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Having said that, there is a 100% mint (externally) one that parks in the Hospital car park here every now and then... I'm picking it was someones Grandfathers or something, and drive it in when it's rested long enough between outings. We all know what colour it is too

"Crome Shart": Could only find white...

We're trying to justify a new ultrasonic cleaner at work - I have a list as long as my arm that it would be handy for... but there are only a couple that are work related... Luckily, the work related ones are pretty important, so that helps - We'll have to use it for home stuff, otherwise it might deteriorate from lack of use I can't see why they can't spring for the $1200 one we're looking at, when the CEO got a 30K pay rise, and they're charging for parking now

Errr... maybe ARMY? It's good, but it's not easy.

That pic isn't an E39 though, right? Or is this for the E60 sport mode mod???? First pic looks like E39. If you're fitting them elsewhere, or plastic welding things to fit them, you could maybe rewire to VW ones: shop.carstyle4u.com has some cool ones (and weird ones!) and I've heard he's done custom ones for people: http://shop.carstyle4you.com/

Get an E65 and put a Toyota 2C-T in it. That would be the sh*t! Oh. No wait, I meant that would BE sh*t. ... with a cracked head.

^^^ That right there says to me it's had typical NZ car owner servicing - Engine Oil and filters - nothing else matters - haven't you heard?

Or anything else it seems - I actually made them refund me for the shitty test they did on ovens. I paid $20 online to read the test, which toild me absolutely nothing I couldn't get from the brochures, then they tried to argue that I'd gotten value for money. I thought $20 to find some good info on $6K+ ovens was worthwhile... turns out asking the salesman was just as "informative".... Yes, I do eat a lot, and am overweight.

Common as - trying to get their moneys worth!

About 4000 hours on Google will sort it. Problems: Depends on what cars you want to do, because they aren't all the same. I've fiddled a lot with the E39, but would be wary of anything not on similar architecture (which is really SOME of the E38 stuff, SOME E46 stuff and most of the E53 X5). If you're looking at similar stuff to that, start with "NCS dummy", and read at least 3 different guides :-)

It's funny how the Governments of the world do a LOT of talking and spending about reducing polution, but the policies don't actually do it... like the "smoke tests" they introduced in NZ years ago! In reality, there is a simple solution to reducing vehicles emmisions - use them less. If they actually made cycling, walking, running, scootering etc feasible it would reduce emmisions. Instead, the alternatives are compromised, to ensure vehicular traffic remains more popular.

Isn't there a fuse box or junction box under the driver seat?

Actually... it was available on the VW Touran in 2006, for the 2007 model year - so VW had it close to 10 years ago... but you sat in the car to do it. I think sitting in the car is better, because you don't have to stand in the rain watching your new 7 fail to park itself, because one parking sensor is faulty. again

Errr... you know we're talking BMW's right??? Intermittent was INVENTED in Munich.

Probably about time you spent some more money on it. I bet if I scanned it, we'd find the intake pressure was too low....

I somehow read that as MX-5... I have nothing helpful to add

I thought you wanted some NICER than the blue???

They're bascially just a 328i with 200cc more. 240 hp in either 3.0 or 3.2 versions, instead of the 286 and 321 of the "euro" spec cars. Edit: and a lot of the M3 "goodies" missing to.

That one actually looks pretty rough - the rear valance is knackered, front lip missing, pod filter shoved in, converted from auto, south african assembled, no gear knob, hacked off lever - it just looks dicked with. Doesn't have any SE goodies either. Regardless of whether it's been thrashed or not, it LOOKS like it has been! It doesn't look much like anyone cherished it much at all. I can't imagine it looks better in the flesh. They haven't even tried to make it look good. An actual SE, basically as it left the factory is desirable to a certain bunch of people, and those people are usually the ones willing to spend money on a good E30, and often have the money to do so. I think it's a limited market, but they're seemingly often real enthusiasts, or older guys who wanted one in the 80's/90's, and can afford one as a "toy" now. Even just the little goodies on an SE can account fot some of the cost - The SE's look really good with the side skirts, body coloured bumpers and valances, factory shadowline etc - just getting/painting/fitting all that stuff is quite a few dollars gone. The 15" basket weaves (the OP car actually had 14's though!) are worth some good dollars too. I told my folks what the original one in the thread sold for. I thought Mum might say "sell it!", but she's actually keen to send it in for paint touchups to clear the stonechips etc Thier one is one of the ones people will want. If it needs fixing, it gets fixed etc, and not on the cheap. As you say, horses for courses etc

It means the cheap crap they brought wasn't worth the fortune they were selling them for, so they gave up. If they brought decent ones, they couldn't put their several hundred percent markup on it.

That one makes the 10K 325i SE look like a bargain!

Actually, they're the "profile gasket" engine, but most have probably been done by now, I'd guess.

Good enough

Wurth Bumper Dye.

And if it still doesn't work... eat a LOT of pies.