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Turners link Going on previous experience, 99% of the time reserve is the middle point between the estimations. In this case i'm guessing $1,100 (est. $600 - $1,600). Ripped seats and hard to tell general condition from the photos, but surely is will be a good buy for someone...

Actually, I thought they would earn a lot more than that. Think of how much revenue they create for the show and magazine.

Between them, they have shrugged off criticism for ramming a 300-year-old chestnut tree, sipping gin and tonics at the wheel of a car and dashing to the North Pole in a gas-guzzling 4x4. But it seems the testosterone-fuelled harmony of Britain's leading trio of petrolheads is in danger of disintegrating over the delicate matter of who is paid what to present Top Gear. While Jeremy Clarkson, the denim-clad high priest of the UK's unreconstructed middle-aged males, makes a reputed £1 million ($2.6m) a year to host the BBC's hugely popular and lucrative motoring programme, his co-presenters, Richard Hammond and James May, have long been relegated to a lower pay bracket of about £15,000 per show. But after Hammond, 38, crashed a jet-powered dragster at more than 322km/h and May, 45, branched out with a BBC2 series alongside oenophile Oz Clarke, there are now fears they may be about to leave Top Gear by refusing to sign new contracts. Negotiations between the presenters and BBC managers are understood to have ground to a halt after they insisted their irreverent brand of weekly worship of the combustion engine deserved similar financial reward to that of Clarkson, 48, whose stream of books, DVDs and newspaper columns earned him £1.7m ($4.4m) last year. Agents for both men are believed to have argued they have emerged from the leather blouson-shaped shadow of Clarkson because of the response to Hammond's near-fatal crash in 2006 and May's success in Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure. BBC managers say Top Gear remains their main "shop window" and they should be paid less than their co-host. The current series of Top Gear is to end shortly and, although the team is contracted for a 12th series later this year, all plans for subsequent runs of the show have been put on hold. A source close to the negotiations said: "Richard and James are adamant they will no longer be second rankers to Jeremy on this. They feel they all have similar profiles now and should be receiving similar fees. It is possible one of them, or both, might feel compelled to leave." A BBC spokeswoman said: "We never comment on specific contract negotiations." Since its arrival in 1995, Top Gear has become one of the BBC's most loved and profitable franchises, with multiple spin-offs including a magazine and a road show. Despite falling foul of critics and regulators for some of their more irresponsible stunts, the adventures of Stig, the enigmatic test driver, and the programme's excoriating reviews of some mass-production hatchbacks are screened in 28 countries from Denmark to Ukraine. It has a global audience of more than 200 million, and deals have recently been signed for the US and Australia to make their own versions. Last month, Clarkson signed a new deal with BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, which is thought to give him a share of the profits made from Top Gear's international sales. The pay wrangle comes at a bad time for the corporation in its efforts to retain its leading talent after a review by the BBC Trust of the salaries of stars. The report concluded: "The BBC has to be prepared to walk away from deals that do not offer good value." - INDEPENDENT

Especially when it sounds like the original poster knows nothing about hedge funds. How can you siphon money into them through government policy???

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I was just imagining what sort of muppet would own it. I'm pretty confident that I'm probably correct too Are you part of the wigga crew also?

Has someone welded an ironing board on top of the boot?

I bet it's owned by some short teenaged little white boy with a big baggy white t-shirt and a flat peaked cap on semi-sideways.

Yeah, I've seen the American one which is funny. But what is funny about the New Zealand one? Are we supposed to be laughing at our stupidy?

May I ask why people make comments like this in a for sale thread? It seems to be something that happens quite regularly... If you have no intention of buying, why would you make such a comment?

Apparently he is a new type of Chuck Norris, and some have said "he doesn't dance to the music, the music dances to Techno Viking."

WTF? I'm confused. What is supposed to be funny about this?

This is hilarious!

Also good if ya Mrs. is into touch parking!

I've mentioned this in threads before, my phobia of high kms relates to resale. So, you go and buy that M5 for $42,500 at a current 114k. In two years time you go to sell it and it has done 150k. I don't think 150k is high, but the majority of the car buying public does. This can be credited to the amount of crap that crosses our border with far from genuine mileage - cars that do less than 5,000k a year? Give me a break... Anyway, this means your 150k M5 needs to be marketed at a considerably lower price (than one done under 100k) in order to attract a buyer. I've experienced this first hand when trying to sell cars which have done more than 150k, unless they are cheap, no one wants to know about it. Three years ago I had a very nice ex UK 1985 323i manual coupe. It had done 210,000 miles but drove very very well. I was only asking $1,800 and the first three potential buyers who looked at it and drove it loved it. They couldn't bring themselves to buy it due to what was on the speedo! Luckily I found a BMW "enthusiast" who paid the asking price on the spot. I think its far worse for large modern (post 1990) european cars. I would be scared shitless owing an E38 which has done high kms, due to maintenance / repair costs (whether genuine or imagined). Especially in a day in age where parts aren't fixed, but replaced at an often huge cost. I could only own one with mechanical breakdown insurance / warranty, which excludes anything which has travelled more than 120 or so kms (depending on policy). I guess i'm a special example, as the longest I've owned one car is 8 months. However, if I was looking at buying something to keep long term, I wouldn't be too concerned about kms. Also, I think once a car is classic (i.e. more than 20 years old) kms do not matter at all. If one of my great plans comes to fruition I will be hunting for a nice 80's 930 911 some time soon, with a car of this age, condition is far more important than kms.

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Hmmm... highish kms. Not a bad price considering what others have been listed for. But, in saying that you could have one helluva E39 540i for $40k!

Looks like you have given it a lot of thought. Good work.

I guess with the way petrol prices are, the premium a 325i has over a 318i is getting smaller and smaller. Especially as the majority of E30 buyers aren't the wealthiest people around. If you want to shift it quick, id say ask $3k, but if you aren't in a rush I wouldn't change the price too much. But, you should take a leap of faith and list at $1 reserve. You could very well end up getting a great price, whilst shifting it quickly. Some other members on here have had great success selling E30's this way.

May I ask what your motivation is for joining the force?

How much is "cheap"?

The whole "protest" annoys the hell out of me. Even more so the blind support the majority of the public is giving truck drivers. Increased costs is a fact of life. What makes them feel they need to be told before something goes up in price? The only reason this happens in real life is marketing. Air NZ recently announced they were putting up prices. They had no requirement to do so, but made a press release to soften the blow when fares increased (the old, we told you it was happening trick) and also to give shareholders a bit more faith about covering the losses from increased fuel costs. Poor truck drivers - give me a break! From what I gather, truck drivers are very well paid for what they do. As someone mentioned earlier, they are a bit like farmers, whinging about how hard life is when really they get extremely well rewarded for their efforts. If life was so tough for truck drivers, why are most of them still doing it? The logical thing to do would be moving to another industry. The fact that this isn't happening can only suggest its not such a bad line of work to be in. I have the same issue with school teachers striking, or anyone striking for that matter. Anyway, why are they so concerned about rising RUC's? It doesn't effect their take home pay each week. As they said it gets passed onto the consumer, and in most cases the individual truckies don't pay for RUC's, the trucking companies do. What rubs me up the wrong way is the amount of muppets out there shouting "go the truckies!". Most of them don't even know the details of what they are protesting about. It's the pathetic old kiwi battler / any excuse to amongst and cause a fuss syndrome. Also the rant most of you are having about welfare is pathetic. Are you economists? Have you looked at the actual data? I openly am quite right wing in my views but I don't go out there and shout about immigrants or lazy dole bludgers. If you think its really that bad, please do us all a favour and leave NZ. You could try one of the Scandinavian countries that has very high tax and welfare payments, but happy citizens and a productive economy. You could also try the good old USA, where if you have no job you will get eaten up by the system and have nothing - the flow on effect of this is high crime.

It's CHAOS! Where is Simon a.k.a the spelling police? I aslo read in the Herald that paramedics on bikes were on call.

I see on the Breakfast show, trucks are basically crawling... I wonder what happens if there is an emergency and someone needs get through? Sure they would pull over for an ambulance, but what if some one is having a baby or similar???

Looks like a nice car, a huge bonus being NZ new too. Good to see it's also priced sensibly. Some derranged people are still trying to sell similar things for $12k+ I'm sure you will find a buyer soon. The BMW gods will hopefully ensure it, so the 328 doesn't get left in the rain for too long!!!