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So glad I got to see Tom @M3_Power driving his one hard. These ones are likely just to end up in some collection overseas where they will barely see daylight let alone the track. Thanks for the ride around Pukekohe Tom. Loved it.

Hopefully. As I keep saying. They were good because they were cheap.

I run mine on both 95 and 98. Never had a check light come on. You need to find out what code is causing the light to come on. Only thing I could think of would be detonation. And as these engines have zero issues on 95 it could be plugs that need replacing or possible you have a coil pack or two on its way out and have weak spark. No all fuel in Japan is high octane. And NPD has some dodgy sh*t in there 100RON fuel. Stuff that is banned in Europe last I read.

That is what I am getting once I piece my hoist together. Best bang for buck I think. Had some promising reviews.

The grills are just a distraction from the rest for me. I absolutely hate the new designs. And not an E60 oh that's a bit different but it quickly grew on me kind of way. More like a Fiat Multipla kind way.

Also pretty cool rental for NZ. Is that through SIXT or something? They had some nice cars in the US/Europe but were hard work to deal with.

Just in time for them to stop making it for good. Back to boring SUV's they go. Well for NZ anyway.

A couple of car dealer friends (new cars) have both said that they are starting to see a slow down in demand. Already noticed a reduction in price offered from the wholesalers for trade ins.

Over the hill in Featherston of all places. Just built here. Just finishing the shed and getting the hoist installed so I can pull the race car out of storage.

Very pretty. Only ever seen one at the Museum in Munich. Wonder if there is one here?

Ah yeah I was just looking at the B12 kits. https://www.ecstuning.com/b-bilstein-parts/b12-pro-kit/46-180537~bil/ Not too badly priced. The car has only done around 135k Kms so could skip the springs. Put the savings towards new control arms. Off to read that thread.

So what shock and spring combo would you get for your E87 daily commuter that spends 90% of it's time on the open road. The current M-sport stock stuff has done its time and is now getting worse by the day. I was looking at around the $1000USD mark for a kit from Bilstein or Koni/H&R. Something like this https://www.ecstuning.com/b-koni-parts/cup-kit-eibach-springs-with-koni-sport-shocks-128i-135i-coupe/1145-space-1018~kon/ Or like this. https://www.ecstuning.com/b-h-and-r-parts/touring-cup-kit/31054t-6/

Once you find an alignment guy that does what he is told and knows what he is doing never let them go. The ones down here are clueless. So I am buying my own gear.

Hey Oli. What end of the country have you ended up in? I got back a few years ago. Only just pulling the race car out of storage after 6 years.

Yeah I thought F Type + TVR

A Leaf would be able to handle those KM's if it is nice and healthy. You won't love being in one for that long each day though. At 10K you won't get a healthy one.

Doing that many KM's I would put some effort into test driving a number of vehicles. Many cheap Jap cars have terrible seats and uncomfortable driving positions. Find something that suites your shape and size. Look for a car that will soak up NZ's trash roads. I am currently using my E87 130i as a commuter. It's getting 8.6L/100kms. However the suspension just doesn't suite the crap quality of SH2 and I am sick of bumping my way too and from work. So I am going to a F10 535i soon which was wonderful on the open road. And as mentioned above. Try and find a NZ new Lexus or you will have the exact same problems as any other Tokyo crawler. They are no more reliable and have the same shitty plastics. The 1UZ is long gone.

Nice. I liked that colour so much in the early 00's that I painted one of my 180's with it. Chucked in a little extra white pearl and it was amazing. Blue Mica Metallic. Purchased two of these E-Tunes crashed from Japan to fix up. Great cars. Best of luck selling it. Can't be many at all in that condition. Both the ones I fixed and sold were written off by the new owners who are probably still paying off the finance.

Just another dealer trying to tell you its worth this much. Well maintained? So he has all the Japanese service logs and translated them? Plus everything else that's been mentioned.

Grab it all from bimmergeeks.com they link to good versions. Don't need their gear.

B10 Turbo is what you want. But just a little more than 55k.

Just bring in a conversion from the US. Then at least you can shop around for a better spec/condition vehicle. They are just the modern Nissan Silvia right now. Mod and play with them while you can.

Ah, I am using a nvr cloud key v2+ which gives me Unifi Protect. They are a great little device. But yeah I can see how having to buy one when you didn't need it would be a pain in the ass.

Being a US model I find it odd that its speedo is in KPH. So it's mileage could be anything if it was swapped in Japan before being complied here. Decoding E34 chassis numbers does not work too well BTW.

Was just looking at http://www.swisstrax.co.nz/ from Jacko's post a while back. But if you spill oil. How do you clean underneath without pulling them all apart? Edit: Looks like a good option if you had a sump.