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You can buy genuine BMW retrofit kits in the UK/Europe (I got one for ours). it comes with a basic form of self-levelling. It's almost impossible to retrofit the full E39 self levelling system. Ebay, or ebay.de The Xenons are OK, the halogens are complete crap on the E39. neither is stunning, though the xenons are vastly superior. Self-levelling and washers with xenons are required to "work if fitted", but are not actually required in the UK - the wording is funny.

Our E39 is polybushed right through the front - no harshness and certainly doesn't feel any harder than the standard bushes were (and they were poked). Best thing about polybushes, is the are easy to get in and out - no press, so can usually be done on the car. Often cheaper the new OEM type too If they going to worry about BS like that, they'd need to worry about lower profile tyres, aftermarket rims, cheap-ass tyres and worn (but not leaking or rooted) shocks too. They don't though.

Wrong thread bro.

Tell her to slow down to 75, and cross the centreline on every corner using only secondary roads with poor visibility. It'll take longer to get anywhere, but the cops will pay ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION to her whatsoever I honk at ANYONE crossing onto my side, and it's not that unusual for it to be a cop car taking a shortcut around town along my road. None have turned around yet... It would be nice if they did - I have a dash cam

Those plastic pulls to open the front will last forever... ... like all the other plastic bits on a BMW... And the "emergency door opener"... that breaks as soon as you use it (unless you remember that time you read the manual once), and presumably means you can't get out in an emergency...

It's not a 4 cylinder one The 6's don't haemorrhage like the 4's

Yep. The 6 cylinder versions will probably actually save you money long term. Plus someone might actually want to buy it come selling time - the 4 cylinder ones (N42 engine???) might be better known by then! (plus the 6's are generally more desirable, have better resale, go better, and aren't really hungry at all)

Ahhh.. the ABC of Kei cars The Honda Beat and Suzuki Cappuccino were the B and C. I had a Cappo for quite a few years. Beat: Cappuccino:

You jacked it up and fitted swampers????

Prince of darkness (and misfires).

hmmmmm... aja540i was replacing them about yearly I think, in his E39 - I think the were genuine he was using too (it usually is). Last set may have been whiteline poly bushes??? The stock ones didn't cope well anyway.

The MY02's aren't a bad tyre - I had them on our old Impreza. For not more more money (like Andy says!), you can get the RE002, which is a stunning tyre for the money! They really perform - The E39 and the Touran both have them now. I got a set of RE002's for the Touran a couple of months ago, in 225/45/17's for under 800 (I think it was $740) as there was a buy 4 for the price of 3 sale and I usually get a good deal from my tyre guy anyway. If it's not urgent, wait for the next sale

You could get 4 to 6 motorbikes in the gap though In reality, the BMW driver probably arrived first, having no clue how to do it, so the Toyota driver thinks "Screw it! I can fit... ish!" We know what those BMW drivers are like!

Check out the parking at a hospital near you... hopefully it's not the surgeons who can't judge proximity of sizes... At least in that pic above, they got two cars into the space available.

Yep - sounds like expansion tank / radiator.... or any one of the old plastic cooling system parts Good time to buy a massive box of cooling system parts and tip them into the engine bay.

You best long term solution is to recover it. They all crap out eventually. There are some Ebay sellers who claim to sell the "correct" fabric, but it reality on a car that won't be a coolectable classic anytime soon, something close will be fine. If you go the way of recovering - buy the correct glue - standard spary on ADOS will sag on the first decent hot day - you want stuff that says on the can that it's suitable for headlinings (Wurth Extra Strong Spray Adhesive is a good one).

It's a common E39 thing - at least you don't live in the UK, where the boot lid, wheel arches, sills and everything under the car rusts too! If its the normal stuff - you may find it never gets any worse for many years... but you could always scrape the top off, sand it back a bit, clean it up with some rust converter and more sanding, then etch prime it and go over it with some touch up paint.

Haha.

///Mmmmm, nice! I almost like the wheels...

I too would love to see it fairer! I cycle to work, but still have to contribute more to roads than I potentially "cost" - a car does actually wear roads out, a cycle basically doesn't. A cycle doesn't need a massive wide road. Concrete cycle lanes last a VERY long time with no/little maintenance. So yes, I'd love to see a more fair system. You'd get charged more for commuting by car based on what you "use" up, and I'd get charged less because I commute by cycle and the infrastructure is cheaper and longer lasting. Please promote this! Why aren't there PUC (Path user charges)??? when you walk? Coz I don't have any footpaths near my place, and still have to pay for them. Why does everyone in NZ have to subsidise Aucklands motorways via taxation? Why do my taxes cost more than I get from them? Why are my retired parents taxes used to pay for other peoples kids education? etc, etc, etc,

Get the listing number, then go to ebay.co.uk, and type it in the search. The listing will still be German, but the buttons are in england you can understand

Still a buttload better looking than a prius! An added bonus is you wouldn't feel like killing yourself everytime you drive the i3.

Oh dear... this might have been good http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/volkswagen/auction-842095796.htm

It's very common really. There are also a LOT of ABS module common faults out there, on all sorts of makes - you'd think they'd have this stuff sorted by now with all the technology around! If you get a new unit, DIS will code it to the car, but you MUST have a proper cable, with actual voltage sensing that works. I purchased mine direct from Germany too, but I was comfortable with doing the coding and replacement, and also the risk if anything went wrong - If you aren't into that, get something local for sure! Fitting takes about 10 minutes, but coding is the harder part. You've got some good options above, in Auckland. I only found one place in NZ that did repairs (But I didn't look really hard!), and they quoted a price close enough to the new replacement for for me personally not to bother (about 3/4???). I did destroy my old one afterwards, just to see the dumb design for myself