Allanw

So - head on collision you say: Is SPEED the cause of the death, or is that someone in ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD? What is the CAUSE? Well, if the speeds were less, the accident may be "less fatal", maybe avoided even. However, if that speed was then under the speed limit, "Speeding" is not a cause, but "Speed" maybe (as in not suitable for the conditions). Having said all that, if one car was NOT on the wrong side of the road, what would the RESULT be? NO ACCIDENT, so what was the CAUSE of the accident? A head-on accident is CAUSED by someone being where they shouldn't, either by loss of control, or by choosing to do it. The speed limit, and the vehicle speed are not really relevant, because the driver did it WRONG.

You could make drive by wire throttle - I know where there is a spare actuator ;-) Aren't you supposed to put a rotor in it?

FYI - being NZ new, it has no emmisions gear from the factory, so so cats, and still on it's complete original exhaust! The stock exhaust makes a nice noise too! Throaty, without being annoying. I just happened to be walking out of an admin building at the hospital where I work, talking to my boss about Dads car. As we walked out the door, I turned to him and said I could hear it He laughed, and I pointed out to the main road, just as Dad came into view after pulling out of the main gate My Boss just about pissed himself laughing, that I knew it by sound, even in such a busy place The interior is actually pretty amazing, the leather on the gear knob is poked, but it's the original factory illuminated one, so we've left it The seats themselves had skeepskins on it's entire life, so they're basically like new.. If someone a bit dodgy showed up, they probably wouldn't get very far I think if someone does buy it to pimp a bit, it'll probably be well done. Trademe is often full of shitter 325i's that've already been half wrecked, that "those" kinds of people tend to buy, as they're so much cheaper. For a reason Hopefully Bruce (ashmill) is still interested

So... you made sure you did the buy now, and paid for them, BEFORE posting on the forum... just in case It's bizarre the things that pop up. I used to have a Suzuki Cappuccino - there's only about 35 in NZ... and one day a strut brace appears... brand new, some fancy Jap racing brand, just down the road from aja540i's house

Chances are, it's roughly the same age as your car

Come on! It's a Rover 75 - there's nobody stupid enough to buy one of those, so who cares what the photos look like?

Does it have seat belts in the back, and would you throw in a jetski?

Very nice. Excellent transmission choice

Yeah, I've watched that vid, and I'm picking Nick spent a fortune on that car - shame it's an Auto, really. He's had/got some very nice cars in the US, and that's his steed when he's back home - pretty cool! If Dad had the space, I'm pretty sure he'd keep it, and use it on nice days. If he won Lotto this week, it'd get stripped back to bare bones, and have a nut and bolt typre restoration done, THEN get parked in the garage for nice days It's not a minter (not by my standards anyway), but it's a good, honest car. It's had no rust repairs or accidents, so you can see what it is. It's had the bonnet and front guards resprayed YEARS ago, but only because it was keyed while parked on the street at a friends birthday party (arseholes!) I remember when he got it - I drove it home from Auckland for him . He'd been using my '66 VW Beetle for probably 9 months, because he'd sold his previous (newer) car and was waiting for the right E30 to find him. It's such a shame to sell it after all these years, but they're old people now, and it's their time to move on. Dads had all his cars for long periods of time, but NEVER has one caused any kind of sentimental attachment before - Fords, Holdens and the Toyota were all sold without another thought, but the E30 has really become part of the family. Dad even has stories about it, and loves that people will go out of their way to come and ask him about it, or he comes back to it when parked, and people are looking at it, or talking about it. I think they're often shocked at the grey headed old geezer getting into it and driving off

Keep up! He's not speeding, so poses no danger at all! Haven't you been llistening??? I bet he's entirely aware of everything going on around him, and would even be capable of avoiding other vehicles and is always aware of his speed, even when not looking at the speedo... yeah right!

Furtherest I've driven this holidays so far... about 30 kms, and only 5 was on a state highway

Time to go :-( http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/54837-fs-dads-e30-325i-se/

Oh yeah, since some of us are BMW nerds, it's Glacier Blue

This is my parents 1990 E30 325i SE Linnk to previous post, more info and photos: http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/54221-e30-respect/ It is a factory 5 speed manual transmission, NZ New, Sedan. Dad says this is the best car he’s ever owned, and it’s not the newest he’s had! They’ve had it for 17 years, but have suddenly decided it’s time for something newer and automatic (old people suddenly panicking that they’re old!). The cambelt, tensioner, waterpump, rocker cover gasket and coolant have all been done within the last 200kms. The radiator has been replaced regularly to prevent problems. It has a set of 4 new 205-55-R15 Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003’s fitted about 500 kms ago (nearly $1000). It was my parents only car for many years, so always had anything fixed when required. It’s now done nearly 232K kms. It’s NZ New, so German assembled, and being a late E30, has the bugs ironed out; The steering rack (common issue) was repaired/resleeved not too long after they bought it, the SI batteries work well, and have never failed, the odometer on this one has ALWAYS worked (a lot of E30’s have had broken odometers for years) It has NO dash cracks and includes a moulded carpet cover. Being an SE spec, it has many options, including: Shadowline (black) trim, body colour bumpers/mirrors, velour upholstery, “premium” sound system (it’s original to the car), body colour touring style sideskirts, body colour lower valances front and rear, 15” weaves (cross-spoke) alloys like the motorsport ones, illuminated gear knob, 3 spoke “sport” steering wheel, 4 headrests, AC, ABS, Sunroof, body coloured boot lip spoiler, blue tinted windows and mirrors, Full OBC (On Board Computer), lined bootlid with tool tray, Ski Flap from boot into cabin, BMW NZ towbar, mudflaps, electric windows and sunroof, rear view mirror map lights, etc The bad: AC not really cold, but runs (probably just a top up would work OK) tape player doesn’t work – probably needs a belt inside Gear knob leather is very worn Ski flap cover in boot is cracked The sunroof panel has some small rust bubbles (common issue – NOT in the car body, just the replaceable panel – has been like it for a couple of years) Side Mirrors have some corrosion under the paint on the aluminium bases (I only noticed this recently, easy to sand and repaint) Chips on the bonnet etc and some small marks here and there (It is very nearly 25 years old!) The spoiler on the boot needs painting – it’s a faded, but the rest of the car is good. It’s by no means an immaculate car, but’s it’s a very good, honest, reliable E30, that’s UN-molested, UN-thrashed and UN-modified. These 325i SE manual sedans are one of the more desirable E30s because of the additional power and factory fitted goodies over the more common models like the 318i and 320i. The E30 is fast becoming a cult classic, as it’s the model that really seemed to bring the masses to the BMW stable. My parents (and all of us!) are going to be very disappointed to see it go, but my parents already have a '29 Ford Model A and a replacement for this car, and it's not something I can store long term, currently. No swaps or trades thanks. The Car is near Whangarei, and can be viewed by appointment, by those genuinely interested. Looking for $8500, and will go on Trademe probably next week. Thanks, Allan

Deffo need to be longer, and you need a spacer between the parcel tray and the steel bodywork (OR, a MASSIVE hole to fit the spacer through). Having said that, we have the electric rear blind, which might make it different. It took e about 3 hours to fit all 3, which should have really been a 30 minute job

Good work Andy, I'ts getting less friseur all the time

Bet the Leaf parked beside is faster, It'll sure as hell leak less coolant and oil

I would suspect they fitted a system that doesn't work well, possibly a single mass unit, possibly meant for something else? What sort of dollar values have they put on the parts? A new clutch should be silky smooth - like Glenn says - talk to them. I suspect you really wanted a new Dual Mass Flywheel and clutch, of OEM quality - they may have fitted something quite different (and probably cheaper). Whatever was done - there is something very wrong - You want to talk to them very soon, or they might blame you for continuing to drive it, if you have a catastophic failure of some kind.

Ugh... That's pretty nasty - Satin paint would be better! I guess if you have something that immensly boring looking, something like this might make it interesting My brother in law has 2 of these... He thinks they're awesome... The only feeling they give me, is CAMRY, with leather. (PS, yes - I realise these aren't the camry based ones)

One of those stunning NZ new examples! They're always looked after, totally mint You might be up for an ABS module, too.

Dude... a motorbike hit you, because he ASSUMED he was in front of you when he pulled into your lane..., but he was actually beside your front wheel The V10 sounds fantasmic... and it charges accordingly

That's called a downgrade.

The E39 isn't that hungry - seriously! I know how he drives, and his economy isn't as much worse than our manual 525i as you might expect

Pretty sure, if I zoom in CSI style, I can see your name written all over it

Someone has a head-on collision doing 140 on the wrong side of the road...