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Yeah, I spied that one too... the only thing that really concerns me is the excessive wear and tear on the interior, it looks a little abused to me. I think you'd need to see it in person to determine whether a quick spruce-up would do the trick.

FUNFIV? 😂

Loving the interior colour, nice acquisition, welcome to the forum. 😊

That's an awful lot of car for 21k, surely you could pay that, drive it for a couple of years, and then get your money back?

Put some wheels that actually look good on your current car and be done with it, it will feel like a new car every time you walk up to it, it's amazing what nice wheels will do to a car. And N52, enough said. Keep the $25k+ change and be smug.

You'd have to really love the e36 to spend upwards of 10k on one considering you could get a considerably more modern e46 or e8/9x with low km's in manual for far less than 20k, and they're all superior vehicles, vastly in some cases. I'm not sure paying for nostalgia, for anything other than an M-car, is wise money.

As above, just import a Behr radiator, they're the OE supplier anyway. I got mine from FCP and it couldn't have been easier. Consider a lower temp thermo switch and thermostat if you're tracking the car, I went down to 88*C IIRC and removed the clutch fan which has been fine.

Yes, it's not even in the country yet. Photos look like they were taken using a digital camera made at the same time as the car. Seat and steering wheel wear looks far in excess of the claimed mileage of the vehicle, caveat emptor, especially as it's unlikely to come with service history and it's an early example.

Yeah, looks like they just nicked the curb when parking.

I give them points for trying on the interior, they'll need a few versions to get it right. As for the exterior? 🤮 They need to start copying someone else (VAG will do) because they've lost their way entirely. They have found a way though to make a meh car look terrible. Bangle would be better, can he come back?

There are some lovely wheels there @euroriffic!

"Sold pending payment"

Really? They're that fragile? Genuine or not, I wouldn't be interested. If they can't live up to NZ roads then they're simply not suitable for NZ roads.

All four wheels buckled? I wouldn't bother repairing them, they're obviously poorly made. Get new wheels...

No idea who that would be.

Remove and test the throttle position sensor, cleaning mine fixed my erratic idle. As for the flat spots, check for any ECU codes, especially hidden (secondary) codes, you'll need to use INPA or DIS for that, not a consumer code reader.

Does anyone know where this plate lives now? MPOWR It the original personalised plate that my M3 wore and it's no longer available but it still traces back to my car meaning it's never been re-registered on a legit car. It might well be sitting pretty pinned to somebody's garage wall, and fair game, but it would be nice to track it down. It would be worth a bit now. As a matter of interest "MPOWER" also has an interesting (Mercedes!) provenance and has disappeared.

It was away for a month or two and came back $10k more expensive! 😂

For a race/track car I think KB is heading you in the right direction, 3.9x+ is it, 3.6x is totally comfortable for the street, unnecessarily comfortable for the track! I've not spec'd cams but the guys in the UK swear by the effort required to go under bucket shims, if you're going for hot cams you might as well do it once and do it properly. I think about 276 is the most you can go without and I imagine you'll want more than that if you're going proper hot... by then you'll also need to consider VANOS.

😶😮 That just gave me a nose bleed.

Surely that must go for more than $25k, GLWS. Listed on the same day, for $60k: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3118113298 🤣 No. BTW, your side indicators are on the wrong side... 😉

I've just jumped from a 3.23 to 3.64 in my Evo and the difference makes up for everything the S54 gives you, it's quite the experience. And I assume you have these guys on your radar if you want cams: http://www.catcams.com/welcome.aspx - their shitty site tech prevents deep links but just look up the (Euro) S50B32, they have numerous options.

Now that's ^ a proper grill. That whole package is real sexy.

That's rank. I'd find another insurer and tell your existing insurer that this is the reason you're leaving.

Wut? 🤔 They want you to pay the rest of a year's insurance on a vehicle that they no longer need to insure? That's BS, don't accept it at all.