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Was that a South African thing? 205/55R15 was standard on German made ones.

I fitted a genuine Xenon retrofit kit to our old E39... it came with a simplified levelling system, but I never fitted it ? If you can find the bits, it was one sensor on the rear suspension and all the wiring and diagrams required. The factory fitted Xennons used 2 levelling sensors (one front, one rear), and isn't as easy to retrofit, because the LCM is different for levelling or not.

Retrofit it into your Leaf....

Is is coming out to play this weekend yet???

She's driving a Demio... I surprised she DIDN'T die! The effects of Dad's eating a strong curry can write one of those off!

The 728i is even quicker if it has the sort diff ratio option. The 730i V8 was pretty much the dog of the range - like an E30 320i auto.... uses the same/moe fuel than the bigger engines, ends up slower than the smaller engines ? The M52TU in the later ones was a much more advanced engine... though the little V8 sounded nice... (mostly because it worked hard a lot!)

That's SO accurate!

That number plate appears to be absolutely indestructible, based on the front bumper condition...

Ummm... no. These things take time ?

Is that the same colour as your old 540i Touring? Also, you didn't tell everyone that you got out of trouble for buying this, by letting your Mrs buy a Lambo ? Works for me though - I can keep the Defender a bit longer, right? ?

Technically, this post inspired me to START smoking? I just vac packed about 4kg last night! Well done though - 10 years!

^^^This! I ran 3 or 4 cans of varying brands trough the Mrs FSI Touran over a week or so... then stripped it down to clean out the intake. It appears the sprays did sweet F.A. A litre of petrol, a bit of speedo cable in a drill, a plastic scraper, and a suction device had it looking cleana nd running smoother. There's one way to clean it out with sparays, it appears. Regular use *may* help, but I suspect it'd have to be so regular that it would bankrupt you.

Pretty much any E39 you buy can EASILY eat $1-2K in parts - and that's if there is nothing "wrong" to start with. We had a manual 525i sedan. The fuel consumption between the 525i, 530i and 540i IF driven similarly, isn't that different at all. The V8 uses a bit more around town, but not that much really.. It CAN use a lot more, but it goes places a lot faster if you do! The auto 525i is working a bit harder, so probably actually uses more in town the the 530i, and the 520i (even the 2.2 M54 version) is a waste of time really - the only advantage is usually the lower purchase price - it's certainly not going to save you any fuel, while it's hauling around the same weight of car (which is the biggest determining factor of fuel consumption in practical terms)

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Bare minimum; You should be required to spell your own name correctly. That should remove 30% of the current "drivers" from the road!

I fitted a GP2 by Speedbuster to my VW R32 VR6 powered Touran... It's adjustable via phone bluetooth. I did it to REDUCE the throttle sensitivity,, because I struggled to control it smoothly =- it was either 100% nana, or full on launch! The advantage with the GP2 is that it has a custom setting where you can set your own curve - it doesn't apply it instantly at startup though - I turn on my ignition, press the throttle to the floor, and it's set. Your way would be so bad though, as it would get more sensitive as soon as you started driving. It's sold as the Speedbuster GP2, the MAD Go Pedal and mine was actually supplied by TMC motorsport, though it was ordered via a speedbuster website: https://www.tmcmotorsport.com/power-pedal-accelerator-tuning-phone-controls

M54's need to have time-serts fitted when the head comes off for the gasket - Torqueing up head bolts straight into the head regularly fail - They don't need to be overtorqued at all. You may still be able to fit time-serts now, assuming the holes haven't been screwed too much. They drill out the holes, and thread the time sert into the head, then the head bolts screw into the timesert.

Fixed that for you ?

Mine had factory fitted Celis, with a 3A. A 4 will be better though, as there were more options, like turning off angel eye LED cold checks. You'll need the version to match the headlights your car came with; halogen/xenon.

Did you nip down the servo, for a pie?

You've already got one... It's just painted with black stoneguard They're good as a reinforcement for stopping the shock towers mushrooming on rooted shocks.

"That's a NO, from me"

Thermostats are one thing I tend to buy OE or OEM. It's not worth trusting a cheap one. Having said that... they are a pretty simple device and precision isn't one of their strong points - they do creep open and closed, so the speed at which you increase the temperature can dramatically affect the measured "open" temp and "closed" temp.

I had shocks from the UK arrive in under 2 weeks (July 19th to 29th) - out for delivery today, though might really be tomorrow, Via Fedex. Leatherhead to Standstead, to Feltham, to Standstead, to Memphis, to Honolulu to Auckland and onto Whangarei today ? Also 2 items from China... one posted April 4th (!), once posted July 16th. Both arrived in the Country June 26th, the April one delivered today, the July one being processed in Auckland. Now, if only the Russian one from April would arrive! It's important distillation parts!