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Bugger it’s not a manuel. 

35 minutes ago, LemonHunter said:

'Lovely cars but ones a bit old (2013 is the limit) and the other a bit pricy ($15k tops).

Quite like the look of this, though not so keen on living the RUC life.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320d/listing/4178515256

Best to get an N47 powered car that’s had the timing chain job done already.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-3981928155.htm
 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-4218090763.htm
 

On 7/11/2023 at 1:31 PM, Neil McCauley said:

Wonder if it's still got the Gruppe M carbon intakes and Hartge back boxes? 

I have the Hartge back boxes.

Pull the lower rear seat base up and see if there’s signs of original black paint there. 

points to evidence of some gorilla using a BFH in the past to try and separate the Balljoint.

Looking at options for getting a 200kg engine on a pallet sent to me from Napier. Any recommendations on a company to use? 

Arms $100 for the pair - $old.

Shift Knob $old.

On 9/13/2022 at 7:56 AM, Eagle said:

Track days still going. Never been on that track so i thought id better get one or maybe 2 in before its gone. 

I've been doing track days once a month at Puke and intend to until closedown. 

It puts a price on the post or it gets the hose.

7 hours ago, Kiwi_BMW said:

How about the price of this on TM, I've seen it listed before but can't recall the previous pricing

2003 BMW 540i | Trade Me Motors

You even get fake non staggered style 65’s!

1 hour ago, jom said:

If you're low mileage AA do classic car insurance. It's a lot cheaper...

I’ve got my M5 on their classic cover package and there’s no where in the policy about mileage restrictions, for 5 years now. They do low ball each year for renewal in value which is annoying and an extra $100 for a valuation to get agreed value. 
 

Had a claim on the X3 recently for Fr bumper damage and it was quite painless. While the work carried out by their choice of shop was good, I found things in the engine bay not re-installed properly. I wasn’t given a choice of which shop did the work. 
 

Have been with state, ami and tower over the years. Have only ever made 3 claims including the recent X3 one. AA hands down the best. The rest can ggf’d.

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

@Blackie Have you considered this? 
 

37 minutes ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

You'd be the man to ask, I hope... I always wondered what differences lay between Motorsport and Motorsport II suspension, do you have any insight into this?

Compared to Mtech I the 540i Mtech II suspension gets M5 front shocks, lower front springs. Progressive and taller rear springs with different shocks to accommodate. Ride height is 10mm lower. Don’t quote me on this but I think swaybars are slightly stiffer too. 

1 hour ago, Daniel0663 said:

https://www.bmw.co.nz/en/shop/ls/cp/connected-drive

The subscription options are already listed on bmw NZ. 

No doubt this will expand as time goes ...... 

Car as a service bullshit.

The starter motors must be beefed up to cope with all the extra work, I haven’t really heard much at all on early failures in bimmers with stop/start tech.

Echoing @Olaf ‘s comments. Loving the F25 30d. We average 8.6l/100km and a tank lasts about 2-2.5 weeks. Ours is msport nz-new but with standard suspension. It is a tad harsh over sharp bumps with the RFT’s but it’s not a deal breaker. The 20d is a little lack lustre, you’d struggle overtaking up a hill easily, which is my benchmark for performance. The 35i is nice but I could see us having to fill up once a week. Compared to the 30d the 35i is quicker from 100km/h onwards when i was test driving.

I've been trying to chase an annoying rattle coming from the engine bay when giving it some jandal since I bought this car in 2015. I had literally been through everything I could think of including opening up the engine, checking timing, bleeding lifters, compression test etc etc.

It turn out the rattle was coming from loose exhaust manifold nuts FFS. lol. Of the 4 nuts i could access on bank 1, 2 were quite loose, and one wasn't even finger tight. I still need to check the other 4 nuts but for now the rattle has completely gone. This is a very good example of troubleshooting from the most complex and expensive part first and working your way back to the easiest and cheapest, which is very wrong. I feel like a F*cking plonker, but at the same time I'm very happy!

I’d be surprised if there wasn’t software out there that can be used to overcome 20 year old bmw security systems. Thieves overseas are stealing later model BMW’s and European cars. Sounds like NZ’s scum are starting to catchup.

2 hours ago, Olaf said:

Happy (surprised) to note that this varies.  I drove one with 138k kms (F25 30D) and the rear shock were stuffed.  Bought another F25 30D Msport, at 146k kms and all the shocks (non msport) are very good, and they're original.  I think they'll be good for another 20k kms.  My car was Msport though optioned with standard suspension.  SI dealers felt msport suspension too harsh for NZ roads; this car is firm enough!

Has yours got run flats? 

20 hours ago, jon dee said:

If a body has cancer it has to be cut out to save the body. Criminal gangs are a cancer on society. It is as simple as that.

Unfortunately it will just keep growing back until a cure is found…

Name one Western country that doesn’t have organised crime. NZ is just a piss in the ocean compared to other countries. John Dee your posts just reek of a ‘stamp it out’ approach towards it. The outcomes of organised crime are disgusting, something that I think we’ll never get rid of.

Put it on a hoist and inspect everything underneath, then balance what needs/should be done against your budget.

Hit me up if you want to code the lcm