Driftit

Looks awesome. Hope they make an Airwolf movie one day too. This is awesome though.

And this is exactly where you can go wrong. The grading system is not always correct. Some Auction Houses have their own grading system which can differ. I have had cars that were grade 4 (1-5 scale 5 being New), and they have needed major work done to them. The Japs are not stupid. They will fix a damaged car and hide any sign of repairs so it will fetch a better price through Auction. TAU is one of these!! After the 4th "mistake" they made with cars I purchased through them I threatened court action against them, I won't go into detail but was purely due to miss-information. Their NZ agent was a complete Muppet at the time and lied through his teeth every moment he could. TAU deals with Insurance companies. Most of their cars are written off in Japan so they buy them and export them. They do "Fix" many of them too. Hell even the boat we purchased through them was dodgy and had been water logged. Remember all the water damaged cars that flooded into NZ late 90's early 00's? Tau had a crap-ton of these. Just be very careful. It is not always fun and games. I am not trying to put you off. Just trying to make you aware that you can still be ripped off. I am also still chasing an agent who owes us money for a non delivered car. Go through the experienced importers first. Once you learn the process give it a try yourself.

Where is all the High End Euros?

Finding a reliable Jap agent is the hardest part. There is plenty that will get the work done and get you your car. But few of them actually check the car throughly. So many private importers get stung by a car that needs a engineers cert for previous damage. An engineers cert is extremely tough. They will not hesitate to make you re-fix any previous repairs. E.g. No that rear quarter repair is not up to NZ standard. Do it again. $3000 down the shitter. And really pay attention to what you can and can not bring in. Don't go by hear say. There is many a muppet who think they know the rules. Don't expect to get the best deal in the world. You are still buying blind.

Smoking has aged her well.

I have a manual conversion in my garage you can't have if you like John boy. She is looking mean man.

Years pass by. Sometimes sh*t happens.

Was posted in another thread. But I think it deserves a discussion thread of her own. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-261033834.htm If we had the room for it right now we would be pursuing it. Such a pretty car. Makes me wish I had got our other cars up to scratch to sell and make room. Damn my laziness.

Yep. Must have a very low comp ratio with head gasket that thick.

Had it once before where they did come back. Tagged the house and later shot a pallet through one of our windows. The local kid that did it got dealt with. Harshly. Then the cops dealt with him for tagging the local primary school every bloody weekend. Little shits need to be dealt with harshly. It is the only way they learn.

My brother and I just picked a fight with the wrong people no more than 20 mins ago. Live next to a dairy and this heap of sh*t old Honda Legend pulls up. Out jumps two darkies. They start trying to tag the wall. I yell out and they sh*t themselves and run off. We go up to check out the area only to find 8 large darkies. We ran back to the house while they did their whole Ooga booga haka "What? What?" sh*t. Called the cops who were here in no less than 5 mins. Very impressed. But darkies had already gone. No doubt to find another fence to scribble sh*t on. Where has all the xmas spirit gone. Haha.

I use Pix resizer. Is free and can do groups. Can set whatever size you want. Very easy. http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

Was lucky enough to follow a Red Lambo Diablo VT with the plate RED VT down Bucklands Beach Road a few nights back. Was 12pm and I just managed to open my window in time for him to punch the party pedel. God they sound awesome. And they backfire a shitload too.

Will no doubt just be trying to avoid the cost of normal registration. If you get caught you can be charged for fraudulent miss information or something. Just change it back to the correct class. Or make sure he does before he sells it to you.

I use Glenn at Botany Motorworx for servicing (Bimmersport Discount) Gavin at Euro Italian for new parts (Bimmersport Discount) Ray at HellBM for 2nd hand parts (Bimmersport Discount) And for some of the odd parts Coombes Johnston BMW in Tauranga. (E30 Series Discount) Make sure you support the forum sponsors. And you will get rewarded with a good Discount and great service!

Haha I took out my lead the other day and went slower

Yeah blood is a bit of a reality check huh. Thats from where the gaurd rail sliced off the poor drivers legs.

Check the rubber bush that connects your steering column to your rack. Quite often they are worn out. See it quite a bit in the E30 series cars. The E30 brakes are quite adequate even though they are only little single pots. Though much lighter you should see where the E30 cars hit the brakes at the end of the Puke straight. It is a great way to scare the sh*t out of unsuspecting passengers. If you focus some more on the handling of the car you can compensate for the lack of power. I love harassing the Silvia's and Civics in my 320 series car at Puke.

Son't Samsung make all the components for most of the brands bar Sony?

Stole this from GP who linked to E90post. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332375

Haha Glenn you should send yours in mate. Yours is ten times better looking than that one!

Hey your car looks really good. Have a white 4 door in perfect nick in my garage that I need to finish a manual conversion on. Quite like the wheels and ride height you have there.

Ah nah yours was stuffed. Haha.

Ah bugger forgot to check the post. Will get in contact with you guys.

I am only a victim of dirty tactics and lies. Not of anything else. Nor did I state I was. Our cars are owned by the trust. And were paid for by the trust. I don't actually own a car myself at the moment. Just don't expect any leniency from the courts like I did. Especially if there is commission involved. This is the first time I have experienced it. And did not expect a sh*t storm of lies from a sworn in court officer. Heads up for anyone else that has not dealt with them.