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First post on this site, Thanks for letting me join!! Pic is of my E46 M3

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I think it should be mandatory for a person applying towards a Gun Licence to first have a Psychologist assessment. I remember reading that this is the law in Japan (don't quote me on it). In saying that, judging by the amount of half evolved Chimpanzees driving on the road these days, even Vehicle licence applications should require a Psychologist and Basic hand-eye co-ordination assessment.

Need to get on with protecting the vulnerable and at-risk; get a decent pandemic response plan in place (eg Taiwan); get on with managing this rather than valiantly trying to eradicate it. And punish those being f@#king idiots or flouting rules/spreading disease. Most Australian states (as they’re able to do their own thing) aren’t doing eradication. So by extrapolation, we’ll never have an open border with Australia under the new edict ‘we won’t open our borders to any country that hasn’t been case-free for 28 days’. We led the world in free-falling our economy in 1987 with our stock market collapse after a tumble that the rest of the world recovered from in a couple of months. NZ took more than 5 years, and entire fortunes - public, private, corporate - were wiped out. Nobody noticed outside of NZ - the rest of the world re-started their party. That’ll happen again shortly; everyone will soon forget our ‘world leader’ status as quickly as it was gained, and we’ll be standing on the sidelines wondering how we got this so wrong while our pockets and bank accounts are empty and the economy is crushed. Don’t mention the debt. /rant

Looks like a rolling Aliexpress "this fits your car" catalogue.

There is no appeasing the anti gun lobby. Their misrepresentations, rhetoric and political stirring make it clear the end game is no guns. I think you have it backwards Dave- if the public is scared, then the public needs educating. One firearms owner was paid out $1,041,000 in the confiscation, how does that make anybody safer. What licensed firearms owner has ever committed a crime with one of those scary black guns? Tarrant, who by police's own criteria ought to have been denied, and that's it. Isn't it odd, an AR15 type rifle is used to kill a policeman, it has a serial number that means it belongs to NZDF, and nobody- not the police, not any politician keen to keep us "safe", not the media, nobody- wants to say a damn thing. It tells me there is an agenda.

Bare minimum; You should be required to spell your own name correctly. That should remove 30% of the current "drivers" from the road!

“Garry from Tauranga” spec.

Usually pretty easy to spot NZ New isn't it. Old man color combos like Green with Cream comfort seats and a towbar. ?

People who list SMG, DSG, ETC or what ever other transmissions on Trade-Me as Manual.

I have a Dogleg that would go nicely in this!!!

Well timed project of door card and stereo upgrade. Dont quite know where the amp is going to go yet, any advice? Its a small monoblock focal purely for the underseat subs. Debating installing it the factory position in the boot, close to the battery, and then running the RCAs back and forwards down the car, or moving the amp closer to the subs and having shorter RCAs and longer power leads? I may end up amping the original subs just to see what happens initially! The blaupunkt BM1402CM4 door speakers look like a quality bit of kit, particularly as the price is pretty sharp. No idea what they sound like, but the engineering is solid and the whole frame in CNCd etc. Nice.

to be fair it's not their fault, it was always going to happen regardless of who was in power and did what ever, as soon as you open any border it was only a matter of time, you could test every single person, every airline staff shipcrew and hotel worker, it would still get out, nature has a way and nothing stops it people were living under a false hope, it was inevitable , blame is a waste of time

Incompetence.

Hey balling ain't cheap

If anyone is wondering how much the genuine stuff costs locally... That's excluding GST + up to 10 week delivery time. Generally about 50% more than the US prices. GetBMWParts.com has the genuine spoiler for $475USD. Might be a little tempted to just get that...

Interesting discussion for a car forum ?

"Nobody needs" isn't any kind of argument that makes sense, the appearance of a firearm has no bearing on it's lethality. Case in point, my old SKS was not military style and had a wood stock, yet was a military rifle and continues to be used very effectively by many (mostly unconventional) forces today. The firearms community were constantly on at police to change the rules so 30 round mags had to go onto an E cat licence but police said no it's too hard, all the paperwork and the cost of changing our systems and then getting it through parliament, it can't be done... But they were happy to put huge time and effort into banning pistol grips and other "military style" features that did diddly squat to the rifles function. It was even ruled by a judge that pistol grips are a safety feature. Registration is a joke, the system in Kapiti was hopelessly inaccurate and that was only looking after 6500 firearms owners, I believe after Christchurch they did a system update and lost everyones data surnames A through to G. Nevermind the constant court cases against individuals who are illegally accessing firearms owners information. As for AR15s, there is no better rifle for pest destruction. I believe police need to be replaced from arms act administration. They have had a go, some things have gone ok and many more have been fluffed. Create a seperate agency so their budget can't be robbed like PNHQ was doing with their firearms budget. Let police stick to their job- policing the rules, not creating them.

The laws weren't perfect and were due for some loop hole corrections but they offered a fair balance for decades, the police failed to enforce them in this instance. People who are genuinely scared over firearm aesthetics aren't people who i consider rational or possess the knowledge to know anything on the subject besides what the media tells them, the same type people who equate what they see in the US and apply it to NZ. Id wager most owners have legitimate uses for a firearm, just because someone purpose doesn't align with their thinking doesn't mean it should be written off. Firearms related stats are a drop in a ocean but it's a easy group to target for a "win" when all the real issues are just too politically\financially difficult.

$$$$$$ easy. There's corruption everywhere

Spoiler alert. IT RUNS! Very happy and glad I made the choice to take it to P&S' workshop as there were a myriad of electrical gremlins resolved (including replacing the E39 engine loom). While there it also received Wheel alignment - now within E30 spec for cert General check over Exhaust fitment Shifter re-fit (I hadn't had time to finish properly). But again, big shout out to Peter and the team at P&S in East Tamaki. Hoping it comes home this week so I can finish the panel work, replace tyres and get on with the cert.

I have mix on my 2002 Turbo, slim on front & wide on back ...

A couple of weekends ago I finally got to take the car out for a proper Sunday drive!

Why don’t you try selling them then instead of having a whinge about being called out for sh*t stirring. Subtle enough?

They suck at replying and really obnoxious to deal with.

Rant marked 1/10. Lack of extreme hyperbole, absence of excessive swearing and proper spelling all counted against. You also left out 'dont you know who I am'.

or cynically, a last gasp attempt at stockholm syndrome to get them thru as there latest internal polls weren't so good judging by the comments flying on SM i don't think the team of 5 mill is too happy this time