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There has been confusion when this has been brought up on reddit a number of times. Including by BMW salesman. Where are these cars. Nobody ever seems to see them. Unlike the last gens when released which were everywhere. Do they blend into the masses more easily?

Oh I forgot to add that the Forum is hosted privately by James. Who is another OG to the forum. Most of mods came from just hanging around long enough. Jon and myself from the early involvement in the BMW race series. Ollie and Andrew both ran in the BMW series too. You are not going to find useful car info via dumpster fires like TikTok. So lets hope people bring their knowledge back to the forums where it can be stored.

TBH there was nearly a complaint every time he posted something. And he was doing it on purpose much of the time. The founders Ollie and Andrew drop by every now and then. Ollie has just listed his Bimmersport E30 Series car for sale on the forum. Even comes with keys to the forum. There are still many old members lurking around. But Facebook did harm the forum space. Only now are forums starting to make a come back as people are hunting for info on classic cars. Facebook is a black hole for anything older than about 12 hours. Searching is non existent and near on useless. The only thing it is good for is meet ups. Many of the younger kids (18-25) at work don't even have Facebook. As that is for their parents. Many of my friends and family are quitting it as current social media takes it's toll on their lives. There is so much info on this forum and others that are similar. I do still get angry at the great Photobucket purge. So many lost important images.

I remember reading that daft crap years ago in email form. It's what they created. Not what they inherited from their parents. All that bad stuff like Teflon and plastic bags just appeared out of thin air. It definitely wasn't a now old man that created them. But also I drive a gas destroying supercharged V8 and do lots of burnouts. I'm doing my part 😅

Not their best deal but still on special. https://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/p/penrite-penrite-hpr-5-engine-oil---5w-40-5-litre/14911.html

Attempted a few times for engines etc. Absolute rigmarole. Never completed. The shipping times were horrendous and I couldn't find a consolidation service that would respond. If you can, go via the US and a service like kiwi shipping.

Mines currently cracked in two spots from the same road. Wairarapa Windscreens are my go to. Recently did my E55 with a genuine screen. I haven't bothered fixing the 1 series yet. Roads are still stuffed.

Perfect car to get into BMW racing. I do miss those days, especially that convoy of 540i's towing E30's to Manfeild with Andrew.

Stopped at the Pitstop Coffee place in Carterton yesterday morning. Really well kept E46 M3 in black with the plate M33333. I think it is the owner of the print shop there. Also has a nice BMW R70ish cafe racer. Nice to see one out and about rather than sitting in some ones garage where they are hoping it will go up in value by another $5k this year.

It's starting to build. As more and more cars come with android auto and carplay built in it can be always active in the background. The pothole warnings are the biggest thing for me.

In the city Waze works well as Taxi drivers and truck drivers use it. I think I'm one of two people in the Wairarapa that use it. I had to ask them to extend the expiration time for reports which they did. But I marked a camera van in Greytown yesterday evening. Also you can just tell Google to mark things by voice. "Hey Google report Pothole" etc. Guess Siri would be the same "Sure I've ordered you some toilet paper".

He got picked up on the back roads out the back of Carterton whilst the worst of the roadworks was taking place. Not enough traffic for him to pick up other vehicle checks. The cops were sitting out there looking for people trying to avoid the 15-20min delays being stuck behind a truck that decided to reset the road cones at peak times every bloody day. My parking sensors have worked quite well for me over the years. I do enjoy the confusion. It's active so I just leave it on, 99% of the time I am actually just tootling along or towing. Though many of the guns are good enough to find a spot to bypass it on the car these days. Mine alarms if they target the number plate or grill and auto shuts off after 5 or so seconds. I drive that road twice a day. I have two huge chips in my 6 month old windscreen. One of my shocks is now leaking. I had to replace my two front tyres that had sidewall damage from an un-sign posted ridge in the road where two surfaces joined. And they have actually stopped all work for xmas. Two weeks early. The off camber roundabouts caused a Wairarapa F1 Car (Logging Truck) to roll and lose its load last week.

Kid at work just sold his Valentine after getting two tickets in quick succession. He wasn't aware of the instant on feature. Only chance against that is if you were not the one being targeted. Also my radar jammer is not reliable anymore. One guess as to how I found that out 😢

How did Auckland become the most unsafe city in Australasia? https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/06/auckland-the-least-safe-city-in-australasia-new-report-says/#:~:text="Auckland ranks only 124th in,a tough approach to crime.

I felt as safe in DC/US as I do here. That was when Trump got in and there were protests in the streets. You're so unlikely to see all the rubbish you see on the Internet and the news in the US. I would say your local dairy has a higher chance of being ram raided. An equivalent job with health insurance and you would live a far superior lifestyle in the US. Especially if you love cars. Start getting exposure to the crazy sh*t on social media going on here in NZ and you will think we have just a few years left before total collapse.

That's great. Also hate the sunroof. May all sunroofs burn in hell.

I feel like I can see how brittle the plastics are in the engine bay of that E39.

I've also heard a decent wave is coming through. And it is brutal. Wife and I are still fighting it over a week since first positive.

Covid. My first time. Most sick I have been since meningitis as a kid. Avoid sitting next to clearly sick tourist families on the interislander.

Looks like it. Haven't reviewed this year yet. Probably a mistake in the price somewhere. Kms line up though. Edit: Found it. Fixed.

That's just one car too. I'm nearly done with NZ

Here is the last 3 years. Every fill up and kms recorded. Not sure why I bother.

9.11 measured over 70,000kms. Ignore whatever your dash is telling you. Wildy inaccurate.

Ouch. Whatever a Live tag is worth or a M20 that probably needs bearings. So 5k seems about right...

I would always pick an E34 over a E39 these days. It's not 2010 anymore. The E39's are all flogged time bombs. Most of the flogged time bomb E34's are long gone to the wreckers and only the loved ones remain. sh*t in 2010 most of the E39's had had zero maintenance. Imagine them now.