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Superchip raises torque from 370nm @ 3250rpm to 421nm @ 2550rpm, and rasied BHP frpm 180 @ 3900rpm to 195bhp @ 4050rpm and is supposed to raise the economy.

Various owners claim 800 to 900km on the 70 litre tank and at $1.65 a litre I don't mind paying 4.4 cents per Km road user charges.

The Allroads are nice but from what I've heard you'll need a warranty with a decent claim limit. What specs does it have? Obviously NZ New?

The CAM belt was done at 120,000km by Audi in Hamilton. The rear suspension airbags have been done but yep that seems to be the major flaw. NZ new and has done 140,000km. Current owners are buying a Q7.

Seems to have every option except a sunroof. It does have a Thule colour matched roof box which will be good for skiing, and now we can sell the one we bought for the Odyssey.

Sounds great. Good price/condition/mileage balance would you say?

Did you consider the 4.2 V8 option?

Didn't really consider the V8 as they are pretty thirsty and I already have a V8 in the 740i. The Audi has a superchip and as a result preduces more torque than my 740i so I'm looking forward to the 1st drive.

Bought a NZ new 2002 Audi Allroad 2.5TTDI on trademe and picking it up this Friday. Driving to Taupo in my sister inlaws Mercedes Benz CLK320 to pick it up, hopefully it will be nice enough to have the top down for a bit.

We will now have 3 Euro vehicles, the SLK, the 740, and now the Audi. This is the replacement for our 2001 Honda Odyssey V6 4WD. Why? It seemed like the right thing to do! (My firends say I have poor impulse control).

"This listing was withdrawn by the administrator" - I guess someone reported it. Seller had to be taking the piss, or makes a great case for post natel abortion - what a tosser

They are cracking down at the moment on plates. Seems its now a topic of concern for all police.

Yep with all the P labs, gang crime, dangerous driving, unsafe cars, it's great to see the cops cracking down on this.

Their story about crims buying them is bull sh*t. Why would they pay good money to import some german plates? Crims nick plates off cars all the time to use on the cars they are committing crimes with.

So why... ?

Maybe it's $200 towards their quota?

Maybe there are too many cops who enjoy being pricks?

Thanks for the feedback. I viewed the car, and took it for a test drive.

The car has the EPC light on permanently, indicating a fault with the Engine management System. The oil was very dirty, and barely showing on the dip stick. The service light was on. While it had the manuals the service records were conspiculously absent. No sigh of the cam belt having been changed. Oh and the front discs had about a 3mm lip on them. Oh and when it was idling it was almost stalling every 5 seconds or so.

Otherwise a nice car, in that it felt nice and tight, and went well despite the EPC light which indicates the engine is operating in a default reduced power mode.

I certainly won't be touching it, but I'd consder one if the previous owners actually looked after it!

Apparently wholesale cars direct want to buy it (but there offer was too low). I guess they would tart it up, give it a service and sell it to some unsuspecting buyer.

Bit of a random topic for this forum but i just want to know if anyone has had major nerve damage and how long it took to repair? I lacerated my left arm on the weekend, just inside the elbow, wasted the main artery, tendon and nerve. Now i cant feel my hand/forearm.

So yea just wondering if anyone has been through similar and could let me know how long it took to come right/what they did while they were as frustrated as I am.

Also any fun tasks that involve using only one hand would be good!

Well i didn't do anything as spectacular as you but I did put a knife down my index finger spitting ham steaks (went in, hit the bone, and slid down opening it up for quiet some distance - still get woozy thinking about it). Basically had no feeling in most of that finger for years. I got used to it but it does have about 90% feeling compared to my other fingers - but not 100%. That was 15 years ago!

I'm looking at a NZ new 2003 Audi A3 1.8T Sportsback as a commuter car 60km a day. It's the 1999-2003 model, 5 door, with tiptronic gearbox. No modifiactions so I'm assuming its the 110kw version. It's not quattro. I know they share a lot of parts with the VW Golf.

So are these any good?.

Still keeping the E38 740, and the SLK (and the Honda Odyssey).

Yep hes got the fuel economy all wrong. The 750i is more thirsty than the 740i, which i have and the best I can do on a trip is 8.5l/100km, normally it's about 14l/100km. BMW manual claims way better than it can actually do.

After a shipping debacle my Nav drive finally arrived last week.

After a couple of issues and a lot of help from Dean aka Dogballs it is was up and running pretty quickly. I've also managed to get a 2010 map DVD which is great.

A great toy to have in the car!! So much better than other Nav systems out there. Its visually much better than the E60 / E65 nav I've used - 3D view, etc.

So far I've retrofitted:

Bluetooth - initially TCU then ULF

BM24 Radio Module (RDS, TMC, etc)

16:9 Monitor and Video Module

MK4 Nav

Not sure if there is much else left to do now!

Cheers

I retrofitted nav to my E38 using a MK3 mav unit and it's very basic nav compared to my Garmin - and cost a lot more. Other than the fun of doing it there wasn't a lot of point. Maybe a 16:9 monotor would make it better. I did upgrade the video module so can run the widescreen of i can source one. Hotwire helped me.

Someone please correct me if im wrong but from memory you cant have two different diameter wheels on your car.

Damn someone better tell Mercedes Benz and Audi then.

loved the story.

I've done Upper Hutt to Auckland Sales Street on 5 hours 20 minutes back when I was in my 20's. I left my girlfriends place at 5am and got to work at 10.20am. It was 1998 and I was driving a 1987 2.0 litre Honda Accord - I think my average speed for the distance travelled was 145kph. I got lost near Hamilton and ended up heading to Morrinsville. The Honda was economical but not driven like this. I filled up at Bulls, then again at Waiouru, and still ran out of petrol on the the New market flyover. I coasted off the next exit and used the starter motor to get across an intersection and to a petrol station.

It was insane.

It was the best drive of my life.

No way I'd do anything remotely like it now, although i do like to let rip on a pair of skis LOL

Anyone tried installing a lambo door on a bmw 318ci? Does it look good? Around how much would it cost for the installation alone?

I hope you are taking the piss.

No one here would admit to anything in such bad taste.

No it won't look good

It would cost you any respect.

It did not say in the agreement the options that would be in the car i don't think bmw isn't going to hand over a premium packaged car to him.

I am thinking the price from bmw to the production would be for a standard car but for promotional purposes why not show off the packaged car.

He has a point - the car they 'gave' him on the show was a maxed out 3 when the cameras were rolling. They said when he got back to Wellington he would get a brand new one. Well it was new and it was a 3. But it was nothing like the one they they 'gave' him on the show.

Hi there,

I have an E39 530i with the Japanese Mk II DVD navigation system. I also have a DVD containing its software, maps and voices - the one you get along with the car.

I would like to dissect this DVD and see if it is possible to load NZ maps and voices on there. It will likely be a laborious process, but probably worth it...

Can anyone think of a reason why this wouldn't work?

Cheers

Pretty cool if you could - upgrading the nav unit is serriously expensive.

Looking at getting a new tele (40'+) We have had a couple of smaller LCD's but have heard the bigger they go Plasma or LED are the better ones to go for, what are your guys opinions on which is better?

LED ones are still LCD, they just have LED back lights. That said something like the Samsung 55" LED is about as good as they get.

We just got a new 55" Sony LCD under Harvey Normans lemon clause - not a great TV but it was 'free'. It replaced a Sony 60" SXRD rear projection TV with 6 million pixels - picture was the best but it was not reliable. TV technology no longer in production.

Despite everything they say Plasma TV's still get burn in - we have a Samsung 42" Plasma in the bedroom and everytime we turn it on you can see the PS3 main screen outlines, however once there is a picture you can't notice it.

looking at a 740iL, im just wondering what opinion people that have them have. would buy again? whats fuel economy like on them? is a prefacelift so the M60 engine i believe.

Anything on these cars to check when i have a look at it? is an ex-Singapore, is that okay?

thanks guys!

Andy

Avoid any ex-singapore car. They have massive electrical issues.

I have a 1999 NZ new E38 and love it. On a trip driven quietly it's easy to get 10l/100km. Drving arround town and with some fast take offs at the lights I get about 15l/100km. Very comfortable car with lots of advanced features.

If you can find a 2000 model with the widescreen dispaly and the clear indicators.

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Lane splitting like he's doing in the 1st bit is a lot of fun - but bloody dangerous - which is why I sold my CBR1100XX. I could ride to work sort of sesible like, but coming home I couldn't resist the temptation.

I was enjoying it until he started riding on the WRONG side of the road into oncoming traffic.

And then the lane splitting a high speed through unbelieveably tight gaps OMFG. Great skills but a complete F---ing nut job.

Simple; the lower it is, the better it looks. It's nothing new. Hence the popularity of "lowriders" etc. If you think it's just misguided youth wanting their cars to be touching the ground, you're wrong. Check out any hotrod club or whatever.

IMO the car doesn't appeal whatsoever unless it has been lowered heavily

I guess some people like their woman to look like skanky ho's, they prefer them to look that way. Most people don't. Just like low rider cars.

Good job - well done.

I see what you mean about the old one. It must surely have seen a lot of sun in it's Jap life.

Like I said - have not really noticed this before on E39's & ours (original) still looks as you new one does.

My E38 needs the same thing done.

What is the fuel economy difference between the X5 4.4 v8 and the il6 3.0 petrol.

That fuel consumption site shows 13.1 litres per 100km for the V8, and 12.7 litres per 100km for the 3.0. if thats right I'm wondering what the point of the 3.0 litre petrol is?

Ppulled out my e30 carpet as it was in a state and I want to dye it. Have it a massive waterblast which helped but im set on chucking some black carpet back in. Anyone know where I can get carpet dye in Auckland?

I've posted on here about a product called SEM available form a panel beating supply shop. Was $39 a can.

How many bums do you actually need to fit into the vehicle?

Four or five (unless they belong to hot women, them I'm OK to squeeze more in)

Black or Blue X5 is preference. I't got the one feature we liked in our old 2006 Mitsi Outlander, the fold down rear loading shelf. Great for getting changed after tramping, skiing, caving, football etc.