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After clear front indicators and tail lights for an E36 coupe. PM me if you have some you want to sell! EDIT: Please no offers of chrome / altezza style lights!

Seen this one? 2001 NZ 323i MANUAL $19,990

Click the members name who posted it... Look what he is selling. All class! All of the cars discussed in this thread are hideous.

NZ New will have better resale. The market is currently flooded with imports

I think the factory may have made it stiff for a reason. Not everyone can handle the brutal thrust of a 320i at kickdown...

Hi friends I am taking part in a charity bike ride on 20th August to raise funds for Mute Tourette's Syndrome. A friend has a 7yr old son that suffers from this and we are raising funds to pay for a years therapy. Mute Tourette's Syndrome has long been in the shadow of its more famous sister disease, 'Tourette's Syndrome', and although much rarer, is even more tragic in its consequences. While a child suffering from Tourette's has difficulty in containing its anger and frustration, a child with Mute Tourette's suffers a worse fate, and is unable to express their true feelings. There is, however, an answer. A great deal has been achieved by the Mute Tourette's Foundation using new art therapy techniques. However, their work can only continue with your help. Just $2.50 will keep a child supplied with crayons for a whole day. $10.00 will provide them with enough paper for a week. I would be extremely grateful to anyone who feels able to help such a deserving cause. Many Thanks in advance. Below is a picture to demonstrate how the donations received so far have been put to good use. Many Thanks

I agree. Its sad to see so many kiwi's still having the old chip on the shoulder mentalilty.

Good on you for venting your anger. But, what will you do / acheive if you find out who this person is?

Now, back on topic... This looks like a nice car. Aluminium trim (so much nicer than wood!), black, NZ new and manual! I wonder what he wants for it though. I personally wouldn't go more than $26k. Looks quite tidy, but I wouldn't rush into an import unless it was a really good buy. It has been "seriously for sale" for quite some time!!! It has an SMG gearbox, which is undesirable and can be harder to get rid of than AIDS. It is overpriced when you compare it to this NZ 330i in red, one of the best buys at the mo. If you offered, say, $26k you never know your luck. At the end of the day, its up to you. As mentioned previously, if you want a manual you will need to pay a premium for it. I would wait for a nice NZ example to turn up. If you want a jappa, they are being auctioned cheaply at Turners just about daily. In the current market, you could probably bag what you are after quite cheaply. Don't be afraid to make a "silly" offer.

I would prefer manual in most cases. But why, if it is so much better, do so few people order manuals from the factory?

Yes, I know someone that owned a MB C180, which was imported from Japan with an AMG body kit and C43 AMG badges. The muppets in compliance registered it as a 1995 Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG... I've also seen a 318i registered as a BMW 3 Series M.

How much?

Yes, think I may have to get rid of it! I had a Nokia, and this is supposedly an upgrade... Yeah right! What is the status with iPhone's on the Telecom network?

I find it difficult to comprehend what you are saying. If you want a quality answer on here, put some time into ensuring your post is firstly logical and (to please some people) also use proper grammar. Insurance payouts do take time. Claiming within a few days of getting cover will almost certainly trigger some alarm bells. However, if you find yourself in a sticky situation with an insurer, your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Community Law Centre should point you in the right direction.

Heaps of Dinan stuff is available cheaply on eBay

I have a Telecom Okta Touch (a.k.a HTC Touch) phone. Does anyone on here know where I can download software / games for free? Was googling a few sites, but they looked dodgy. Is there a risk of loading a virus on my phone by downloading something like this to the phone? I would download it onto my PC, then transfer to the phone via USB. Also, what do you guys think of these phones? As a "phone" i've been pretty disappointed. Its tricky to text on, voice quality is average and battery life is terrible. Keep waiting for Telecom to launch a new Nokia, but I think I could be waiting some time!!!

I can hear the sound clip, but would need to witness an "old person" not being able to hear it to be convinced.

I pity the fools that buy these!!! Oh, the Q&A section is a bit of a laugh

Link WTF? What a load of crap. I would love to see how these claims are substantiated. Oh, and it costs just $2,200!

All part of the "look"???

Welcome. Sounds like you have a lot planned for this car. I hope you bought it cheaply! As for wheels, good on you for holding off for the right ones. I'd say keep it BMW, there are lots of tasteful MSport designs out there. Some bargains can be had buying off boy racers who are upgrading to ghastly chromies or the like. Is the paint really that bad? I wouldn't expect an E46 requiring a full respray. Another HOT gunmetal, is the new Mercedes Benz shade. It looks stunning on the C63 AMG's. From memory it is called palladium silver.

'I've played with Mosley so I know how far to push him,' says S&M mistress Enduring 12 strokes of the birch, or administering them to a sexual partner, creates the "best feeling in the world", according to the woman who organised sado-masochistic sex sessions for the motorsport boss, Max Mosley. The woman, identified in court only as A, was giving evidence on the second day of the High Court trial in London in which Mr Mosley is suing the News of the World for invasion of privacy and defamation after it published articles, photographs and video footage showing Mr Mosley engaged in sado-masochistic role play. The woman was asked by David Sherborne, representing Mr Mosley, whether she agreed with the newspaper's description of the S&M sex sessions as "grotesque" and "brutal". She replied: "For us, they're certainly not grotesque. Brutal - definitely not. It's consenting adults and because I've played with him so much I know how much I can push him. You set yourself a certain level - 12 cane strokes - and once that number has been set you want to get there. "It's like being in a competition. You want to win the race. It's the feeling you get afterwards - it's the best feeling in the world." She also compared it with the "challenge" of running a marathon, and said that the adults involved in these sessions are "like children playing cowboys and indians". Mr Mosley has admitted paying five women 500 each to join in a "party" that involved military jackets and caps, striped prisoners' uniforms and beatings. During part of the session, he and a German woman - Woman B - pretended to be prison guards, speaking in German and dealing out "punishment" to women who posed as prisoners. The session was described by the News of the World as a "sick Nazi orgy", but Mr Mosley denies it had any Nazi theme. "Had I wanted a Nazi scene, I would have said I wanted one and A would have got some of the inexpensive Nazi stuff from the joke shop that provides uniforms and would not have gone to Marks & Spencer and got quite expensive jackets," he said. Woman B, speaking with a strong German accent, said she was wearing a Luftwaffe jacket that she had bought years earlier in Camden Market, together with a suspender belt, stockings and black patent leather high-heeled shoes. But she too denied that the scene had any Nazi connotations. "It is an insult and offence if a newspaper equates German with being Nazi - my grandparents were not members of that party," she said. "It makes me so cross and angry."Mr Mosley said speaking German had added to the excitement of the sexual role play. "German also somehow sounds appropriate for a bossy, dominant character. It is a harsh-sounding, rather than a romantic, language," he said. He also complained that the News of the World report on 30 March "destroyed my entire life and that of my family". But the women involved, whose identities are protected by a court order, appeared to be enjoying the day, to the extent that Mark Warby QC, representing the News of the World, called them "a giggling gaggle." When Mr Sherborne produced as an exhibit a prisoner costume used in the sex session, A burst into laughter in the witness box and told him: "It suits you." She then apologised to the judge for her levity. Another of the women, D, also laughed as she gave evidence about the pleasures of sado-masochistic sex. "It's something I enjoy and I don't see why I shouldn't practice it in my own personal space," she said. Asked whether it was painful, she replied: "Yes, but in a good way - painful but not excruciating. I would rather be doing CP (corporal punishment) a long way over going to the dentist." Mr Mosley also said that in January he was warned by the Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, that a rival within the sport was having him investigated. On 26 February he had lunch with Sir John Stevens, the former head of the Metropolitan Police, who warned him: "You should be very careful, because you are being investigated." Mr Mosley then added: "Either it was simply a coincidence and the News of the World stumbled on it, or the people who were investigating me ... tipped off woman E," he said. - THE INDEPENDENT

Someone always spoils the fun...

Yes, I learnt this the hard way with an E34 I owned a few years ago!

And one in Wellington too... A little bit dearer though!