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Extra-urban - a mix of Urban and Highway. More specifically, I live up the top of a hill with a wind-ey slow climb; it's slow suburban driving for 5-8 mins to get to the motorway, then pressing-on commuter driving on motorway interspersed by traffic lights, with another 8 mins of suburban 50km/h driving at the far end, 35-40 mins. Done in reverse, more impact from late afternoon traffic queues and commuter asshattery, 30-50 mins. A fair representation of mixed-mode. It's that hauling a car up a set of slow curves that really kills fuel consumption. I'm confident that if one lived in a relatively flat and completely urban environment, and one kept the desire to hear the lovely wail of the N62 (or even the snarl, for a decent kickdown and foray into the higher end of the revband) in check, around 10l/100 shouldn't be hard to find. On a long trip I would hope to find 9l/100, though am ususally enjoying the drive instead. Refinement is certainly there in spades, though not without a healthy dose of sporting capability as well. It puts a commode to shame, and has surprised drivers of smaller cars on twisty roads. Do try one. Make sure you do a few pulls with foot held flat, leave the autobox to change up. You should hear the change, not feel it; and gain some idea of what the car is capable of. Though after the 3rd-4th change, do lift off lest you break free of gravity ? and attract the ire of the constabulary. Remember, despite being large it's not so lardy, and is firmly in the sub-six second to 100 zone. Let us know how you get on.

Text me on 0212 934 166, I'd be keen to either try help ya fix it or buy the whole thing off you. I'm in Invers too so not hard to sort things out

Hi all, I've owned my 3 BMW's for a number of years and carried out quite a lot of changes especially to the 540i but only came across this website tonight!!!! I'm a member of some US based forums but so happy to find a Godzone one. One thing I'd really like to sort out on my E38 is the remote locking, even though it's a late 99 model I've got the dreaded 2 button infrared unit. Same as my E39 so already been through the re-teaching procedure but still no go. Remote is fine, pumps out the signal ok but no response from the car. Anybody know how to diagnose these things? Regards Nick

What looks to be a lovely example of a 530 which is no doubt a great great car, wanting offers around $15k though is dreaming. 134ks is ok but not earth shattering. I would think 8 or 9k would top out, end of the day they can ask and good luck to them, but pass https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1639241048.htm

Looking for some comfort seats for my e39 touring. My wife is 34 weeks pregnant and the sports seats just aren't going to cut it anymore. Need something with less bolster and more lumbar. As I understand it, e39 or e38 seats will do, as long as they are from a post 2000 model (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Prefer black, prefer wellington (or someone happy to ship) but just looking for a solution here!

I thought I'd do a little write up on changing the rear diff fluid in the E90s. This service should be done every 75-100,000 kms. Special bits you'll need: Appropriate 75w90 gear oil - Castrol Syntrax Long Life, AMSOIL Severe Gear, Royal Purple Max Gear, Penrite Pro Gear. I recommend AMSOIL but any of these should work fine, the Castrol is the oem oil but very hard to find in retail. Quantity - If you have a 335i like me you'll need 1.2 litres, all others are 1 litre. 14mm Hex socket Torque Wrench Fluid transfer pump. Due to the lack of a drain plug you will need to suction the old fluid out via the fill plug. Measuring jug I settled on the AMSOIL after reading a bunch of threads from the USA, it seems like generally great stuff, but anything from above will work. Take your car for a quick run to warm up the diff fluid, 5-10 mins should be fine. Since we want this to go as easy as possible we want to warm up the new fluid as well so it will thin out and be easier to pump. I did this by putting the bottles in a bowl of warm/hot water: Fluid transfer pump I used. It wasn't the best, and I wouldn't really recommend it. Maybe you'd have better luck with something like this or this. 14mm Hex Socket 1/2" Breaker Bar was all I used to get the plug off. It may take a bit of force if it hasn't ever been done before. You're going to need to get under the car (make sure that however you do it your car is level!), the arrow shows the drain/fill bolt you will be using. Undo it with the breaker bar. Keep the plug clean if you're going to reuse it. Mine looked fine so I was happy to reuse it. If you need a new plug you can get one here. Now start sucking as much old fluid as you can out of the fill hole into a measuring jug so that you can keep track of exactly how much you've gotten out. I had a lot of trouble with this step and I would recommend you have a helper to guide the tube around while you pull the old fluid out. In the end I had to fashion up a syringe with some small tubing and a wire so that I could get the last couple hundred ml out of the bottom of the diff. Here's the old fluid I got out, looks due for changing, had about 100,000kms on it. I got about 950ml out which means I either missed 250ml, or it wasn't there. I couldn't feel, see, or suction out any more fluid. When I took off the fill plug nothing came out, and when you fill it up you're meant to fill it until a small trickle runs out of the fill hole. Either way when I filled it up it took about 1.1 litres so ?‍♂️. This is why it's good to have a measuring jug, you can tell how much should be left and base your calculations on it. Now you want to fill up the diff with new your new fluid until a small trickle runs out of the fill hole (remember your car must be level), then put the fill plug back on and tighten to 60 Nm (44 ft-lb). Here's a couple of videos showing the process in case there's anything I've missed here: Congratulations, you should now have a nicely serviced diff. In my case due to the disparity between what I was able to get out vs what should have been in there I'm going to drive it for a week and then drain about 800mls out and replace with the leftover new fluid I have, that should flush out as much of the leftover old fluid as possible. Happy driving!

Alternately, by the time you get them sourced, installed and sorted, the bairn will be breathing air, and your good wife will have deflated somewhat. Good on you for working hard to keep your wife happy during the beached whale/'just get it out of me' zone! Olaf

Agree with above and here is Herald: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12056334 Can't understand why the tribunal took Hibberd's valuation of "low 30's" into consideration. Clearly anything coming out of that guys mouth has no credibility. They should have taken the actual obtained valuations and worked with those, and not deducted a further $2k. If the repair is well documented and carried out by reputable company then there is no reason why this car can't go on to live a long and happy life and now valued at an appropriate point. The "stigma" may well dilute over time. It's a great looking M5, just needs euro plates, a number plate surround, and original grilles A relief of sorts for you Max. Well done.

Hello Everyone, I just bought a bmw 320i LCI 2008 and am so stoked with the car. I was looking through the forums and this seems like a great place to get to know more about the vehicle and learn new stuff. Great to be here..

Thank You breaker.. Looking forward to all the knowledge..

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It's hard to improve on one of the most perfect production cars! (apart from the subframe thing) :p

Whats up with those mats??

I was thinking they look like the high offset version maybe off the E46 due to the gap in the rear fitment. But then again looking at it now, the wheels are concaved in the centre around the bolt holes which is indicative of the ET20, the ET47/50 ones are more "flat faced" http://www.bmwstylewheels.com/bmw/135 I would think that an offset of 20 would fit pretty flush! I had a set of hamann's on my old E34 which were 18x8.5 ET13 and they were spot on!

Have done over 7000 Km in the leaf now, with that and the price of fuel the way it is, it has made a good start on paying for itself!! I see EVs becoming a lot more popular in Auckland in the near future too....

Still looking great today, colour match is great. Amazing how new the whole cabin is feeling. Drove up the drive tonight though and a random airbag light has come on scanner out time

Now with CSL wheels, no stripes. Clean and classy. Nostripes4 by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Nostripes6 by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Nostripes3 by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Nostripes2 by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Nostripes1 by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Let's see how long this lasts..!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/1619210198 Bloody good buy I reckon for 9k. better get in quick though. I think the E60 is probably going to be your best friend. It is very affordable now and plenty to choose from in heaps of different colour/options/spec on the market varying from 9k all the way up to past your budget. but something around 10-13k would be a good price and leaves you with a couple thousand left over to do some basic servicing like oils filters maybe belts pulleys cooling system etc and you are away laughing for a couple years easy.

PS: here's the link to "So You Just Bought an E60" http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731460 Current update of the doc is v4.4 Hope that helps. I'm biased running the 545i and e46 touring; just got my 545i back from panel beaters last week, and valve stem seals before that... it's just so bloody nice to drive. Quiet, quick, comfortable, unobtrusive. The powertrain is excellent. You should drive a couple. Watch out for black grit over the rear of the car. cheers

I dont think the sellers actually think its worth 15k, a realistic offer on this is $5k to start and settle around $6-7k. Sold my NZ new black msport 2002 sedan with 17x kms for 6k last year and it was as tidy if not tidier than this

Managed to get some AutoGlym on this afternoon - wicked stuff, ** BLING ** !

Thanks all. I've been to see Barry already for the essentials - he was most helpful (like every BMW owner I've met so far). Joining in an event could be fun, hopefully we can juggle work schedules to suit.

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