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Some of these cars came with the factory option sagging headliner too!

"He was pretty crook. The airbag went off in his face" -TAKATA

Most overvalued ///M car of all time with a corny celebrity tie in IMO.

Maintenance is nothing if the car has bottomed out, or maintains value. This is my justification for continuing to daily an e46 m3. Same would go for E39 M5. If you'd hung onto an e30 motorsport from the early 2000s you'd be up! Even some Ferrari's can work out cheaper than a new 3 series if you have the capital.

It's a real beater of a CSL - 140,000 miles, stone chips for days. I was a 'manual only' guy until I owned an SMG. I really like it. But the issues will come sooner or later. @HELLBM converted mine, and I do love it. If he went with a CAE or RTD shifter I wonder if the whole thing is totally reversible? Yet another video claiming this to be the greatest ///M car of all time - no wonder they are heating up!

Happy Xmas to you?

It's possible, but I would just buy the polisher. https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/toolpro-toolpro-dual-action-polisher-240v-720w-150mm/581559.html https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/meguiars-meguiars-ultimate-compound---450ml/214309.html?cgid=SCN8005310

Don't need to watch it, I'm sure it's the one parked in my driveway!! ?

Glad to hear!

Not that I watch this much, but I honestly like the new guy more

I saw you driving this today. Looked good! GLWS

Any pics of the 19s? LCI on the F30 19's is a great combo!

Looks great! I used to really hate the wood, but maybe with age I hate it less? Mint car. Any more plans?

The 4 door looks great! It's a shame BMW missed this generation. The coupe is driving the best it has in 7 years / 80k now Ray! Thanks Sam / HellBM for the new dampers, steering coupling and diff/motor oil services. Feels like a new car.

^ an oil and filter changed by the dealer is no different to an indy... It's the extras, if any, you could pay a dealer premium for. (And you'd likely just go for it seeing as the car is already there - hence they whole point of this campaign).

For a TV show like this, I thought it was pretty good and detailed. I learnt some things from it! An alternate way to view it is paste the link in a downloader site like: https://y2mate.com/youtube/5ZL96uDowZM

^Fair point. Assuming you use a calendar for practical purposes. I'd just use it as an excuse to hang cars on my office wall.

If you don't like washing / waxing your car and want easy maintenance it is good. If you are paying for a detailer to do it, you are really paying for the prep, which is legitimately hours of work to do 100%. It is especially good on wheels, I would definitely recommend that. But personally I like wax/sealant better. And it performs as well during it's life time. There are dozens of options, DM me if you like.

I'd buy one, and it would probably sell internationally if it was done well

Thanks again. Didn't get pinged for import duty or GST. I've noticed some places seem to fly under the radar. ECS Tuning is not one of them, been charged every time.

http://hellbm.com/

This is the set up I think I am going to go with. Koni + OEM springs. $760+$140 USD shipping form ECS tuning. It's annoying FCP Euro don't stock them as I have never been pinged on import with them. I've emailed George Stocks twice with no reply - if anyone knows a better place to source, please let me know. Cheers

I kind of get that in a way. That plate riveted in does give me a bad buzz - it looks tacky / irreversible. But I agree he'd be better off just selling it stock and selling the KWs separately - he'd get more that way too.

Good tip - I'll check them out thanks! I'm not too worried about longevity - what is it, like 5 years until they would need to be done again? (It's probably been 17 to this point!)

What up! Looking at a refresh of my suspension / dampers as I am assuming they are toast after 180km, (hard to know how bad they really are right?) I've read a lot of international forum suspension posts, but interested in the 'local road' feedback and what everyone is running? I'm trying to keep it affordable, simple and comfortable for a daily. Options that seem to be be most popular I am considering: Sachs OEM replacements (comfortable, but am I missing the opportunity to 'upgrade') Sachs with Eibach or Dinan springs (lowered car compromises?) Bilstein B12 kit AKA B6 dampers with Eibachs - apparently the B6 alone will raise the ride height - I don't want that. Koni (with maybe with Eibachs or Dinan Springs) - getting dearer Keen to hear anyones NZ experience / opinion. Cheers