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OK, so it's not TradeMe. But I was pretty sure some people would like to see this. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/112032626726

First, talk to the seller. Raise your (friends) points and see how he responds. Attempt to reach an agreement. If that doesn't work, file a dispute against the seller. Can claim up to $15k. No legal representation allowed within the hearings, relatively inexpensive filing fees. Just make sure there is irrefutable evidence of deception - be it intentional or unintentional, it doesn't matter to the law. If it is indeed not a genuine Evo that was sold to your friend as a genuine Evo, that's pretty open and shut. The hardest part will be quantifying the loss value. http://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/disputes-tribunal

My 550i has for a few months now been throwing active steering failed messages. When you go on these forums there is a lot written about these sorts of issues especially it would appear for the E60 and E61. I can't believe some of the suggested fixes and it has been a surprise that having posted dozens of cries for help someone did not follow up with what the root cause was and more important what the fix was. I am sure there is more than one issue and more than one fix but surely in this day and age we can do better. So not wanting to be like the rest I thought I would share my story and confirm so far my successful end outcome be it that it may still be too early to get overly excited about the fix. I won't bore you with a novel only point out the behaviour I experienced - It started after driving back from Taupo, the next day when driving to work. It self cleared within a KM down the road after I stopped and restarted the car. -It next appeared again after another longer drive home the next day when starting the car. Again reset a KM down the road following the same procedure. Around two months had passed since the first time this occurred and took me to around end March this year - Third appeared with a few weeks and this time I hadn't been driving any distances out of the ordinary. From this point forward I was getting the fault at least once a week. At this time I started to investigate on the WWW forums what this was about. -Basically over time the fault was becoming more regular but still corrected itself after driving stopping and restarting. I tried some of the myths on sties such as put the key in the car but don't start up. Turn the wheel all the way to the left, then to the right and then back to the centre. Start and drive forward. Turn off and wait a minute. Start up and the issue will be sorted. Some suggested the same procedure but wait up to 30 minutes. Some suggested doing the same but with the engine running. I tried them all and nothing worked. -When my car developed a new spin on the fault where I put the key in to start the car and saw my steering wheel start to turn itself to the left. I starte the car and got the same fault message but now the steering wheel was offset to go straight. At this point I suspected the root issue was my angle sensor. When it reset it self I notices a shuddering in the steering wheel as it re-centred itself while I was driving. At this point I sort help -Taking it to the local mechanic who has always been good at fixing any concerns I have had with other cars got the faults off the car being 6137 - Motor Position Sensor Failure. Then 614A - Motor Position angle not inialized and then OEA3 which I can't recall what it said but basically more of the same. My mechanic recommended replacing the Angle sensors. A cost of $1500. At this point I realised that I need an BMW authorised expert to give me there opion as I know a witch hunt when I see one. - I took my car in Wellington based on a mates advise who also happens to be member of this community to First European Cars. They took the codes and got different error codes and descriptions than my mechanic and it seems to be down to using actual BMW devices vs OBDII devices which are not necessarily giving us the best data. This lead the them to recall another customer who had the same issues and symptoms and the fix was a wheel re-alignment. That customer had recalled hitting a large pot hole and when the alignment was checked found the wheels off by more than .30 each side. When reset and the active steering reset/calibrated the issue was resolved. I cant recall hitting anything that would make my while alignment go out but it was worth a try. And what do you know. My alignment was out on the left by -0.28 and the right by -0.36. This procedure was then performed on my car and since yesterday I have not so far touch wood had the fault appear. So I will drive around for a week and let you know if this was truly the cause and fix to my issue. Got to say it is better to spend $80 for an alignment than $2000 for a replace of parts that may not be broken? It I have saved that money then I may just see what performance improvements I can make. Activating the true sports mode in my 550i will be the first act.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1107045746.htm Look at that amazing deal, super low km 325i for M3 money! Joking. When will these dealers learn low km base models cars that just sit around aren't instantly worth 4x the price of an average mileage example of the same year. It's just mindless. They have been at it with everything from Japan in the 20+ year range, BMWs, Toyotas, you name it an old low KM car with an exorbitant price tag.

This model is a future classic with only 5707 produced worldwide between ’98-01 If anyone wants a real classic buy my 750i. There are only 113 produced.

No problem. You can get it from Autolink/Colorworks in Penrose and most other paint and hardware shops as far as I'm aware.

Just pointing out that on plenty of E46 M3 the valve clearances often check out fine and as a result don't need shimming. Might be the reason for the comments above. Mine was last checked at 100,000 km and required no adjustment. It's yet to be touched. Soundling like they suggested CSL / Mini Cooper Battery size which is popular in the USA for reducing weight

I'll drop a flaming dog turd on his door step and ring the door bell for ya next time I'm over those ways, $100. $150 and I'll record it.

Maybe the staff should of thought about it before bitching and moaning about their pay and contracts. Now they've just been replaced.

...is exactly the expectation you set when you post on a public forum. Isn't it?

Decided to give the interior a bit of a spruce up and make it a better place to be. The driver seat has some typical bolster wear and the leather was looking a little shiny in areas. Using a 10:1 mix of meguiars all purpose cleaner, a bore hair brush and half a dozen microfibre towels, the seats and leather surfaces are much cleaner. Not a fan of leather conditioner so I only applied it to areas exposed to UV rays and wear and tear i.e inner door handles and seat bolsters. Drivers seat before : Cleaning process : After a few hours of vacuming leather cleaning and further detailing : Finished of with a thorough cleaning of the steering wheel. Amazing how much grime accumulates. Used the same cleaning process as for the leather in the rest of the interior :

Minimal damage to front. New carrier and skin. All sorted. If you are not https://www.facebook.com/AntonyVSaunders my apologies. Stooka/Ant is a hell of a coincidence. Now you can call to arrange a time to view. 0212435526

If you are actually interested and not just wasting his time, call him. Otherwise why keep crapping on his thread?

E46 M3 ??? `stooka` merc. confused Call for details on the Z4 if you are interested in adding it to your collection. 0212435526

Looks like just lower radiator support damage. A lot of cars are written off with minimal damage in some cases, very wasteful. It's a good service HellBM does fixing these up and getting them back on the road. I've bought a previously written off car fixed from there and you couldn't tell, a quality repair