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At that point you sell it and buy a manual.

Honestly don't bother unless you have to. The 6hp19 is only marginally better than the GM. I believed all the hype, but after having owned both examples at the same time I have left my GM. It's a lot of effort for near no gain.

Before you start the car next check if the exhaust manifold is clean of oil that may have dripped onto it whilst sitting.

Big nope. Been listed for over a year. Have a close look at the photos. Crud and wear everywhere. For a car with just over 100K that is bad. That is a $9K car if they wanted it to move today. And you would be paying a premium for a car you will still need to spend thousands on. That kind of wear and neglect tells me it likely has had minimal maintenance. Not a good thing on an N52 motor. I think if you are not going to work on it yourself you really need to find one that already has all the big stuff done recently and has no current oil leaks.

N5* series motors all leak from the same spots. Top of motor: Valve Cover gasket (including the inner seals around the spark plugs. Valve Cover cam sensor grommet Valve Cover itself if it is damaged Valvetronic motor to Valve Cover gasket PCV pipes from Valve cover to return Oil Filter Housing to head Oil Cooler to Oil Filter Housing Bottom of motor: Sump Gasket Rear Main Seal Oil level sensor If the PCV fails it can cause excess pressure in the engine which will force oil out from any weak point. If the person changing the Valve cover gasket cheaped out and didn't replace the stretch bolts they can snap and be left off. All of these will fail at some stage. Especially the Valve Cover gasket, PCV and Oil filer housing gasket.

I sold two of my 3. One was near identical to the one you posted earlier. It went for $6200. I have seen F20 135i's down around your budget.

Wouldn't you just retrofit something that basic. It's literally just a slip ring, cover and adding it to the build via a program tool.

Here is a scary thing about data sharing. It is not that the Government will be using your data. It will be Insurance companies. Insurance will one day demand you share this data with them. I was already being offered discounts on insurance in the US if I shared my driving data with them. Driving data will be available from everyone. Insurance will take advantage of this. No data. No insurance. For the heavy industry this is usually shared voluntarily. Better drivers get cheaper insurance.

Yeah anyone with a recreational boat will be excited. This sort of system will introduce a good number of tax dodgers. Just like the current RUC system with the people who put an inline switch on there electronic ODO's or disconnect the mechanical ones. ERoad uses GPS and calibrates against your ODO. This is where you want a private company holding your data. Currently if the Police want Eroad data they have to get a court order. You own that data.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/569149/road-user-charges-for-all-vehicles-move-a-step-closer This has been in the works and ready to go for the last 10+ years. I'm interested in the governments implementation for the system. It should be purely done by vetted private entities IMO. E.g. ERoad. Been collecting the vast majority of NZ's heavy vehicle RUC for over 10 years. I do however want it to be based purely on weight. I don't want to pay the same RUC as a 2.8ton BYD in my 1.2ton 200sx. Picture of the digital RUC label we created when I worked for ERoad in 2015. Even had the police test it with their scanners at the time. They were super excited about it.

Gone.

The market is super odd at the moment. I honestly feel like the NZ enthusiast car market is heavily influenced by popular youtubers and whatever is the flavor of the month. In the generic shitbox car sector I had to fight to buy a 2011 Nissan Xtrail. There were over 100 of them for sale at the time and yet I was under pressure to get one....

Nice. I have never noticed how stumpy the shifter is in the M3. Looks awkward.

Are you going to do the valve cover gaskets too? You can do the PCV in place. Fiddley but possible. Otherwise if you would prefer to have another cover to do the mod then install I would recommend doing the valve cover gasket, valvetronic motor gasket and the cam position sensor gasket. All inexpensive via spareto.com or similar. I have my old cover here (I replaced the whole thing) and a new PCV you can have for $100. I was going to do the fix and sell it. But never got around to it. I purchased one of these. https://spareto.com/products/febi-bilstein-cylinder-head-cover/103099 But I also see they have an aluminum version now. https://spareto.com/products/febi-bilstein-cylinder-head-cover/194977 Vid of the replacement.

I have an old oem cover and a new diaphragm I could sell you. There is a guide on how to cut the old one free and install the new one. It's not a major. Jackos picture shows everything that needs doing.

I would stare at an oncoming Rangers headlights over looking at those wheels for another second.

Just be aware that sometimes DBA is replaced by Brembo at Supercheapauto. And they are not great. I especially wouldn't want them on a tracked car.

Likely. Is your 07 an LCI? The PCV is built into the cam cover. One of the dumbest decisions BMW has ever made on an engine IMO. When the PCV fails or begins to fail it can pressurize the crankcase and you will start to smell oil. Leave it long enough and you will start getting leaks. Are you sure you don't have a small leak that is dripping a small amount onto your exhaust?

It does look like it has sat outside a lot. And the steering wheel suggests much more than 80K miles, though the tamper dot is not on.

https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/penrite-penrite-hpr-5-engine-oil---5w-40-5-litre/14911.html Penrite HPR-5 is 50% off 5L @ 48.99

Damn. Shame I missed that. Would have been a good donor for the race car.

Seen it posted in a few places online now. It is causing some outrage. And so it should.

I'm not surprised at all. I feel like if you were not a confident driver you would let it dictate where it thinks you should be. That could be dangerous.

I go with a smaller crowd now. Wairarapa Windscreens. They have been great. I think they have replaced 5 of my screens now thanks to our terrible roads and hordes of logging trucks. Find the small guy who takes pride in their work. And yeah use the forum to get positive and negative reviews. The data scrapers love it.

Cost to get it done is pretty crazy these days. And I have only seen one iS in this condition in the last 10 years for sale. And it was listed at over $30K.