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Wow even the US is getting rid of Checks AKA Cheques. In the mean time they have made it easy to cash them digitally. Most banking apps can scan them now. I have never understood personal cheques. It's an IOU.

Yeah that's right. And you never see them. I didn't even see one my entire stint in the US, even at Bimmerfest.

Should have been. Seen many in the states with tow bars. It's just an E60. Which are amazing for towing. The gearbox is nothing unique. My only concern would be how jerky it would be pulling away from a stop. They are bad enough without anything behind them.

No takers

At the time of this post it only has an hour to go. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/m5/listing/3243973986?bof=OMq8a8Wj No reserve: $38499 Maybe I missed a post with it already?

Probably the F10 M5. Far better than the other two. It was an option right?

Was there as a Scout. Good times. Slept in the hanger with a 747. Great vid. Shame all the hill climbs in Auckland have gone.

Yeah. This one.

Oh nice. I will wave out and say hi next time. I was in the 130i parked in front of you picking up the wife. Though she usually drives that. I get the E34 tractor 525td.

It is indeed.

Friend sent me a picture.

I feel like a bit of a broken record but the reminder that NZ is incredibly expensive to work on cars is always such a harsh reminder. The parts drop shipping on Trademe is terrible too.

This irritates me so much. And is why I quite like the Model S Tesla. It just looks like a car. Especially a few years since its release.

It is indeed a thread dig. I've seen the Presley car. Was at the Munich Museum when I was there in 2017.

225/40/18 and 255/35/18 Did have Roadstones now with Laufenn which are some Korean tyres. Cheap, quiet, and held up well at the track and at 200+ at the sprints. They have pretty good reviews. Going to replace the crap Bridgestone eagle f1s on the 200sx with these Laufenns.

Good. I kept looking at it. Like multiple times a day.

Show yourself out!! That is an E21 good sir.

These look pretty cool. Anyone have one? Be handy for my cars in storage.

Yeah it made me not so afraid of the job. I have built a few engines over the years and for some reason I thought the E60 M50 was a scary job. But seeing it done just confirmed it is no harder than any other bearing job. But if there is crank damage....

Ha yeah I brought a sh*t E34 525td to commute to work in. It's comfy as. Though I have been watching M539 Restorations and I am getting the itch for something a little quicker. Buy the old stuff for sure. But get in there before the prices get silly like with E30's. E.g. E34's. They are better.

I would say it is all of those. Low finance interest rates. Cashed up boomers. Nobody is travelling so spending at home. And lots of hype from Youtubers and media sites. Plenty of nostalgia goggles being warn by all.

Good on them. They sell lots of a amazing vehicles that are reaching the correct audiences. However, a pretty bodgey, very high mileage, common, typically modified with bolt on parts and cheaply sprayed (that overspray) 540i for $40k more than it was worth. This is not on par with their normal high end stock. Yet the car has been made out to be in the same league. If this was a car dealer doing this you would have the pitch forks out.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1995-bmw-540i-32/ $63,000usd for a heavily modified 540 that's been resprayed (poorly, check the overspray underneath). It looks nice. But the body has done 300K miles. Just more BAT hype.

Wow.