Gaz

You didnt accuse him of selling cars with clearedfault codes did you? Understandably he'd be pissed off cause that's clearly not true otherwise the warranty company would have covered the repair. He is within his rights to ask the warranty if they would cover the repair as the issue could have very well happened after you had picked up the car - that's the risk warranty companies take

Thanks... dont hold your breathe but I can't wait to get it up and running. A mate has a 3.0si which I have envied for a while

Seeing as this is my 2000th post I thought there was no better way to celebrate than to introduce my latest BMW and project..a 2500 E3 aka project paper weight. So the story goes, my hawkeye brother spotted this and a e12 525 for sale on trademe as a combo deal so ended up nabbing them for a bargain. A few months later he messaged me asking if I knew anyone who might want to buy them as he had too much going woth starting his own business. So sold the e12 and a $1000 later the e3 is mine. Where does project 'paper weight' come from? Well it hasn't been run in 10years, rego is still on hold somehow and is mostly complete. It's likely to not do much for the next 6 months while I finish off a few things on the convertible. First step is to get it running and give it a thorough going over. There is rust but so far have only found it in the body panels and then slowly restore it. I got the car 2 weeks after the birth of my first born so hes a good gauge of how long the restore takes.. hopefully it's done by the time he is old enough to drive ?

There is one being wrecked down south in Invercargill so even more rare now

Sold them outside on Facebook so letting the auction run instead of paying more trademe fees Updated: In fact, got a nice courtesy email from trademe withdrawing the auction for me with no fees but did get a lengthy telling off

Km to mph is an option within the idrive settings so no coding required. Not sure why cruise control shows mph

Cheaper for the dealer, they pay the excess for the customer and the issue gets fixed

Got some things on trademe and also have some bbs rs waffles and hexs for some 15inch RS that need a refurb $300 E30 mtech2 sides https://www.trademe.co.nz/1754378229 E36 mtech kit https://www.trademe.co.nz/1754374833

Anything is cheap with its on special so lets compare apples with apples; Bmw coolant $25 per 1.5litres, Nulon at $20 per 1.5litres. Certainly not 400% more expensive is it?

Unless you are paying $5 a litre for your coolant. Bmw stuff is like $25 for 1.5litres and then 50/50 mix it with water No it's not, still have to mix it 50/50 with water

AA inspections don't remove any of the engine covers or undergrad so I doubt they check fault codes

That how car dealers work, they buy cheap cars and sell them for more. Doesn't matter if it is dime a dozen Toyota or a special edition M3 they are in it to make money and that is how they do it. I'm sure that when they do sell it on then the person buying it is still going to enjoy it, whether they are in NZ or not. The difference is you'd want the M3, and not the Toyota

Exactly, given half a chance I'm sure anyone would jump at the chance to make a dollar or 2

Dealers have them in stock usually

Originally built by Jason and then after the accident swapped into the saloon by my mates younger brother. Insane car

Part of the reason is safety. Don't want to be changing a tyre on the side of the autobahn at night. M cars don't come on runflats and they are proper sports cars

If we had insurance then car would be fixed and he would probably have a Baycorp notice. That's ok, his house is on my way home so I don't mind stopping off every other day to see how things are going

Yep that is what we are going to do. Even offered to pay half of the excess to avoid any hassle but not interested in that either

Can't stress this enough as dealing with something similar. Recently purchased a new car for the Mrs and hadn't sorted any type of insurance in the week after buying the car, she was hit by a young dude with 3rd party. Great, his insurance will cover ours, well not unless he pays his excess which he is refusing to do so do to 'lack of money which I doubt...

Yep stopped that after the whole VW thing. If you have had it coded out, and if the vehicle gets a software update, the stop/start function will be reinstated

Anyone wrecking an F10? Need some drivers door seal parts

These are awesome.. Got to drive one with the top down and love that v8 noise and tyre screeching

Should just get this save yourself the hassle https://www.trademe.co.nz/1726943402

One question asked a couple hours ago doesn't make him rude, probably trying to find the info to answer the question

They are 40-50 brand new but will have to get it painted to match