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cheers guys, found it!!. main power relay in the ECU box. the white one was dead. I managed to find a replacement a voila. it started first thing.

I got asked if I wanted to be a stand-in co-driver for the Maramarua Rallysprint. I wasn't sure how I'd feel in the passenger seat, being thrown around blind corners, but I said "Why not?", because motorsport in the passenger seat is still motorsport. Had a few good runs in the mighty 316ti, but it was so wet and slippery, that most of the field ended up leaving before the 3rd run - which is where our day ended. We saw a warning triangle indicating someone got in trouble after the next corner or two, and sure enough came flying around towards a BMW 2002 parked in a tree. Letting off the accelerator resulted in our car understeering into some deep mud, where we got stuck and had to wait until all cars passed so we could get pulled out. We decided to call it a day at this stage. The 2002 only had a minor dent on the front lower valance, so no biggie either. Goals: The plan for the 316ti is to drop in a M42 so it can stay in the under 1800cc class for now.

I've often thought about a 325ti as a cheap daily runner... one with a additional 500cc would be slightly less cheap to run but more smiley to drive... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1555978824.htm?rsqid=456a6688c3a34ae9819a25722a327e0c Shame about the "executive" interior... but easy enough to improve: BMW Compact 325Ti 2001 _ Trade Me001.htm BMW Compact 325Ti 2001 _ Trade Me002.htm BMW Compact 325Ti 2001 _ Trade Me003.htm

something like this? https://www.trademe.co.nz/1555817444

Thanks mate I'll get this sorted.

They show up on trademe every once in awhile for $100-200.

Thought people might get a kick out of this. His presenting style is sometimes a bit of an acquired taste but his videos are usually pretty well researched on the various odd-ball bits of trivia on unusual cars. Enjoy!

Cool wee project! Keep up the good work

Was closer to 70k if its the same one i'm thinking of. Took it for a drive in the weekend, great car

^ wow - so 13% of the total NZ 1M's are currently on the market! Edit; one is import - so 11%

For the 1M Coupe, NZ got a very large allocation compared to the overall sales volumes as it was such a popular model here. Grand total was 47 units, 12 Black, 15 Orange and 20 white. I think NZ also holds claim the last one being sold new!

Catching up on things which have been done since the last post. Around May 2017: Completely stripped out the car (rear seats, carpets, etc) and took everything to the dump: Installed some rear top strut mount reinforcement plates: Scored some used rally tyres and bought wheels to fit them to - on a side note, a stripped out compact can fit more wheels/tyres (17 in total!) than an X3 with the rear seats folded down (8 with with room for at most another 4):

My M5 told me that it would like a service over the weekend so I checked the mileage and it has done 20700 since the last one, done by BMW with the proper castrol stuff, I have taken a sample and sent it away for analysis mainly to see how much big end bearing is in it, but I am also keen to see how good/bad the oil is at that age, bearing in mind that it has had 4 litres of new oil added in that time. I will post results when I get them.....