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Drove it. In the rain. Turns out wheelspin @1xxkph in 4th is enough to sharpen the senses and clench the chute.

The only way my M325i will get anywhere near 6L/100kms is if I am freewheeling down a cliff face.... anything less than 12L/100kms and you are a Granny!

Looky Looky Just got the head's back, clean bill of health. plane the head's new seals and reface the valve and valve seat's. New gasket set top and bottom. Still have to order rings bearings and the timing chain kit. Thanks to Paul at Taylor Automotive real helpful

If you want to go boating please use one of these

This is the best you are gunna get for now, just to proove i got one. It has personalised plate 20O2TI

I'd like to add that e30s are very popular at the moment with the young hipster crowd using mum and dads money to buy their first car. Old tech plus minimal driving experience equals accidents. This makes me sound like an old coot but my first car at 15 was a FWD Mazda 323 with an asthmatic single carb 1.5 that couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. I too would've ended up backwards through a fence if I owned a 170hp RWD 6 cylinder with no safety features and a tendency to oversteer.

seriously hawwwt

Probably one of the best in the industry

Pretty sure I can't type slowly enough for you to understand what I'm saying - just like last time. I'll leave you to it.

I had to go and see this car... Again another uk import living up to its reputation... Rust in boot... Brown ring around the sides where the jack goes, as if water has been pooled in there... Rust in windscreen pillars... No carpet... No shock there cause I all the leaks. Guessing the prev owner took the carpet out because of the smell... No oil in the engine... Gearbox sloppy and not engaging properly, press the clutch and accelerator goes down too - that's how squashed it is... Lol And some serious chassis bending going on there...Floors on drivers side, front and rear pushed up something insane... Dashboard pushed to the left about 5cm... Oh and the black trimming you see sticking out of the front wheel - is the number plate surround from the other car My 2 cents worth... Hope this info might be of help...

It's not too bad when it's sitting in an E39 M5 either.

Yep friendly and helpful definitely will go back for my other parts, $3255.75 inc gst

Ponsonby on a nice sunday is very very funny driving the e30 through. They all hipster gaze the e30 then you just scare them off with a parp on the accelerator back on topic, am rage about this.. can the general populous stop killing techwans .... seriously, theyre pretty rare these days in good order. HellBM can only restore a few at a time .. and Ray doesnt do it for a profit. Starting to think there needs to be a BMW e30 motorsport licience / practical exam needed before youre allowed to purchase.

Sounds like the spragg clutch in the alternator pulley is seized causing the belt tensioner to vibrate and rattle. Get it seen to before the tensioner bearing flies to pieces. You will probably need a new pulley, tensioner and idler to fix it. Special tools are required to change the spragg pulley

Sounds just like a n42/n46 motor - they are noisy and very picky on correct oil and regular maintenance.

Nah, its from the bay though. Yep it was, bit of both, would feel guilty modding it if it was a minty one already, but since its "well used" i can go to town on it a bit and have a clear concience!

http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/43901-prototype-dslive-data-acquistion/?fromsearch=1 ??

Subtle add-ons but make such a change, your old signature pic shows that with the absent front lip!

I pulled the perfectly running M20B20 out of my Touring, then decided to pull it all down for fun. The block is destined to be a coffee table.

Thanks for the referral Jon. I only have the one M54 B30 and that's in the old race car. I do have the odd S54 engine across a wide range from a second hand 2006 engine with 76,800km complete with all ancillaries to completely rebuilt engines.

m20b20s arent really desired at all, so for a start, id cut your price in half and go from there.

I can relate to this, a great feeling!

I have most parts of an E46 M3 rear end including the diff and cradle. I will sort them out and take a few pictures. I haven't given any thought to price as I have never thought of selling them.

So does Tom Cruise unfortunately.

How about a project thread Andy so all the rest of us can ogle your latest find??

Maybe its a sign of the age of these cars, they are unlikely to be daily drivers, people are used to all the safety gizmos you have on a new car to keep you on the road, these just have 4 tyres and a bag of bones behind the wheel Just a thought.

Maybe in terms of availability but prices are high in Germany, especially parts. I just got lucky!

Saw this on the New Zealand subreddit last week, thought it was pretty good, wish I did this with a few people we've had in the past: Care of pelirrojo on Reddit (link to post https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/3emcr2/looking_for_advice_on_setting_up_a_flat/ ): I've been running flats for years now, and I've got it down to a fine art now. I'll address the 'keeping things smooth' part. First, make sure you have a written agreement with every non-tenant flatmate. Here is an agreement provided by the tenancy.govt.nz website - without this, they have no rights, and you have no legal basis for taking a bond, requiring regular rent payments or anything. With this, you have a formal arrangement whereby you specify notice period, payment amounts, due dates etc. Essential. Two weeks notice, two weeks bond, rent paid one week in advance is the minimum you should require; even in that situation someone can still leave you out of pocket if they disappear on rent; you'll still have to cover up to a month's worth of bills on top of the two weeks! Consider charging a flat rate for bills - you don't need to chase people up as it's paid every week; it is included in the two weeks bond; you have much less paperwork overhead; on the downside, bills get more expensive in winter and cheaper in summer so you'll have to manage that. If you do this, then you can also budget for cleaning products, toilet paper, rubbish bags etc out of this amount. Create a bank account exclusively for the flat; I'd suggest you make two - a current account for rent, and a savings account for people's bonds. The last thing you want is to go borrow money to pay someone's bond back because you've spent it. In terms of house culture - be picky with who you have move in. Better to wait for a couple of weeks and get a good flatmate than just get the first person who knocks on the door. Imagine if you had a good flatmate who moved out because you let in a bad flatmate - then you've got an empty room AND a bad flatmate. Be consistent & reliable. Lead by example. Don't be picky. Avoid passive-aggressive behaviour; if you have to bring anything up make sure you speak to them in person. You might like to come up with some house rules; they don't have to be strict, they can be very reasonable. They are a great way to communicate to new flatmates what the boundaries and expectations of the people living there are, without people needing to test each others boundaries. An example - one of the classic flatmate issues is: Steve's new girlfriend has been staying more and more frequently; she's pretty much living in the house, paying no rent and contributing nothing to expenses. Your house rules could state that "guests are welcome to stay, but if they stay longer than 3 nights a week then a contribution of $10/night is required." Make sure you get some emergency contact information from the flatmates in case you need to get in touch with someone if something goes wrong (accident, hospital, sick, etc). I make a document up for the new flatmate specifying move-in date, first rent due date, rent amount, and what days the rent covers (i.e. rent is due on Fridays. Rent period is weekly starting every Sunday) - this is really really useful when it comes to the flatmate moving out - this document lets you know exactly when their last payment is due, if they're one or two weeks in advance etc. The rent period is useful because it means they can move out on Saturday allowing the new flatmate to move in on Sunday. That's all I have for now; any questions welcome.

It did, but to be honest this guy was the first to view the car in the whole time it was listed.

started pretty easily after sitting for 3months. smiled clean sheet WoF. smiled cleaned out the cobwebs. smiled

I'm a happy camper now. Nice to have some company with another E38 on the boards. Have you got any other plans for it other than getting it going?

Just waking up is a godsend

Getting a chubby in your race car 'cos you're "going really, really fast right now"