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Original seat back in. Bolsters swapped out with the ones off the donor since they were pretty worn. E46 interior never gets old It's on daily driver duty now

Cars back from BMWorkshop, which was a hilarious exercise after I asked for the low tone horn to be replaced. Who knew that an M5 had a bespoke horn set, FFS BMW. BMW NZ had nothing in stock, eventually a second hand one was found and couriered to BMWorkshop - just the wrong branch. Eventually hours later it arrived, but was stone dead! So another one was found and after many hours of waiting it was still "on the way"...... an executive decision was made to grab a loan car and come back in the morning. Eventually at 5:30 the urgent courier arrived after the horn fiasco had started around 10:30am. Had the insurance assessor come out to my place the following day, all I can say is fantastic service by Classic Cover insurance and the assessors they use. I was expecting an uphill battle to even get the repairs checked over, couldn't have been further from the truth and within 24 hours of me calling them they were looking the car over. Assessor was totally unimpressed with the repair and as shocked as I have been, so now we move onto the fun of having the car go back to the panel shop for rework. I still (stupidly) have faith that this will be fixed properly by the same shop that has done a few jobs for me with great results. On another note, while I was a BMWorkshop an E60 M5 was dropped off on a flatbed. As I haven't been on the forum for while others may already know this car, but it has been manual swapped. By the sounds of it this was manual swapped by the owner, with a US 6 speed box and all the associated bits as an alternative to doing the SMG clutch replacement. The car was in to have the final coding done and some wiring cleanup, the cat back system was off the car and it was a tad loud - cold start was epic.

To update, the server this site is on will be switched off in 90 days as I'm moving out, a linode instance big enough to host it will be $50usd a month if anyone wants to take it over (probably similar price on AWS/Azure). Think I've hosted this site now for 12 or so years. Once again contact Ollie if you are serious about taking it over.

Just listed my F30 335i on Trademe... since I've replaced this and my currently kaput X5 with an X3 M40i... asking $20K, $18K for Bimmmersporter... It's done 116,333KMs... 2013 BMW 335i 335I | Trade Me Motors Well-cared for example owned by a BMW enthusiast. NZ-new, top of the range F30 335i Luxury edition. Without a doubt the best BMW I have owned - combining performance, handling, comfort, economy, plenty of modern tech and reliability. Only selling as I have replaced this and an X5 with a modern X3. N55 Twin-scroll turbo 3 litre engine - 225KW & 400nm ZF 8-speed automatic with paddle shifts Xenon adaptive lights Rain-sensing wipers Heads-up display Harmon/Kardon surround sound system Bluetooth audio Parking sensors, reversing camera and surround camera view Black sapphire metallic paint 18" style 416 alloy wheels with run-flat tyres Leather interior through-loading system comes with 2 keys and manuals Evo magazine in the UK: "The 335i is the only way to experience six-cylinder performance and sound" https://www.evo.co.uk/bmw/3-series/7122/bmw-335i-luxury-review-price-specs-and-0-60-time Drive magazine Australia: "It’s the perfect engine for the 3 Series - it’s got plenty of power and packs huge torque, yet is smooth, refined, quiet and not heavy enough to upset the 335i’s near-perfect weight balance. We like the 2012 BMW 335i a lot, it’s a terrific sporting drive..." https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/2012-bmw-3-series-335i-luxury-sedan-road-test-review-australia/