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    Also noticed the demise of Nilfisk, not sure why. I'm happy with my Bosch as well, I think I'm 3 years in now. I went for an "Advanced" for about $100 more than the "Universal", the former being "all metal construction" and twice the weight of the later. The included snow foam gun is rubbish but I'm having great success with my $20 Ali special cannon with brass fittings.

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    2 hours ago, Driftit said:

    These are great.  I am still using my first gen one.  Even after I drove off with it still attached.  Easy fix.
    But I am about to buy a multi bank smart maintainer.  Something like this.  Anyone using something similar?

    https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GENIUS2X4-Fully-Automatic-Temperature-Compensation/dp/B08FYS6CL8/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=battery+maintainer+multiple+batteries&qid=1661465362&sr=8-3

    I have 3 x 12v and 1 x 6v to maintain.

    Depends on whether you're happy with 2A which is quite low. That would be a great charger if it was able to offer the full 8A to each bank so if you were only using one you got 8A, or 2x4A, etc.

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    5 hours ago, Driftit said:

    I did not know you can plug in an adapter like this though.  I have LG TV's from the US.  But I am looking at going back to Sony TV's.  I think I have one of those adapters in a box somewhere.

    Almost any TV that has USB 3.x can benefit from this, the exception being the few that support Gb/s speeds out of the box. Nothing wrong with LG (their parent company makes all the panels after all), but Sony's XR generation hardware and software are objectively better than the alternatives at this time. The adaptor just needs to suit what you're plugging it in to, must be USB 3, either USB-A or USB-C connector, that doesn't matter.

    @Sammo - If you don't like the standard Google TV home/apps/suggestions/ads screen and need to know how to change it, let me know.

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    30 minutes ago, Sammo said:

    Very nice - is that the A90J?

    Got an A80J earlier this year and absolutely love it - has an older but grunty Onkyo TX-RZ800 and Image speakers to keep it company.

    Actually no, I have an A80J also, amazing TV. I couldn't justify the price difference to the 90 given that you get very little for the extra money, and nothing that was relevant to me.

    Pro tip: if you have your TV hardwired to your home LAN (rather than WiFi) then grab yourself one of these (Amazon link), plug it in to the rear USB3 connection, swap your ethernet cable over, and upgrade your connection from 100Mb/s to 1Gb/s, inexplicably many modern smart TV's only come with 100 meg NIC's, including both the A80/90J's... smh. Disney+ over gigabit internet, via a gigabit adaptor, in glorious Dolby Vision + Atmos is astonishing and it can't hit its peak bitrate over a 100 meg connection.

     

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    Ooft yes, the Onkyo fanboi force is strong, I love(d) mine... currently Denon are edging on specs though. Perhaps I should wait? I'm getting by, and am very impressed, with my new Sony 4K OLED that uses the screen itself as speakers... that's some pretty impressive tech, the bass is astonishing. But no 5.1 so my speakers are sitting idle.

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    I'm looking to buy a new amp/receiver, my 13yo 100% awesome Onkyo now goes into power protection mode 😢- I can land an 8k Denon replacement from Australia, that's with AU$260 shipping, for NZ$500 less than I can get one in NZ. There is absolutely no logic that can justify that, with or without GST shenanigans.

     

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    2 minutes ago, Matt said:

    Haha if I had more time and space then putting it back to stock and selling all the parts separately would probably be the best option, but I'm sadly short on both space and time!

    Bugger! 😉

    But hey, if it doesn't sell quickly enough for you I'd seriously entertain swapping some stuff on to mine with cash your way, allowing you to reduce your asking price. I'd even do all the work (carefully of course). Long shot I know but keep the offer in your back pocket, you never know.

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    1 hour ago, Matt said:

    Soooo... After 3+ years of ownership (and way too much money spent on mods 😅), I've kind of been hankering for a bit of a change, so with the cheaper listings today on trademe, I decided to list my 130i for sale. I might be biased but must be one of the best of its kind, along with @Jacko's.

    I'll add more details in the listing when I get a chance this weekend, but most of the details are in my showroom thread too. I've priced it somewhat optimistically, but I don't think you could replicate it for this price so will see if any interest comes in.

    Listing here... https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3725261859?bof=eCbHFMa8

    Feel free to PM me here too if you're interested

    It's an epic car, a great build and I'd love all those bits. It's going to take a very, very particular buyer at 18k though, I hope you've got time, and patience. Regardless, GLWS!

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    2 hours ago, Spinner99 said:

    Question of the day - how long does it take to change a lightbulb on a BMW? :) 

    If it's at an authorised BMW workshop then you may need to pay for a full hour of labour, but with that you'll get a description of the fault readout (no you can't get a copy), and a list of remedial parts that may or may not need replacing.

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    3 hours ago, Antallica said:

    Could be keen.

    What tyre sizes do you guys run on your 130's? Looked it up and found a few sizes, like the one below.

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    IIRC we've just had that discussion, in this thread I think. Have a look back over the last 5 or so pages, post back if you don't find the relevant info.

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    31 minutes ago, Jun said:

    Has anybody used it for Japanese cars?  Is there a difference with Japanese cars aside from the navigation?  Our M5 is a Japanese import.  I would prefer for someone who has coded a Japanese based bmw, and pay them.  As it's a one time code anyway, but I couldn't get anyone locally in Wellington to do it.  

    Will work fine on Japanese imports, I'm sure there are Wellington members here that have a means to code for you.

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    Auckland City BMW told me, with a degree of confidence, that no recalls had ever been performed on my 130i, in NZ or Japan.

    So at least that dealer can apparently see a central, international, database. Or they lied to me. Perhaps that's for recalls only?

    When I purchased the M3 way back in the early 00's Team McMillan gave me the names and phone numbers of the two previous owners, as well as all the service history. 😂 Oh, how times have changed!

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    Those gaudy headlights. Just no.

    The front panel and grills are pre-facelift, not updated, but the bumper is on wrong. Not sure about that rear trim, in some of the pics it looks okay but in others, yes, far too shiny. The seats have been re-trimmed well, they are particularly difficult seats to do properly, but yeah, those logos will not appeal to many (although BMW themselves picked up that trend in later cars).

    I've seen worse, it's a pity the Aus market is so different to ours, it's unlikely to provide an indicative value.

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    1 hour ago, Gaz said:

    I honestly don't see a problem with it. What other means is that bmw can now sell a 3 series for say $40k (prob not but just a random figure) with no features meaning you open up the market to more buyers. They then add features they see applicable to themselves. There are so many people out there who tell me daily, I don't use/care/want any of this stuff and just want to drive

    Perhaps they could answer that market by delivering a vehicle that doesn't include the crap they don't want? And the 316ti was the sub $40k BMW that got people into a BMW, I bet those owners weren't clamouring to subscribe to heated seats, their mortgage wouldn't let them.

    And surely at some stage someone's going to point out that installing crap that may never be used is going to break some law of sustainability.

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    Yes, secondary market (used) vehicles present an interesting set of scenarios, if you sell a car with heated seats, does it actually come with heated seats, etc.

    But my IT manager had an interesting take in this today when I shared it with him (other than rolling his eyes). In most cases it's different to a (for example) software subscription (which is becoming the norm). With most software subscriptions you have nothing before you subscribe, you're not carrying any load. With this ridiculous car features subscription, in most cases, you've already paid for it, it's just not activated. If I subscribe to heated seats for a month it's not that a technician comes out to install the heating elements when I subscribe, and returns to remove them when my subscription lapses.

    So, if I pay for the equipment up front, and I'm paying gas to haul the equipment around, why aren't I entitled to use that equipment? And if I don't intend to pay extra to use that equipment, why did I have to pay for it up front, and why do I have to pay to carry it around? Surely, if the manufacturer feels entitled to charge me to use it, I should be entitled to have them remove the dead weight I can't use.

    It's moronic in the extreme but, once they all do it it will become the norm, and incremental deception will have won again. It's anti-consumer and BMW should be ashamed for being a part of it.

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    2 hours ago, Choo said:

    Would anyone happen to know how much it costs to fix the condensation issue on headlights & rear lights? Just wanted to get an indication before I walk into a mechanic's shop. What I've read online makes this seem too complicated for me 😛 

    It will depend on what has failed, do all of your corners have condensation?

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