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It's illegal still. I've been with people doing it in an e30, an e36 and an e46. Never done it on the car, you'd probably fall off and hurt yourself. E63 has quite a long hood though, so it might be the safest one not to fall off of.

Here's the other one! SMG, Imported in 2005 as far as I'm aware. Owned by a friend of mine - I've got dibs when it goes up for sale

Hi Everyone: New to the group and have just got a 2013 E92 M3. Sold my 325i MSport for this big toy Gonna go for a service tomorrow and would love to talk with other bimmers here !

Bring them all to our next coffee meet, 2nd December! ??‍♀️

haha bloody cryptos

Yeah, I thought I was just really unlucky. I actually did quite a lot of research before buying and while a lot goes wrong with the n54, I was expecting trouble to start at around 100k if I was going to have it. Everywhere that I read said hpfp at any time from new, injectors at 50-150000Miles, not km, and wastegates at the higher end of that too. I bought a Mazda MPS at 50k and had to do lots of suspension components and a turbo at 120k which was fine.

Glad you have your car back, I did think that it was a bit early for injector failure but hey I'm only an interested observer. HPFP, good to have that done I would say you can enjoy a good summer in the car now. Does go to show that you need a good mechanic; getting the codes wrong was a real red herring.

You should see some of the late model NZ cars we get at work that have lived near the sea in Petone or Seatoun. Held together with orange flakes.

It might be worth slightly more but is it worth $15-20K more? i personally don't believe so, if i had the option of this NZ new example or my UK import i would make the same decision again. Also, the rust myth is just begging to be taken out and put down, I have seen NZ new cars with major rust at a few years old and my UK M5 didn't have a spot of rust on or under it when i got it at 8 years old.

What’s your budget?? Truth be told if you want hassle free fitment and installation buy a genuine one - they are quite reasonably priced. Everything else out there have fitment issues one way or another. Some more than others and some more liveable than others.

Very good .Never done it at all.?

Have you seen what e46s are selling for in the States? Low kms blues one NZ$75k. Comp pack $50k+ Hodl, we're going to the moon baby!

@TermiPeteNZ- Thanks mate. Have you got the stock exhaust or any mods done to it?

@BozzaFC -thanks mate.

Plugging a mates e30. It is a peach and it would be nice to keep but two other classics and a 130i being put into daily use means he’s compelled to thin the herd...........if you want a nice E30 take a look...... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/cars/bmw/auction-1827088258.htm

Had my hopes up as been looking for a good E34 for awhile now. Appears to be classic example of purchase price + money in = current value

Yup, people keep trotting out the same stories - all UK cars are rusty because of salt, all Singapore have electrical issues, all Japanese have been stuck in traffic all their life, etc. etc. Treat every car on it's merits, check for known issues, every car / owner / history is different. Take the car for how it actually is, not how all the sooth sayers on the Internets suggest it will be. As for NZ New being a bonus hmm, not so sure on that one.

Cheers for the bump @KwS. I got the car back last Monday. I thought I'd drive it for a week before calling it resolved. TLDR: It was the HPFP, not Injectors. $2300 plus labour and the job is done and the car is going like a champion. To continue from my last post. The dealership - INDUSTRY MOTORS TAKANINI - accepted that I send the car to Winger BMW in wellington. They told me I had to Organise my own transport and that they would pay for it. I got back to them the same day with the phone number and the quote for $300. It took them 4 days to pay for the towing, but we got there eventually. I still had to fight the dealer. I rang Winger BMW to get their version of the story, and they told me that Industry motors had just asked for a quote for six injectors. I rang the dealer and told him that I had clearly asked for the car to be re-diagnosed. He didn't want that to happen because "Every workshop gets a different result. BMW Dealerships staff are just parts fitters who go by what the computer tells them and send things away to specialists to have any work done". He went on to say that he had worked at a BMW Dealership in Auckland for a number of years. Well, what does that say about him then.. ? He was clearly just scared that it was going to cost him more money. It ended up costing him less so that's good. We had a reasonable argument about it on the phone but I didn't budge and in the end, he agreed. The car went on Thursday, I had it back Friday afternoon. Incredible service and communication from Winger BMW. Was really impressed. As for Industry Motors, what a bunch of Slimeballs. I accept that my workshop got it wrong with the codes, but that doesn't excuse the conduct of Industry motors throughout the time that we thought it was the injectors. They've redeemed themselves a tiny bit by finally fronting up, but not before I had to drag them through the tribunal to get it. Steer clear as much as you can. I have not received an apology from them, or any form of follow up after I got the car back. Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way. I'll be able to attend some club meets now!

Nah not down here in Wellington, I've had them since I bought the car in March last year and have been all over the place and never had any issues. Yeah I bought the bolt on's to be able to Stage 2/2+, but even at Stage 1+ it's a massive difference over stock and I found it's more than enough, without an LSD in these it's hard enough to put the power down as it is

Wife clean ripped mine off backing into a carpark today ? im f**king spewing, if you can’t already tell. there is a lesson here, lads. jet black (668) preferred but not critical.

Just keep hodling u cant do much else now