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special places no its not a e30 , not everyone wants rust :0

Oh, and sitting on BBS RC's. I'll take some better pics when it's out of the garage.

Unfortunately it looks like it was washed with steel wool. Engine bay could do with a vacuum too! I think if you're asking that sort of money for a 20 year old car it should be properly detailed before being photographed and advertised.

When you consider E30s are advertised with higher asking prices now, it shows that there are great bargains to be had.

I drove from Wellington to Ohakune in an RS6, it's a big heavy beast but my god the engine is special. 0-100 in less than 4 seconds, sure I have done that in a 911 Turbo but not in a family wagon. I have to say at that level of power 4wd is almost mandatory. It made me realise that horsepower is just so addictive.

Got a nice big parcel of parts for my M30 rebuild in the mail. Also dropped the head off at my reconditioners for pressure testing etc this morning...Yay progress!

Thanks for the welcome other Allan! All the allan's should hang out and do doughies in a carpark sometime, haha. And yes, it's pretty fun as it is, but another 80 or so bhp would be more fun : ) My daily ride motorbike is a custom gs1200ss with about 133bhp at the wheel and weighing 195kg, so I quite like having a bit of power on hand personally. I had a chat today with the friend of a friend who had an aftermarket exhaust system approved on his warranty covered car so it is possible, just has to be approved before and negotiated with the warranter. A tune wouldn't get approved but 'hypothetically speaking' with a cobb accessport and a duplicate of the original map set as one of the map option it could just be switched back should any problems arise... (would speak with jtune and get it set up correctly). I also think with the correct map and some thorough engine inspection and testing prior to doing anything the level of risk isn't that high in terms of the engine going bust from running excessive boost or anything stupid. What does the bmw powersport pack consist of? I googled it but didn't get a very specific answer (within the three clicks of time I gave it looking).

The E90 is no E30, and a non-M Sport with cloth seats and wood trims is no bargain IMHO.

The new software adapts better to detected browsers, meaning Tapatalk isn't needed.

The sponsor banners could do with a tweak in the size too if that's possible

My car produces a lot of white smoke on start up (especially when cold) compared to my other cars (though given I don't drive it every day and it is not fully garaged (no door on my garage ..) so it could be condensation) I had a compression test done a few days ago and the numbers were grouped well with 7% variance max between cylinders and up in 195psi range so the engine seems healthy, no oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil. I did lose some coolant the other day from a degraded radiator pipe (the flimsy plastic ones), but that has been sorted and coolant levels are steady. Maybe just a BMW/E36 thing?

Awesome project you have going there. I'll be watching this progress with interest. Lots of pics as you go please.

If you're charging a 500% markup then you should be offering a warranty Andy. That type of margin easily covers time to remove, clean and test as well as any potential return costs. An $11 part simply isn't worth $60+ unless it comes with a bulletproof warranty.

92 seconds to load the first page, on 30mbps fiber. I feel sorry for anyone with slower internet than me.

^gas guzzling consumable maintenance money pits. That I badly want to thrash.

ICE exhaust noises. Life is not worth living without them. This video nicely explains