Gaz

The panda kit is designed for cars without runflat tyres e.g. M3 so if you want one you will have to go get one. The compressor on them can fill the tyre with air or tyre goo and if you use the goo then yes you will have to replace the tyre. The goo is only used if there is a major puncture and unrepairable in the first place. If it's a minor puncture then the compressor should be good enough to top up the air to get you around. Bare in mind that the tyre is good for 80km at 80kph once completely flat at which point you will have to replace it.

@BM WORLD has/had one for half the price

Anyone know of a clutch specialist in NZ or can recommend a supplier for an E9x M3 clutch. Customer is after one for his supercharged M3

Interesting watch

Need to get scanned properly to figure out what is causing the failure warning. You mention the battery, was it registered when replaced?

If you are after runflats or Michlen Pilot super sports then BMW dealer will be the cheapest

Yep, it's not an oil service without them ? Bearing in mind that it is a 116i We'll also fit parts you supply but when I ask them how much they pay for said part it's often not too much more. Should the part fail again you still have to get it fitted assuming you didn't do it yourself. Hell, if you buy the part from bmw, fit it yourself and it fails, we'll fit the new part for you under warranty

All he needs is a basic oil service to keep the policy ticking over. I work at Chch BMW and we do them for like $240 if that which isn't expensive by any stretch. Especially if it means keeping Autosure happy should there be anything to claim in the future

Yes they will decline it as they can't confirm the quality of the work and when the work was carried out. Warranty can come in handy for when oil either leaks from every gasket, valve stem seals fail, or the timing chain fails

Often it's a toll reader or aftermarket unit plugged in somewhere. Will be a case of trying to find the unit and removing it.

Unless the lock is faulty also but flat should not affect the door. You do have to turn it quite hard

Will the key blade not work in the driver's door?

You'll need to keep the receipts of the servicing if you plan on claiming on Autosure, stamps are not enough so best to use garage supplied parts for servicing

Now now children. Let's provide some helpful advice and if you don't have anything worthwhile then don't say anything. As long as the car fully checks out and you do your due diligence then doesn't matter where the car comes from.

Gough do it here in Chch, not sure if they have a branch in Auckland though

Govt has announced the following today. What is interesting is that there is no duties on goods under $1000 so in theory you can get away with not paying GST or duty on the goods if the company doesn't import much into NZ https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/107929221/taxfree-internet-shopping-to-end-next-october

@OP6 don?

Or someone drove in it. Interesting how people always assume it was the drivers fault

These will be the newer design which you can't/shouldn't mix and match with the older type rather than the older fault prone ones

We had a white one at Chch BMW but I think we sold it to a customer in Hong Kong

MBI will definitely cover it, will even cover the tow

Looking for a nice shifter knob and shifter arm bracket bush for the e30. Can't find anything decent on UK ebay at the moment as Mrs is currently

Thats an interesting read, thanks. I was going with e46 330 fronts and m3 evo rears which are slightly smaller than e46 330 rears so assume the outcome will be similar to 330 brakes all round? Its also going on a touring so with the extra rear weight I think it will be ok

How does that work? Would have thought matching front and rear would have given best balance. See alot of 'mericans use e46 328 rears, 330 fronts