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Spotted a red E36 coupe with Red spotlights on the Shore. Yep they were on the front and switched on... I think the owner miscounted the coils he needed to cut too. Car is lower in the back than the front.

I am always very weary of old cars coming from Japan. You never know to what standard the car was looked after. Repairs in Japan can be and often are of very low standard.

I wouldn't. E30 you are likely to get your money back any time you wish. E46 will continue to plummet just like the E36 M3's.

Hey guys, Does anyone know how to adjust the input volume for the AUX line on a E60 with iDrive? Mine is very quiet no matter what is plugged in. Full volume is around 60% of what CD/Radio can go to. I can't find any obvious settings. This seems to be an issue across all later BMW models. On the E90's without iDrive they are able to adjust it. Anything with iDrive doesn't seem to get the option. Spent hours looking for a solution on various other Bimmer forums. No luck. Many people have this problem.

Great work. Is a shame that you won't be able to run in the BMW series with us. Would love to see it out there.

Thought about buying it and stripping it for parts. Always good to have a spare gearbox for the race car.

Don't forget you have a 70L tank so you can be given the illusion you are getting great mileage. I get around 9.0L/100kms around town with no open road driving in the E60 530D. (would have to check the computer again as recently traffic has been sh*t) Open road is around 6L/100kms on cruise control. The old E39 540 on average was doing 13.8L/100kms around town.

Isn't that just a one man army?

Back in around 1999 a mate of mine had his fathers Falcon GT car jacked on Queen Street. Him and his father had just finished restoring the $70K Falcon and as a reward for helping he was allowed to go into town. Bottom of Queen a large Maori reached through the window and put a knife to his throat. Car was never seen again.

Cheers Brent. Loving the RD's.

Sent you a text Brent.

Check for the "Tamper" dot on the dash. It is a dead giveaway that the car has done more mileage than stated. Quite common when from Singapore/HK. My brother owned a low km's 2000 728i. Everything that could go wrong with it did. It was an electrical nightmare.

Why not. An M3 is over double that price. The next best thing in immaculate condition will be chasing at least half that price these days.

For lots of money yes. I want something by Friday. Might be selling the car on.

Still need one. I have a centre but the pinion shaft bearings are shot. Unless someone can help me sort that out instead.

Strip it. Race it. It is what I would do.

She is pretty beat up. Rusty. High mileage and has been painted white. But hey could be a good project for someone. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mercedesbenz/auction-832536906.htm

Bump.

Haha and to think I nearly let my E30 go for $7K.

It is out of Aaron Harris' E36 race car. Ran in the open series. One of the fastest BMW's in NZ. Car was damaged so he stripped it down. EVERYTHING has been done to that motor.

Prefer something 3.6 and above. Must be in good condition. No whines. 0211 88 77 33

If you want an all rounder with great economy I recommend the 530D or 535D. They really do haul ass. I can get over 1100kms on one tank on the open road. Cost $1.05per liter and Rego is being cut quite a bit in July. Beating E39 540's onto the motorway is always a laugh. Most of them are high spec too. Perfect weekend getaway car. Even towing an E30 on a heavy car trailer from Wellington I still got 10L/100kms.

Have a look at what Daveo said about his in the projects area of the forum. Have a dig for it. He ended up replacing it with an E63 AMG and never looked back.

Tom took me around Puke in his CSL. Loved it. But my god is it different to a stock M3. Zero interest in the E46 M3 unless it was a CSL. I find them very lackluster. But I bet people said that about the E30 M3 and if it wasn't an Evo.

Seen it happen dozens of times back in the old days. Watched a young guy in his fathers brand new V8 Falcon do pretty much the same thing but ended up hitting a car, a park bench and a wall. On Queen Street doing maybe 20-30kph. Going back like 15 years though haha.