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That looks great, Christian. Annoyed I can't come see it today. Ughh!

Haha oh she'd notice alright...! K&n is doing me well for now... maybe in the future! Just filled in the little imperfections, now ready for sand and first primer! Will take pics and upload later on Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk

BUGGER! AHH so frustrating. I'd be going for the Hamann if it were me. Soo sensual Looks great. Colours are different I love the one-piece CSL style front splitter, saw one flush-moulded into the bumper and colour matched at it looked bloody brilliant

Great to see good kiwi minds at work doing something productive we can export to the world

Another little update... Took the car up to Ray's to code the spare TCU so I can send one away to Dinan for a s/w upgrade. Means I'm running 740i s/w at the moment which isn't quite as fun as my standard tran but the upgrade should be awesome. Ray also ran a very revealing smoke test. Only one leak but a biggie from the front manifold seal. Fortunately Ray had a new gasket handy and 5 mins later the throttle body was off, new gasket in and wahey!! No more vac leak. Car's running beautifully. No more idle shudders. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are my photos, very old now....and I'm not Ollie's wife

Well - I might just disagree with everyone here. I bought a new M3 in 2005. From that I went to a new M5 in 2009. The SMG in the M5 was 10 times better than the M3. I also now have a M3 CSL and the E60 SMG definitely blows the E46 CSL SMG away. Fuel - well I drove mine around Napier with odd trips away. I did about 20km in 2 years. I found it averaged at about 19l/100km around town and 12-14 on the open road at 110 km/h. Overall I loved the E60. The noise is amazing and it is very capable. I was sad to see it go, and some times even have crazy ideas about buying another one just to keep in the shed (I probably will when prices stop falling). The cost of running one is a little unknown to me as I purchased new, however I did do a clutch under warrenty after 5km. This was however just after a track day with many launch controls and towing a 2.2 ton boat over the Napier to Taupo road, so maybe not all a car issue..... I now have a F10 M5 and the new DCT transmission blows the old SMG away agin. The new M5 is bloody great........ When I went from M3 to M5 I felt the difference was quite big and comfort was a lot better in the M5. The E60 M5 has arguably the best ever M engine ever produced. The V10 was a fantastic piece of kit. There are lots of stories about big bills, so if you do go the M5 make sure you can afford any issues etc down the track. Also i would suggest a very very good PPI from a BMW dealer..... Good luck!

Yours is very inspirational. Not sure how long my good intentions will last as I don't have a garage at home. Badass until I'm 100% the spacers are staying, then cert 'cos I'm a goodun. Pretty happy with it... I'll play it to you on Sunday!