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Sale was easy, he rang me and I made him the offer and he accepted. It would appear he had been mucked around a bit and had been constantly low balled and just got grumpy over it. He dropped the car to the airport for me and I drove back to Welly. Will do a thread soon on it but suffice to say it drives very nicely, better than I expected it would.

I bought it. Very happy.

omg don't tempt me

@leichtbau Yes it was there. It is also in immaculate condition.

in the e30 world maybe, but you can get SO much more for 22k does it make sense?

More Blue: Laguna Seca X 2

Someone buy this right now and put me out of my misery. Dunedin https://www.trademe.co.nz/2808772130

I had an S3 for a few years - constant ~$1000 services, but it was pretty solid.

Sorted out the rear fog lights error. the car was missing the bulbs completely so bought 2 ($18 each......) and had to reset it multiple times to clear the code. (thanks @Jacko) No more error messages on start up - big success! lets see how long that lasts. Think we have come to the conclusion that the vibration at idle is due to bad engine mounts so they will be getting ordered soon. One major(?) error code to investigate is this: 2E85: BSD, message; electric coolant pump: Missing I can see that the connectors to the waterpump has a lot of old oil covering it so will need to try get in there to clean it out and see. The waterpump itself seems to be working fine as car is not overheating but will most likely add this and a thermostat to the list for peace of mind. I am worried that the wiring harness for this is the culprit for the error code though. Most other error codes havent come back after clearing it so lets see. There is definitely something funky going on with the battery/FRM or else.. seems to be the typical E6x problems.

Not quite correct. It's the same motor worldwide, however we also ordered the armoured variant which retains the same powerplant whilst adding about 2 tonnes of armour and suspension upgrades. To say it's underpowered is an enormous understatement. The standard version is pretty good, in my experience it's always been enough grunt to do what's needed. For comparison the new Bushmaster they are replacing the armoured ones with has a 7.2litre caterpillar turbodiesel truck motor in it.

SOLD

Must have been KMB233 that I spotted over the weekend on Upper Harbour Highway. Rare sight!

Haha, just came here to post about this 318is. Looks SO good. In the context of recent asking prices, not too bad given rarity, desirability and condition IMO

geelysport? I'm sure that is where BMW's tech will end up one way or another.

Not to alarm you. But a friend with a similar A5 just had to replace both window actuators and the controllers for the windows. And whatever controller the headlights are controlled by. He is not very car handy himself so had the work done. $3100 inc labour + parts which apparently is cheap. Regs and controllers were over $500 each and comes as a kit. As if Audi knows they are crap. The workshop told him this is very common.

Hi Team, After a dashboard for an E30 BMW. Any condition considered. Please PM with price if you can help. Thanks

"Gas, Grass or Ass, nobody rides for free" Straight up pussy wagon

For some reason I was expecting a Dakar Yellow E36

Need a showroom thread

A couple of hours with the carpet cleaner, I must have removed at least 2 full cups of coffee from the floor carpet, plus who knows what else....

Sold

@BMTHUG bruh, ideas.

No theyre not overpriced, the example you have is an outlier though. The manual cars are significantly rarer, and more desirable to those who want a manual 130 (so much purity!) and so they command a higher price. Even at 12ish k for a tidy manual 130, its good value.

Drove a Pinz for the first time in nearly 3 years this morning, and taking it off road next week! Definitely a life is good moment.

I always find it funny when people get excited about tax refunds. If you'd like a bigger refund in 2021, you can pay me $30 a week for no reason, and ill give you back $1500 or so after a year.... Ill get to use your money interest free in the mean time!

Solved: pulled the fuse for my unused Navigation. Fuse #17. So I have the dreaded iDrive Reboot. It's hard to diagnose. Forums are full of "Mine did something vaguely similar to that, ended up fixing itself when I filled the washer fluid" sort of BS posts you have to sift through. Here is what mine is doing. As soon as I unlock the car I can hear a speaker popping sound. Similar to the pop you get when plugging in a lead to an amp. This is audible before I even open the door of the car. Once in the car the popping sound continues every 10 or so seconds. Turning the ignition on to ACC results in the system starting normally. Screen pops up. Radio starts playing. It will remain working like this. Starting the car will result in a speaker popping sound and the iDrive system rebooting. BMW Logo is displayed on screen. It will then briefly display the radio screen (where it was left). In 1 to 2 seconds it will reboot with a speaker popping sound. It will cycle like this endlessly. I drove a 20min trip with it doing this. If you turn the car off and then back to ACC the system will boot as it should. However if you try to select Navigation. It doesn't display anything. Before I go about replacing the iDrive Motherboard like most people do. I would like to diagnose it a little further. I don't think it is the MB as the system will boot normally in ACC mode. It only starts rebooting when I unlock the car for first use (key not even in the ignition) and when I start the car. It makes me think it is related to the Nav. As I have a feeling this boots as soon as the car is unlocked. I know this as I used it's power a while back to trigger a amplifier remote. And the amp would turn on the moment the car was unlocked and wouldn't turn off for a few mins after it was locked. This has since been removed. No Amp present. I'm going to disconnect the Nav system as first step. Clip of what is happening.