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Some responsible mods (not me) deleted a thread before I could have my chance to reply, but in summary: Someone bought an old second hand car that is renowned for developing oil leak issues. It was purchased without a warranty or an independent PPI. 3 months later it developed oil leaks and they wanted the seller to return it back to the condition it was sold in. The request was made a single time before starting a thread on bimmersport to complain. Completely unrelated, but I found it interesting given the age of the this forum that "Karen" as a display name was available right up until just today.

Breaking news, you may not be aware, but, N52s leak oil.

Yeah @Vass would likely lend them out for cheap. Not sure what the part prices are like these days, but Schmeidmann was much cheaper than all the US places when i did mine.

I think we all knew it was something along those lines. Still dont agree with the deleting on the thread though.

I'm stunned and shattered. Sanjay was the ultimate enthusiast. Yes his knowledge of local BMW's, particularly e24, e34, e31, e39 M5, was truly next level. But his ability to recall particular cars, their owners and locations, and time period they owned them was mind boggling. And he would rattle off local build and import numbers like you wouldn't believe. For those that didn't know, Sanjay was an ex-pat living in the States. I connected with him several years ago when I cheekily PM'd him enquiring about his 840ci (he had mentioned in a post that it was still here). Within minutes of passing on contact details he gave me the first call of what would become many. Although conversations where mainly talking cars, there were many times of just chatting about life. Sanjay was a ball of excitement and enthusiasm, always freely passing on his knowledge and advice. We looked forward to one day meeting kanohi ki te kanohi, tangata ki te tangata (in person) to talk about and drool over cars. Alas, this was not meant to be. Our connection was over the e31 - I was constantly picking his brain! "My 840ci was a keeper" he would always say (he was fastidious about it and it was one of the better, if not best, examples) until... he acquired his e39 M5 Dinan. Not that long ago, he did let his 840ci go so in his honour, I share with you 'his 8' ... Rest In Paradise my brother and until we meet...

Sorry to hear that Adrian. Quite active of late with lots of facts and stories to share. Thoughts to his family and friends from all of us here I am sure. We are all closer than we think sharing this hobby/obsession.

No ground breaking progress as of late but slowly chipping away at some jobs. Have got a panelbeater coming to look at/quote up a repair for the rust hole under the cowl sometime in the next week. Have acquired a zf 5 Speed Box which should be better than the g220 I had previously, and have been busy spending a fair few hours prepping the floor for some rust treatment. Stripped the sound deadening off the floor, and cleaned it all up, started wire wheeling the rust spots in preparation to have my brother weld some tiny holes shut and then epoxy prime, seam seal and paint the floor. Then into the same for the boot. Not the most fun work, but worth doing now to make sure it stays rust free in the long term. Hoping to get the rust hole fixed in the near future, then to prep and paint the engine bay.

Never knew the guy but I recall his posts here and there. It is always heartbreaking when someone from our community passes. My deepest condolences go out to his friends and family. RIP Sanjay, fellow BMW enthusiast and valued Bimmersport member.

if you ever do sell though hit me up buddy

Hell. Yes.

Didn’t have heated rear seats as well to steal? Is another diesel on trademe here currently. Looks like a high spec uk import, has 325k on it for 5k with heated seats, pano roof and possibly air bag suspension. Is very tempting to check it out and make flick mine on instead. Am also wanting heated seats for cold otago winters!

239,000km glad to say no more pulsing for the HVAC. Over the hill this weekend getting filthy. I’ve taken out the exhaust flap switch as it wasn’t working and the car was a bit loud for my liking at the lower revs. Iv plugged the vac lines together and now the butterfly is closed shut. Have ordered a new switch but in the meantime it’s nice having it a bit quieter. I’m not sure when it failed but I felt it was louder than usual ages ago but didn’t realise there’s actually a solenoid that operates the exhaust flap, not just vacuum. Post gravel road wash I clay’d the entire car and applied a ceramic coating. A mate had sent me the last of a bottle of this hydro G9 to try out. Looking forward to seeing how this performs over winter. Got a new exhaust flap solenoid. Hooked it up and it’s working! Really happy with how it sounds now. Nice and quiet at low revs but sounds hearty after 3000rpm. in case anyone else is looking for it. It’s just below the tail light on the exhaust side.

I second this, will join for a drive once I finish my e30 one day.

Car looks awesome! Need to join for a drive once car is back in the road!

My mate was reviewing an E39 M5 for his YouTube channel. Perfect opportunity to park my M Coupe next to it for a photo. Unquestionably BMW's best era...

Being the hoarder that I am, I had managed to acquire a couple of spare sets of black cube trims over the years and finally got around to doing something with them. All of the pieces, including the ones installed in the car, had varying degrees of wear and scratches so I've been meaning to do a mini-restoration for a while. Could always just redo it in semi-gloss black but fancied a bit of a colour change and went for a silver tone to sort of emulate the clubsport silver trims. Went to Spraystore, showed them what I was after and instead of custom-mixing something they recommended the off-the-shelf silver wheel paint, which was pretty close to the tone I wanted. Gave the pieced a light sand with 600/2000 grit, masked off the inner edges on a few pieces, wiped down with alcohol and gave them 3-4 light coats (10 minutes between coats), followed by 2 coats of matte clear for a bit of protection. The coats were light enough to retain the cube texture and not look too dull. Might have turned out a tad brighter than I would have liked but on the whole I do quite like it. Will see how I feel about it in a few months' time but so far I'm pleased with the outcome. The wife said she liked it better all black. I guess haters gonna hate.

I’m extremely saddened to say a dear friend of mine and great contributor to bimmersport suddenly passed last week. To me he was Sanjay but you will know him as ssbmw. He had a wealth of knowledge on bmw stats in nz. He would eat, drink and sleep the brand and love to talk with anyone who shared the passion. Bimmersport was a great outlet for him to share his knowledge for which he was regular contributor. A huge loss to all.