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I got them all right :-) Bonus. Now I can roadrage and be justified when everybody gets it wrong, right?

I pretty much always watch, but there is only limited places I let do work. Mostly it's people I know quite well. If I use someone new, I pretend I know less than I do, and don't comment much - I still decide whether they are good enoughbased on how they do it, and am willing to pay for better work. I have a WOF guy I trust - He knows me, I know him. Pretty rare he fails anything, because he KNOWS I will fix it. I once had a balljoint on the VW Transporter which he said I would need to do before next WOF, because it does low milage, it's OK for now. When I took it in 6 months later, it had 4 new balljoints, all the rubber bushes, two new shocks, power steering installed, lowering springs and was all painted. He said he KNEW it would be done overkill when I took it back :-)

Did you clean the cat temp sensors, or the oxygen sensors? I don't know if the o2 sensors would like Isopropyl???

Pfffft! My $800 a fornight mortgage eats up a LOT of income! People who earn more tend to spend more, have bigger houses etc. If I earnt 25% less, I'd probably "own" a house worth 50% of what I have currently. (Actually... Mrs is preggers, so our income WILL halve in about 5 months ) If we earnt another $50K a year, I'd have about $30K MORE crap from trademe and eBay! She'd have $20K of holidays! I do sometimes think about selling up, buying a normal suburban house in an average area and spend that $800 a fortnight on sh*t I don't need

Nah, Just BMW, sorry.

Again, Call Paul at Milland.co.nz I ordered my key from him, precut/coded to my car, a full remote key was about $320 inc GST, and a basic key was about $180 inc GST (from memory - was a few weeks back). I was quoted by Claytons at $420 and $250 each. (plus I wanted a lock, and they were quoting the wrong part to me) Mine is 315Mhz radio, so yours might be different though.

BE CAREFUL! If you say it is a business machine, but you try to claim on personal contents cover, you'll be out of pocket! Business equipment is VERY unlikely to be covered on your personal cover! If you have specified business tools cover on your personal insurance, the payout will be based on it's depeciated value. Buy a used HDD and bung in it. Format it and tell them you wiped it for security reasons if it's a personal machine you are claiming for. They aren't paying out for you SSD, and won't replace it with one either,so no loss to them. If they are going to take it with the drive in it, they need to replace it with the same, BUT could still be at depreciated value. Don't try to be fraudulent either - it's a road to no more insurance! Also, if you're a financial advisor, you may have difficulties with licenses and certification in the future! They have no right to your data, so worst case is you backup your info and give them the drives(and they pay for them/replace them)

Contact Paul at milland.co.nz. He can get anything, Have found him cheaper than the dealer for everything so far. Have probably spent $3500 there in the last 4 months I've got an extra key and driver door lock (amongst about 15 other parts) ordered and they were all cheaper than the dealer. Just the key and lock was about $250 cheaper from him. He's getting me oddball bits like vanos piston bolts etc too. I know him from elsewhere, but others on here buy from him too.

Exhaust is a bit stinky - no emissions equipment.Don't use it in confined spaces!

Yes it is. If you're selling one item, the equilibrium is where your one item meets the price of one buyer. You only have one, so only need one buyer. There might be 400 potential buyers, but they might think it's worth 1/2 what you want. The equilibrium is where demand and the price meet (proven by the purchase of said item). When you have a buyer willing to pay that price, you have equilibrium. If you then pulled another of the same item out of your arse, you may not get the same price, as demand has fallen, and all other potential purchasers have a different equilibrium point. EVERY sale is an equilibrium.

+1

It really is surprising how often that happens though!

I sent ALL the details in the PM, but it appers not to have the alarm. Mine flashes the indicators when you lock it, but it has no alarm either. (Of course I coded it to flash them anyway )

If you want to PM me the last 7 digits (2 letters 5 numbers) of your chassis number I can tell you if it was fitted originally. otherwise, go HERE and follow the destructions about OPTIONS and you'll get a full factory list. You can also look under the rear seat - the build sheet should be tucked in there. It's a dotmatrix printout of the same info.

They're really an emissions thing. Dads E30 never had one - it's NZ new, and has NO emissions gear on it. The hose coes up from the engine bay, and curls over than finishes! I would have thought it would have the charcoal cannister - they don't hurt performance, and must be cheap enough! No reason not to connect it really. Unless it becomes a nightmare

Good for you though! I've been known to buy things online to avoid having to go into shops, and probably paid a bit more... I don't go overboard though! Those old headlights of mine are 12 years old, have had the coating polished off the polycarbonate, and are $60 more than the Hella ones I did the group buy for. I'm sorta thinking "Tell 'im 'e's dreamin'" except that someone might actually buy them! A mate of mine paid about $600 for a set of used genuine Xenons, but new xenons are $1800 a pair (complete though!)

There was an E46 320i Touring Motorsport Manual, for less than that. I think it didn't have too much over 110K either. It belongs (now) to the father of a member on here. Now if it was a manual 540i Touring E34, it might be worth that!

540I Touring $6500 Chch Looks Tidy, 540i tourings don't come along every day! I've got a mate with one and they are pretty awesome.

This guy brought my old E39 Angel Eyes headlights. Now he's trying to sell the used ones he's polished up (which won't last as the protective coating is gone) for MORE than I paid for the brand new ones! I'm always surprised at how many things sell used on trademe for more than brand new stuff!

You know what scarier though? The price has dropped $4K! Now it just needs the 1 taken off the beginning and it's an OK price

They'll probably want to sell something one day. It'll probably cost the earth. Some people want it both ways... Sell your car for whatever you like. It'll either sell or i won't. Either way, what should anyone else care???

Nah, it means they don't care what sh*t answers you give I got mine. We'll have the market cornered - they'll soon know which one BMW drivers prefer. Anyway... youCANNOT beat Hoegaarden White! Full stop

Real good!

My Mrs cousin drives Ferraris (recently cancelled his order for a new FF, as he's moving to Ireland!). First service on his "old" Modena Spyder was about NZ$5500. Oil cahnge and valve adjustment basically! Engine has to be lowered to do it mind you. Clutches were about NZ$10-12K from memory and usually didn't last long... 20 - 30K. So the M5 is probably a bargain, service wise, in comparison!

E39 central locking... I tried Google but didn't get a definate answer! Should I be able to lock/unlock my entire E39 525i (facelift) from the boot lock??? I can't, and I want to! Dads E30 does it. Is it able to be coded or something???