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240,200km Just returned from a school holiday trip down to Nelson. Ticked over 240k on the way and averaged around 10L/100km although it's not exactly a huge amount of km's from Wellington to Nelson but a nice open road drive with some hills and some twisties. Had terrible weather on the way down but lovely on the way home.

Hi all, couple of problems have popped up.. Firstly getting low tyre pressure warnings. Checked pressures and they're OK, reset the system but the problem comes straight back. Now a new problem has appeared, she won't switch into sport mode, just stays in comfort. Could the two be linked as the computer is telling me not to exceed 130kph.. Any help would be greatly appreciated..

I struggled for ages to find any info about decent roof racks for these things, so thought I’d share on here. Fitting kit K075 is the fit kit for E36 sedans with some Aero Flush Bars. Doesn’t show up any websites but here are the instructions. Super good fitment and a piece of piss to install (mounts to factory roof rack mounts). https://www.prorack.com.au/sites/aufiles/files/instructions//K075.pdf

Extra spice for that one

Just to bore the shite out of you with updates: -Checked timing marks, timing belt is spot on. -Re-checked distributor incl all resistances and all good. -Both crank sensors test ok for resistance. Removed both and cleaned them up and checked for existence of reference ‘pin’ (small steel cleat). Apparently it should be 58 degrees btdc, I didn’t have the foresight to check this but it was aroundabout there. Could the flywheel have been fitted one hole off? Removed and had a basic look at and test of the injectors, they seemed ok. 4 are blue and two are more a grey-blue, does this mean anything? Visually the same and I think k the numbers were same. some photos to make it more interesting:

The purchase ended up happening pretty quickly although the journey took a while. M2's first caught my attention early last year and only the OG M2 was in reach then, and I was thinking I'd need to sell the M3. In the end I couldn't exchange an S engined M for an N engined one, it's an emotional thing. So I forgot about them until early this year and then kept a casual eye on the market, looked at a couple but never pulled the trigger. I checked out a few other cars to validate, or challenge, my preference for what was by now the M2C. F82 M4 - I really had to try this before I could eliminate it despite my biased preconceptions. But they were right, this car is enormous and it doesn't feel any smaller when you're sitting inside. But it doesn't feel heavy to drive and that surprised me the most. It's a monster, a real monster, and an unruly one at that, it'll step out at the slightest provocation, which can be quite fun if you're ready for it. I drove a pre-LCI and the tech has dated a bit, the LCI is quite a step up but man, it's got a lovely interior and the extended leather is so much nicer than the M2's plastics. Oh well. But too big, not for me. G42 M240ix - Holy crap, this is quite an incredible combination of electronics and machinery, but it's a messy, incoherent combination, clumsy even. It's a bit ugly, it's a bit big, it feels hefty when changing direction but it's an absolute weapon in terms of power delivery, only really being left behind by a proper M above about 5k rpm. Sticks like sh*t to a blanket as well. But my lord, the cabin is a chaotic combination of switches, buttons, and touch interfaces and just yells "VERSION 1.0", it's a visual and ergonomic fail, wait for the LCI. G87 M2 - Can't afford it, don't like how it looks, don't want it. But seriously dealers can be annoying and I capitulated. Don't like the digital dash at all but that's only a future software update away. Drives fine, can't really use the power, doesn't feel as heavy as I expected it to and does not have the same hefty feeling of the G42, tricky suspension. Still, couldn't own it even if I had all the money in the world, it's just as fugly in person as in the pics. So, a new journey starts...