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Not bad? Looks mint.

They don't need to be that strong. Start with one from the $10 tool bin before you make a bigger investment. Edit: if the magnet is too strong or large it will attach to everything you don't want it to and make it impractical to use.

Get a telescopic magnet...

Why can't I have all three? I read you can on the internet! Oh, and I want to supply my own parts.

And the buy now has gone up to $31.5k. Not going to happen. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2241726144.htm Arguably it's worth more now than it was 2 years ago (assuming same condition) but that might bring it up to the original price of $25k but certainly not 30+ . Seems well serviced but you have to do all that or the car will stop working, it's not an added-value extra, servicing a car doesn't make it more valuable although failing to service it can destroy value. Then again, somebody is trying to hock a e46 M3 SMG for $50k lol. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2245717254.htm And there's that 3.0 M3 that they're still trying to get $38k for. A world full of dreamers, they've been spending too much time on BaT.

And the sweat in! I use them for sure but if you're working with your hands above your face expect to be dripped upon!

??? Considering you can buy an e46 M3 in NZ for less than an e36 M3 these days I'm not too bitter. ? I'm surprised @HELLBM liked your post, it leaves the impression they think that price will become commonly achievable. I'm pretty sure they know better than that. We all know better than that.

Man, that article is full of fail. Besides that some of those BaT auctions are closer to stupid than they are representative, some people with (way) too much money. Rich kid hears the E46 M3 is the car of the moment, rick kid likes blue, rich kid is impatient, rich kit pays way, way, way over the odds to have instant satisfaction, rich kid writes off an otherwise nice car 2 months later. Repeat.

@BreakMyWindow will be able to advise but I think you should stick to native ADS and no adaptors etc. This means a serial port on the PC, ADS cable and 20 pin connector. I use a TinyADS cable (https://openlabs.co/OSHW/Tiny-ADS-Interface - available on ebay) and an old laptop with a serial port on the docking station. I'm not sure if that's actually your comms problem but it's almost impossible to diagnose if you have mix and match diag hardware/software. The BMW setup in the '90's was sensitive at best.

Yeah, thought so...

Maybe I'm dumb; - is "Focus" in the thread title just a dig at the design? Or am I missing something? Is there to be no new 140? So the new 135 is meant to replace the 140 in the old lineup? The quote above does say "almost no way to tell" and I'd have to agree if the car is an auto, in a manual it's going to be rather easy to tell. I do really like the interior of the new one (those seats!), not so much the buck teeth styling. ?

I was watching it live on TV in my parent's home in Torbay. I'm not ashamed to admit I cried. PM sent.

Holy crap, I missed this thread, it looks epic, I must come back and read it properly. Nice one. ?

How much front camber is that? First pic (new lot) looks like the front suspension has collapsed with that camera angle lol.

$900 on a $100,000 car and it's a free inclusion on any $40,000 car lol.

He's at pains in a couple of them (1 & 3?) to explain that it doesn't work like a Phantom Grip, I won't try to translate because I have no idea. I was beside myself watching him wrestle that diff in and out without taking the 10 mins beforehand to drop the exhaust. ?

Increase your following distance. If it's foggy you need to use both front and rear lights, when it's not foggy you need to use neither.

That's just as rant-worthy. If you don't know how your vehicle works leave it in the garage.

e36 fogs can also only be on with other lights, I'm pretty sure that's standard across most vehicles. Actually fogs+mains in one switch isn't the best in my mind, it lends itself to confusion. Headlights on a rotary switch and a separate fog on/off switch that de/activates fronts and rears at the same time plus a dash light is perfect. You can't screw that up. The e36 nearly gets this right but it has separate front/rear fog switches which is stupid, there should be only one, there's no circumstance where you need one without the other.

Nice one Darren, look sharp. ? And what's the Alpina story... ?

Okay... will the car be inside or out? I think there might be disadvantages to using them on top of one another.

Might not be much help but I know the Porsche 911 covers have the ears... you'd need to check length, width and roof line to mirror distance to ensure a good fit. They're also ridiculously expensive (think $800). Any reason it has to have the ears rather than just folding in the mirrors and using a normal cover?

I was going to ask, how many M3's is that now Brad? ? Yes, Avus is beautiful... was available as an Individual option on the Evo as well. The front grill+support and the side markers are PFL also but a number of Evo's are PFL anyway (mine is but since mostly updated). You could also get that horrible steering wheel as late as 1999! Seats look mint, I'm jealous already. They actually look like mine, Lotus White, do you know the specific colour? Front fogs also look like mine at the moment! ? You need to get that feather duster out! ?

Wind the boost up, she'll punch right through cap'n.

Ahh, summer in England...