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TBH do look further than a Contiki. I did a 35 day one. Spent extended periods of time in locations where most contikis just blasted through. A lot of wasted time on the Bus. Most of the time was spent drinking. Can't remember large portions of the trip. They do try and put you with people your age if possible. I am planning to go back to Europe again in the next few years to do it properly. I felt like the contiki was just a tease. Half the time I had no idea where I was. Orange Day in Amsterdam was an amazing experience. Well that is what I am told I experienced. Beam me up. Back in London all of a sudden.

Contiki? Thought you were over 30? Be ready to feel like the dustiest old prick on the bus. I felt old when I went and I was only 25. The 33 year old guy felt like he was someones Dad that had come along.

Sometimes you just need to wait. I have had packages turn up from the states 2 weeks after it said they arrived here. Pelican are the ones that will need to chase it through USPS though. If you try USPS will tell you to contact the sending of the package.

Nope you took this way out of context or totally missed the prior argument. I was directly talking about this topic regarding the protest against this festival. Protesting against China from the western world is laughable as others have also mentioned. China is well aware of what is going on in their country. It is kinda a big part of how Communism works.

You can get a proper GPS tracker out of China for stuff all. Or else you can use an old cellphone to do the same thing. http://www.dx.com/s/gps+tracking

I would be interested to see the build sheet too. All other manual PFL 540's I have seen have been pretty basic. This one looks like someone did tick a few options at least. You could always buy the Hella light upgrade kit for the front and rear and make it look like a FL model. Would make the car look a bit younger.

Great looking car. But it is still a PFL 540 with a body kit and wheels at 200,000kms. Shame it is missing the sports seats. I really missed them in my old 540 and love them in the E60. I would say 8K. The prices have really bottomed out on E39's and E60's.

Yeah the only real AC car they released was the S3. It came with a 2.5 6. There is one or two here. But I think only one real one with is LHD.

Meh. Really don't like Chris Evans. That's the end of Top Gear for me.

Agree with looking at our own backyard first. Easy to start making a difference. Buy all free range stuff. Will hurt your pocket but it is one less customer for the factory farmers. China is a waste of time. You would first have to find someone there who gives a sh*t more than putting money in their pocket.

Yeah I agree with Jon. Most likely a dressed up stock E30. Engine, gearbox and Diff upgrades are always sort after.

I hear all the horror stories of VW ownership from a friend who works there. VAG's brands must attract the owners who fail to maintain them correctly.

Qualitat's bread and butter. And the sauce for that pudding. RS4's.

Clear the car through customs. Pay MAF fee. Pay GST. Once cleared organise a authorised transport company to pick it up and deliver it for you. You can't enter the warf to get it yourself. Then off to compliance. Hope like hell the graders did not miss any repairs. Register car. I hope the 530 was cheap. The prices of them are plummeting.

Reminds me of this last week. They mistook the stairs for a driveway. Which was 5m to the right. They went up a decent curb to get there. Was trying to make it to the Chinese supermarket.

I'm confused. Are you in South Auckland or Iran? I took my car off the market after 3 idiots wasted hours and hours of my time having a 28 year old car checked for problems. Then picking at everything I had already told them about, and then trying to offer me over a 3rd less than what I was asking after already dropping the price for them. I find with these sort of cars you need to just keep the sale on the down low. Avoid trademe at all costs.

She hates them more than I do.

Yeah that is Daves old car. Is a Singpore import. But a well looked after one.

At the moment I am just focused on not having a slower car than the Mrs. This is hard to do in anything BMW makes that I can afford. Turbo on the E34 should solve the problem.

I spose if I had a Mrs who was not interested in vehicles I would get her something beige like a Corolla or swift etc.. I would struggle to care about a car like that at all though.

She should be driving a BMW Glenn. I am pretty sure if you live in Torbay you are required to own one. I am forever stuck behind them.

Hey John, When I built my E30 series car I went to a local radiator shop. http://www.pakurangaradiators.co.nz/ I matched the current one up with one they could get from a supplier. Was the exact same radiator but was all metal. No BS plastic. I never had any heating issues in my series car in the 3 years I ran it. And last time I drove it under the new owner it still had the same one. A number of other drivers picked these up also. Make sure you get replacement hoses too.

I can't stand them. Though most of my hatred for them comes from the crap race series they had. A modern much more powerful car that was only slightly quicker than a 318i E30. Driven exclusively by cocky "Up and Comers". Taking up a huge amount of track time for only 6 cars that sound and look like sh*t. No passing would take place. Yep that is why I hate them. Plus they are always driven by boring women trying to hang onto their younger days by buying a "sporty" fashion accessory car. Though these women are outnumbered by Mazda 3 and 6 drivers who purchased them for the same reason.

Why not. If you want it as a tidy up project you will have a lot of fun. They are very simple and anything you replace will be rewarding. Step one. Replace all the cooling gear in the car. Go for an M30 variant if you can. Plenty of places still cover the E28. Full suspension replacement will have her driving like new. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-control-arm-upgrade-kit-e28-e24-meyle-e2816piece-my

Have my M325i here if you are keen. But I was going to chuck it up for $10500. Might be a bit pricey to strip down for a rebuild.