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Read that and thought to myself 'what on Earth were the drivers immediately behind him doing?' - After about 1km I'd 1st put my lights on high, 2nd sit on my horn, 3rd overtake him and motion him to pull over, 4th give him a piece of my mind. I might have thought to dial *555 somewhere in there too. Drivers blindly following a fool like this are just as culpable.

Email both Mr. VANOS (the UK one) and Raj at Beisan and ask what they have in the parts bin, you might be pleasantly surprised (I was).

^ Interesting but I think as expected. Be careful using that in the future, the next stage of failure will be the aluminium tearing at the outside of the bend and when that happens it will fail catastrophically and quickly.

ABS is a death sentence at speed on unsealed roads. You need the brakes to lock so the tyres clear a path and dig down to something they can hold on to.

Not most auto journalists... at least I hope not! BMW's marketing hype about double VANOS is pretty unambiguous about being continuously variable.

Excessive speed often kills. But equating excessive speed to 4 or 10 kmh over is almost irresponsible.

Unfortunately his comprehension of VANOS is an utter fail.

Hi Evan. Steering rack is ace, would never look back and couldn't have it any other way now. Normal e36 M3 steering feels woefully loose in comparison. Nothing negative to say about it. Colour matching head unit is also a must!

Sabine is just an awesome name... reminds me of a few nights I had in Paris... wow.

There's no assurance these actually came out of a BMW, they could have been adapted to suit and therefore have custom "rails". Rails in this car referring to the part the mounts to the floor and the part(s) that mount to the seat and yes, you've guessed correctly that it was a reference to how the seats adjust. I'm simply not familiar with the mechanics of an E30 M3 seat was hoping to learn a little more about these ones, from the seller or others, I'm not picky!

At $2,300 I'd be stupid to assume anything. And they don't look like standard rails, they look like sliders only but I may be wrong, that's why I'm asking.

What type of adapters/rails do they have? Are they in Chch?

That's quite cool and the 3/8" is impact rated too.

TBH the difference can be as much as $50 for 5 litres, nobody should pay retail for off the shelf oil. And the reason why, well the oil manufacturer says it's just dandy... and that's a pretty good reason. I'm not saying your decision is wrong, just that there's a justification for a different decision. Many S54's have gone 'bang' using only TWS also.

I reckon just do it!

Please share the results, they'll be devoured by the internet. Castrol themselves say SN EDGE is equivalent to TWS. Most (myself included) do not believe they make TWS with unicorn blood.

Any hydraulics shop can hook you up with custom lines, should be easy to find one central. I can't recommend one but it's a pretty simple ask, difficult to screw up.

Would have had more impact if you'd spelled "replace" correctly...

Semi-slicks?

I am beer's biggest fan!

Yes they pulse but only the earliest systems actually lock. Even if they did lock the duration would be so infinitesimal that any tyre marks left on the road would be unidentifiable. Pics or it didn't happen.

Sweet, thanks for monitoring FS thread and answering questions.

So, how does that work?

People.

Don't you do that on the weekends bro? WTF?