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Hi guys, I have been a Bimmersporter for a long time but not a regular contributor. I have a long history of BMW ownership - but despite a stint with a E34 535is and a joint ownership of a X3 with my wife, all of my BMW's have been coupes. 10 years ago two of my close friends concurrently owned E39 M5's in Lemans Blue. Their ownership piqued my interest. Currently living in the USA, I decided I'd finally pull the trigger on a E39 M5 purchase. I have been looking for 6 months - seeking ideally a face-lifted Lemans Blue example. Despite 10,000 E39 M5's being sold here (versus 30-35 in NZ), and a 1,000 sold in that hue, I couldn't find one that fulfilled my criteria. The market has gone a little crazy for these cars, and believe me there are ample, baggy examples with inter-galactic mileage that are struggling to find new homes. Decent ones are getting expensive. I finally did a deal on a very rare car - a July 2002 example in Bluewater Metallic - the 2nd rarest colour for the E39 M5 (83 made for the USA and 160 global) (they sold nearly 7,000 global in carbon black). It was delivered with black Ostrich sports leather (05SW) and Titanium trim. it was sold new with Dinan S1 modifications. It is a very quick car - and has a sensational Dinan exhaust note. Probably one of a handful in this colour with Dinan S1 specifications.

Or the Spanish version "rear 5sp manuel"

No no, its "Rear 5sp" ?

I love their BS excuse that their camera's can't read the non official font. 110% bullshit. The system can pretty much read anything. All they are doing is protecting a monopoly they have a contract with.

This post lead me to spot another one. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1747390051.htm Dec 1999 323ci Coupe NZ NEW * appreciating E46 model Appreciating huh. Not the 323 sorry.

Belsee android 8 unit turned up, looks and feels good, plastics a bit "shiney". Buttons etc feel like original units, not cheap sh*t. Got called to USA for 3 weeks for work, but will make a vid review of all its tricks when get back.

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Looks like they're on the rebound back up following the E30's: https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1756592930.htm?rsqid=4503e718c77641af8d2623f1524180ba

That aftermarket strap holding the bumper will be holding the value back....

They are sitting behind the garage. R888R are great

Roald Dahl, Mr Bean, Messrs Monty Python or NTNON, Grumbleweeds, Wurzels, or even just Kenneth Williams.

I need to learn how to take a photo... great shots and a noice vehicle...

Why was the warranty even discussed? They should be fixing it - not the warranty company.

its really the perfect fit!!

And a couple more....I’m pretty stoked with how the 18’s look and feel.

Yeah, turn my $30 ticket for driving 4km/h over the limit into a $280 ticket. Great. Not.

I still get speed camera tickets with my germanplates.com plates... so they can certainly be read!

Boobs.

So if a car is 50 years old and done 200,000kms then that still counts as low mileage? i don't subscribe to that logic, that process would be defining "below average mileage". Low mileage would be an absolute figure for me, and that would certainly have to be well south of 100,000kms even for an E30 that is getting on for 30 years old.

If it becomes a rort, others might enter the market but there are truly monumental hurdles to that happeniong. And they'd only do so in order to also make money. Underwriters don't indulge in competition - that's left to the insurance suppliers. The only thing that varies are the conditions on an insurance policy, and the profit being made. IAG made a profit of $1bn in 2017, and an insurance profit of $1.3bn (figures are for Australasia, not just NZ) despite having underwritten and paid out on earthquake insurance for Christchurch. Nope. Insurance is not about helping people. It is solely about making money for a few people. As I said - buy insurance for yourself. That way you know you are covered in the event of accident, fire, theft, loss, whatever. Compulsory insurance won't help you if you're hit by an uninsured driver.

This. Make insurance compulsory (and it's no coincidence that the biggest campaigners for that are the insurance companies) and the premiums will go up. All the 'competition will make the market stable' claims will mean nothing - exactly this has happened in the UK. New drivers may spend as little as £500 to buy a car, and face £2500-3500 in annual insurance premiums. At present, the voluntary nature of insurance in NZ means that you buy insurance to cover yourself. Make insurance compulsory, and you're buying it to cover everyone else.

Voluntary insurance probably works out better for decent drivers. If you want insurance you get it and if some idiot hits you then you can make a claim. The people who want insurance are sharing the risk among themselves. Making insurance compulsory just introduces all the morons into the pool and this makes it more expensive for everyone else on average. With voluntary insurance, all the accidents where two uninsured morons hit each other, or drive off the road by themselves, don't result in any claims (which helps keep premiums down).

I bet the proportion of the population that do not have any insurance, also struggle with the concept of wof/rego, and will treat "compulsory" insurance the same. I dont disagree with you at all by the way, its the same problem with a bunch of regulation - You end up writing regs for the people that follow them, not the people who just DGAF.

Soooo when the f##k are the authorities in this country going to wake up to make insurance compulsory. it only needs to be 3rd party. What gives the right to anyone to bash into someone else & not be responsible!

First time track day ever. Car handled great though did not push my luck due to first time learning and wet track. 2009 BMW 335i M sport MHD stage 1 tune HKS BOV POTENZA RE003 Everything else stock. DSC OFF, DTC ON Hampton down - Club circuit track. By no means I am an excellent driver at track, all about the fun.