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Oft, why would you spend that much to make your tyres look more black? For how long? And you need to dilute and have a means to apply? Seriously, unless you need a multi-month concours car that's just wasting money. Just use something spray-on for short term, or rubber nugget (like the shoe stuff) for longer term if you need it. Save $$$.

I'd just wrap them up, surely they're less dangerous than wielding a laptop. I'm sure they don't come with handling instructions, they don't have sharp edges. Interesting question nevertheless, and given that Customs seem to have the authority to arbitrarily and unilaterally apply subjective rules, it's probably a valid one! Let us know what you do, and how you get on.

I avoid the Apple ecosystem like the plague, being told how to use my tech, and being tracked whilst using it, is the worst consumption model I can think of. The irony with the the Unix thing is that both macOS and iOS are Unix. The proprietary nature of Apple tech, and their arrogance, breaks more things than necessary. They need to join the Apple Developer Programme... sure you don't get a lot of time but a couple of months preview should be enough. https://developer.apple.com/programs/ A large part of the problem automakers face is that they've built their digital platform also on proprietary tech... they've done if for competitive advantage but it's both dumb and unsustainable. They didn't learn the hard lesson mobile phone manufacturers like Nokia and Motorola have already demonstrated. Silly boys and girls.

45% off at Repco again... https://www.repco.co.nz/en/oils-fluids/engine-oils-fluids/engine-oil/castrol-edge-5w-40-a3-b4-engine-oil-5l-3421235/p/A1331904

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.

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.

Back, but more expensive again at $149 although still a good deal IMO. This one loses the rubber bumper case (which is a bummer), but upgrade the carry case dramatically. https://www.repco.co.nz/en/globes-batteries-electrical/battery-chargers-power-accessories/car-battery-chargers/ctek-12v-5-amp-battery-charger-value-pack-40-516/p/A6212866?

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.

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.

Reward sex?

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.

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.

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.

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!

As per the feedback you received over on 'Cutters, you're fine, the slots are 100% well within the safe range of motion... or they'd be shorter.

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.

It's not new but put a sim driver in a real car? Not sure how much IRL drifting he's done.

Sharp price, GLWS.

Good luck and work on the pump, well done on all accounts. A hundy is very reasonable for those door cards, I recall the original offer was some way off that so good score!

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.

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

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!

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.

Yeah, agree with many comments above, I don't think it's a vs thing, they're different cars for different purposes. As a street/road car the 130 is really good, for high HP ambitions the 135 is a great platform, one doesn't negate the other.

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.