M3AN
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130i, I've been convinced. Just enough power to be fun, just enough utility to be practical and basic enough that it won't cost you a bomb to maintain.
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Last word much Jon? ?
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Yes, I think this was the very first one I looked at in Oct/Nov last year. Was boxed in, gave the guy my number and he never got back to me. I think it was $15k at the time which I wasn't going to pay anyway. There was something else about it that was wrong I think, I just can't recall what.
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I picked up a wood trim set from Zebra for $10... missing one RHS door handle trim, but still, ten bucks. If I hadn't wrapped it in Alcantara I'd swap it with yours. Hadn't realised you were looking for it.
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Yep, I'm on the same page with you there ^ and yes, if you've not got the backing of a dealer and aren't installing crap parts you're being squeezed. It's the "proper" indies that will suffer.
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Somewhere in the NZ supply chain someone is making a killing on genuine parts, the service counter cost is criminal. I assume that the dealers take a reasonable cut of that margin, which would somewhat offset any low margin labour considerations. It's difficult to look at a BMW dealer and think "low margin" when we can compare the extortionate price of parts locally to the exact same part from the US or Europe.
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Surely that's offset by the margin on genuine parts though? For the dealership network that is, not the indies.
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@HalfJobHarry, your engagement and enthusiasm is welcome but I think your estimates are optimistic. You're using "best case scenario" numbers and that's not realistic for an operating business, "best case" rarely materialises. If you're doing a one-off, love it and run it thing then sure, a couple of hours might do it. But if you're visiting a pro you need to factor in space, opportunity cost, setup, consumables, labour, pack down and clean, breakage and loss, etc, etc. I do however think that NZ prices are higher than they should be on the trade/used/parts/recycled market.
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SHOW US MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ????????
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Any demand for an E87 (and similar) leaky washer bottle DIY?
M3AN replied to HalfJobHarry's topic in Maintenance
Interesting, there's 2 x E87's at Zebra Onahunga if you're close, might be worth the $2 entry to see if they had bottles intact? Also consider pattern parts from China, if certain components are not prone to failure then it may be worth getting new. It might be easier (and cheaper?) to start your DIY journey with photos rather than videos. -
Any demand for an E87 (and similar) leaky washer bottle DIY?
M3AN replied to HalfJobHarry's topic in Maintenance
Please do... I wasn't aware it was a common problem but if it is I'm likely to be a candidate. -
Shame on you! Now tell us more! ??
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To be fair, if you're not picky about the brand of muffler, only the fit and sound, then I'm sure there are a couple of exhaust shops in Thames that could sort you out, it would be well less than 2 hours work. Call around, check out your options, worst case Hamilton. Just tell them you want something no louder than stock.
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The point you seemed to have missed Jon is that I didn't break any rules. This is an obvious case of administrative overreach, perhaps your time would be better spent on solving that problem? Your various replies seem utterly tone-deaf (hence my facepalm emoji). You could start by undoing the damage caused when I was inappropriately banned by restoring all my threads. Then we could have a chat about respect.
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Best price I've seen for a 130i so far... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2636240744.htm Looks to be a unique spec too, BMW Individual programme perhaps?
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If they had white stitching, and were a little more realistic price-wise I'd be quite interested in them, direct swap.
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Slight concern on the way back from Karaka today when this came on... Which lead to... Exhaust VANOS solenoid on the way out, common problem. Cleared the code, went for a drive, code didn't come back... New ones are ~$225 each so I think I'll take them out and clean them first to see how that goes.
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Yeah, that does sound as I'd expect it to, pity about the drone... can't use a different gear?
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This, as long as they can access it easily from the front of your property. If they have to knock or disturb you you'll probably hate it.
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Does look sharp... doing young 12's with only the trans flash, on street tyres? That's pretty sweet.
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I reckon that unless the engine's about to detonate you couldn't lose. If I were local I'd own it, just for the sake of it.
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I agree Dan, even if it cost you 3k more to get it mint you'd still walk away laughing.
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I respect your opinion, it's shared by some others as well. In the UK some call them "dumbo mirrors" (edit: wrong, that's a reference to a different mirror) and yep, they are bigger although those photos aren't actually a good representation because I failed at getting the angle/distance/perspective the same which does make the new ones look bigger than they are. Like a variety of bits and pieces I'm not wedded to them yet but will give them a chance. Because they're for an M3 I'm pretty confident they'll make the car go faster. ?
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Yeah, got a new job last year and decided to upgrade the daily. Priced the 328 to sell and it went to a forum member within 24h of listing it. With the work done it was a good base for a manual conversion track hack which is what the new owner is intending. I'd link to the thread with the story but the incompetence of the mods/admins/whoever here mean that it's no longer available.
