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Bring yourself to the next meet and ill take you for a ride, see if i can make you fall asleep!

Like most cars, launch control will cause extra wear on the components. However if you just floor it off the line it is pretty aggressive. So much so that I never use LC.

Getting M20 timing belt on 5 min after making a grumpy post in the rant thread. Just had to keep better tension on the long side of the belt and shift the cam gear about 0.5mm to one side. I love having a project car in the garage. Happy Tuesday everybody

Today I replaced these which were stuffed. Then I replaced this which bolts on. With this which has push button release. And it started to rain so thats all for today.

Time for another M something. Yeah. The X5 is .... too good. At everything. It's boring. It's the weight plus grip. it's incredible. bucketing down I'm doing twice the speed of any other car on the road with no problems. I think it's the perfect car for when I'm 60.

E30 timing belts. I have it looped around the camshaft and crank pulley, but am short those vital 2mm to get it over the tensioner

BUMP , who needs a twin turbo engine for there e30 or e36 318ti etc

GLWS Is the next M car going to have sufficient ground clearance?

its not just a case of cheap cars being on the road with average tyres but a much much bigger picture. to keep it as simple as possible, consider this: it costs me $5 one way from my house to the city and $5 back home. luckily for me the train only takes about 20 minutes but if i were to take the bus, it would be a 50 minute trip one way. so thats $10 a day, and for 5 days a week its $50 just for public transport. I could easily cover the same distance with $30 of petrol. of course parking costs are insane which leads people to use the public transport system but if i was having to commute say to somewhere with free parking (company provided carpark or else) then there is absolutely no reason to use the public transport. I could easily buy a pos $1000 car and drive it daily with $30 petrol. it works out cheaper than taking the bus. its way too easy to buy a car and for cheap, people who really shouldnt be owning cars can, and because they already stretched their financial situation for the car, its no wonder they dont have or dont care about good tyres (or even basic servicing for that matter) i highly doubt that there will be any significant law change that actually rectify this kind of situation.. unless they ban all cars over 10 years old or something crazy like that

For 15k being spent on an e30 that isn't an M3, or 327i etc, you'd expect an absolutely immaculate example. e30 tax is a thing, people are charging a premium price simply because they're popular with the "stance scene" in recent years. That price often doesn't take into account the condition of the vehicle. I think you're a bit tunnel-visioned on wanting to buy a car ASAP, as opposed to shopping around and waiting for the perfect car (that fits your budget) to come along. Multiple people have stated that the e30 you're interested in (black ///m325i) isn't in the greatest condition, the current owner drives it with gusto, and it doesn't appear to run 100% right. Take that into account as you'll be spending more money on the car in the near future if you decide to purchase it.

Was in Oz a few weeks ago and they have this channel on foxtel. Were some not bad shows. Spent a few hours watching it instead of going clothes shopping. Think I made the right choice!

more than half in that little preview were UK shows. I too cant be bothered with Chip Foose. hes had a great career, built some nice cars, not a bad show, and knows his stuff. But still the kind of guy i would dislike within minutes of meeting i am sure.

Darren The launch control is similar to a 4000 rpm progressive manual take off. Ive only used it a couple of times (cone time trials) as I'm concerned about the rear subframe with continued use. (haven't reinforced mine yet) I'd imagine the clutch wear would be higher . I hear about clutch and flywheels be changed at 100,000 kms but not sure why .

Would hope you will seriously readdress his asking price. He is in noddy land with the car condition v his price. Good luck

Good on you dude. Pocketing the $50 a day must feel good too!

Got ridiculously anxious while waiting for the next chance to duck outside. Took me a long time to realise normal people didn't regard two 25 packs of Marlboro red and a triple shot XXL long black as an acceptable breakfast. Quite enjoying not coughing up red streaks every morning too!

In case you want something a little different my father will need to sell our much loved 2002 Bauer Cabriolet soon. It had full Jaymic resto in UK before bringing it back here and still pretty tidy. Has twin dellortos and mild alpina cam and bilsteins so goes nicely. PM if interested.

Dude - you just came out in public! I have a spare anaesthetic machine you can use for those organ donations you still have to do

cars look great ! will keep an eye on your thread as well..... keep up the good work !

From 50/day to fagless for 8 months. Result!

not quite yet ,enjoying the 9.1L per 100km ecnomy but also looking into another kit that's kicking around 8ib proper kit stage 2 type .360-400bhp with intercooler etc maybe will swap the 2.8l for 3L at the same time

I may as well take the whole thing now

looking good, will keep an eye on this thread for sure. Wish i could daily a 740, would bankrupt and piss me off in wellington though lol.

So back to the same speed as everyone else then

But is it boosted yet?

Hi guys, I don't want to but I have to. I need to sell my 1992 E34 Touring manual. The car has the M50B25 engine under the hood and is stock everywhere. There is a little wrong with her, A little bit of rust (about a $2 coin size), A weird squealing from the rear, and some missing / damaged interior parts (Ash trays etc.), A few scratches and small dent in passenger side fender. The car is currently on 254000 ks but will go up as I'm driving as a daily. I m open to swaps preferably for another BMW. Diesel?. I don't have a price in mind at the moment but It's gonna take a fair one as I am quite attached. Have attached some photos Cheers,

Sharpening up nicely. It's good to see an E38 looked after, far too many aren't!

21st August 2015 Replaced these. Groomed the engine bay. And groomed the interior. Leather cleaned up nice using Oakwoods leather cleaner.

I went to the bottom and scrolled up haha, hence the WTF moment.

Installed a set of (alleged) Schnitzer chips for a friend's 1991 diamond schwarz 850i. Of course, we had to test them and find a nice backdrop for some early evening photos...

Installed some schnitzer chips in a mate's 850i. Tested it and parked up for some pics in the early evening sun next to mine.

Old people who start a conversation with "I'm not a racist, but...." and then say a bunch of racist stuff.

Damn, only every seen one. That would be memorable

bloody hell that e36 looks good!

Home from the paint shop with Work wheels now fitting. Fitted the modified OEM M3 mirrors. Gave the interior an individual look with brushed aluminium trim with leather arm rests.

Have been seeing an hart specialist for the last 12 years, 2and a half year ago one side was only working 56%, and he told me to stop smoking, I did not stop. a 30 packet every 2days. 6 Months ago it was down to 44%, if it go's down to 40% the LTSA will take my commercial licence away. I went cold turkey, stopped drinking no more sugar drinks no fatty foods, medication for the rest of my live and i lost 15kg. went back yesterday for check up and I am back up to 50%. The wife stop smoking today keep fingers cross.

Sounds like my wife, ever since I showed her the ESP off, she loves luring JDMs in to the lights and smokes the sh*t up. Reckon it's a hoot

Fiji tomorrow.

ah.. the joys of being a bmw parts guy. can basically put together whatever you want/need with "stuff laying about".. jealous

No, no they dont.

From what I`ve seen on the bmw groups on facebook I`d stay away from the black one. It's owned by a teenager in auckland and according to people who have seen it around it isn't treated very well and often driven to the limiter etc. Despite that, M20s are tough so probably nothing wrong with it.