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Bought a ps2 and ps3 (twice) just for the gt series games. Since sold them including (regretfully) my g27 wheel. I pretty much spent all of my free time when gt5 came out. Im trying to resist the urge to get a ps4 and gt6. From reading the reviews, GT6 seems to be a slight improvement over gt5 On the other end, forza 5 is a bit of a let down, less cars and more micro transactions.

I read the alan carr book twice, even attended the seminar. Each attempt lasted 3weeks tops. I am now 3months smoke free. The first week is hell. The second like attending an opera/ballet show. The third week gets easier and you start to forget about it. One thing I noticed on this attempt and hopefully my last is the bloated feeling I had for the first 2weeks. It was awful and discouraging. I took champix this time round, if you can hack the vivid dreams of the engine in your M5 throwing a leg out, it actually does work.

Someone's read the Alan Carr book.... Which I can recommend being a great way to think differently about cigarette smoking.

Yep, sure will. If the guides are completely gone, you will see wear on the timing chain (remove oil filler cap)

OP - did you get the car checked out mechanically ? At that mileage, if it hasn't been done already, id expect the timing chain guide rails to be on their last legs. So long as those don't go, the cooling system has had plastic and rubber things replaced, and the trans is still butter smooth, you should get a good run out of it.

That sucks, what year was the 540i ?

They don't suck any more money than a 540i. If you're handy with a spanner, armed with some diagnostic s'ware and know where to look for parts, maintenance on an E39 M5 is not that bad.

Loose the rear spoiler and the blue graphics, drop the price to about 8 or 9k and it'd be a good buy imo. Maybe drop the price by another 2k if they are cheap crap wheels and tyres.

Oh and u may get away with just replacing the runber washers under the rocker cover bolts. Looks like your culpret in that pic.

Had same issue with my old 540i. Remove the trunk catch mechanism and check the spring. Probably snapped due to age/fatigue. If you're lucky you may be able to uncoil a bit of the spring and re attach it to the latch. The lower trunk lid panel has to come off to acces the lock mechanism. That panel can be stubbourn, just remember to remove the plastic grip part first.

Does any one know if specialist tools are available for rent in the Auckland area? I need to borrow a ball joint removal tool to swap out the ball-joint out of the lower rear hub. Similar to this : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laser-Rear-Suspension-Balljoint-Bush-Tool-Bmw-Hand-Tools-CCA-LASER-SPECIALIST-TO-/320998095068?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4abcfa38dc

Any joy disinfecting there Glenn?

Thrust arm bushes replaced with uprated items from an X5. Had these in my previous 540i and they made a significant difference to braking and turn-in feel. Same results produced when installed in to the M5. No more wobble wobble at 80 - 90km'h and steering wheel jolt during sudden braking either. The bushing on the left was far worse cracked than the one on the right. I suspect these were the originals. They did well for 170,000kms in an M5.

Yep, sounds like windows is due for a re-install. You could spend hours on chasing this virus down. I would admit defeat, backup what you can. Format your disk partition(s) and re-install windows.

Can u give a few more details about the yahoo xtra problem? I.e how did the infection get in?

12.8l/100km town driving 8l open road. Thats what I consistantly got with my 99 540i in the 5 years I had it.

There are loads of euro kits out there. Tamiya do the best quality kits imo. Though in recent years other brands have caught up. Was always put off by fujimi and aoshima as they look like sh*t once assembled and painted. Proportions all wrong especially with the e34. Have 4 euro kits in progress atm. Just waiting for the scaled down automotive paints to hurry up and be shippable to nz again.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/9463577/Fast-and-the-Furious-actor-dies-in-car-crash Apparently was working on the next F*ck Physics 7, I mean Fast and Furious 7 until this happened. RIP

Asking price: $34,000

Ok I will email the seller this wednesday to confirm numbers. 8 so far but pending all up cost per calendar.

Looks like it may have had a frontal as that bumper is not genuine M5. pretty average spec too.

Really? It's automatic.

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Saw it this morning. Looks as clean as in those pics. Although I'm not sold on the darker coloured wheels.