M3AN

Yes, that is very cool.

It's not as night and day as some people suggest the Michelin is to other premium tyres. I've used them before, absolutely top tier but others do compare. Just saying.

For the record my Goodyear F1 experience is not on runflats... in fact i didn't even know they were available as such!

Your vibration sounds (and feels) like the one that's recently developed on my 328... I'm also thinking wheel bearing so keen to hear your results.

I'm also happy with the Goodyear F1's on my M3. I run a staggered setup with 255 A3's on the rear and 225 D5's up front, it works well for me. I thrash it whenever I can and they haven't let go on me in any unexpected fashion so far. Edit: they are very quite which may explain why I think the Pirellis on my 328 are crazy loud.

Okay, if you want professional grade stuff probably best to talk to the guys at OCD (http://www.ocdetailing.co.nz/). You can get 'Trim Paint' online or probably from SCA or Repco which will keep it looking good for up to 18 months (?) depending on sun exposure. I've used plastic spray on some of my exterior trim and am very happy... some people use peanut butter and are happy (no sh*t).

Sure but 'can't be that bad' is different from 'good' and there are better cars for a daily in this thread. I never intended to imply that nobody would daily a CSL (my mate did for a while, b roads roads mainly) but I do know that most wouldn't want to.

What year/model 320 though? Many different surfaces. And are you talking about the inside or out? If it's the outside, does regular car wash liquid not work?

It eschews comfort in the interests of performance. It's a track car that works on the street, not a street car that works on the track (i.e. the opposite of a regular M3/4). One of my favourite BMW's of all time but as a daily? Not unless your daily commute is an awesome B road route and your partner drives the Swift to do the shopping. ?

Believe me, you don't want to daily a CSL.

Damn my 56k modem!

I didn't see this posted early, funky shaped gauge blocks, that's very cool. If you happen to be into precision engineering, this is a great read: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40037112-exactly

When I first saw that I though it had a CR (Crown) plate. But alas, it's a sneaky G.

Probably was @BlackrazorNZ... started driving south and just couldn't stop... I can see the smile on his face from here! ?

I thought it was outstanding also... outstandingly poor value. Nowadays surely you wrap rather than repaint anything that had good paint... especially if it's purely for marketing purposes! Maybe they know a painter? But the paint prep alone would cost more than a wrap.

How good is that ^ Valvoline and ///M match?? Wow!

And you can different slides to slot in so they display something else. You can also get a retrofit kit for older BMW's... Cool? No.

SF is a very different city now than it was 10 and 20 years ago... it's gone through evolution to revolution. Too much money, it's lost a lot of character. I remember staying in Palo Alto, not that long ago really (~17 years) and it was 50% slum. Oakland was a dive. lol. Still, it's a city I love, are you there for business or pleasure @KWS?

Yeah, for a few years now... or at least they "brand" tyres, they don't have their own manufacturing facilities apparently.

Certainly not worth archiving but I have seen worse, and worse auctions also. I'm not suggesting it's my style or that the price is right (I have no idea). I suspect it would look a lot better if the decals were M coloured

Welcome! That ? is cool, hope to see it (and you) at one of our Auckland meets once you have it in hand.

Pre-which-facelift?

Isn't it meant to come on and then go out? Just to show you the lamp is working (like for example your ABS light)?

I've heard the only way to get the protective film off new tyres is 360* skids... ?

Any modern car should have the "first owner" parameters coded in and digital dashes should be displaying all the required info (e.g. redline is adjusted to 4k for the first 500km's etc). To be honest, if I had a modern car I'd expect it to do pretty-much everything for me and if it didn't tell me to "drive it like this" then I wouldn't. But then again, if I got a brand spakner new car, I'd probably be leasing it which means thrashing it from the minute I got it. The headache beyond the factory warranty on a modern car is something I wouldn't even contemplate.