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Does anyone have access to see who owns the car park around Albany Mall? I see a council parking warden wandering around what i thought was Privately owned and maintained land. He turns up in his council car, hands out a ton of Rego/WOF fines and then buggers off. I have had a similar fine as your Mrs Tyler. I paid for 2 hours near my old Uni. Left at lunch time. Came back 1 hour later and was dead lucky to get the same park. Paid for another 2 hours. Got a fine for not moving my car. $60 odd bucks. Wrote in to complain and around 2 months later they sent back a barely decipherable auto generated letter letting me off.

Think I will get the Mobility Kit. And take the full size wheel only if I am towing or something. Takes up too much space in the boot. Also doesn't anyone have a copy of the latest BMW NAV Dvd Don't you hate it when the old owner just cleans the car out of everything. Even if it is only good for this car.

Cool will look into this soon. Want to make sure all the cosmetic things are tidied up and that if I get a flat that I can actually do something about it. Car came with a full size wheel as a spare in the boot. Takes up a heap of space. Car had run flats once so never had a space saver. However the car doesn't have a jack either. What do you guys think of the M Mobility Kits? http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E60-530i-M54_3.0L/Wheels/Emergency_Equipment/ES2728381/ Otherwise I was thinking about getting this kit. Though a heap of money for a jack. http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E60-530i-M54_3.0L/Wheels/Tools/ES2530819/

I think I will get the required service done and then remove the swirl flaps. I am interested in having the car chipped/remaped. Guess I would need to talk to Gavin at Hi Velocity.

I got them off the shelf from Gavin at Euro Italian. Still sitting in my garage while I wait 5 weeks for one part to come back that was sent incorrectly from the states.

Bring it to the race series then. You are still welcome at our private track days of course. Will just keep sending you invites until you accept.

I buy all my BMW parts through Gavin at Euro Italian. He always finds me what I need quickly. I usually don't have time to wait 2 weeks for an essential part. But I buy all of my performance parts from overseas. Getting anything here is a costly chore, but mostly just not available.

Economics 101. And why on Earth would you buy BMW parts from any of those places. Euro Italian BM Workshop BM World Otherwise Pelican parts in the US has pretty much everything.

Drove from Wellington to Masterton then on to Auckland today. 10.8l/km by Taupo. 9.7 by Auckland. Towing a heavy trailer with an E30 on it. Stoked with that. Better than my bloody 540 did towing nothing. Really enjoying it.

Bit different from the guide I was reading using PK Screws, a Dremmel and some cheap sealant. Haha.

Set of R888's from an E30 Series Car. Were purchased new in Jan this year and have only done two E30 rounds. They are hardly worn and have very even wear. Ton of tread left. Will only sell as a set. $600ono Flexible 0211 88 77 33

You would think there would be some good will involved huh. If there isn't then I could only presume they just lost themselves a life customer.

Low KM's doesn't automatically mean less use than high K's cars. Its a shame you can't see the number of active hours the car has been used. You only have to look at the Jap imports. 100,000kms feels like 200,000kms on some of the cars I have driven. If the car has been well serviced all the perishable/replaceable parts should have been done. It is a case by case thing.

I would love to know what sort of driving causes them to fault and be eaten. And why BMW hasn't really taken every precaution to solve the issue. Rather they have just band-aided it.

Haha okay just for you Julian.

Mine has the reinforced ones with the better shafts. So it would really only just be a precaution.

Yep would rather a 200K open road runner than a 100K Auckland crawler or Remurewa School Bus.

The fault that is more common on these motors is when they eat the swirl flaps. Will have mine taken out very soon.

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The Mrs is not happy it doesn't have heated seats though. Haha. I thought being a Southern car it would. No matter. It just doesn't get that cold up here.

Nice you are going to all the right people. They do amazing quality work.

Hi Alan, Is the paint in good nick? Clear coat is not starting to fail etc.. Is she running okay to get over the hill to Masterton? Or does she need to be transported? Cheers, Dan

Love this 530D. Drove from Chch Airport to Picton, Wellington - Masterton - Palmy - Taupo - Just North of Matamata On one tank of diesel. Approx 890kms with some mucking around. Not eco driving. Driving like we just purchased a new car and wanted to see how it drives. Went over the Rimutaka's and Vinegar Hill spiritedly. Economy was still 6.7l/100kms. Drives like a new car. Long distance driving all its life rather than shitty commuting in traffic. Is a shame that all it will be doing during the week is shitty commuting. I say forget Petrol if you are looking at buying a more modern BMW. Unless you are looking at proper M vehicles of course. The 530D has all the power of the 530i but with much more torque and far superior economy. Even after just this one drive in the E60 I am impressed with how much better than the E39 it is. They really did build a car to the same standards as the amazing E39 with improvements in every aspect. Not many manufacturers achieve this.

FWD French Ferrari. Would rather rollie pollie everywhere I had to go than be see driving that.

Cheers, Pretty cool blog actually. After I read about the 5 Series I had a look at the black and gold blog. http://drive4corners.com/index.php/black-and-gold/ All about the 6ers and plenty about Jim Richards car which has been in NZ quite a few times. I watched the very last vid and it was also pretty good. Some yanks racing them in a road rally and kicking all the Porches asses. Even the M5 beat them.