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Goes overseas. Not in the family anymore.

was there yesterday with a few mates there where 5 boston green e36 's there 2 328ti 1 328i coupe 1 328i sedan 1 325i coupe my e28 and a 540i/6 https://youtu.be/P7HccO-tsvw https://youtu.be/xooEuJOioyM https://youtu.be/pbw479GMLV8 still more uploading

it infuriates me, and people have changed too. I am not the only one and i know it. you dont go into paknsave and take a box of weatbix up to the counter and find out what the price is. or even worse, say you want to pay $1, but they just give you no responce other than to say no. they have that magic $3.60 amount in thier head you just have to keep guessing. Same reason Tender and Auctions I didnt even bother going to the open homes when i brought my last two houses. If you cant tell me the price, i am not interested in doing the spade work for something that has a 50% chance of wasting my time. there are enough deluded people with no idea of real value as it is. mods please shift to rant thread. oh damn i am a mod lol

First round of progress: Front suspension and brakes swapped. Rear to be done this week as well as drive line teardown. Aim to have it finished by the end of May. There are some huge advantages starting to show already, because the motor is going into a car it was designed to fit, the motor is sitting about 6 inches further behind the front axle than it was in the e30. This tied in with the fact the wheel base is about 7 inches longer makes for a far better handling car.

Foreword - This isn't supposed to be a bash on S&S, simply my experience with them. So far the issue has not been resolved after 4 weeks. Basically had some dimwitted fool try and break into my car, unfortunately for them they forgot the E32 had special death trap features such as doors you can't unlock from the inside.. even if you've crashed & the car is filling with water. Rear passanger quarter window smashed, nothing taken & the repair is free under insurance. Great! Book car in online with Smith & Smith, they say they can fit the part in less than 3x days. Pretty stocked as the BMW dealer quoted 3x weeks and over $400 for the part to be brought in from Germany. Drop the car off & all is well. They say to pick the car up at 3:30. Arrive at 3:30, sit in waiting room until 4:45, staff are friendly and inform me they are still fitting the glass properly. 4:45 - Technician is very polite and informs me that the car's fixed as best he can but he can't quite get the seal to sit flush, if I have any issues he suggest I bring it back and they'll fix it under warranty. Look at the car.. windows look weird, seal not laying flush, inside the car there's a 8mm gap between the window and the frame (not visible from outside) and the black ceramic is a thick strip, instead of the normal doted "fade" on the other side. Door card not properly installed, still partly hanging off (it's a pain to put on and the clips at the top have come off. I could fix it in 30 mins but I don't want to accept liability for any damage to the door) Technician repeats I should bring the car back if I'm not happy - I'm not happy at all because the job is rubbish and they fitted the wrong part, window is from an E38 not an E32 so of course it doesn't fit properly. Next week Monday I email S&S - No response, Thursday I ring them. Polite and speedy service, they say to go into the Wellington Branch tomorrow. Friday - visit store, staff are very nice as usual, say they'll fix it and call me back soon with a date to come in, I'm okay with it as at least my car is secure for now and not leaking (much) A week later - no call back, ring S&S AGAIN and they say they'll call.. to date. No call. Tomorrow I plan on going in and demaning a few answes TL:DR - Smith & Smith are useless as hell, botch car repair and won't return enquiries. On the plus side, they are friendly. What to do now short of constantly going back and forth? I fell the original tech was left in a tough spot after the wrong glass was supplied he'd have started to put it in and probably only realised too late that it was wrong. The staff have been super helpful when I've talked to them but the lack of communication has *really* annoyed me, it shouldn't take this long to at least inform me of a timeline to get the new part fitted. Overall I don't feel like I'd go back there to be honest as I'm not confident in their service, I made sure I supplied them with the correct 7 series model (E32) and stressed that it was an '89 in the notes. Easy to botch a part for a bimmer if you're not proficient but I'm sick to death of having to call them up every week and get nowhere! Anyone else had a good or bad experience with S&S? Just thought I'd write this as a heads up and to see if anyone had any suggestions for me.

Yes was a great day.. except if you were driving daddy's new RS4 !

12L/100km on the E39 looking good right about now

you and me both, i would have picked 6 as the absolute top. kms... not mint.... but hey thats great for the rest of us. and thats two people wanting to pay 10 for it too dont forget!!!!!!!

you not supposed to open and use them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even my 190E has covered 230000+++

That's my E60

^sounds like good advice. hope all goes well and let us know how it goes

Still trying to get over the shock of seeing a rusty bit on the car that is supposed to be 'perfection'..... However, my faith will remain restored as long as it NEVER happens again!!

Might have an E39 wiper somewhere you can have, I'll have to have a look-see for it.

Fyi the angel eyes are not illegal so long as they are used as park lamps for the front. I have never also never had a problem with my tinted rear tail lights because they look like they left the factory that way and do not effect the light emitted from them whatsoever. Further more they have adequate reflectors showing

Lol i am nearly 7k. just sneaks up i guess. And not even edited like some of the mods here! Its a great community most of the time, and changed a lot over the 7 or so years i been here. Good then sh*t, happy to say its defiantely good and active again these days! and the new members coming through getting involved and staying here!

We always try and get customers to get their insurance to buy a genuine screen through us (the dealer) and get it fitted by us. Too many bad stories with S&S

people that press/stick their finger in the wraped meet packages at the super market. WTF.

Me too...I hear countries with arabs in them are fantastic places to visit..

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