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Not 100% true, mine is charged by power from the solar panels on my roof, which were manufactured in a factory in China powered by the tears of slave laborers ( or something similar)

Who cares? The thread is about cheaper running, not feeling good about where the fuel comes from (in which case you wouldnt be running fossil fuel either, get a bike). This argument always comes up whenever someone recommends an EV, just like people flogging the whole "but Hydrogen isnt green so its a waste of time" when people talk about the potential for Hydrogen FCVs. 91 octane is a false economy too, most cars get better fuel economy on higher octane... so with 91 you spend less to get less KM per tank.

It will be very interesting how they tackle this, with plug in hybrids able to run EV only, taxing petrol becomes irrelevant for the EV ks. It feels like a reduction of petrol tax and a across the board ruc program would be the only real fair fix. Would take a balsy government to change that in the near future, and they only ever look at the current term

sold sold I have a spare one of these -suits i-bus vehicles. Please refer to Bluebus website for details.. (currently unavailable due to component supply issues) This is a very cool upgrade for the older BMWs. $340

I have 3 doors available if anyone wants them, they have been sitting outside for a while but after a clean would come up alright. I was hoping that they may be of use to someone in the e30 racing series? Seems a bit of a shame to send them to the scrapper. Also have lots of glass to giveaway. Located Christchurch Cheers

Ended up getting a leaf, and it's the perfect around town vehicle for me. E30 for out of town weekend trips (if its not on stands). Went and had a look at hybrids with a mate the other week, as he wants something that can go the distance. The most interesting one we looked at was a Nissan note. https://www.trademe.co.nz/3199079352 Which was basically a leaf power train, but instead of having a battery, it had a 3 cylinder petrol producing electricity for the electric motor to drive the wheels.

I quite liked the colour, low ks appealed.

Get a Leaf!

Bicycle Edit: I was serious. Obviously its situational and distance dependent but i save about 1-1.5k on fuel + all the other running costs when biking 16km per day, 4 days per week.

Someone has BMW130 on a 135.

Try the likes of bm parts

Happy New Years to you all. I dedicated myself the 4 stat days to crack on to the headers and man it took alot longer than i expected. 3 solid days and ive almost got the drivers side done. There were a few hiccups and requirements that i wanted. Nuts to be accessable by a socket which 7/8 of the nuts are and that all 4 pipes would go on the underside of the steering shaft. which meant it was going to be tight. Busted out the new band saw and what a life saver it was with straight cutting and the amount of pie cuts i needed to do. Also installed the slimmer steering shaft from a f series car, works a treat. this was the first attempt to the 3rd and 4th pipes. i redid them as i wasn't happy with the design. Thanks Team

Hey Team happy news years to you all. So managed to redo the exhaust to hang up abit higher under the body. Swapped the rear bumper to a m tech one, will do the front just need to get it repaired. Also scored some recaro SR7 seats currently need to sort the height on the base before i bolt them in and a sound clip of the car Thanks Team

It's just another dealer trying to tell you it's worth this much.

Nice. Reminds me of my last N52. No mention of any maintenance (gaskets etc) something I would note if it were my advert.

Ryan from Brisbane now owns the car. Money paid, and car gone. A very nice transaction from my point of view to a genuine car guy who I am very confident will enjoy and look after the car. It will stay in NZ for a short time at least until the Aus logistics are sorted.

Hey team hope every one is well and ready for the silly season. So got a few more things done to the wagon. Car is finally up and running now though not without a few little issues. Exhaust leak, rear adjustables rebound need to be wound up to make it stiffer, wheel alignment, smaller mid muffler to be welded in as current one is a tad low, change rear seal in the gearbox and get some tyres for the Hamman wheels. Painted the exhaust and baked it in the oven. Changed out the factory twin fuel filters and put a single one in with a regulator and ran a vaccum line up to the manifold. Custom clutch and flywheel installed. Exactly the same setup as the manual swapped X5. Running my spare LSD 3.15 till my LSD 3.64 gets back from Kayne Barrie getting a rebuild. Driveshaft made to length. Tack welded the nuts in tunnel so i could bolt down the RTD shifter without needing someone to hold the nuts for me. Brought this ultra racing Strut brace cheap, it was made for a 525i model. I cut the bar off the hinges and flipped it, rewelded it to make it work with the 540i The Factory mid muffler was rusting and had a small hole, so decided to redo the whole exhaust from the new headers back. Redid the o2 sensor bungs too. But after lowering the car found the mid muffler sits too low so will change out for a smaller one. Fitted the new Zimmermann sports brakes and pads in and flushed the brake system with new fluid. Just arrived a couple days ago this M5 rep center console surround. .Will be running these wheels on the car. 18 x 8.5 fronts 18 x 9.5 rears will get a exhaust clip onces its fully running good. Thanks Team

Hey Team So finally cracked into the X5 4.6is parts car, stripped the motor out and refurbed in the past month. Swapped the oil pump to the front sump type and replaced timing chain guides and various gaskets. Pretty much got the motor 90% ready to go back in, just need to make a custom bracket for the oil filter housing. Also arrived was my wiring harness from Condor speed which im hopping will make my job easier. But most excitingly finally got to mock up my custom exhaust headers that i had made i think a year ago, I cant wait to get this thing in the car and running. Drilled out the passger side starter hole. Fiited some 18mm frost plugs into the secondary air pump holes. Getting closer team.

The undervoltage codes are almost certainly because the battery is low, thats what that means, just because it is new doesn't mean it is full!! A low battery can cause all sorts of codes in these, the problem will be figuring out what is sucking all the power out of the battery, I am going through a similar issue with my M5 at the moment, I keep a trickle charger on it all the time otherwise it won't start after a few days, and it had a new battery in November! Contnental cars kept it overnight and did an energy diagnostic but didn't come up with anything concrete so I am still trying to figure it out....