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I have a bare staggered set. No throwing stars. What are you looking to pay for a set?

QQL2 is on a Rolls now which had the plate GHO57. So must have been a BMW Demo car?

Mates at a wedding. Nice bridal car.

I was probably one of those delivering the rental car to your door in the early 2000's. I had a mini motorbike I would throw in the boot. Deliver the car then ride my motorbike to pick up another. Was a sweet gig. At night I would bring cars down to central London from Milton Keys at a very very rapid pace. We had a couple of RS6's as VIP delivered within 30min specials.

The new Burn Your Dollars Shark 6. A 2700kg EV Ute with a GVM of exactly 3500kgs to avoid it being a Light Commercial Truck. It will pay the same RUC as a Nissan Leaf. They arrived in country this week.

I don't think my riding gear will ever not smell of it after that run. They have announced next years run and it should be huge.

Good question. It doesn't make sense. I must have been thinking something and typed that instead. But I can't remember what I was meant to type now..

Yet I would still rather hang out with those dickheads over the current social media nepotists somehow.

I was seriously looking into an S85 + DCT for my E34 before I moved back to NZ. My issue became having space to collate the parts and strip vehicles from co-part. And then I wasn't sure if there would be anyone back here that could help. Especially down in the lower North Island. I would still love to do it. But not with the $ at where it is. Nor would I buy the parts in NZ where a DCT costs the same as an entire car from co-part. So I will just putt around with the M30 for a bit.

I am going to go with B12's or similar for my commuter once she reaches 200k. So prob another 4 months'ish. Where did you pick yours up from? Did you still just go with fronts only? I plan to do a full set and so far spareto looks to be the cheapest with shipping.

Non car things over the weekend. Small bikes instead. Massive amount of fun. Syds Run 2024 in Christchurch. A charity run for leukemia in the name of the guy who started this event. Syd. 560 odd scooters and small CC bikes. I've been two years in a row now. Syds 100th Birthday (RIP) would have been next year. They reckon there is going to well over 600 bikes this time. Buy a sh*t bike, chuck on your battle jacket and join the fun. Live your Pest Life. I have a 1978 Yamaha Chappy LB80 which is a laugh.

Spareto.com has nearly all the same parts as ECS and FCP however spareto's shipping is usually more realistic. I think the build thread for that car is on here somewhere. Should be good fun.

They chase you for plates these days. If the car is de-registered or re-registered they want the plates back. If you don't hand them back in you get a $200 fine.

I actually have no idea what that would cost. But I do know that I couldn't afford the cars I have if I had to have a mechanic do the work.

This is really apparent on Reddit r/bmw r/mercedes Many of the posts are about interior LED lights and other absolute junk like door projectors that we use to buy from supercheap in the early 2000's. Gone are the days of soft ambient interior lighting. Now you get RGB lighting like a bloody teenagers computer case.

They are a pretty good car with one of BMW's most reliable engines. What other Gaskets have been done? Sump, valve cover, oil cooler and oil filter housing gaskets all leak on these motors. If you are a DIY'er they are all easy. The sump does take some extra effort though. The Water pump is something to keep an eye on. Many swap these out at around 150K kms. Example Kit: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-water-pump-replacement-kit-n51-n52-n52n-oem-11517586925kit The plastic coolant hose fittings to the front of your engine are the next thing you should look to replace. The plastic becomes brittle. Many of us here have had it fail. Replace it with an Aluminum flange hose. Example Hose: https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-coolant-hose-with-flange-rein-11537545890 Service the gearbox and diff. The lifetime oils are a load of BS. With the gearbox it is really important to follow the correct procedure. Check the guibo's on the driveshaft for cracking too. I absolutely loved my 530D E60. It had done over 200K kms and was still mint.

Welcome. It is exactly why we try and keep this forum going. As people move away from Facebook all that information is lost. Enjoy the F11

Interesting take from someone in the supercar scene. I absolutely despise much of the new tech in current vehicles. Distracting, gimmicky and already out of date.

To be the downer I bet this will go to a dealer who will half ass restore it purely for profit. Would have been better to pick who you want it to go to.

That prolapsed rear bumper is horrendous.

Unless your PCV is shagged you can get away with replacing the valve cover gasket only on the LCI. I did this at around 100,000kms. It lasted 70,000kms without leaking. I then had to replace the PCV valve which is built into the cover. There are also options for this too. The PCV valve is a common reason why oil is being pushed past your gasket though. If it fails it will generally try to force oil out from everywhere. Especially the Valvetronic motor area. You can remove the cover, dremel the old valve off and replace the valve. I have a guide for this somewhere. And both a spare cover and new valve if you wanted to purchase. If just doing the gasket. Valve Cover Gasket Valvetronic motor gasket This seal thing (goes where the plug is on top at the front) - BMW # 11 12 7 528 242 But you get all that with this kit. https://spareto.com/products/febi-bilstein-cylinder-head-cover/103099 Job takes a few hours. Remove the cowling and aircon intake Unbolt the strut brace on the drivers side Unplug and move the loom out of the way Remove the coils and valvetronic motor Unbolt the cover You just need some good TORX sockets. Including bigger sized ones for the strut brace. You will also need to reset the valvetronic limitations. This can only be done via software. Some cheap BMW scanners can do this. Otherwise borrow a Bimmergeeks or Carly or similar.

Unfortunately on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1061149355739051/

Plenty of them on my way up to the coromandel on Friday. Had a cRaptor trying to prove he was faster than an old 1 series auto. Had to back right off as he was crossing the center line on blind corners. Turned off to Pauwanui (of course he did).

Caravans and sh*t old motor homes. Why has this become popular again? I guess there is nothing like parking up a few meters from your neighbour and sharing stories of who was the bigger a**hole by holding up the most traffic the longest.

A mate installs the council readers. They can't read the plates at all.