M3_Power

Wouldn't hesitate to be honest.

You'd easily get more money for a CSL by selling it in pieces ... to Americans. If I ever sell mine it'll be in pieces rather than as a whole

Agreed! Honestly I don't know, as according to her I suck at selling and I am just a gullible consumer LOL ... But she always says it's about matching the product with the right purchaser - price is just a by product of the deal. I wouldn't lump car buyers as uninformed purchasers though - according to her most are pretty switched on. According to her also the skill isn't in upselling or added service value as most consumers see through those anyway ... And no she doesn't use sex appeal either (so she says haha)

My wife who has been in sales for numerous years and holds various car sales records would completely disagree with that. [she holds the record for most cars sold in a week, most cars sold without discounts and highest closing ratios]

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Ear on the end of a screw driver works well too ... although bit more limited in reach.

LOL ... that brought a smile to my face .... Especially after my flight booking fiasco ... haha .. Was suppose to book Auckland to Melbourne ... ended up booking it completely the opposite direction (goes to show how often I travel haha) .... All sorted now though phew!!! I wish I had hook ups in this department ... unfortunately I don't. Although having said that, I have the mobile number to the guy that runs RedBull in NZ ... he wanted to buy my car last year ... Thanks for all the feedback guys ... have decided to go to Melbourne for my first GP : ) All booked and ready .... very excited!!!!

Okay, Melbourne seems to get a lot of votes and was my first pick ... would I be too late to get decent tickets? I've been looking on formula1.com for a while now and read online that you have to be at the venue to pick up tickets and can be a pain in the ass to do. Have also come across the following two websites which apparently is legit and offers good value for money apparently: www.bookf1.com http://www.monaco-grand-prix.com Monaco does look very expensive, silverstone actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be (given how popular it is). If I had the means I'd take the whole year off and follow the circus around. There's also this crowd in NZ - www.experiencegroup.co.nz (anyone have any experience ith them??) Where's the best place to sit at Melbourne?? Is General Admission any good??? Sorry for all the questions, but really need some feedback from those that have actually been. Neal, I've had a friend attend Singapore and he didn't recommend it. Not really a spectator circuit according to him. Night race is special though.

Anyone here been to a Grand Prix? I've never been despit being an absolute fanatic. Have decided finally to actually go to one this year so need a bit of recommendations on where to get tickets ect .... So if you've been, any tips, suggestion on where to shop for tickets ect? Looking at possibly Monaco, Silverstone, Canada or the German GP.

Details in link below. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...355&ed=true

Not really, but the FW14 does have active suspension so it is one of the fastest F1 cars of that era

I'd like to see a test between the GTR and this 20 year old Renault I wonder which will win??

slightly damage bumper and bonnet. Might be perfect for someone wanting to do repair and transform their E92 E93 non M3 into the M3 look. Cheap at $1 no reserve start. See auction description. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=445322406 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=445322811

Some of the photos I've uploaded: http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n319/M3...mview=slideshow

You should ask him if he has a rear trailing arm bushing extractor tool and installation tool and a rear trailing arm carrier alignment tool (if he doesn't have the latter, then he's taking short cuts). I have all three and each trailing arm bushing takes circa half an hour to 40 minutes to drop, extract and reinstall with the proper tools: Mark the carrier position on chassis with touch up pen, take off 3 x carrier bolt, 1 x brake line bracket, 1 rear shock bolt - down it comes, then the bushing bolt to remove carrier, crank the tool on, pull the bush out, crank the other tool on and press the new bush on, place the carrier bracket and alignment tool on trailing arm, tighten to spec torque, realign carrier to chassis markings prior, torque back to spec, put rear shock bolt on and hand tighten, rebolt brakeline bracket and tighten to torque. Drop car down underload and tighten the rear shock bolt (if he doesn't do this on the ground then he's taking a shortcut and will have damaged your rear shock bottom bush). You should ask him what the torque spec is on that rear shock bolt, carrier bracket and bushing bolt (they are all different with the bushing bolt being the hardest to torque without the right tool - they are 100Nm, 77Nm and 110Nm respectively). I believe the official BMW charge out time for the rear trailing arm bushing is 2.5 hours for both sides (and even that in my opinion is far too long for such a simple job). I agree without the correct tooling then it can be a bitch of a job, but with the right tools, it's a piece of cake. The attitude speaks volume though. Like many have pointed out - you are often better off with a properly factory trained tech and official service centres. Better service, better quality, better tooling and best of all, they actually care about their reputation and standard of work (as they get audited by Germany).

I don't believe the E46 ever came out with front PDC, only rear.

8 hours to do all of the above is excessive - you could hardly call misunderstanding on that part in my opinion. Personally I'd call it dishonesty. 3 to 4 hours for the above from a business is reasonable, twice that, no way unless they were seriously incompetent (in which case they shouldn't be working on other people's cars). If you did this on a hoist on your own I'd say it's a 3 hour job tops. I have nothing against specialist shops, but I do find that sometimes shopping around will help. Dealership workshops aren't always the 'stealers' that people think they are. At least at the end of the day you know that they have the proper tools and diagnostics equipment (or at least access to them through BMW NZ directly) and the senior techs at least are updated with the latest training and have computer access to proper BMW repair process via online.

Listing on behalf of Mike: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...144&ed=true Please direct all enquiries to Mike. Some details of the car I am happy to answer.

Not sure where you are getting your NSX prices from, but a NA1 Type R will still set you back at least $120K to land one and a NA2 NSX-R would cost you at least $200K still to land a decent one (Cheapest I've ever seen of NA2 NSX-R for sale is $160K and that was with prior accident damage repair) and I've been following NSX prices for as long as I can recall and to be honest they've probably been going up rather than down over the years. Stock standard NSXs will still set you back at least $45K to land a high km auto example, anything manual will be $60K plus.

The colour is silver grey (AO8)

Need garage space ... special for bimmersport members only $1700!!!

Not according to this article from BMW Car that I have ... According to the article the cars are identical in spec as the LHD variants (with a slightly modified exhaust header for obvious reasons), but the steering racks were one off specials) The other car is still in Japan with the original purchaser I am lead to believe.

Those were different and are considered by the masses and enthusiasts alike as aftermarket conversions. The three I talked about came from BMW directly and were taken off the standard production line and converted to proper right hand drive cars.

Apparently they did - I have a magazine article that proves otherwise (unless it was made up - albeit unlikely with extensive photos and chassis plate and special plague stating it to be one of two in existence). 2 right hand drive special editions made for Japan only (one now reside in Hong Kong according to the article), plus a yellow right hand drive convertible in Brunei according to the article.

Make me an offer!!!