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Howdy, I thought I would share my E60 M5 and maybe some shots of my 130i as well. I picked it up late November last year, it's a 2006 with 70k on the clock. Black on black with a light wood trim which I am not sure is factory spec but I think looks kinda cool, lowered on H&Rs but otherwise stock. My last car was a modified Mercedes E55 which was easily more powerful than the M5 and was a truly stupid car to drive. The M5 is on totally different level dynamically though, there is no contest between the two and I am pretty happy with the swap. The only things I miss from the E55 is the wow factor from having 800NM of torque; taking people for a ride would generally result in wide open mouths or snapped necks, and the deep V8 muscle car exhaust tone. The M5 still has great torque and truly epic pull in the upper rev ranges. The only big negatives with the car are the gearbox at low speed, which I have learned to work with, and the horrendous fuel consumption in city driving. Seriously, it's worse than the E55. No plans for mods apart from changing out the mufflers. I don't think it needs more power for our roads. So far I have: Had the dealer replace a faulty ionic current module. Removed the black plastidip that the dealer put on. Replaced the front and rear windscreen rubbers which were stuffed. Stage 3 clean and restore by OCD. Headlight restore by OC - Amazing results as they were very degraded and are now near new. Replaced engine air filters. Replaced cabin air filters. And to do: Either recondition the wheels as some of the paint came off with the plastidip or get new wheels. Replace the factory mufflers, thinking of banging in some flow masters. Here's some pics: These were taken after OCD treatment: This was it before: We also have a 130i that we bought at 25km a few years ago and is up to 70km now. We have only had one fault, the DSC pump failing which we had reconditioned at a fraction of the cost of a new pump. Other than that it has been a very reliable and enjoyable car for us. It's an 07 in white with brown leather and I really like the colour combo. I might get some photos up of my TT Legacy as well, but it's currently sitting neglected in my garage while I drive the M5.

Oh yes BM Workshop in Grey Lynn was actually on my radar actually - luckily my flatmate and I both work in the CBD so have been able to take my time figuring out which workshop would be most suitable haven't had a change to get pictures of whats going on under the hood (dark when I leave for work and dark against once I'm home - steady grindin' haha) but here's a picture of my headache/bimmer haha..

still std 6500rpm rev limit yes had ecu reflashed putting out 166rwkw with 4.5ibs of boost , guess around 270hp at the flywheel ?? car weighs about 1100kg so very quick , lapping around 1:19.5 at puke he's looking at fitting a smaller pulley on the charger to up the boost a bit at some stage .

Man, i would keep this one instead of the other one. Have seen it around, looks nice.

I don't even think of those as Mini's... As much as I dislike the "bigger" Mini's, at least they add something. And I'm no stylist but my goodness - if they're not the ugliest modern car on the road, what is? Quite likely designed by a 22yr old design grad with his pants around his knees, his snapback on backwards, and no drivers license.

Lots of kms, but would have been a cool car: http://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/4984802/1992-bmw-m5-sedan?referringPage=SearchResults

All of the running gear would be

Did someone say E28 engine swap?

I actually couldn't find the super-high grit sandpaper here. I got them from the US. Trivial cost on Amazon, just bundled it with something else I was ordering at the time.

Good looking car http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1265742982.htm Is there such a thing as "BMW club concourse" competitions? Not looking to discredit the owner just curious.

Does look v tidy - GLWS Charl!

One thing to keep in mind with low KM Jap imports, there is nothing to say it hasnt covered horrific engine hours sitting idling in gridlock traffic and the likes. I had a 70,000km import E36 that felt floppy and sloppy compared to my fully maintained 200,000km NZ New E36. Id take a higher KM car with full history over a low KM import with little-no history.

Yeah the coffee meet up at Kyu's place sees some pretty good cars and all well presented. Concours (or however you spell it).. is a whole other world of clealiness OCD and attention to detail, it's not just about the presentation of the car, it's how factory original it is with the right parts on the car. A friend of mine in the UK had a car that was only ever used for concours events, it still had the delivery labels from the factory..

Looks a great buy, GLWS.

sure looks tidy. GLWS.

that's the idle control valve (ICV) , its suppose to hum

Run, spend your 30k wisely on something else.