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Finally bought a Rapid Dry Towel - for someone who spends a fair percentage of their life cleaning their car, seems like a sound investment - lived up to the hype too! Nice, snap that shows how Orientblau is purplish in the shade and blue in the sun 😎

Those wheels? Would struggle to look good on a trailer, imo.

Driven a few km’s with the new steering wheel and I love it! That extra squish really makes for a comfortable drive, and I do love those little pads for your thumbs. I got another scanner for PA Soft and it’s working nicely. Finally I have been able to change the remote unlocking to flash the lights (it was only flashing lights for locking). Tried to do the temp re-calibration but couldn’t find the line of hex I’m looking for so will save that for another day.

Reinstalled all the valves and springs.

I like to think of the smg gearbox as an unfinished manual gearbox because that’s essentially what it is. The bell housing is slightly different in terms of machining for certain additional components but the main gearbox is the same sans a gear position sensor (not needed for conversion) and different tension springs for gear indent (again you can keep the smg ones) and you need to add bell housing detents (holes already there) it’s just drilling through. You can fit a manual gearbox to a smg car snd vice versa. They are identical just finished differently.

Trying to cash into the die hards that won’t give up on manuals. Even though it would be slower 0-100 and less economical as a manual… And yep it’s a pretty weird spec, no M Sport kit and old man beige interior so a real odd ball combination. Some UK dealer probably had to cut it loose and it ended up here.

Well, the assembled units are different, it's not a direct swap. The have the same basic components and you can convert an SMG to a manual, I think the reverse procedure is impractical (and probably worthless).

Nice, I have some big diamond weave towel and they really work a treat! Car looks amazing

Looks like such a boring model though, especially with those wheels.

$15k plus premium, don't really get it with the ZF 8 speed being so good and well suited to a boat like the F10... Not even Msport.

You'd be in line after me!

This pricing is indicative of the way the whole world is going. This car with this spec would fetch the asking here in equivalent currency in Aus, UK, or USA without doubt. Whether or not the NZ market is at that point yet remains to be seen. Lovely, lovely car. No doubt would help if possible vanos, subframe, and bearing issues were addressed, or perhaps if it were NZ new (but really, does nz new matter?). Hope the vendor gets an agreeable price.

Finished off the rear suspension - Trialing a set of TRW rear shocks which are suppose to be Msport equivalents (Sachs don't make any now days). RTABS + limiters - old bushings weren't as bad as i expected but are '02 labeled so probably the originals. Front struts done - old ones were completely gone as expected, the weight of a 19mm 1\2" impact socket would compress the piston to near bottom. I only noticed one of the strut towers was mushroomed upon strut removal, likely caused by worn struts and mounts combined with pot holes. Have hammered it flat and will be putting in some reinforcement plates before re-installing.