Author: Neil Magill

Neil is an IT professional. When he is not telling people to restart computers, he is commonly found in his garage attempting to restore the more-door M3!

There’s nothing worse than looking through a mint set of alloys to rusty brake disc bells. In this video guide I show you how to easily prevent that by rubbing down and painting a set of brake discs. https://youtu.be/BIRnxr56w9M

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Time to try some Sonax BSD as a drying aid in my next how to guide. It’s been diluted 1:1 (1 part water to one part Sonax BSD). This may make the product easier to apply, reducing the buffing requirements. This of course may reduce the longevity of the product, but no harm in doing a quick test to see. I’d also recommend changing the spray bottle, the Sonax spray head has many complaints, however it’s supposedly been improved. Either way the replacement spray bottle makes diluting easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgjCp7v_V4o

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Imagine the scenario. You’ve been tasked with engineering the car to replace a model which is critically acclaimed and has collected 18 motorsport titles in a six year lifespan. Where do you begin? It really is the impossible job. The original BMW E30 M3 was a bone fide M car. Built with one purpose – to win touring car races. It was a bespoke machine that was far removed from the rest of the 3-series range. It wracked up the rewards and critical acclaim. So when it came to replacing this automotive legend, BMW knew exactly what to do. Rip…

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The Ballymena Car Fest is one event I have never made it to. However I’d seen Artoir’s post in the events section, checked out the website and realised I had one day before entries closed. Time to dust off the more-door M3! The morning of the 13th arrived and it was time to meet up with everyone at Dunsilly roundabout, and convoy down from there. Pulling in to the car park I was greeted with quite a few RMS cars, all familiar from reading the Members Rides section. Quite a few other clubs were meeting up there too, a variety…

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Audi’s new TT brings a more masculine exterior, a new virtual cockpit contained in a lighter body.  Is it style over substance?  We took a trip to Belfast Audi to compare all three generations of car. Firstly let’s take a look at where the TT came from. The Mark 1 brought a fresh, unique, premium coupé, with an interior design that made people really think about the interior of a mass production car.  The TT Quattro Sport being the highlight of this model for me, 240PS, Quattro, Recaro bucket seats and the rear seats removed. The Mark 2 brought a new chassis,…

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