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Day #711 A goodbye to one of the greatest cars I've ever had the privilege of owning, and the M3 sized hole in my heart it left behind It's been a fantastic couple years, but as mentioned in previous posts, my paranoia of damaging such a beautiful example of a car held me back from truly enjoying him. the M3's new family came to take him home on Friday. I know it sounds stupid to make a post like this when you willingly sold a vehicle, but its still something that has left me feeling a little sad, however I know the new owner will continue to take fantastic care of this fantastic machine and give it the love and attention it deserves. I have absolutely loved every moment owning this car, and being involved in the community that surrounds these! Everyone has been so friendly, and the friends made will definitely last! This will absolutely not be the last time I own a BMW (even thinking of picking up a rougher E46 later down the line!) I'm sure the new owner will make himself known on the forums/ club soon enough, but I truly do wish him and his family all the best with their latest member! And of course, for those curious, a very strange string of events has led to an example of the aforementioned dream car being available for purchase! (looooong story, but it's currently sitting in my garage!) so that little goal of "by Christmas" may come a few months early! But yeah, a big thanks to everyone I met on the forums, and elsewhere. I'll likely still trawl through the forums for a while yet, but probably more of a lurker than a serial photodumper/ cheesening creator xD

Today I experienced the proper way to add power to an E87. Get the team @HELLBM to squeeze a little S65 in there then make all of the corresponding (and necessary) transmission, drive train, suspension and brake upgrades. Who doesn't need 400+ hp in a 1er? Thanks for the opportunity to take it for a quick spin Ray, that thing is just epic. With those exhaust tips I would debadge it. For sure.

Friday 5th June 2020 Time after purchase date: 6 years, 1 month, 3 days. 73 months, 3 days. 318 weeks. 2226 days... FINALLY

If it ends up at an auction/bidding I'd be seriously tempted as a donor car for my e28. Found a place selling sensor simulator harness to allow the N52 work in any chassis, the pinnacle of NA 6 pot engine design from BMW.

I completed the camber pin mod this afternoon. Had read that the pins were aluminium but mine certainly weren't and took ages to drill out (and one was easier because I did it properly, i.e. straight through the middle). Once they were out and the nuts loosened the hats moved over really easily. Apparently you get about 0.5 extra degrees, you can see the range of movement in the second pic, it's actually quite a lot. Once I've installed the M3 arms, hopefully next weekend, I'll get it aligned and am expecting about 1.5 degrees extra camber in total which is about perfect.

Hi does anyone have or know of any decent 2 door e30's for sale. Not fussed what motor is in it. Just want some good bones for a project instead of my current 4 door. Cheers.

ohhhhhh boy.

Check the fuel pressure regulator as well. They are prone to rupturing the diaphragm with age and then leak out of the vacuum hose which also perishes with age

Congrats on the sale and purchase, but cant help but laugh at you not enjoying your M3 for risk of damaging it, and then buying an NSX. The NSX is god level compared to an M3 ? But at the end of the day, its just a car. Fang it and enjoy it.

I can go 'coil plugs - suit Pagani V12' ? It seems the gullibility of buyers cannot be overestimated.

Its worth shifting up just to enjoy the downshifts in it ... I need to win lotto.

You could try marketing E34 window switches for $2500 each, just add a note "to suit McLaren F1"

Replaced the windscreen cowl today with a genuine replacement part. Thanks to @hqstu for the pulling tool and extra pair of hands.

have a facelift alpine white coupe for sale. 5 speed manual, lsd, crack free dash and manual window and sunroof. Message me for further details

Please do, it looks epic with the quad pipes.

Here is some photos of it i got it for half of what its worth

so did I $1.61

Drivers seat upholstery fix this week at Waikato Motor trimmer. new lower outside bolster foam and material and a re shaped upper bolster too with small price of new foam to bring the shape back to factory. A pic of the removed lower bolster and a shot of the rejuvenated seat.

Would have loved a facelift one but went NZ New on a 2012, not regretted it, fantastic vehicle. Purchased from BMW with an Autosure warranty, buying NZ New with history seemed the best option. Keeping away from playing with it, 550 hp no need, never ever short of power, like ever. Wouldn’t want to seriously break it and have avoid warranty ?

Un-wrapped some goodies for it ?

Thats my 325i SE on Trademe that i purchased off Mikan. Its actually a really solid car now despite the milage and history. There is still a lot that could be done to it to bring it back to its original SE spec and i will slowly chip away on it if it doesnt sell. Getting rid of those terrible door speakers is top of the list. I only listed it because Trademe had a list your car for free day so thought why not. I dont need to sell it and enjoy driving it even if it is only once a week to pop down to the shops. The price I would i would let it go for is purely what its worth to me. The odd situation with the chassis damage was quite a quick and easy fix. There was no "cracking" of the chassis as such, just the spot welds on one side of the beam that the back of the diff mounts to had started to come away. Never seen or heard of that before.

People in red cars who can't park ?