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Will keep an eye open for that one. As you know the wheels on this E87 are fun to clean.

Just an idea. When I was importing damaged cars from Japan back in the the late 90's early 2000's. Vandalism also could mean stolen and recovered. I purchased a number of 90's sports cars that were recovered. Some just had lots of missing parts. Some had been kicked in/keyed/broken windows. E.g. vandalized. The biggest concern there would be how the vehicle was treated. One car I had turned up with big end bearing knock. It had been thrashed to within an inch of its life. But hey it could still roll on/roll off the ship and was driving.... I had some words with my agent when that arrived.

Outside of panel beaters I am yet to see anyone make money from these Aussie write offs. There is always more than meets the eye. How good is the repair? And who did the repair? Those are defiantly questions I would want answered.

I have to say. I miss being able to buy the extra large size Maguires from Costco. I got a 4 liter was for $12..

How many washes did you get out of the wheel cleaner? I had the Luxxio one and it was only about 10-12 washes.

Flood damaged vehicles are marked as such at the boarder now days.

I got my 15x8 BBS RG003's for $400. $2k for some shitty weaves. Nope.

I tend to try and avoid Supercheap these days. They are no longer cheap. They are flogging off utter sh*t for crazy prices. Especially any of their rubbish quality SCA electrical stuff. Where you might save a few bucks on consumables like car wash. They will rip you off on items that should be far cheaper. Take advantage of their oil sales though.

Ford. You are not good at picking vehicles. Avoid at all costs. Especially the Ranger.

Have a search. There was another post with the same issues. Ended up being the ccv valve. I had these issues with my old E46. Ended up being a missing blanking cap on the back of the intake manifold. When I put a new one on I found it had been purposely removed to stop the ccv from functioning. (sh*t mechanics trick). Ccv was stuffed. Replaced that too and away I went. No more codes. Also the manifold can crack. The gasket between the manifold and throttle can perish.

I think I will ask.

It was quite an experience. And there is still one of my plates out there somewhere.

I'm not allowed this time sorry.

One sold in the UK a while back for more than £60K. Only had around 15K miles on the clock though. But it is silly for what is just an E30 with some nice clothes. Glad I had fun in the E30's while the prices allowed you to have fun in them. If your E30 sits in the garage you're doing it wrong. (Unless it doesn't go. Jon.)

Pro tip. Don't sell the car with the plates on the premise you will have the new owner send them to you once he gets home. You may end up having to inform a quite obvious P dealer that the plates are not his and are worthless to him. And that the guy whom he made a favorable trade with for his goods ripped him off.

Typical man in a white van. King of the roads. Fastest and best handling vehicle ever. Better stopping distance than a Caterham hence why they can follow you so close with precision. Sadly option 2. Next step. Get yourself a Front and Rear facing set of dashcams.

It's my first time living semi rural. Usually the speeds the bad drivers are going in city environments are a little lower.

Ah right. Time for a coolant change for summer anyway. Will just keep that up.

Kid in a slammed E46 nearly wiped himself out trying to follow me over the Remutakas today. Little damp. Poor lines. sh*t suspension (prob cut springs). sh*t there is some bad drivers on that hill.

When do ya reckon it's best to do this? There is no schedule for the 130i. Anyone have the schedule for the E90 330i? Or is that the same? I'm getting close to 100k. Most yanks seem to do it around 100k miles. Not KM's.

Makes me laugh. A vert M3 in the US can be had for less than $8K. Nobody wants them. Well actually that's wrong. People were buying them as they were cheap, had low KM's and were perfect for stripping for parts.

FCPeuro it. Lifetime warranty.

There was one in the Paraparaumu Car museum for years and years. Saw quite a few of them in the US. Including a number that had been made to look like the Back to the future one. Seemed to have one at every car show and car museum.

Haha what a joke. But hey, it's trademe.

Looks like a nice package. 100k USD though. BMW Introduces M2 CS Racing As An Affordable Track Machine. https://www.motor1.com/news/381104/bmw-m2-cs-racing-affordable/amp/