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Took the wagon up on a 1000km round trip to bay of islands and cape reinga. Friend took a few snaps thought id share them here

Your write up was more interesting than the actual trade me auction.

Unparalleled

But even then, why? When there is so much choice in RHD Z3s and no benefit at all to getting an awkward LHD one. Who even imports something so mundane in LHD?

Also have a vague memory of driving past it while it was parked on the roadside with someone taking photos, lol. Could have been someone else. Car shows 11.6l/100km but not sure how accurate that is, only time I made any effort to be economical was when heading back from Cape Reinga with low fuel. The stretch to Cape Reinga could have easily been 20l/100km... Anyone in the North Island who loves driving, needs to drive that road. It's a dream.

Were you at Cape Reinga on the 28th? Pretty sure I saw your car parked there... Man the drive up that road was fun. I had to take it easy on the way back though, used up too much petrol

Third from the top. Clint. Good bloke. In to valiants.

Tried on some new wheels today

Fixed the rear exhaust hanger, still rattles occasionally but isn't going to fall off. Put in a new ignition switch, no more starting it with a screw driver. And... hopefully taking it for a WOF tomorrow morning.

looking good, Kyu. I guess if you'd mailed this pack, it'd be a parallelogram. #; )

Wrong link http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1233906719.htm

http://www.auto-data.net/en/?f=showCar&car_id=9641 not to different, it could be my driving style and terrain that makes all The difference, but all in all i am comparing my view/experience with consumption to other v8s I have owned, boss 290, s500, ls1 vt, and the most thirsty car I have owned ever which is a 09 fpv f6 which would use a tank just cruising from Wanganui to wellington and back ($146) yup.... Bmw I did the same trip putting only $70 and got back to town and fuel light came on about 5 km from home...

Out of curiosity, just what is the fuel consumption?

Road trip up to Parua Bay for New Years

I don't think many people who've only driven auto versions really appreciate the difference the manual box makes. Our E39 is only a 525i, but factory manual. I'd pick it again, over an auto 530i just for the directness and dynamics. It probably still doesn't make it faster than the auto 530i, but it sure feels "right" with a DIY trans, whether nana-ing around, or working it hard. Well done!

I Finally got around to converting the 330i from an auto to 6 speed manual today.. - and it feels great! if anyone wants some help on the E46 conversion, happy to help. and FYI I used a M3 (S54) clutch and flywheel instead of the stupidly expensive 330 one with the built-in pilot bearing. I made an adaptor to use the 6speed type needle bearing to fit in the crank where the "normal" ball roller would go.. although this meant machining up an adaptor it was well worth it.. The cutch plate for the 6speed was also used - they are the same diameter and thickness as an M3 one so, fit in there just nicely, just the splines are different than an M3.. swapped the diff to the original spec 2.93 ratio removed the viscous fan and swapped out the aux fan etc to be as original manual config.. ----------------- this goes with the recent mods - changed out the std headlights for Bi-Xenons (huge improvement ) and upgraded to the Hi-Fi spec audio ( huge improvement too!) added TV function back, with a Tuner mod that allows digital Freeview reception and keeps the stock video module.