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Councils thinking it's OK to just drop gravel/chip on top of tar bleed and wait for the trucks to mash it in as a cheap fix.

Dunno why i clicked enter so soon, not all i was gunna say! New VIX oil filter on Wednesday and Penrite Race oil in the engine Also added some goodies to dress the car up a bit M3 front splitter, paired with the M3 mesh in the lower bumper, its almost complete M3 conversion to the bumper, still some bits to come Clear tails - piece of cake Clear fronts, bit harder to install, they rely on the headlights being present in factory form, very simple to modify to make work, however do need the pin on the back that so often snaps off. Have some M Trim to arrive for the sides and front bumper sitting at Brents place, All just smarten it up a bit and make it not look like a 316ti lol to be honest i am not a fan of the E36 as a whole, so anything to make it look a bit better must be a good thing lol Pictures as it sits now

A V12 in the engine room

Good work Andy, I'ts getting less friseur all the time

Finishing a run of 10 night shifts at 6am this morning then going to pick up my boat and go fishing. Should be s gorgeous day out there and fingers crossed the fish are biting. If they aren't I'll put my feet up and have a snooze to the sounds of water lapping at the side of the boat. What could be better?

Bring back Ministry of works and there big rollers.

Apologies, Jason! 4x100, 16x8, et20-25.

Got the 328i front brakes swapped over onto the compact this morning, and also fitted the sump guard off the South African 325i i have here. Will hopefully pick up a shroud for the radiator up at pickapart this afternoon as the one i have is all broken and fit that. Booked in with my mate to have a custom cutback made up on Monday next week. Really need to find an LSD for it though as the open combined with the 4.44 such a short ratio it just spins the rear wheels anything beyond half throttle in any of the first 3 gears. It sits at 2100rpm in 5th at 50km/h currently so will be over 4 grand in top gear at 100.... theoretical top speed of just 160km/h 328i 2.93 M3 3.15 M3 Evo 3.23 all same ZF gearbox If i use about 3.4 that will give me theoretical top speed approx 230km/h which should be about top speed for this car on any Kiwi track anyways I would think?? Bear in mind i need to find this ratio in an E30 diff, not an E36 diff. So a prefacelift E30 325i should have this, also some prefacelift 320i If anyone has something they think i might like, even if its not an LSD, let me know!

American reporting suggests Chris Harris and Sabine are 'unknowns'! Oh, 'merica. You're so last century.

Doesn't everyone else keep a fluffy lamb near by the sofa ?

Front strut brace. Pretty simple provided the dimensions are correct - a bit of bent tube with a couple of pieces of bent flat stock welded to each end. OK - so it's not adjustable. But we don't need adjustable.

next week when all the sudo aucklanders leave town to go home to family. no Q's no waiting parking anywhere for 2 weeks.

BMWNZ don't want to have anything to do with the HPFP recall. I spoke to the CEO of Jeff Gray. He didn't even know about this problem. My 335i is NZ New. He said he'd have to refer this to BMW headoffice. Anyway, BMWNZ wanted about $900 for a HPFP ex Germany, and wouldn't replace under recall. Euro Italian did one for me for $400 odd. I figured it wasn't worth the hassle arguing the point with BMW. If a HPFP goes it is a safety issue. My engine suddenly went into limp mode as I was pulling out to pass someone. Could have been a serious accident. No problem with the Pierburg pump. If you do get the HPFP replaced make sure you run the fuel low, otherwise the mechanic has to drain your tank in order to replace the pump.