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hey woodgrain 5speed gear knob good condition $45 also have a leather and standard one but might be a bit broken on the inside this means it might swivel around abit $10 each

Well, it is one way of trying to hide the fact that you are driving a hideous banana shaped car...

Lols - I did wonder if that burnout pic was a Triumph, & then it progressed to 'Nah, it can't be, surely not'........... Personally, I think ya should give it some TLC & fix it up too, but hey, if ya don't wanna - I will............ Burnouts in a Triumph.............

Was a very broad generalization Blue.

And....................................did you buy it then??

Update ...WOW! WHAT A MACHINE! Best car i have ever been for a ride in haha. 200kph on country roads out the back of Upper Hutt. The guy knows how to drive that's for sure. AC Schnitzer exhaust sounds amazing. Car was in really nice condition inside and out. Runs really sweet, drives smooth enough with the extra bracing added. He had a very thick stack of receipts from services and work carried out on the car. A few things he talked about was he broke the diff bracket on the subframe doing a hill start, He got his engineer to weld a bigger one on and painted it. No cert or anything for it and has passed its last two WOFs with no mention on it. He also said he hasn't done any valve clearance on it since owning it. I'm still lost for words on how good of a ride it was

check the general module and check control modules are seated correctly for a start could open them up and have a look for dry joints, and/or replace with a known working one from someone else. I have an M20 E34 one here in known good condition, i don't know how cross compatible they are though

It`s not a heap, and there isn`t much about them that is complicated to get right( in modern terms)... I had a 1992 535 for 8 years and loved it. Guess what... fix it up and enjoy it.

Welcome to the site............& I like your honesty..........& umm sense of humour............ If you get sick of that E34, or are sick of it - feel free to PM me what ya want for it.............

I like Maseratis. I like Maseratis. I like Maseratis. I like Maseratis. There. I've said it. It's out there. It's the first step to finding an answer. I hope. But it's hopeless! What sort of a person would sell a perfectly good piece of solid English or German engineering in order to buy something made of chocolate and wrapped in aluminium foil? Yes. I did. But if we discount the Lancia and the Alfas, I only did it twice, so that's OK, isn't it? The first time I did it properly. Spent the money, got a good Biturbo (4-door, Quattroporte), looked after it and lived to tell the tale. Of course, seeing someone else mercilessly thrash their similar car, seemingly without a care in the world, and get away with it was annoying. So I sold mine and bought something solid and reliable. Later, I was offered a long-time garaged 'boxy 2-door Maserthingy'. Yup - that's how it was described to me. I thought it would be another Biturbo and nearly didn't have a look, but found a Ghibli under several years dust. Apparently it had stopped working (surely not! Never happened to a temperamental Italian car before, has it?) at the top of the drive, and had been rolled backwards down the drive and into the garage where it stayed for several years. Nothing actually broken, but the leather seats were dry and had been damp at some stage. Yes, I bought it. For the equivalent of (now) $800. An Italian 2-door twin-turbo V6 sports car, with an iconic name, for 400 quid. Wow. Those were the days. It just needed new fuel lines throughout the entire car. The owner didn't mention he'd run it dry on fuel, left it for a while, put fuel in it, run it dry again, and the lines had picked up rust from the tank and clogged the lines. Perhaps if the fuel gauge worked properly that wouldn't happen? Actually, very little electrical worked. Again, no great surprise. But the engine did. If I ignored the musty smell inside the car (driving with the window open let's you hear the exhaust note anyway) and made sure I was home before dark (when the headlights did work, they were a bit dim) it was fine. This time it was my turn. I looked after it, letting it thoroughly warm before giving it beans (lesson learned from 2 1970s Alfas), and maintained it - oil changes every 3000 miles and so on - but I drove it like I stole it. And it was brilliant. Even if I smelt a bit musty after being in it for any length of time - pulling car it wasn't. I eventually sold it to someone who was going to strip it and race it... Apparently he was doing really well before the engine let go first time out. More recently, and post-marriage, children and so on, I was on a training course in London (before moving here). Every morning, I'd walk from digs in Waterloo across the bridge, turn right down the Strand and then walk up Chancery Lane. And the first time I saw what looked like a lovely Quattroporte. Much newer than mine had been, but wonderful. And the driver would use the loud pedal, a lot. Amazing sound. One day I'd crossed the road and saw the other side of the car. Looked like it had been on the losing end of an argument with a bus - stoved in, creased, and red paint. The driver didn't seem to care. I suspect he was one of Graham's "don't give a f**k" rich types. Yes - I'd have another. Some people never learn, eh?

Sorry, I feel asleep for a hour after looking at a picture of a BMW and dosing off. The Italians and the English build sexy cars with soul that break down... The Germans build solid boring cars that are over engineered. The French build crazy joie de vivre cars that are practical but frustrating at times. The Japanese and Koreans build reliable appliances. The Americans and Australian build cars to make money... and yet loose money? You would "don't give a f**k" rich or crazy pore to buy a Maserati... either way it will cost a fortune.

Hey - it's page 2 of the thread! May even be a miracle it got this far... OK - so what other currently available, or likely to be available cars could the police use to replace the Comadoze? I've done a little research and if the assumption they will use a rwd car is correct (and it may not be) then the replacement will not be a Honda, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Kia, Daewoo, Suzuki, VW or Volvo. Because they either don't make anything in rwd, or (in the case of Nissan for example) it is a 370Z and that won't have space for enough donuts and coffee. In fact, pretty much the only non-European options are a Lexus, Infiniti, or the Hyundai Equus. The only possibly viable US offerings are the Lincoln Town Car, a Cadillac, or the Chrysler 300C - other rwd drives cars from the US are the Mustang, Corvette, Camaro, Charger, etc and don't have enough doors. Maybe something from Lada?

I'm not sure, it's a mod/hack for the v8 cars. Certainly tightens up the turn-in and braking feeling. Yeah, as per Jooles - Gutted rear mufflers. It's got a nice growl, but when it comes on cam it's a bit raspy. I like it though, wish there were more tunnels..

"Stance" killed it. Now you see great wheels that were once reserved for fast cars on the worst of cars because "Stance".

running costs of a ferrari, depreciation of a Massa. What's not to like?

What I would do is keep posting on the internet for another few days and leave it until the end of next week, businesses love it when people leave things to the last working week of the year.

Knackered shock? Take it to someone who can diagnose it properly - like a suspension specialist with an in ground shaker pad to test the shocks under load.

Hi Sam... I'm a confirmed Alfaholic (you may have noticed the avatar) but unfortunately the 156 is a bit new for me... There are quite a few Alfisti (including workshops) at your end of the island... Jump onto here http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/new-zealand-forum/ and I'm pretty sure that you'll be able to get answers to just about everything Alfa... If I can help further, just let me know... Cheers Mike