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Your garage Graham? ??

Cool trophy! Is the bumper support brace composite? Same on all e46's do you know?

"Surface rust" seems to be a UK term that means "the whole thing is riddled with rust but I'm sure it's not structural and you should trust me". Rust is rust. And if it's in one place, it's sure to be in others.

That's interesting.

But how did he get the oxygen into the tank without blowing himself up? The acetylene (assuming it was actually that) can explosively decompose at pressures way less than required to fill an LPG tank (and without a regulator?!?). How did he even get it in his car? Such an amazing story of both achievement and fail.

Absolutely that would be fraud if they were doing it intentionally, probably even if it wasn't intentional. The warranty company didn't provide mechanical insurance for a faulty car, only a good one.

He needs an award for actually filling the two together and transporting it! I wonder what the mixture really was. But yeah, Darwin Award.

It is however ripping off the warranty company, possibly insurance fraud. But haven't they rejected the claim as pre-existing? That's certainly the correct call if they have.

Yeah, turn my $30 ticket for driving 4km/h over the limit into a $280 ticket. Great. Not.

I still get speed camera tickets with my germanplates.com plates... so they can certainly be read!

$20k with two photos. And terrible rake.

Oh please Andrew it's West Epsom now!

Let me put it like this; I paid just over $115 for BMW coolant when I replaced the radiator on the M3 (full flush). I paid just under $40 to do the 328's radiator (full flush). I have a similar amount of both coolants left. So yes, my experience was about 4 times the cost. Without the discount the difference is double but that's still significant and that was the point I was trying to make, contrary to the claims that they cost a similar amount. I didn't intend my "400%" to be a flashpoint, forgive me for that.

Yep, and I got it 40% off so that's $3 per litre mixed. https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/nulon-long-life-anti-freeze-anti-boil-concentrate---6-litre/384350.html?cgid=SCN01070601#segment=1&page=1 There's no doubt in my mind the BMW stuff is crazy expensive.

Are you trying to install the regulator with the sliders on it? Grease sliders and install in rail, install regulator, clip sliders to regulator, profit.

I was in and liked his post hours ago, like a ninja bro. Keep up. ? Anyway, never dissed the car, only the seller until I realised it was TM's fault. I want to see more of this one.

Nice, is that from Hamilton? Very interested to hear your impressions.

As I said earlier, and I won't argue the point further, you shouldn't even be using your warranty. This has the potential to go south fast, I hope it doesn't.

^ well, in a normal world one of those assets depreciates and the other appreciates.

I wish people would install the side indicators on these things on the correct side.

Ahh, I get it now. I thought (read: assumed) that if you selected (for example) 'Sport Plus' then everything would go into that mode. Now I see there a multiple permutations; engine+suspension+steering. Hopefully you don't need to adjust all three separately if you want to change overall mode. And no, my M3 only has one mode - 'get in and drive'. It has 3 driver assist functions: power steering, anti-lock brakes and (when it's working) climate control. Just how I like it. It's in permanent "track mode". Edit: and actually the non-M Performance skirts (on the black one) look much better than the (no-doubt expensive) M Performance ones on the white one.

Anyone think they're fugly? I think the gangster wheels look ridiculous and the M Performance skirts on white one make it look totally poverty spec. The shoulder "wings" on the front seats also look contrived. Front half of the back one looks like an old, cheap Holden from the side. And why does the black one have two seperate "Sport Plus" modes?

And you could nearly throw a wheel between your two houses! Maybe it's contagion by proximity? If so, I'm soon.

You're correct John that all of this needs to be taken into consideration. And the law in New Zealand is clear that it is the dealer's responsibility to take all that into consideration before selling a vehicle. That's to say that if they purchase/import a vehicle with an engine that "has issues" then they're accountable for making sure those "issues" don't cause a purchaser any problems in a "reasonable" timeframe. In the case where the issues are foreseeable (perhaps because it's a weak engine) then that increases the dealer's responsibility because they're trade experts. I do get your point but the law falls squarely on the side of the consumer here and that's how it should be. There's no profit without risk. This is also why I say that a vehicle that requires a cert shouldn't be able to have the ownership transferred without a cert.

A lot more than 1000 km's if it's significant problem. Even if a clutch went at 1000 km's the dealer would be responsible unless they could prove abuse. Used car dealers don't make money without risk, they carry the risk of the used car being of acceptable quality and free of faults for a reasonable time. "Acceptable" and "reasonable" are deliberately subjective and the favour falls on the buyer which is how it should be.