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So I finally took the fiancee's daily driver into see Christian & team at OCD this week, given it's about to be used for a wedding car. I can't recommend them highly enough - top operators who know exactly what they're doing. If you're like me and have been thinking about using them for some time, see the images below to encourage you to book in! Christian (CSET) made it an incredibly easy task. Check them out at ocdetailing.co.nz Thanks guys.

You need to go out and test it now Dave...

Quick oil change on the E30 and the Range Rover. Stoked to find the sump plug on the M40 is at the front, and accessible without lifting the car off the ground at all.

Na, don't think I'm up for any thing newer than the E61, but an E28 M5.........

G'day, Took the old girl today for a ride to the city and to watch the sunset. I have owned her for three months, and it's an absolute pleasure driving her. She does get a little extra attention, unfortunately.

I don't care how few km this car has, nearly $15k is taking the piss.

Looks like your going to have your hands full Eli. It'll be a good project though. Two more and you'll have five 5's.

The aerial amp in the left hand c pillar gets its power via the white wire. Muke sure your seeing 12 volts when your head unit is turned on. If not this will likely be the cause of poor fm reception.

heh heh, you're selling up to have less to move to the new place, but not giving up - good for you Graham! #8 )

ok thats enough.

The master and slave can be replaced fairly easily, and when compared to the clutch itself, fairly cheaply.I'm anticipating the same will go for the brakes, although they seemed OK. The fuel system has already been cleaned and a fair amount of wiring sorted.

Priced to make yer eyes water.... http://m.ebay.com/itm/Bmw-Business-radio-CD43-/252302902905?nav=SEARCH

Does anyone know about this NZ new E30 325i M, plate is NB325, 1987 - very nice!!

There's probably quite a few on here that could help the OP with that

Good of you to finally admit trolling Ron. Props.

Hey Barry, that's a lovely example!I've just stuck a set of Style 5's like those above on my e28, they were factory rims on some e39 V8's. They're a good fit with a similar offset. Just need hub-centric rings fitted to make a perfect mount. Just waiting on some springs to make it more low

I think the epoxy fumes are getting to him.

More ramblings from a womble.

Rebuilt the carby, and put a muffler on the e21, but most importantly, got the stereo going! Now i just have to get the clutch and brakes working, and put a door on it! Nothing major.

If he really wants to show off, I have a stone-chipped ½million km daily driver he can have a go at! At least it is blue, so it'll look lovely polished up.

I order from China multiple times a week, for customers, either because buying parts locally would write the machine off or the parts are simply not available anywhere else. You're a fkn moron to assume there is NO risk. Parts turn up faulty - good luck getting a refund or returning them. Damaged by courier - good luck Turning up late - China post is horrendously slow. Parts that turn up are actually second hand (lol) Parts are fake and don't actually work. Don't bother ordering anything during one of their numerous holidays. That's just a few examples, don't get me wrong it's still worth us importing from China, but it can be a lot of hassle.

e46 330ci perhaps...

No risk for the supplier? You've clearly not been dicked around by cheap chinese sh*t on ebay then. Yes, most the time its not bad and reliable, but its possibly a bit much risk for a supplier.

OP would you really be happy if the retailer ordered the part from ebay and charged you a mark-up?

This is the issue with disruptive technology. That the Internet has brought. A company can carve out a neche area and compete on a global scale. The generalist business owner can't compete and even lost money trying to bid for a slice of 90 dollar part. How much did your gasket query cost the small business owner in time and lost opportunity . Sure he could of googled / Amazon / aliexoressed it. Then he's got to make a quality call, ship and sell it. Any issues and it's back one him for maybe 10 points of margin to get the sale. Mean while he has a brand new carb that he knows will work and could sell you. He'll likely go out of business and let go of the people that he employees. Not good for that community. He should have been upfront realising that your a DIY'r , a low margin customer and it wasn't worth either persons time. He wants a volume customer or a customer that will pay for the repair where he has more flexibility and margin. I think the person using the shoe shop for a fitting service and buying online is off . What service did they get for free in return ?

coming from a supplier/manufacturer, we don't stock too many parts because we are beholden to the accountants. NZ overheads are higher due to local costs, which translates to necessarily high margins. there is no way we can compete directly for identical products, By no means this is to defend anyone, the reality remains that the NZ market is NOT large enough to rely on quantity of sales, and would be better if we had an online presence too. Frankly, Internet sales is possibly the way these companies have to go.\, or suffer the consequences.