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Crikey you are a hard lot to please. 🙁 Buy on condition surely for something like this. From memory only four manual 6 speed in New Zealand. All fiercely protected by the owners too.

One of these would be a pleasure to own surely? Sensibly priced, with the glorious N52 B3 engine. This car ticks all the boxes, Motorsport spec so seats and suspension, steering wheel black head lining. The owner has kept it well maintained, fresh PS4's all round, new discs and Bilsteins on all corners. Had a look at it underneath its just like an almost new car, FSH too, and mostly first paint. Just a lovely car in white. The Anders Warming flame surfacing with a hint of Bangle has come into its own 20 years after conception, to me the E86 is the epitome of this. However the inappropriate M badges do make me grind my gears ☹️ https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/z4/listing/3820045953?bof=PuKvfbDQ

Thanks, yes spoke to this guy a few months back but being a grumpy old pensioner Euro400 is a bit much so lets try and fix this RDS first. Your reminder again, messaged him, lets see what happens. I do like the message and the lights in the LCD too.............but not the lights this guy flashed at me ! (Picture credit OP6)

Looking for the pixel tape / ribbon thingy and also a LCD would be good but not necessary. There are a couple of Ebay sellers but technology has advanced sooo far that robots now answer emails.

The car car currently on offer has less kms, than M3 CSL its a rerun I think from when Southern Speculators (😁) had both the black and silver cars earlier in the year..

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=2007688#message1

If you have genuine interest in the car (or any car for that matter) ring the seller up. Rather than asking unnecessary questions and be considered a dick by other watchers. Use your life skills when talking to the vendor, and you get a better idea of both the car and the seller, and you should be able to make an informed decision quite quickly. I must admit to being addicted to reading the Q&A sections on Trade Me auto's, its more fun than watching TV.

Long-Term Parking (1982) by Armand Pierre Fernandez. In a south west Parisian suburb. From memory this was a commission by Renault. 20 metres high x 6 x 6 , quite a bit of ready mix concrete involved 😁 But is enough to stop the rust?

Unashamedly a lover of the S54 drive train, where does one place an order? Asking for a friend 😉 https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-germancars/sve-oletha-gets-s54-straight-six-power/46269?utm_campaign=enews%20bulletin&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Newsletter Send Smart List A

The aversion for us for Singapore imports stems from looking at two cars recently for sale in Christchurch, both E92 comp spec coupes, the overall condition, interior and underbonnet in particular just didn't match the indicated mileage. The absence of service books, as well as the sellers indifference as to verification or confirmation from his agent led to us walking away. There has been quite a bit of media attention in Auckland too, several cars Jaguar as we recall from Singapore again where the odometers were discovered to have had severe haircuts, both in the order of 90 to 100000kms trimmed off. From memory the court ordered the return of the cars. Mercedes from the 90's were particularly prone to computer hardware issues, a colleague had a MB C36 AMG, the bits were around $4k plus labour. Notwithstanding the OP's consideration of the 20i XDrive, it may well be a very good car, as long as the price is right. Personally we would invest in a PPI. And not from AA, either a BMW maindealer or a reputable independent workshop.

Gavin White, based in Kent. Turnaround about 50 days, probably longer now. We paid around GBP250 plus import costs GST etc for a set of wheels collected from London. https://www.kg-logistics.co.uk/

Mainfreight for road transport, depot to depot. Or Toll with the rail system. You have to take to depot and put on a small pallet, then shrink wrap. Cheap as chips, well, it's all relative. The other option if the gearbox is less than 25kg use the TradeMe Book a Courier function. Easy to measure up and take quote off that. The Pack n Send quote above is a joke, they just don't want to do it 'cos its too hard 🙁

Asking for a friend 😁 do we know this car at all, is the owner a poster on here? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/3754106482

Good to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus again. Aging well too (Unlike the Eveready batteries)

Ahh yes, spoilt for choice. 253 for sale on TradeMe today, highly sought after for sure 😕

Its well over market expectations for a comp spec car. Best it stays with the owner.

Seems quite simple to me, call the phone number. If you feel it is something "unpleasant" use your judgement and walk away. Unless we've missed something? As an aside we recently sold a high value item off TradeMe. The buyers account was registered in 2017, and this was the first trade. Your guy may be bonafide, and simply as suggested not kept the contact details up to date. Amazingly a larger percentage of the population than we think have very limited technical skills. Even in 2022 .😀

Sound like you, and aj540i may need to work on things like interpersonal skills and try to build relationships with the core people within the businesses we are discussing, you may find your objectives suddenly become far easier to achieve. 😕 Really aj540i, with a comment like this, "Like any local business they have to earn my support and they won't do it just by investing money in their business." get off your high horse. And btw I'm not decrying the independents, but they would not be here without the main dealer network. 99% of the owners and staff acquired the skillset from the dealer network remember.

We have owned BMW's since 1976 in New Zealand (And the UK) and must say that we have enjoyed exemplary service from the BMW main dealer network, including Jerry Clayton in Takapuna, McMillian BMW in Auckland, Coombes Johnston in Hamilton and Christchurch BMW. The owner have substantial investment in their business and the brand, and deserve support from posters on this forum not the continual "slagging off" that happens far too often Showing our age here, aware that most of the outlets named above have been rebranded, but you get the drift surely?😁

Eewww

Yes OP6 and I knew the owner very well. Its all very sad really. He died a horrible death about 2018 and his affairs were in a frightful mess.

@LeonF correct, that is the sister car to the silver one. @driftit, both cars were LHD, as was the 3.0 coupe donor car for the body and suspension bits. The owner certainly did the conversions correctly. all the bits were available then more quickly than they are now. There is quite a bit more info, not all of it good but as the car is still for sale I'm gonna zip my lips. Most unlike me ☹️ Actually thought the current owner had sold it. Coming back to this having read the listing. All the statements the owner makes on the listing are false. The history of the cars and the ensuing saga is common knowledge among M coupe owners here in NZ. I knew one of the cars was flagged on import and the blue one was it. How some of the unrealistic sellers of interesting cars can sleep at night I just don't know. Ignorance is no excuse . .

"Written off" is not the terminology in use today. It is flagged as "damaged" on import or at border inspection. The silver car discussed above, FHQ678 seems free of any notations checking Carjam but we certainly didn't pay the fee for a full report. The estoril car was registered in 2002 or 3 after the repair and steering change, all the suspension dash etc came from BMW, the two cars were completed almost side by side. The silver car and the tub were pushed aside and the owner enjoyed it for about a year, then lost interest and moved onto other things, like 1930's Ford V8's.

Actually the importer was a true collector / hoarder. Crikey he had well north of a hundred cars. He was a smart fellow too, one of the first guys to recognise automotive accessories could be a lucrative business, , he chose to specialise in wheels and tyres. Deceased now, his memory lives on in the Mag n Turbo brand. It was around 2001-2 ish, from memory, he imported all 3 and put the estoril car together first, switching to RHD. The damaged Z3 coupe tub, and parts thereoff, and the damaged silver car hung around for ages, sale proof until migrating to the City of Fails and Chancers around 2008 or 9.

There is a real story behind this silver car, and an estoril one, recently for sale in Christchurch. At $90k a bargain. Apparently. There was also a Z3 3 litre shell, all 3 LHD imported together about ohhh (idly scratching my kardashian whilst gently ruminating) about 2002. From the three bitzers emerged the silver car and the estoril car in RHD. As to worth being $100k, evidently not. 😕