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2026. 8. 10. 작업

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SJfW said: Lad in work was just talking about getting a Japanese import 5er touring. Did you do the import yourself or was it already in country?Curious if you can just plug them in to ISTA and code the iDrive etc to Euro/GB spec to get English menus and miles rather than km etc?It was already in country - I bought from the Red Vehicle Co near Henley who specialise in euro JDM imports. I'm not sure on the ins-and-outs, but I can tell you the clocks have been changed and the iDrive is in English. On the other hand, it still had the Japanese reversing chime, the toll reader, and the cruise cont

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It's funny, isn't it, how 'getting up early for a car show' is so much easier than 'getting up at a normal time for work'? Saturday morning had us not quite bounding out of bed, but we were at least on the road by 6:30 (sorry neighbours...) and hit Bicester less than an hour later. I've been to a couple of Scrambles at Bicester before, but this was my first PH annual service and my first time being allowed into the actual site (rather than the public parking outside). Ordinarily I find myself wandering away from these things at about lunchtime, so being a display car meant I had a longer day there than usual. It turns out this was a good thing - Bicester's not a massive site, but there's all sorts of interesting stuff to see and having 8 hours to wander about meant we had a very leisurely and relaxing day. I didn't actually spend much time with my own car at all, but I did get to chat to a few people here and there and I was pleased to see it got a pretty consistent level of interest through the day.It was an excellent show, though, and a fantastic opportunity to see some of the cars I've been reading about up close. Having a poke around the Beatchetta was a particular highlight!Oh! And it's stopped smelling like oil!