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3 Generations E46 M3, E90 M3 and F80.

Selling my 2006 Audi S8 so thought I should list it here before formally putting it on trademe next week just in case anyone is interested. 2006 Audi S8 NZ New Full Audi Dealer History Since New! Only 119,000km Dealer fitted Pirelli Pzeros all round with very good tread. Built in GPS Passport Radar Detector One of New Zealand’s most meticulously maintained D3 generation S8s in full transporter spec. Car is absolutely stunning and is in great condition for its age. This S8 represents superb value for money! A proper Lamborghini limousine. Has had a DURASEAL paint protection treatment in the past which has kept the paint in really nice condition. New front pads and rotors installed within the last 1000km at a cost of $1.5K. Further Features: - Bose Audio - Sunroof - Rear sunblind - Reversing Camera - Carbon Fibre Interior - Detachable Tow Bar - Heated and Memory Seats - 4-Way Climate Control - Leather Seats. - Air Suspension - Quattro AWD - Double Glazed Windows - Cruise Control - Two sets of floor mats (regular ones and all season rubber ones) Has vacuum operated valves in the exhaust which open up at about 2500rpm, letting the 5.2L Lamborghini derived V10 sing and making it sound like a Lamborghini Gallardo! Incredibly quick car and extremely comfortable. Has a dent on the front left wing as well as a few scrapes on the rear bumper. Couple little scratches here and there as well as curb rash on all the wheels but overall still in good condition. NZ New S8s are quite hard to find, especially with low ks and full dealer history. Far superior to Japan or Singapore import ones with little to know prior overseas service history. Car does have an interesting past that I will disclose to prospective buyers, so if you are interested, please get in touch. (A bit too complicated to explain in the listing). Personalised plate not included. $21.5K ONO

Wow, more than two years since my last post… *trigger warning - children/babies & medical stuff* A few weeks after my last post my son fell extremely ill. After several long hospital stays he was diagnosed with post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, in his case caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. At his sickest there were 16 million copies of the virus per millilitre of his blood. He thankfully completed a course of Rituximab (kinda like a chemo drug that wipes out all the T cells in your immune system). By August he was home, and after a couple of blips he has been largely okay since. If things stay good for another few years his doctors will declare victory over the PTLD. In September of 2020 we found out my wife was pregnant with #2! Our second son was born in April 2021 at 32 weeks, following a rough pregnancy. He spent 5 weeks in NICU before joining us at home. 4 days later he was rushed to Starship with respiratory issues. He got a tracheostomy about a week later (which has been amazing) and then spent 47 long days in PICU battling infections and myriad issues that couldn’t all be tied back together. He finally made it up to the ward, and then a few days later started having seizures. Over the course of a few days we watched our little man lose all ability to move, turn his head, hear, and interact with us. Since then it’s been a long slow journey of improvement for him. After a couple of weeks he started looking at things, and us, again, another few weeks later he started responding to sound again, by the time we got him home at the end of September he could turn, but not support, his head. Another 8 weeks later and he could fairly well hold his head up, and today I took a photo of him sitting, propped up, in his hospital cot (he’s been in this week fighting a nasty virus) playing with a toy. The teams at Starship have been incredible. The head consultants from a bunch of different teams have been heavily involved in my son’s care, and their skill and the wonders of modern medicine have been life-saving for both of my children. I’m forever indebted to them, our public healthcare system, and, by extension, taxpayers of New Zealand. Wow. That was cathartic to write out. Not very on-topic, but cathartic. Thus concludes the explanation of why it’s been two years since my last post… I only drove the M3 a couple of times in 2021. For most of the year I wasn’t even sure if I was going to keep it (hard to make plans or think about what’s fun when you’re constantly in crisis mode). But the last few months as things have trended towards our “new normality” I’ve been enjoying driving the car on occasion and making some more plans for it. A couple of days ago I ordered a new OE steering wheel. The current wheel is quite badly cracked along the top, and the paddles and trim are in very poor condition. I looked at options like getting my current wheel rewrapped and buying new trim, etc. but for what that was going to cost it made more sense to order a brand new wheel. I found one for a good price, and, importantly, cheap shipping and pulled the trigger. It’s coming snail mail (hence the cheapness) so, given the current state of global logistics it should arrive sometime between the beginning of April and the end of time. I have a bunch of other items I want to get as well, but they’re all significantly cheaper, so I figured it was best to buy the expensive thing first, so I don’t keep putting it off! I also have a couple of little projects in mind to keep me busy as well so will hopefully be posting those up here soon! Matt

When they were $3,000 for a good one people probably didn’t have to as they were relatively affordable. Now they are in the $30k-40k price range I would think most are being financed in some way or other - including stick it on the mortgage. The cost of lending, and availability of funds, has a big effect on car sales as a whole, as was visible in December and Jan. which indirectly affects the prices of all vehicles due to the movement in the supply v demand balance. Classic cars, including E30s, are an “investment” now apparently.

Had a look at the Castanea chestnut red interior again yesterday but think I’ll stick to the dark interior I ordered.

Uh oh ... spaghetti oh !! Some really good progress today, managing to get the two ECU's slotted into the factory BMW electronics box insert with small modifications to both. Stoked !! Should give a really nice OEM look once all is completed bar some additional cable length. The smaller ECU is dedicated to the VVEL control, the one with three plugs is the main engine ECU. I await my Egis 8033 fuse block so I can get things finished up on the wiring side. As always happens I've completed the power wiring design now and I need another awesome part from Egis which is only available from offshore but it won't hold me up, will just make things more untidy.

Went for a nice little cruise around the coast a couple of weekends ago, stopped off in Oakura to snap these pics. Just got a fresh WOF this week, so good to go for another 6 months. Same old story, need to drive it more!

Toyota have been making it work very safely thank you for about a decade, with the Mirai on sale since 2014. Many manufacturers were researching (to the prototype stage) hydorgen fuel cells in the 1990's/early 00's. Great to see them heading back that way, far more sensible than bloody lithium batteries! If I could buy and run a Mirai in NZ tomorrow, I would.

Agree. I dislike the red number plate surround: Reckon it would sell easier if it had a black Euro-spec one, the side skirts and rear spoiler, and pinstripe and monsoon shields removed… oh and if was cheaper. But E30s are a broad church with a wide range of interested followers and owners who like varying things.

AC Schnitzer Type IV 19x8.5 ET42 Genuine ACS IVs. Rare wheels. BMW E87 fitment, but will suit others. Can throw in some hubcentric 10mm spacers for aggressive rear fitment. Includes hubcentric rings and lock bolts. https://www.ac-schnitzer.de/en/bmw/1/e87-1-series-5-doors-e81-1-series-3-doors.html Pretty decent condition, some minor kerbing and paint chipping. Were refurbed a couple of years ago with new genuine centre caps etc. RE003 235x35 tyres with heeeeaps of life left (2 of them only done maybe 1000km) $1800 ono

E36 Motorsport kit. Front and rear bumpers and side skirts. Very similar to the kit on my car in the pictures including the colour. Location of other cars in a tight space made taking the pictures a little restricted. $1050 plus freight.

Hi there name is Jason and glad to be a member of the community even though I am all the way over here in the Caribbean. Finding RHD information is quite the problem. I have been into JDM cars most of my life and have ventured in to euros since I began working at our local BMW dealership. Some past projects would be turbocharged Primera GT, Subaru Forester, Subaru Legacy Spec B, S14.5 conversion, S15 Spec R, R34 GTT, R34 GT4, R32 GTR. Current projects are: 1. GTi-R with SR20VET - on the last stretch to getting her running. 2. E60 M5 - Should be done in a month, replacing CAS and finalizing custom headlights 3. F30 328i - Bought it with flooded engine, waiting on final items for the engine rebuild 4. E30 Sedan - Came with M20B20 and swapping an M20B25 and turbocharging it with a GTX3582R twin scroll with GCG billet collector vband setup. Early stages as the car needs major bodywork 5. E30 Coupe - Collecting parts to do an M3 exterior body and building an SR20VET for it, sorry guys but it was my cheapest option.

Insurance agrees, $2.5K annually because I'm under 25 🤣 Awesome car though, it moves like nothing else I've ever driven. So much torque.

Wow what a beast Kees! @Kees

wow, i thought we were over the trend of making dash displays look like an afterthought tacked on last minute. Clearly not... Those seats look comfy though.

f80 Hell M3!

The heavier the vehicle, the better suited to hydrogen it seems to be. Aircraft, ships, ferries... All have seen remarkable steps taken towards a hydrogen-powered future.

An unremarkable e46 Sedan in CHCH with annoying (to me) rego plate placement.

Third photo very much looks like you're at a private race track

That's a Euro Heckblende - a very desireable and costly item. You're essentially saying "if it looked exactly like I expect it to, it'll sell well". Do you manage to put aside your prejudices when buying a house? Or do you say "oh I don't like the colour of the bathroom. It'd sell easier if it was black. No, onto the next one". You really need to see the detail work on this one.

no need to worry mate, you've been chanting that e30's are over-valued for ages now (while the market's moved more than $20k), so set your concience free and list it for $4k. Easy! 😎

There is one small problem with hydrogen fueled vehicles...

Haha, just came to post this before seeing your post!

Once you find an alignment guy that does what he is told and knows what he is doing never let them go. The ones down here are clueless. So I am buying my own gear.

Im sure it is but for an imported, manual converted and engine swapped car the pricing seems optimistic

BMW Hamilton has my exact order spec on their demonstrator so I took a quick roadtrip there this morning. Seeing it in my spec in the flesh has got the excitement going just a bit hahaha.

OK Folks. So the next project is the new daily.. What is is? - E30 coupe, Ex pickapart shell from years back, sat in a paddock for the last few years. What will it be? - E30 318i (M44) turbo.. Circa 350ish WHP, handle like a race car, look sharp, yet feel like a Bentley when you are in it.. Here is some turbo parts porn whilst i formulate some photos and more details about the project..

Hey folks.. Thought id spend some time for a bit of a write up here to share with you all one of the little projects of mine from last year. So... Lets start at the start. I come back to NZ... Catch up with some old friends, and between us we decide its a good idea to go endurance racing.. Great.. We have a car, E36 325i.. Cage, coilovers and a slippy diff.. We are sorted. So off we go. Well after a couple of 8hour events at taupo and consistently getting JUST beaten by a Sanyong Ute with 120L fuel tank that could run 2 less pit stops than us.. We decided to take action.. We needed a bigger fuel tank.. Well.. 9 months later and more than a few hours.. We end up with the "new car".... What goal posts??? Details to follow!!

Thanks @Vass it sure has been a bit of a journey ... nice to feel like things are moving forward again finally !! My new PDM and associated wiring bits should be here soon from Waytek Wire and YouShop. I got the dry sump pump re-mounted in an alternate position using the same bracket as previous which should work fairly well. Unfortunately needs a new drive mandrel (and belt) as i chopped the other one. Once I get the new mandrel and belt I'll complete the mounting and maybe a simple tensioning mechanism also. Super excited to be doing some wiring now also and have gone over everything that will need to interface with something external so I can plan out the power / signal distribution. Part of this mission was to condense things a little so decided to remove the massive plug used in the Skyline which linked the VVEL control module to the engine harness, power and main ECU. Translated all the wires across and crimped them ... would have been good if they had used the same colours on both sides !! An interesting fact for those interested (anyone ? ) is that there is a private CAN network between the main ECU and the VVEL control module / ECU.

Frame and truss were slow to get to site. Aluminium joinery took about a 3 weeks longer than scheduled to arrive and then they came in 3 lots over a couple of weeks. Bricks have been on site for over 2 months but big shortage of bricklayers apparently. Hopefully they get started this week. No date on insulation and gib supposedly arriving in Feb. The builder reckons that once the walls are gibbed everything should be ok so I guess there isn't too many issues with hardware.

It finally came out of the garage after all this time to get ready for some nicer weather I should actually drive this more.