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I love the plate history on that MG though

You’ve got it right in the first sentence, not sure about the rest of it. The over-riding factor in any factory engine tune is emissions, it’s easy to refine a tune to give more power and better economy (especially in a diesel) but one or other of the controlled emissions (NOx, CO2, HC, particulates, etc) will then go off the chart. So if you are an after market chip tuner that doesn’t have to submit to emissions test regimes then it’s easy to do, and this is the bit that really annoys me. Spend millions on development and testing to make it cleaner, and then someone can come along and re-tune and all that goes out the window, or exhaust in this case. Ask any tuner or chip supplier which EU emissions their new tune meets and you get silence.. A close second consideration is then warranty / product life, most factory engines are de-tuned to not push the limits of component life… in theory, not always in real life.

There is no addiction associated with BMW's. I have proof. I am down to my last 7 after selling one in the last few days. It just takes discipline.

Welcome to the forum from Timaru. Great looking Z3. Be careful, Z3's are addictive. I will not be long before you'll have a 2.8L or 3.0L Z3 in the drive for yourself. I'm banned from going to look at any Z3's that are for sale, as they have a tendency to follow me home. I'm down to 2 at the moment.

Hi there I have recently purchased a BMW Z3 for my daughter and absolutely love it. I am definitely hooked on BMW now. Looking forward to meeting some of the members. Kind regards Williev

Fair comment - it is a tricky balance early in the search to hold out for a unicorn vs jumping on something excellent and 'real'.... If it was in AKL I would have definitely looked at it (its in Taupo) to get a feel for the blue interior in the flesh. Could always find and retrim a sport interior but that would be an expensive exercise. Are you familiar with the car?

by all means, look for the car with the perfect spec.... meanwhile you miss out on this one which is a genuine, tight, tidy, excellent car. At anything under $30k for this one, you're stealing it. They don't come much cleaner than this.

If you look at Michael Grant Motors on street view you can see a few cars that seem to consistently be on the yard over the years. It's absolutely bizarre. Most of the other cars on the yard seem to be somewhat reasonably priced (as far as cheap car yards go) so its strange the same logic never applied to the BMWs. I'm not an accountant but could the overpriced BMWs that have sat for years that are supposedly worth 15K be a smoke screen for some creative tax returns or something? Just the space they have taken up from the many years they have been for sale would far exceed their actual value, especially when coupled with the amount of maintenance they would need from 12+ years of sitting in the sun. Probably just worth scrap value at this point. This E39 Touring looks to be an example: 2009: 2015: 2021:

Not surprising, did appear to be some shill bidding happening on a few of his auctions. Prop up the "value" and then offer it elsewhere for a "cut price". That's what "making a fair living" seems to be nowadays... Nice enough car but $23.6k for a 320i auto with next to no service history... What even is this

Free trademe listings bring out the best cars and ads...

Wait there is more , what about his pristine example of an E36. There is also a few e46s lurking in the background of the second and 3rd pics that are advertised as well.

Be good if vendor was not so lazy

Strong price for a, potentially, nice 'vert @$35k https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/3355051968?bof=1GaIFTJM Hard to tell when there are pretty much no photos and the description is average at best. As you can imagine I am watching carefully to see how this goes...

I don't know what's happening ITT.

Price drop on this one already... $6,999 ONO which means you could probably walk away with it for $6,500, that's not bad buying if it's sound.

I mean, Oasis -Supersonic, I need to be myself I can't be no-one else I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic You can have it all, but how much do you want it? You make me laugh Give me your autograph Can I ride with you in your BMW? You can sail with me in my yellow submarine [Pre-Chorus 1] You need to find out 'Cause no-one's gonna tell you what I'm on about You need to find a way for what you want to say But before tomorrow [Chorus] 'Cause my friend said he'd take you home He sits in a corner all alone He lives under a waterfall Nobody can see him Nobody can ever hear him call Nobody can ever hear him call [Verse 2] You need to be yourself You can't be no-one else I know a girl called Elsa, she's into Alka-Seltzer She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train And she makes me laugh I got her autograph She done it with a doctor on a helicopter She's sniffing in a tissue selling the Big Issue [Pre-Chorus 2] When she finds out No-one's gonna tell her what I'm on about You need to find a way for what you want to say But before tomorrow [Chorus] 'Cause my friend said he'd take you home He sits in a corner all alone He lives under a waterfall Nobody can see him Nobody can ever hear him call Nobody can ever hear him call

Go to the back of the queue bucko

Can't wait to get a 3.0L 😀. I thanks for the welcome.

Sadly, not even uncommon for this seller. A testing authority who issued a WoF on one of his sales was taken to court (he wasn't, of course). A Land Rover, the king pins had to be replaced, the front brakes were falling apart with the brake pedal nearly to the floor and hoses were perished, seat belts were damaged, no declaration or certification for a roll cage/seat belt mount, and a list of other things not up to WoF standard. The testing company paid several thousand dollars - about half the cost to repair the major work required - to the buyer. The steering was stiff, the "reconditioned" transfer box was stuck in 4wd (required reshimming), and hand brake shoes covered in oil. He currently has a red MGB for sale. It used to be white... When asked about it, he blocked the person asking.