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You must already know the correct answers to this: 1. My wife is of course perfect, how could one question her eyesight? Now, we shall step outside and discuss this like gentlemen as you've cast aspersions on my beloved wife (note we're not doing Will Smith). 2. The e39 is similar though sufficiently different; have you never witnessed (or participated in) the discussion of the difference between mauve and lilac? 3. In any marriage there is usually an unspoken language, where one's spouse may say one thing but mean completely another. For example the simple premise of 'that's ugly' might be code for 'looks difficult to park' or 'there's someone on the school run with one of these and I'd not be seen dead in the same car; or 'it's really ugly and I simply will not drive it'.

Does anyone have any photos / can take photos of the interior and exterior part of the whole hole where the wiring harness comes through to meet with the fuse box. Wanting to fab up something but don’t have a reference of what it’s supposed to look like, I instead have what the tin worm has left me. Bonus point if you have measurements haha.

Might help - damn common spot: https://e30garage.no/product/left-firewall-european-version/

Safety is the trump card that gets pulled out of the hat any time they want to push through an unreasonable measure. Pure cynical politicing... they know that there is no counter argument to the Safety card. Pretty basic tactic used by government and quasi-governmental bodies when they want to introduce a draconian measure without having to provide any logical justification. Cheers... jondee

Yeah the E85\E86 shares subframes etc with the E46.

Everyone knows the road to 0 means the road to 0km/h. Because if no one is driving there won't be any car accidents.

Yeah im already running the 25mm Z4 front bar and 19mm rear. Nice subtle tweak.

I don't have much to add here other than to state the obvious, if fuel consumption is even vaguely on your radar then go and by a Mazda 3. If you want an E61 M5 then buy it, accept that you will spend eye watering amounts not just on gas for the experience but it will be worth it. I drive mine all the time, and I never get tired of looking at it either. If this car does end up in the club it would be nice to get a photoshoot with the three tourings.

There will be a somewhat random and tangental listing on this thread as I recall or dredge up adventures/maintenance/experience with this vehicle. Broadly: Transmission shat the bed in late Dec 2012. Jan 2013 it was left with a local specialist for a couple of weeks while we holidayed abroad. The trans was fully rebuilt by Hutt Automatics, and a bunch of remedial maintenance addressed at the same time (the standard valve cover gasket, oil filter housing to block etc) Full set of coils. Sump gasket, engine mounts, trans mounts. Full suspension refresh (stock) with Sachs shocks. Revised suspension refresh (thanks again @Herbmiester) with MSport ARBs, e9x style 194 rims and e46 msport tyre setup MD stereo swapped for factory CD stereo. Sunroof slider repaired. Vacuum issues resolved - PCV system replacement and brake booster replaced after diaphragm contaminated by oil in the PCV system. A couple of cooling system refreshes (including metal pulley) Touch wood, it's never needed to be towed. More detail later. also replaced scrennwash pump a couple of times; then replaced the whole reservoir tank. Despite a diet of exclusively BMW screenwash for about 7 years, the tanks break down and produce a kind of white snot that clogs the pump. No issues since replacing pump and tank together. Replacement (heated) washer nozzles still await fitting.

Currently removing 15,000km of life out of my PS4S's on every alpine pass in the South Island.

Was holding on to this gear for a future project but time has come to move on, I have no time. For sale: - race prepped S50B30 (no FW) complete with intake, ecu, ews, e30 325 oil cooler. - e34 m50 sump kit - ZF S5D - e30 3.64 LSD K.Barrie extra clutch uprate med case - e36 3.15 open med case - brand new e36 mishimoto radiator This is an absolute goldmine for an e30 repower, I have extras like engine & trans mount bushings too, would love to sell the lot at once looking for $16k ono all of it, just want back what I spent over the years. Could break down and sell individually, dm offers.

I am having the time for my commute along a state highway increased from 30mins each way to 40-45mins each way. Also having 21 raised pedestrian crossings installed of which I will need to cross the majority. I am going to be interested to see what this does to my fuel economy too. Introducing many new acceleration points. An OIA was completed on how many deaths in the last 10 years on this stretch of road. Answer was 5 since 2011. Of the ones where speed was a factor. The speed limit had not been a concern by those people and they were well and above any limit. But they were included in their blanket stats. 1300 public submissions were submitted in regards to the speed limit changes on the road between Featherston and Masterton alone. Zero changes were made to the initial plan....