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I was going to ask the purchase price, but thought it might be rude! 😁 I guess there is a very limited market for a poked W8 passat though. For that kind of money, it'worth it just for a spare trans, and it wouldn't surprise me if someone would pay that for the ECU alone (internationally!). Manual mk5 R32 ECU's seem to sell for about NZ$800, and a manual W8 one has to be orders of magnatudes more rare!!! If I was single, I'd have probably bought it myself... or if I bought it, I'd be single now... same, same. 🤣

Yuss!!!!!... Now I can tell my Mrs about you, and I won't look as bad...

Sorry 😁

https://www.manheim.co.nz/damaged-vehicles/000000000006628329/ Just sayin'

I've have plenty of 300K+ cars, that you'd not know by driving them (including plenty is a rental fleet I managed). Plenty of shitters with much less too! One 90's Legacy had 425K when I left the company, and I'd run it dry of coolant once and it still didn't use a drop of oil between changes... and had the arse thrashed off it by me and my manager before me.

On my Touran, you open the rear hatch, open the in-floor storage compartment, lift out the access panel where the "mobility kit" used to live, fold over the insulation sheet and there it is! Riveted to the floor, that was cut out and flipped over for the 4WD to get fitted 😂 Lucky I always have the same WOF guy... but I still open it up every time 😁

I've ordered from Spareto MANY times and never had card issues, so probably coincidental

My wife always says I think I know everything... 🤣 Nice to find a fault... but not as nice when it gets expensive 😞

Yep... maunal... don't they know it's supposed to be manuel???

Mmmm. Shiney.

I used to have a facelift 525i factory manual for my Mrs... that @Young Thrash Driver adopted after me. It's still my avatar pic, in fact 😁

Talk to Paul at Milland. He got my E39 ones years ago, much, MUCH cheaper than the dealer here (and he never supplied a wrong part, like the dealer often did!). It was all factory, matched and reading to go, just needed syncing, as normal. I assume he gets them from a dealer overseas somewhere?

Even a quick drive in the rain would make it look better!

Try Wrack Auto Electrical.

@aja540i... start collecting parts now...

Needs better sounding tyres 😁

I hope that flour was manually harvested and ground etc, then transported by foot and not by fossil fuel based processes... otherwise they've increased the reliance on fossil fuels, to protest on a car that has no emissions... because it won't be driven anywhere!🤣

Musta been for an old pommie BMW??? 🤣😉

So... 135d build coming up???

Price one at the dealer. They used to be REALLY cheap. The old Jerry Claytons in Takapuna replaced Dads for free while I had it parked by workshop, back in the 90's 😎

Hmmm... Why does it look like a chinese ripoff of a Subaru XV with an extension sikaflexed on the back? The M performance version looks a bit Aliexpecial...

I especially like the mould they've cultivated on the steering wheel... A few more days and it'll be suede!

Huh... I thought it would be weird for there to be 2 manual 540i Tourings... But did notice MANY bits were different... Sometimes new owners get a bit trigger happy too, though 😁

@aja540i Look familiar??? 😁