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No one likes Ferrari drivers, you just think wanker as soon as you see someone driving one.

Yes true but probably a little jealousy amongst that thought too - if we're honest

Haha and the rest, wonder what happend?

Fell off!!!

Welcome Ron, great to have some from across the ditch. Nice example car you have. See you still have some grass there

Definitely have it scanned to confirm. Although GT1 is best, any decent sparky should have a scanner to check it with

I have a E46 328CI and can currently watch TV channels etc. but don't have a NZ GPS CD?

Can help, PM me for details etc

Could be a bulb. With respect, if you cant tell then probably best you get it to an auto sparky - prob a 5 min fix.

Relays in these cars are not standard termination (although terminal positioning is the same the configuration is different)

I have heaps of these relays if you need any

Could be anything from damaged or out of line or worn pulley. Belt could have picked up a stone & been damaged. Or - was it infact replaced? Do you have the reminents? May be able to tell from that? DONT drive the car without belt.

I don't even think you're female.

Somehow I sense a reaction here

Great youré ok. Bummer on the car - yes thay can be replaced but not always with what you had. Hope the insurance company now acknowledge & pay out on it's rarity accordingly

Could possibly be like BMW where there is an overide cable situated inside boot behind the trim by the cap

Cheers Andrew - dont need F##kwits like him/her on here

Yeah just got that as well. someone open it and tell us what it does

Me too, bit suspicious -opened it & Canadian link to viagra etc. New member so obviously dodgy. Administrators need to disable membership!

Hi

I had an 03 Allroad too and tried everywhere to get it converted. In the end, no one in NZ can help you, the Sat Nav is a waste of effort due to no NZ maps available for Audis. The best you can do is throw a FM band expander in. I did find out that you can pick up used radio and maybe TV tuners from wrecked Allroads in Europe. Try doing a search on eBay Germany or UK for it. Landed cost was about $NZ 700 to convert so I decided it wasn't worth it and save up for the newer model. FYI the latest Allroad does have TV working but still no programable radios - I have to put in a band expander again.

The price we pay for cheaper Jap models

Audi/Volkswagon NZ do now have nav map available so retrofit MAY be an option. Not that I have researched

Do they not have worldwide tunable TV tuners as BMW?

Very crisp looking car Nick - well done!

Not sure on the green parks but agree to rid the yellow & not really much other option

The things some people do Destroys what should be a bloody nice car

Looks rad. Whats up with the two windscreen washer bottles?

Now with twice the washing power! *cliche commercial voice dub*

Front & rear washers

Belated HB mate, sounds like a good one was had. Agreed too - Top Gear Live - Brilliant!

$350??? Where is that quote from?

add another 0 I reacon - certainly by the time youvé gone through all the BS this end

Think from memory there are a few versions of that colour - or so I was told

hmmm new twist to the whole thing, got home from cricket today was like meh lets give it a go agian, turned the key and went for a few seconds, when cleaning the sparkplugs i noticed black gunk on some of them, is it posible that the engine is just filled with gunk and needs i run threw. When i turn the key its starting to want to start like chug bang bang chug bang chug bang bang bing bang plop only works when the battery is fully charged though, with my battery charger the engine only sounds like it wants to work when all 4 lights are on for charge level but after a few goes it says its 2/4 lights full

odd

May be flooded - try new plugs. But really - hard to explain all variables & solutions if you don't really know what you are doing. Maybe best to get it proffesionally checked. DONT mess with valve timing if you have no idea - it's either right or wrong - NO in between

yes!!! yes that is exactly wat it is... how do u fix it?

With respect, without knowledge you are probably chasing your tail. Best to get it to an auto sparky & get professionally diagnosed - will save a lot of frustration.

Thats an interesting response Glenn, when my airbag sensor went (and so the light came on) I was told by both the dealer and Page European down here that it was perfectly safe to drive whilst we waited for a replacement from Germany.

The idea being that if any part of the SRS system fails the whole system gets shut down and the only difference would be that the airbags wouldnt trigger if you had an accident.

Its very common for the SRS light to be triggered by a faulty passenger seat sensor thats a relatively very easy DIY fix. There is plenty of information out there about it for you to read sabbath but of course having it hooked up to the computer should give you the answer straight away.

Think in this case Glenn was referring to towing rather than driving due to water consumpion rather than SRS fault.

Totally correct though on having it scanned to confirm fault. Yes the seat sensor is common to fail but plenty of other reasons too - a guess without confirming first.

Must be JPN- unlikely to be Euro spec if it was destined for the Japanese market- though I guess an individual may well import a euro spec car privately. Wonder what the 1/00 first NZ rego is all about- destined for Japanese market- landed in Japan then exported straight to NZ? Hmmm Typo?

2000 & 1/00 -My point about being NZ new:-

Can't imagine a Jap destined market car coming to NZ as new. OR - as you say - maybe a typo?

Also as already stated - hasn't got a Jap bootlid - either it's been changed or car is not Jap origin.

Interested as to the 3 letters under K/PH in the speedo head - Jap cars have JPN, Euro/NZ don't - thats where I was assuming maybe ECE for Euro/NZ?

Got the Jap service book with the E39 when I bought it in.

Bought car at nearly 5 years old, done 24k & showing two services with date & milage of each one documented.

Everything matching. As for rest of info as to what was done - who knows??

Jap?? Bootlid aint. Rego shows car as 2000 & also 1/00 as first rego in NZ

Can't see whether it reads JPN below K/PH in cluster for Japan - possibly ECE for Euro? -don't know if that is normal for Euro - NZ new owners will know that one