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3 hours ago, Harper said:If she lives out near Silverdale this might be hers. As far as compacts go it's been very well looked after, wouldn't be surprised if it's had some money spent on it. Has a few small issues, wiper jets not working and lock cylinder in the door is broken. But both pretty easy fixes.
She listed it cheap and had half a dozen people who said they'd buy it if the sale to me fell through, she couldn't believe the interest there was in it. I'm very glad I happened to be browsing fb marketplace the night she listed it otherwise I would have certainly missed out.
I checked the plate through Carjam as hers had a personalised plate, not hers, although yours did have an interesting plate previously.
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A woman at work had a white one, spent $4,800 on fixing it (I said don't bother) and then about 8-9 months later, got another bill for ~$2k. She then sold it.
Looks like a fun project once it's finished.
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Wonder if they actually have the code for the stereo?
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10 hours ago, Neil McCauley said:Bored on a Saturday night, crunched the colour numbers of MT2 still on the road in NZ:
6 Lachsilber
11 Diamantschwarz
4 Alpinweiss
2 Delphingrau ( @Palazzo is your old one still on the road?)
1 Zinnoberrot
5 Sterlingsilber
4 Brilliantrot
UK Sports: 1 Lachs / 2 DS / 1 AW / 1 Delphin / 1 Brilliantrot (C2 2.5 Alpina) / 1 Granitesilber.
Japan Mtechnic 325i's - 2 or 3 so far.
There will be more, and there are plenty that have been written off.
Happily sitting in my dads garage, having just had a new(er) LSD fitted.
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4 hours ago, Sammo said:I can’t imagine there are many NZ New Mtech 2 manual 2 doors with black headliner kicking about and if there are, no doubt Bimmersport knows about them.
Eg the reshelled Schwarz one for sale currently.
Don’t they all have black headliners if they are m325is? Or am I misunderstanding your question?
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They have pumps and complete racks on there for €450-600 plus shipping. No idea if the parts numbers are correct, but worth a look if you get stuck.
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https://spareto.com/products/bmw-repair-set-sensor/32106769232
I’ll admit I’m a bit confused, is this what you’re after?
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1 hour ago, Jacko said:My insurance is due to renew, previously paid $800PA for AMI agreed value at like $14k, this year its now $1200PA with agreed value dropping to $13700.... No claims, no accidents, no changes...
Anyone elses insurance sky rocket? Hawkes bay/Auckland floods the cause?
Mine went up 15%, in laws went up 39%.
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Seem to be under $500 delivered from overseas.
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I’d be a happy man with that in that colour sitting in the garage for weekends.
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The Ebbett Skoda site does mention that. ^^^
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Far out. My natural suspicion of VAG products remains, pity because I thought Skoda had somehow avoided it.
Sorry to hear.
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On 8/4/2023 at 5:56 PM, Jacko said:Car owned by my company, no CGA.
Turns out Skoda are as scummy as you would expect the VW group to be, spent 4.5k on engine work now... better not sh*t itself again, if it does will just fix it myself.
Are you saying you’ve spent $4.5k on it since you’ve owned it? On what?
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Does the CGA apply? Normal life of a water pump is more than 2 years….
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21 minutes ago, Jacko said:Yeah I spoke too soon
Giltrap are good, Skoda came back and said 50% parts and labour...
Why yes! I would love to pay for 50% of your dumbass part that still under warranty and 100% your problem and not mine haha.
Good grief. Given the typical parts mark up, that’s probably still a profit to them.
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I used a company in New Lynn to do 4 wheels, they were helpful and cheap.
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30 minutes ago, Lubed said:Short trips of only a couple kms is torture for any ICE, condensation never has a chance to evaporate and the oil gets contaminated very quickly with fuel, moisture etc.
I know, that’s why I try and give the current petrol one a motorway run regularly.
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She has walked it a few times, but Auckland weather in winter….especially this year.
Plus I develop gorse pocket syndrome every time I see the price of one.
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Thinking of changing a car, maybe to a 1 or 3 series diesel.
But, it will only do short trips, like 2km each way.Plan is that it gets a scheduled motorway or longer run every two weeks.
Am I asking for trouble?
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47 minutes ago, KwS said:This road to zero BS should really just be driver education and policing.
And fixing the roads and roadscape. It’s amazing how many roads have power poles or large boulders (King Country especially) only a few feet or less off the driving line. There’s no leeway.
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https://www.hgperformance.co/blog/bmw-rod-bearings-their-maintenance/#:~:text=BMW Rod Bearing Maintenance&text=The original rod bearings should,for a high-performing vehicle.
Found the answer, a new bearing design from 2011 on and these guys reckon their solution is permanent.- 1
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Question. If you do the rod bearings on one of these, are we one and done with improved bearings (?), or a recurring problem? And if recurring, how often?
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Waze is great. There seems to be a bit more uptake on it.
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I love the work you’re putting into this.
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Could be anyone with a mortgage…