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There was a manual for $12K the other day.

You can replace the PCV on its own. A few guides online. You can buy the replacement PCV separately. Pretty easy job.

I think Star Citizen is as close to that dream as we will get. It does have a BMW. The 300i. It doesn't have an N52.

Mechanic shops in 20 years are going to be very strange places. Look forward to any work needing an electric engineers cert.

The auto box is good for an auto. It is quite fast. They all come with paddles. There are a few mods for them too. I can't be assed with a manual for a commuter. Especially as they are so much more expensive. On another note. I think I stuffed up the auto wipers on my car. I hit the auto button and when they sense rain they just run the same intermittent timer. They don't change with rain intensity. Has anyone stuffed this up before and fixed it? I was mucking around with the features turning them off and on. It is possible it started doing this when I installed cruise control. I used the wiper stalk that came with it and it doesn't have a rear wiper ability.

Just to be the total opposite. I have Laufenn LK03's aka S Fit on my 130i. Zero issues. Zero understeer. Hammer on them over the hill at least once a week. They are coming to the end of their life at around 30K and I am pretty hard on them. I would say some of your issue is down to the VAG vehicle they are attached to. The tyres are not the best but I have never experienced what you are.

It will be one of the centre heat shields. Mine does it on occasion. I just give it a little bend until it stops. Right dead centre of the car though. Any exhaust shop or mechanic should be able to give it a tweak for you. Otherwise I could help sometime after work next week. I have a hoist and am in Featherston just over the hill.

Older video I somehow missed.

Was quite good. Wish they had focussed on the car more though.

Love me a ute. As long is it is on fire.

Don't forget that compulsory $500 EQC levy that was slapped onto all House insurance. I was stoked to find out about that one. That and my $4000 rates where I receive so much f**k all it's not funny. Classic Cover has been great for me for 3 cars and 2 bikes. However I am stuck with AA for the other 3 cars. Classic cover is worth a try if you have something a little more rare or special. They even do lay up and transport insurance for my racecar and it's only about $240 per year.

What's the NZ retail on that Jon

I would say the Cyber Truck is exactly the same thing with a kids drawing body slapped on top. Crammed full of gimmicks. You're not going to get driving enjoyment from one. But its perfect for the attention seeker.

Oooofff is all I have to say at this time.

Ratio. This can be made to look just as good if less non m vehicles are sold and the m sales remain the same.

Regen braking that doesn't activate brake lights. Absolute joke. I watched a newish Hyundai slow from 80kph to 50kph quite quickly without any brake lights being activated. So quick I thought their lights were not working.

Government needs to start going after companies that have been doing this. Good money to be made. Company was fined $1m USD last year for it.

They absolutely have the data and ability to do this too. It is already half assed in place for heavy vehicles. Worked with all this data when I worked for Eroad.

Parking sensors are hard to get here now. The ones on my Merc have been on there at least 10 years now. They are active ones meaning they are always on. The passive or reactive ones last I read were no good. Have a go through youtube and watch some tests. Many barely work especially if placed poorly. Mine are almost on my number plates where most guns will target.

That is real sh*t. I've seen it happen to a young dude in an Evo7/8/9 right in front of me. Cop moved 3 normal looking cars to pull him over. Ignoring the two utes ahead of him. His car looked standard, but not like the other boring sh*t around him I guess. This sounds amazing. I am so sick of tip toeing around the Wairarapa at the moment so would like to update the system. My old stealth Bell system in the Merc is starting to play up. Gives an error beep after about 30mins of it being on. The laser parking sensors seem still happy but i've only seen on cop with a radar gun in the last 3 months and I was in the wrong car. There are so many cops trying to catch people 4kph over the speed limit on dead straight roads. One flashed me at 82kph (GPS). I was on cruise control on the roads between Greytown and Featherston. Dead straight. Nobody around me. I made sure he could see me shaking my head like some grumpy old man.

Takapuna Panel beaters. Marty and Michelle are big BMW fans. Marty is a wicked driver and currently runs an M2 race car. Done a lot of work for BMW series drivers over the decade.

Never buy it when it's not on special. Take the Briscoes approach. It will be on sale sometime soon. I just keep buying it when it hits 50-60% off.

There has been confusion when this has been brought up on reddit a number of times. Including by BMW salesman. Where are these cars. Nobody ever seems to see them. Unlike the last gens when released which were everywhere. Do they blend into the masses more easily?

Oh I forgot to add that the Forum is hosted privately by James. Who is another OG to the forum. Most of mods came from just hanging around long enough. Jon and myself from the early involvement in the BMW race series. Ollie and Andrew both ran in the BMW series too. You are not going to find useful car info via dumpster fires like TikTok. So lets hope people bring their knowledge back to the forums where it can be stored.

TBH there was nearly a complaint every time he posted something. And he was doing it on purpose much of the time. The founders Ollie and Andrew drop by every now and then. Ollie has just listed his Bimmersport E30 Series car for sale on the forum. Even comes with keys to the forum. There are still many old members lurking around. But Facebook did harm the forum space. Only now are forums starting to make a come back as people are hunting for info on classic cars. Facebook is a black hole for anything older than about 12 hours. Searching is non existent and near on useless. The only thing it is good for is meet ups. Many of the younger kids (18-25) at work don't even have Facebook. As that is for their parents. Many of my friends and family are quitting it as current social media takes it's toll on their lives. There is so much info on this forum and others that are similar. I do still get angry at the great Photobucket purge. So many lost important images.