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Palazzo

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  1. Palazzo

    Quick rant thread.

    Garagistic order of speedo gears and rear shock reinforcements arrived today after 5.5 weeks. Well, the packing slip did. Parcel cut open and taken. Who sends parcels with “Authority to leave?”
  2. SC with some weird front bumper. Almost RSR?
  3. Reviews are good and they are 70% off at Hyperdrive.
  4. My Falcon Turbo was a good tyre tester. Had brand new Re002 on it, they were great until half worn, they were then so bad I replaced them. Had Roadking (Korean something), they had surprisingly good straight line grip wet or dry, but terrible wet weather grip sideways, possibly from the noticeably softer sidewalls(?). Then Continental something 5, sport I think. They were pretty good, although got a sideways drift out of a hairpin on the Coromandel road with family in the car that I wasn’t expecting, never felt great about their performance. Then my favourites, Pilot Super Sports, would have again, got destroyed by a cut in the road taking out a rim in the process.. Finally, some Federals, seemed ok, but sold the car before having much time with them. Cheap or relatively pricey, I still think they are a lottery, but agree that cheaper seems to equal worse in the wet in general.
  5. Palazzo

    Quick rant thread.

    My insurer (who to be fair is otherwise excellent) told me they wouldn’t give their lifetime guarantee on the repairs if BMW did it as they weren’t an approved repairer. Otherwise, I was free to use them. I said I’ll take the punt.
  6. Yes, couldn’t have written “don’t buy this”more clearly.
  7. That’s pretty good, shipping was only €70 from memory.
  8. Palazzo

    Quick rant thread.

    We never have any problems with our local Aramex courier (touch wood), had a minor Fedex problem last week (Tried to deliver) that extended it out by a week with no updates. Ordered from Amazon Au yesterday, package delivered this morning in less than 24 hours. Take a bow DHL.
  9. Hard to believe given the value that it was written off. Never seen a red interior before and that’s some quality work to locate the aftermarket mic for Bluetooth. Surely that will be back on the road?
  10. Waze works well on our mostly central-upper North Island trips. Freaked the family out the first time it reported police ahead and they were there.
  11. Yeah, I sent an overnight package to Wellington that arrived after 6 days. Spareto does use DHL and they have been pretty accurate in the past, including Sunday deliveries.
  12. Spareto says €350 delivered. Says it will be here in 4 days and they are normally pretty accurate. Although factor in Nz incompetence at this time of year.
  13. And for ruining the market perception of diesel forever.
  14. Pretty sure they’ve dropped the price substantially, I think it was $8.5-9.5k.
  15. What about this? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/mercedes-benz/c-220/listing/4457291713
  16. Palazzo

    E21

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/4458952051?tm=email&et=41&mt=6CA44DBF-D64E-42F3-B415-95CF30A078DD
  17. Comprehension skills were clearly lacking for me earlier.
  18. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320i/listing/4431213109 it’s for sale.
  19. While I'm at it, best place to get SI board batteries and are there different types?
  20. Palazzo

    435d x-Drive

    Better than what I’d come up with.
  21. Palazzo

    435d x-Drive

    https://www.christchurcheuropean.co.nz/vehicle/2016-BMW-435D/12113?s=1&fbclid=IwAR0b5dMT3TthYLlRz1TtF9KPIg6T4X7aiq4ch7sFyN6FQmMcEtSb6-Ks-6c_aem_AePFRYk2VbeYMdcg2GYmhU22S4yPbJH6hDvYhC8jv6fL4BzMZ6bVvmTtodI7tFgebOSG1FAn17mqWDHsZRXuhXZ3 Here you go, even more niche. What was the market for these?
  22. $3,060. That seems like a lot for some twisted sport seats and an unknown condition motor.
  23. Nice job. Well worth it at that money.
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