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some years back I had safely driven my family back from a holiday in Auckland. We'd had an excellent run down, leaving a wet Auckland early - may have been ANZAC day? Got all the way to a warm, sunny and dry Porirua without incident, though on straight 3-lane piece of road I encountered an old Hilman Avenger Wagon, tail well-down (overloaded) towing a weaving trailer with bald tyres... doing 100-105. I know this, as I was following him in the second lane travelling behind him. I indicated right, moved into the 3rd (outside lane), and pased him doing 114 ( I know this, as it was police verified). I was nabbed by a policeman with laser gun sitting at the end of the straight, and motioned to pull over. We had a cordial discussion. I offered that I had no issue about the speed he'd clocked me at, and accepted he would give me a ticket. We talked about my journey down from Auckland; he was interested in what time I'd left and did the mental calculation on how long it had taken me and satisfied himself that I'd had a reasonable trip. I said "I have a question for you, officer. in my well-maintained Maxima, why did you choose me, driving 14km/h over the speed limit, rather than the driver next to me with the dangerously laden car weaving and towing a trailer with bald tyres, exceeding his speed limit by 25km/h?" His was the stock answer: "you can't know how fast he was going, yours is an estimate only". I replied "yes I do - I followed him for nearly a kilometre before deciding to pass, in order to avoid the road hazard he presented; our speeds were matched. Now, please, can you help me understand why did you choose to pull the driver presenting the lesser hazard to other road users? I'm not arguing the ticket; I'd really like to understand." "Well, the laser gun has a narrow lens. I focus on the outside lane to catch the greatest speed" "Ahhh, so you're focussed on the number plates of the cars in the outside lane?" "Yes" "and you didn't see the orange Avenger on the inside lane, because while you're hunting speeders and looking through that laser gun you're focussed on one lane only?" "that's right." "Well, thank you for your honesty officer, have a good one." "you too sir, travel safely" As I said, it was a cordial, and indeed respectful conversation. Clearly this passive road policing by sitting "catching speeders at the end of lanes" contributes nothing to road safety. As I mentioned, I had no issue with a ticket for 14km/h over; it was what I was doing. It was the indiscriminate and non-sensical nature of the "policing" in this instance that underscored to me that they "have it wrong".

Poor picture quality because of my ph but followed this E38 all the way from Wanganui to Auckland on the weekend of the ECC meet. The owner shall remain nameless. Andy. Woops. In true Bond style throwing out a smoke screen.

Listed: Fri, 4 Sep 2009

Hahahhahahahahaha. That is all.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-240089175.htm This has been posted about before. Super low km E39 that's been for sale for ages. I couldn't find the last thread about it where I said if I drove past it again I'd take some pics. I was in Palmerston North today so swung past and had another look. It's really deteriorating sitting in the back of the yard. Poor pics bacause they were taken with my crappy ph..lol So here's what 15k will get you..lol Clear coat is peeling off the bumpers and wing mirrors. Roof has faded badly in the sun. Light lenses are shot and lights aren't fitting right. Wood across the glovebox is peeling away. At the end of the day its just a less than average 540i with a bodykit and a nice set of wheels. The only thing it really has going for it is the low km's but even then it's been sitting in a corner of the yard for years now. Imagine the work you'd have to do to replacing everything that has dired out and gone brittle. $15000 my ass.

ha ha ha. Well, I did say I'd follow you up and I am a man of my word. And when it wasn't smoking the view was rather nice. Especially when getting a glimpse of the deep dish rims as you were cornering.

the cause was a 2001 728i being fitted with a presumably second hand rocker cover gasket with a 1998 date stamp that decided to spit it self out, followed by about 5L of oil between Wanganui and Mt Eden. wasnt smoking like that the whole way, just when turning left and it spilled onto manifold and anyway just put electric rear blind up, out of sight out of mind lol Gavin at Euro Italian hooked me up with a new gasket, fitted that in my Auckland workshop and all good for the way home the real question is why is the 750i stuck behind the 728i lol

Ron will want both of them cause they are MANUAL

Wolw, it looks far worse from your perspective

Yeah, very different colours, the old and the new. I like them both! More parts arrived from Gavin. Thanks! Cam has been reconditioned. Going back into the head and should have the head back sometime next week.

People.

Just trying to figure out if i can fit 6 bmws in my driveway! Im pretty sure the wife wont even notice another one at this stage

Certainly doesn't help! I do like the details though - a 4.15am crash when 'neighbours could hear them winding up.' Dunno about you, but I'm asleep at that time. No speed details released, but 'speed was excessive.' Probably true, but a typical knee-jerk reaction to a fast car involved in an accident. That said, it takes a lot of force to rip a car apart. Sounds like someone out for a high speed run on a road they knew to be straight, but didn't know well enough to consider the 'bumps'. If it's the bit I think it is, they could have come down the hill at speed into the dip and bottomed the suspension, even in a GTR. Or come over a bump and got some air - landing a car isn't as easy as the rally guys make it look. Driver error, and excessive speed, are the most likely causes. It'll make the headlines to reinforce the 'war on speed' approach being taken. In other news, an orange police road car with a rear-facing camera on the parcel shelf was sitting on the northbound side of SH1 towards the top of the Bombay Hills this morning, and completely ignored the rattly, smokey, blue Hiace pickup with three large people in it, carrying a bouncing and unsecured load.

the worst customer from the banks POV is one that uses the maximum card benefits and pays no interest. So whichever card you pick make sure you pay it off in the allotted time period. If that's hard choose a low interest card only and take any interest free deals you can. Look at what's important to you from the card. For me, airpoints are the biggest bonus, so I have a airpoints platinum card. Each month I pay off the balance therefore it only costs me the cost of the yearly card fee. Sticking everything we buy on it earns us enough points through the year for a free flight overseas along with the free travel insurance perks of the card. but it depends whats important to you

Sorted, purchased one of my old e36's back

Yes they pulse but only the earliest systems actually lock. Even if they did lock the duration would be so infinitesimal that any tyre marks left on the road would be unidentifiable. Pics or it didn't happen.

Tax sink!! Quite cunning for a small town dealer, really

Was on the Gorge just after the rail bridge. Saw my abs marks on the road today ! It's the 2nd time in the same area. Mind you, wasn't as bad as going under the back of a truck in the days where trucks could go across and down the gorge from the side lanes. That one took out my windscreen, roof pillar and drivers side window.

lol. Cabin filters in the 750i might need a change.. rofl. Glad it wasn't anything major in the end.

Good to see the quickrant thread is on form today...

Vibration solved rubber mounts worked a treat they cost $30 but well worth it to stop the vibration

Forgot about this and went to fill up at gull as it was on the way. Cars were backed out the entrance, no thanks, would rather spend the extra dollar and save 30 mins of my life

time.

People at Xmas time.

Don't you do that on the weekends bro? WTF?

Pretty sure, if I zoom in CSI style, I can see your name written all over it

Its the most sensible car ive ever owned! Plenty of room for kids, safety up the wazoo, good for towing, better economy than a v10 M5!

Dickheads that use daytime running lamps instead of headlights at night. First, they are too bloody bright knob-end they are meant to be bright in the day, think how bright that makes them at night to other cars! Second, you have no lights on at the back of your car (or usually soft-roader!!), which makes you very hard to spot as you womble along.

Problem is there a lot of drivers driving much slower than the speed limit because of stupid fear of a ticket. A trip to from say Wellington to Auckland can have an hour added to the trip and a whole pile of frustration from travelling in a long line of traffic doing an inconsistent speed. It adds to the danger level not reduces it. It also increases fatigue a major cause of inattention and accidents. Fuel use increases under inconsistent speeds. Even the cops should be able to figure this out but because of the additional revenue they extract they call it road safety. There is nothing positive about the 4kmh speed tolerance and it sure as hell doesn't save lives.

Cops sitting hidden up a slip road aren't watching traffic, or drivers that don't drive. They're typically watching a 200yd stretch of straight road. I woke someone up who nearly drove into me yesterday. Black VW Passat, driver with a shirt and tie, had been weaving fairly well between Meremere and Hampton Downs - two wheels over the line to the left, or the centre line. As I passed him he started to drift towards us but a hand held on the horn saw his head snap up, and him nearly drive off the left side of the road. I saw in my mirror that he'd stopped. Policeman? There'd been one on the southbound HD slip road. Camera van? Would have made absolutely no difference whatsoever.

Crossing the center line is what it's all about. I see lazy drivers doing it quite often, through blind corners too. Just terrifying. There needs to be massive penalties in place for such, evidence like in car cameras for insurance purposes should stand as a way to prosecute these pricks - given the vehicle following has such fitted. Cops are too few and far between to do anything about it.

Mate who had a 550i just got a ticket for 56kph in Johnsonville, the cop said you were in a school zone, my mate said it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday night, who's at school?

Factor in up to 15 mins by the time the plane lands til you get out of the airport. That's if it's running on time. Then a sh*t yarn with the guy you bought it off. Then stopping into the servo to fill it up/take a piss. I'd say yep book the later ferry. Nice bit of the country not a bad idea to have a few hrs up your sleeve for a look around as well.

BNZ have my credit card linked to my home loan so I'm only paying 4.5% interest. I have a good banking adviser who gives me a call or email every couple of months letting me know what good deals are going.

ha ha. Fine till you open the doors and it folds in half. Would be interesting to see it with the rear doors welded closed and the fronts doors stretched a bit.