martyyn

Its not much use if people arent prepared to pay it though is it.

If a previous auction had bids on it but it didnt hit the reserve, doesnt the reserve show up on the auction once its finished ?

I thought I recognised the name. Ive had to remove him from one or two of my auctions recently.

Haha, in the process of editing my post you guys have beaten me too it ! Sorry Greg !

Are you talking about the mentioned RX7 or a 7 series?

There are literally dozens of e39's around at the moment so take your time and perhaps look further afield to find one in a main center that has a dealer for a pre-purchase check. A well looked after 540 will be a gem, a 540 needing work will cost you an arm and a leg.

HB fella, have a good one.

and your worrying me....you buy one, sell it just as quickly and are now buying another I see your sidebar says you have no BMW's now....did you sell the 'is' aswell ?

Make a complaint to trademe guys. This is clearly against the rules and the seller should get their account suspended. I hate it when people withdraw auctions. Is it an auction or a classified ?

Let me remind you Josh of how the deal went.I said my car was for sale, you asked me how much I wanted for the car with the m-pars. I replied and you made an offer which I accepted. I then gave you my phone number and said call me, up until then all your contact had been via PM on here and I wanted to know you were genuine. You chose not to, you instead asked for my account details and address and whether you could collect the car the next day. I again asked you to call me and you again chose not to. The money cleared and you drove the car away without asking a single question. In fact I dont think you said much more than 'wow' and 'awesome man' the whole time you were here. Your tongue was on the floor the whole time and your friends where pretty much the same. So where exactly did I lie to you? I asked you twice to call me to discuss the deal, you chose not to on both occasions. You offered me more money than I asked for and then gave me even more to take the original wheels as aswell. I made no secret of the fact that the m-pars where replicas but you didnt care. So other than me giving you the keys we didnt speak at all. Thats was your choice and not mine and I say again.....when could I have lied to you?

Thats a bit fcuking rich coming from you. You've done nothing but openly abuse me since the day you bought it, making all sorts of claims and Ive said nothing.Ive lost count of how many times you have tried to sell it with comments about the previous owner (being me) and how I spared no expense in maintenance? I believe you called me a 'BMW enthusiast' in one of your auctions. Not exactly the attitude you have towards me on here is it? How many people have now posted on your threads telling you how beautiful it was when I owned it? Yet you still talk about it being a complete dog? You've made no secret of the damage thats been done to it over the last 12 months and thats all I was referring to in my last post. Your auction states $2k of panel and paint work....its not going to be $2k to cover a minor scratch now is it? Anyway, good luck with the sale Josh, I genuinely hope you get to sell it to someone who will take good care of it. As Paul said, Ive regretted selling that car every day since you bought it with my only consolation being the vast amount of money you put into my account without even so much as a phone call to me. Maybe thats why you're so bitter about it, now you realise just how hard they are to sell.

Hmmmm, two small bits of lacquer peeling and two small scratches on one of the rears is enough to be called 'shocking'. Shame you gave them away, I had two people willing to pay over a grand for them at one point even knowing they were replicas.18' staggered wheels with motorsport suspension....it couldnt get much better than that for a 7. I wonder what my Alpinas would look like on it. Shame its been smashed up so much in the last year though.

Isnt the width marked on the alloys as 7J or 8J with the number being the width ?

Didnt ask me for a password.Great site that one...did have a laugh at the E31 Electrical troubleshooting manual....I dont even fancy downloading that on my 10Mb connection !

Top Gear is all show and no go, you watch to be entertained not to be informed. Although some of the jokes are getting a little tired now. Whilst Fifth Gear is all go and no show.....I mean who was that muppet they had fronting the last series with Tom? Chuck him and get VBH back up front and center. What Id like to see on Top Gear is Clarkson, Hammond and Captain Slow have a bash in the reasonably priced car. Then we could compare them to the 'celebs' they have on and then find out just how well they can drive.

E means your gearbox should change up at the earliest possible moment in order to try and save fuel. S means your gearbox will stay in gear for longer and use the full extent of the rev range. M means you can 'lock' your gearbox into the current gear. So say your cruising up a hill and find your changing into 3rd on the short straights but back to 2nd for the corners and its getting a little tiresome. When your in 2nd you can put it into M and it shouldn't change up when you get on the straight.

I cant recommend Eurolights enough. 10% discount for Bimmersport too.....you really cant buy from a better place mate. Service is top notch.

It nearly caused a huge accident for me the last weekend. I was driving up the old Hutt Road with about a dozen cars all doing the new limit of 60 (down from 70). A taxi starts flashing it lights and all of a sudden the first car slams on its brakes. Fortunately I was the last car and had plenty of space but several of the cars in front locked up in the panic. We ended up passing the officers doing 40kph. IMO they shouldve pulled over the first car and asked them why they were only doing 40.

Ive had stones in the brakes a couple of times. Its a very different sound to the one your describing. The last time the kids thought we'd run over a witch, the noise sounded like a banshee being knifed. Im happy to be proved wrong because stones in the brakes is an easy fix, but it was far from a dull humming noise

What sort of sweets do you offer Ray ?

Dont you just love a free market

Much better....are you going all orange Dave ?

Have to admit when I ripped open the parcel from Gavin to find a chocolate it made me smile

I have to agree with 320guy, lets get this back on topic people rather than bagging the police/traffic patrol/whatever. The legality of europlates has been discussed time and time again and there is no question about them being illegal. If you run them and get caught, suck it up and pay the fine. Sure its a small thing in a big world but you cant say you havent had enough warning about it.

Let me be the first to say it needs clears, tints and a drop