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That's about 70% of the population though... I think they actually have NO IDEA what's going on around them, or what they are doing.

That's Awesome Glenn! I hadn't seen that before.

Like Andy said, just because a code for an item comes up, doesn't mean that item is faulty. Someone who knows what they are doing needs to look at it. Replacing those parts MAY just be money spent replacing parts that are functioning perfectly, but are given out of range readings, because something external is influencing them. It happens all the time, then people moan about how expensive their BMW is to maintain... when really, they've spent $1000 replacing things that weren't broken, and the $25 part fixed it... but the retard "mechanic" who though he knew better is hardly going to tell the customer that part! Common one is the mixture deviation code for E39 o2 sensors - people replace the sensors at great cost... when it was just a split in the rubber intake boot.....

30 Minutes isn't bad... I've been contemplatinng it for a while on the Touran... just haven't got to it yet. I don't need the engine to last too long... but I'd like to be able to sell it after the conversion is done and recoup some $$$ If it's only 30 minutes, I'm going to have to give it a go soon. It does sound a bit like a diesel (euro, not a jap one!)... though I hear that's sorta normal at idle - but I worry it's the lifter poked too . The Thermostat is a bit knackered too... But I can't be arsed doing that - especially since I brought the wrong replacement. I've got one of the typical NZ New ones - Dealer serviced except for 1 oil change before I got it... and nothing on it is quite right! Just the minimum done to justify a dealer stamp in the book...

Actually... if Mrs W didn't think E38's were "ugly, old man cars", and they had 5 lap and diagonal belts, we'd have one instead of the E39... ... I was gunning for a very late 728i, that I could convert to manual - I reckon they'd move OK, and have a good amount of space in the back for the kids, and pretty cheap to run. Either that, or a 740i

NO! E38.

Agreed - after a country drive, you've have to look in the grilles to see what got caught - pukekos, hawks, milking sheds etc. That grille is probably the size of a complete original 7 series.

Maybe put the price up by $450

To be fair though, if his car was leaking coolant, it would have overheated in the 40 minutes spent driving to the grass verge.

When the Pain Killers kick in.

Pain

That alone probably bumps up it's value for a lot of people

I just got that too! Highest one is $135... but the '72 Beetle and '29 Ford are around half that, from memory Might have to daily them

Is it registered as a 540ia? with the "a" on? that suggests it was an auto to start... though dealers have been known to register cars wrong. A lot! Like Kyu says above, it's rarity is in the manual trans - That's would be my interest in it: But I'd take a standard manual facelift over a prefacelift with the schnitzer bits,,, if there was one,and I was in the market. You can never really tell what's its worth until it sells, but I too would think $8K to $9K, but that's just me! It's hard to put the price up, but easy to come down though! Start high and see what happens!

They shouldn't be allowed a license! Too busy texting and "driving" to realise???

Coz it's F-ing awesome

Thank goodness! I want about ot take the piss, coz it look like Mercedes stole there design cues from those butt-ugly Ford Taurus's (tauri?) with the saggy bodywork, dodgy headgasket and suspect transmissions...

Getting my tonsils out, looking at them in the jar thinking how much they look like mussels..... ..... The hospital lunch was mussel fritters I don't like mussels

You think that's bad... I'm currently driving an auto Touran, that HAS a clutch pedal - ready for the manual conversion - try to NOT use it when approaching stop signs etc

There you go - dkonsta1 has a fireplace

E53 X5's are only 5 seaters anyway... 7 seat Touran with some go is in the making now, no going back!

D'Oh! Good on the honesty front though - I wouldn't have told everyone, but you might save someone else doing it

I wasn't going to go retard-low... hoping for sensible-low: no form over function!

Brilliant! She's a clever Girl! I hope you have your firearms licence. Boys are VERY careful after hearing the sound of a pump-action just before the door creaks open to reveal the father standing there with both hands on the firearm, aimed at the floor between the two of them..... I have 3 boys, so I don't get to do it Shhh... it's just a VW really Some of the Porsche boys get REALLLLLLLY upset if you mention how many of the parts interchange with VWs... including the Beetle

I've not seen one in real life, but I like a low-ish X5 - I always wondered how they'd handle, and how low you could safely go..... I guess there is a right way, and a wrong way, and the Kiwi way is usually the wrong way! It was a tossup between building a low-ish V8 X5 2WD manual, and something VW Touran based... Touran won!