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One last thrash before going on holiday for 3 weeks - an extremely rainy morning out to Piha. Not my picture, makes me miss my old proper camera.

Not mine. But the wife's. Just rebuilt the gearbox and got it up to scratch for her.

Would like to buy Michelins. But the Merc eats them way too quick when towing. So I just run Hankook's. I like Hyper as I didn't have to deal with a human trying to convince me into buying Farroads for my E55 at the local tyre shop for a good price of $350 per tyre...

The amount of junk I can fit in the back of the compact is pretty staggering. And the way the rear hatch opens up basically full vertical means I can practically stand upright in the boot while I load it.

I'd be giving Autlolign a call to see if they can rebuild it. Any other option is going to be a lesser and more expensive option.

Quite impressed with my son's z3. Nice growl from the 2.8 and handles pretty good. Looks better than a Ti...

I still hold onto the only reason E30's, S13's, R32's etc were good was because they were cheap. Sorry to those that missed those 20 odd years.

Here you go. Now have a F40 M135i as a stablemate.

+10 hsprs - thanks @E30 325i Rag-Top

Yep - boy removed the cd changer and still can't fit his guitar amp in the boot 🙂

Fitting and balancing is included. Filled with nitrogen. Last time I was there ps5(?)s were about $270/tyre for 215/45/17 and re003 were $288. For the X5 fronts, they were $142/tyre cheaper than I could find elsewhere for ps4 suv.

From what I’ve seen, the margin from wholesaler cost to retail is 3-400%.

Why i like the E36 Ti vs E30, the less attractive sister with a ugly bum, but she's objectively superior in just about all other areas.

Tyre prices. What happened to the good sales? Most I am seeing is 25% off. Even Hyperdrive the Briscoes of the Tyre world has crap deals now. A brand that I was buying is now at least 25% more for a set. That is a rough increase.

Will have a hunt for it. Was a while back. But was pretty cool. Once you learn what to ask copilot it writes pretty good stuff. As long as it is not too crazy.

Dear Bimmersport members, Unfortunately, the time has come to sell my beloved 2012 F20 116i M-sport. This is my first European hatchback and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed driving it. I’m a little sad I’ve got to let it go (leaving New Zealand) so I hope it’ll go to someone on this forum who appreciates this car. I’ve put together a summary of what I think are good points of the car and what may need fixing. Please feel free to ask any questions or if you want to see more photos. I’m based in Westgate but usually go to St Lukes or Mt Eden on the weekends. The good: - Stage 1 ECU and gearbox update by EuroSurgeon - 4 new (bought in 2022) tyres: 225/40r18, 245/40r18 Dunlop Sport Maxx - Fixed condensation on both front headlights (re-sealed) - New Bosch front wipers - Tint (FM7, 35%) on both front and rear windows - Both fuel pumps replaced - Dash cam: 4K (front) and rear - All receipts for trips to the workshop in my nearly 3 years of ownership The not-so-good: - Ding (rear right top part of wheel arch), scratches (tyre rims, under front bumper, right door). - Rear right light (may need to re-seal to fix condensation issue.) Mileage: 103009km (This will go up as the car is my daily driver. Purchased at about 79000km) WOF and Rego: Jan 2025 1 key fob Asking price: $8500

Imo it already looks better than it would if it were slapped on the bumper with nothing else. The frame and plinth just need some fettling to work together.

Perfect weather to get these rear calipers painted this weekend. Started off with a sand down with 360 grit to ensure the primer had something to bite into. Then a double wash in wax & grease remover. I should have gone for a hot soap and water scrub first in hindsight. Installed the old dust boots and stuffed rags into the piston bores to keep the paint out. For the bleeder, cross over pipe and inlet I used trimmed down foam ear plugs Saw that in a YouTube video and it works perfectly !! Taped over the mounting surface so it's not sitting on paint. Painting was two coats of 'Paraloc' etching primer, then two coats of 2k single stage polyurethane. I did this 'wet on wet' at the suggestion of the folks at the paint place, so I did not have to wait for the primer to harden and then sand it ... definitely gets my vote as sanding calipers properly would be horrid.

Been a while since I had a proper fang in the E30 so great to get out today with a buddy and was great fun to switch cars for a while - with a polar opposite build - Supercharged M42 with 4.4 LSD / lightweight flywheel and Z3 rack - certainly made mine feel a bit lazy and luxury orientated haha. Must say mine looked pretty good in the rear view mirror 🤌🏽

Costco tyre shop hours. Opening Hours Mon-Fri 10:00am - 8:30pm Sat 9:30am - 6:30pm Sun 10:00am - 6:00pm I can't even get any shop down here to do anything after 2pm. Let alone on a Sunday... I miss Costco.