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Matt
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BMW F31 335d Xdrive
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Less than an LHD one. No one is dailying these anymore and the pool of buyers for a 50k + weekend car is pretty small. I'd say 55-60k if you had to sell.
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992 GT3 in Martinborough. Sounded a bit poo with the DSG farts though, I thought they all used to be manual.
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Who is everyone using for servicing in Wellington?
balancerider replied to Herbmiester's topic in General Discussion
Slim pickings since Jon @ Auto 38 moved IMO. Value service pricing at CC BMW isn’t too horrific -
Has that been parked in a pond?
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I’m running s001 run flats on my F31 and they have excellent longevity, more than 40000k on them and they’re still on 4mm front / 3.5 rear
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Apparently BMW buyers are cross shopping with the Omoda C5 these days. This thing can get in the sea
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F80 M3 Base audio system upgrade
balancerider replied to Neal's topic in Audio & In Car Entertainment
I’m super impressed with this - I managed to get my car brought over to NZ connected drive while BMW NZ we’re still doing it officially, I’ve found the app to be pretty buggy though, it still displays fuel remaining in gallons and the usb connection to the car works <50% of the time -
Thanks @E30 325i Rag-Top - good intel. I was going to get the 19’s refurbed anyway as the diamond cut finish is wrecked so I could always run round on the 20’s for a month or two. Those aren’t stock tire sizes for the 20’s I don’t think @BMTHUG
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ooof I imagine 20's + non-adaptive m sport suspension + NZ roads is an interesting combo 😬. I've been eyeing up a set of the forged m performance 20's on TM but not sure if I want to go there or not, 30-profile rears may be a step too far.
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
balancerider replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
E9x I think -
I do love me an F31 - that one is quite an early build with the small iDrive wheel...other things missing that come on the newer NZ new cars are the park assist (maybe only on the LCI cars) and speed limit info. You'll struggle to find a 335d as well specced as that (normally poverty pack UK lease cars, a bunch didn't even have LED headlights). Personally I found the 30d 'felt' faster when test driving, i think because of the big torque slug as the single turbo came on boost, the 35d is much more progressive. 30d a bit less thirsty as well. Be worth getting them to screenshot the idrive service history - not infallible but I'd feel happier with a car that's stayed in the dealer network for a while (and ideally not had 30k km between oil changes)
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
balancerider replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
red non-OEM seats 🤮 🚨 -
Got WOF (no advisories) and paid rego for another year. Always amazes me how the tire tread fluctuates upwards between WOF's (or maybe VTNZ have less of a vested interest in selling me new tires than the dealer)