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Hi all, new member here from North Shore, Auckland. Recently acquired a 1999 2.8 Z3 and am sorting out a few cosmetic issues and getting to know the quirks of these cars. I’m wanting to keep it all original. Will post some questions I have elsewhere.

I full agree with your advice @M3_Power it’s so important to keep pressing, especially if you feel that you’re not being taken seriously. With my son we were fortunate that he presented with some very clear symptoms that meant the escalation path was clear (weird to be using the word “fortunate” to describe that experience). 12 hours later he was under the Gastro team at Starship, who have been absolutely incredible. The nurses and doctors at Starship are fantastic and have supported us through long months of admissions. Its an absolutely horrible experience when your child is sick with a disease/condition and there’s really very little you can do to make it better, and I can’t imagine what it must be like to be fighting to be taken seriously at the same time... I wish you and your family all the best in the journey ahead. It’s a very hard road that, despite best intentions, people can’t fully appreciate if they haven’t travelled a similar path...

Hi limepanda I see you mention some experience with Z3’s, have you ever had to remove the rear storage boxes? I need to replace my seatbelt webbing and getting to the tensioners is complicated. The centre console has to be loosened and raised to get to some screws at the rear. I can get it loose but can’t seem to disengage where the audio head unit is. US forums give advice but so far Ive found it to be inaccurate. Any tips appreciated.

If it's not our own government ensuring we can't buy cheaply from overseas, the ridiculous policies of overseas governments are making sure we can't!

Nice one Hugo and welcome, I look forward to seeing your beast at one of our Auckland catch-ups!

Great car. Check the power steering fluid. It's the same fluid as used for the ARS (Active Roll Stabilsation), and *MUST* be Pentosin CHF-11S and *not* automatic trans fluid as in so many other cars. Low fluid can cause the issue you're seeing. If fluid is low, then you need to find where it is going. First place to look is the ARS actuators underneath the car.: rear one is behind the rear wheels, front one is in front of the front wheels. You could have an ARS sensor out of calibration - BMW dealers may be able to reset this.

Coming back to your car and seeing this parked in front of you. Stuff of nightmares. This a**hole must have no mirrors and his bloody neck fused. Get PDC you prick.

Hope it goes to another caring owner. It was a great car, and a real shame i couldnt buy it back. Already have three cars ? GL Mark. Despite the KM its a solid, reliable example. Made really good power on a dyno run when I had it. Has a MASSIVE folder of previous receipts.

Novus (Penrose) were equally crappy when I had to deal with them... Was thinking about it the other day too... I got a windscreen with a connected drive (KAFAS2 so should have heating elements around the camera to prevent fogging) camera behind it, wouldn't want Novus/S&S to touch it.

The bootlid was closed...

Goats may be dark meat, but oh so tasty...

BMW dealership, Insurance covers it. Try maybe source the trims your self tho... Eg wreakers Nothing beats OEM Glass IMO.

These guys did a really nice job on my old corolla, insurance covered all the rubbers and mouldings. Turned up when they said they would, and had the right parts ready to rock.. also didnt have a 3 week booking period! http://www.accurateglass.co.nz/ I doubt E28 mouldings etc are as common as a 90s corolla, so you probably want to give whoever use choose a bit of a heads up

I have to challenge you on your populist Labour viewpoint here, Graham! The charge that the NZ Health system has been run down over the past ten years presupposes it was in a good state to start with. It was not. Successive governments, regardless of branding, party, or resident health minister, have under-funded, and perpetuated mismanagement in the heath sector for decades There have been large numbers of missed opportunities for betterment since the 90's and even before. Any government will tell you retrospectively that they did the best they could at the time, and you can be sure they did. If you had the opportunity to read the cabinet papers, and follow the decision making trail and Governance, I'm sure it would all read well. You can be sure that our elected officials truly did what they thought best, within the constraints at the time. The retrospective view always gives greater clarity, and is clouded if you don your blue-blocker sunglasses. It would be significantly healthier (pun intended) to acknowledge it's all a bit broken, and look to the government of the day (today)to put in changes that will truly make a difference. It's futile blaming one side or the other; these things were decided by our government of each time... the consistent thread. The cost to do this? I'm sure it's a number so big that the budget would need significant rebalancing, and a great deal of courage. As much as our system is seen as broken, it's a lot better than some of the other countries I've visited. NHS excepted; my limited view is that the NHS works pretty well. I certainly agree that the massive number of semi-autonomous DHBs in NZ is a total and complete waste of resources. Perhaps someone could code up an online game called Fantasy Niuzillund Government... a bit like a cross between Championship Manager, The Sims, World of Tanks, and SupermarioKart, only instead governing NZ Inc (or use the NZ Collective skin, if you prefer)... one could trial radical healthcare restructures (note I avoided reform), and find the funding to make it stick, all the while managing the flow-on effects of short-changing other areas of the economy. It'd be a hit! Cheers

The NZ Health system does not have a funding problem, it has a spending problem. There is no need for 22 different DHBs each with thier own entirely seperate systems such as procurement, asset management, management structures, etc. There are also far to many funded NGOs that have no accountability of returns back into the community that pays for them. The funding, which has increased every year for decades under both National and Labour, never gets to the front line where it is needed, and thats what causes the illusion people have that it is underfunded. another example is your local private practice is paid something like $80 every year for every single one of thier patients registered with them. This is not to subsidise services that patients recieve (such as gp fees), that is funded seperately and on top. There is no point throwing good money after bad in a broken system.

Owner of car wanted to keep the rims / tyres it had on it, but had no rubber on the spare set of rims. Or possibly it wasn't the actual owner, but that would have been some pretty thoughtful thieves to put any rims back on it rather than leave it on the ground.

so.. how do I buy from US now.. FCPeuro etc.. 1usd = 1.50nzd.. my hard earned dollar is only worth 67 cents now