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3.0 CS on East Coast Road Silverdale today. Just the thing to tow the trailer!

"Hi even with a blown engine this car is very cheap, any reason for sale?" Ok then...

We finished the car Friday night, started our first rally Saturday. Had a dream run, no issues with the car and was able to build speed as the day went on. So much fun.

IMHO I was young once and thought it had to be manual, but you grow out of it, practicality in a city, stop start traffic it just makes no sense and its no slight on your mad driving skills to actually own and drive an auto. It doesn't suddenly mean you don't know how to drive a manual. especially I don't think manual diesel makes a lot of sense either, aren't the autos like 8 speed so better matched but the whole point of diesel is torque and lower effortless revs for a weekend toy, sure manual is way more fun, just buy a s2000 or something

Seem pretty intent on hurting the enthusiast.

New rack ends left and right in amd all aligned again. Ready for some adventures once we put a stop to the rolling waves of sick kids. only major thing left to do for this car is full wheel refurbishment of the Style 42 wheels. rest is maintenance and enjoying the drives.

Not terribly clean in this pic. Not many modifications planned - towbar and a bit of coding? Don't want to lower it despite the massively tall x-drive suspension, it barely clears my driveway as it is...

I want it..

My e36 had a Jatco box which had no value. E46 uses the same box as SMG.

@TermiPeteNZ Yes that's them. Just realised it was 16 years ago. They did a great job on my E38 after it was damaged coming over from the UK. @Olaf I'll give Andrew a call and see if he can take a look and let me know what he can do.

The plumbing for the headlight washers has been mucked around with, so I might leave them for now. Updated list of what needs to be done: Rear center seat belt not pulling out- fixed Right rear window lifter needs replacing - fixed Boot floor panel handle needs replacing, new part ordered, Bumper repaired, painted and fitted - fixed. Front number plate fitted - parts ordered Towbar wiring plug needs replacing - fixed Front control arms need replacing - parts arrived, to be installed Transmission service - oil changed, full service to come Oil and filter change - done Good wash, polish and wax Hang air freshener on mirror fixed

Yeah, everything is getting a good scrub, inlet manifold was cleaned while it was out, not too keen to get elbows deep in the engine before its road legal, but given how it drives I suspect there's nothing major wrong with it, only smoked excessively while it was cold so turbo oil seals are probably old and worn but not terminal yet. Bumper test fitted, stereo adaptor harness arrived so that is working, steering wheel controls work as they should, intercooler pipe modified for boost gauge piping, starting to look a bit Pimp my Tractor...

It would be good if there was some more narrative on the video, explaining in more details what the cars are, and why they are being dismantled. It's quite an old video, but still interesting none the less. The cars in the video, whilst they may seem like old models now, were actually pretty much brand new. What are referred to as "pre-production" or "pre-pro" vehicles, which are built for engineering testing and homologation uses. They are only used by the factory engineers to check everything is working correctly, and doing it what it should do, before a new model or even a new feature or technical change, can be released into full production for sale. At the end of this testing the cars are only a number of months old, and have very few (if any) kms on them. So far from them being junk. For technical and legislative reasons, although there is absolutely nothing wrong with the cars, they cannot be sold in most new vehicle markets. All the components are in effect "brand new" or "near new" but again they cannot be re-used in the assembly process nor as spare parts.This is why then get scrapped and recycled in this way. This is why the title of the video refers to "fans will cry" as these are pefectly good, brand new cars that are being pulled apart and recycled.

I bought it. Very happy.

What are the wheels on the car in these pix DS99? BBS RC090? Not sure but someone will know. Great pix, a great car. Only original once.?

And to think I sold it for $10k with the S50B30 in it! Biggest regret of my vehicle ownership history.

I owned this car from 2007-2013 as a factory/all original 328i under UQ8500 and did c.250,000 kms in it over that period. It was a great car, I really miss it at times.

I built this from a rolling body. Still had the s50 when i sold it, after i brought the e46 m3 in the pic.

Pics are up. I'll add dry photos to better represent paint. Front is a tad stone chipped, paints overall decent but mildy faded on the roof.

PM'd Swear all the good stuff is in Wellington atm

Bastards - https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/ Big grills, shitty FWD CUVs, and restricting information access. Todays BMW suck.