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Annual Clay bar and wax job done!

Had to buy this because my 4 bmws might break and I need a reliable daily... um

Hi all As you may have guessed - I have just joined the group. I run a 2008 BMW 135i, N54 twin turbo with Stage 1 tune.I also own a Toyota MR2 Turbo for clubsport purposes, and am a member of the Harbour Capital Car Club. I previously owned a stock-standard 2002 BMW 330i for about 7 years. In between the two BMWs I suffered through an Audi S4 - until I came to my senses and saw that the repair bills were not going to stop. Before those three, I owned a WRX STi v3 - a fantastic car that I managed to dry-sump around an autocross track, with horrendous consequences! I have also owned - among others - two Toyota TownAces, a Commodore wagon, an Austin 1800 Land Crab (really), and a Mark 1 Escort - which was great fun. I'm now back again with a small RWD car that has enough grunt to keep me interested. My purpose in joining this group is to find out more about the forum and about my car, and hopefully to join with others on runs and non-competitive events around the Wellington area. I am also a member of some Facebook groups that focus on 135i/335i vehicles and N54 engines. I look forward to learning more about this forum over the coming months and years. Talk again soon. :-)

Might be of interest to someone? https://www.ebay.com/itm/122858150809?rmvSB=true

Average on fuelly.com Is 9.6 L/100km. A couple of them have been repowered though!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ooBJ2Z2sZvo

new years bump , go on buy yourself something special thsi year.

Sadly true for any "old" BMW. In this specific case 14 years old and I suspect only maintained for the first 4 years of its life.It sucks having to play catch up. In related news, I stopped by @hqstu's place on my way back home to visit my old 530i, some serious love lavished on that car by him- it is looking very sharp indeed.

nothing to do with the fact they could be 20 years old and hardly any maintenance for 10 yrs?

Last week I sold the 316i project car, meaning after selling my compact in December I am officially BMWless. For the first time in 4 years. It won't last though, time to concentrate on finding the perfect start for an E30 project. Going to do it right, so it can be the last E30 I own ?

Sold the 328 and spent the rest of the day crying in my x5.

As Andy said they are much a much rarer car than a 328. From a cost point the M44 is less problematic and cheaper to run than M52's while being nicer to work on

While I am a fan of them, I don't understand why they are so close to 328 money when they are mediocre in comparison I'd totally rock a Fiji one though

Took the 335i over the Rimutaka Hill a few days back. Was quite late so not a lot of traffic. The auto is brilliant in it. Very intuitive and the paddle shifters are great. Having driven the hill a number of times in the manual M5, I think I’ll take the 3 series with the auto. I was never left feeling numb. Would be interesting to try a manual N54 and compare.

Put the car up on quick jacks to find out why my driver training on the 29th was cut short Some plonker (me) didn't put the heat shield on the right hand side engine mount. Engine mount Melted Ordered : Vibra Technics Uprated Competition Front Engine Mounts Required : Rad Shroud, Fan, Heat shield maybe: New radiator, Sound insulating engine hood

I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy, replacing the fuse box should be easy... and it would be if BMW gave us a couple of inches of working room with the length of wires. As it is brute force is required and it's such a mess! Anyway, ECU repaired and fuse box replaced (box was actually damaged prior to my ownership - looks like the people that installed the alarm just yanked it out and broke it). Also, after more than two years I've finally had my bumper repainted. Not a bad colour match considering they didn't have the rest of the car ... still need some hardware to install all the ancillaries.

Sold it. Been a fun 11 years and 160,000 kms. Hopefully the nephew enjoys his new e36 328i