don Coffey"]
Hi and welcome, just how far north are you?

Don
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2mls from John O' Groats 

[quote="X5Sport"] Hello and :hi:. Great to have another X3 Owner on the Forum as for some odd reason you are still quite rare (or is that exclusive :P) Richard [/quote] Cheers Richard... Yeah, exclusive. lol I was unsure about giving a shout out as an X3 Newbie, as all the other 'Hellos' were from ...

Just picking up my X3 2.0d SE on Tuesday morning, my 1st BMW, and already found some great info on this forum: Cheers. :) Will miss the TT Quattro Sport that I've had for over 5yrs, but the photo hobby dictates a more useful vehicle. :( Anyways: Looking forward to picking up some more info on ...