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Look good. Will have to get something similar made for the race car.

Broken down AC Shitnzer E39 540i just at the top of the hill past Oteha Valley on ramp heading southbound SH1. Brown/Gold color. Looked quite tidy. And Broken down E39 540i PFL also on SH1 just past Manukau. Looked like it was from the local area. E.g. f**ked. Same day. I think it was Sunday. Maybe Saturday. That was over 24 hours ago and I don't remember.

I missed it by one day in Monterey last year. Was at Leguna Seca. Instead I was watching some shitty Yatch in San Fran.. But the photos I saw of the event were amazing.

Never feel for Whingecup. Not even once. I feel for SVG though. Let down by a shitty starter motor.

Man I see Buy Right Cars has just flooded Trademe with these. Must be 2 or 3 pages of them. So nice though. Will look at getting one next year I think.

Isn't it a universal rule of thumb to replace a dual mass flywheel? Sounds like corner cutting. Not her fault though as she was probably not told this by the mechanic or poorly advised. Been there done that. Good on you for trying to help the new owner out.

Definitely the best group of racers. Even the biggest rivals are happy to lend a hand to each other. Good to hear nothing has changed. So strange having the Taupo round at this time of the year. Usually we are cooking in the Jan/Feb heat.

I wonder how much the laws will end up costing the country. Can imagine the investigations would be too costly much of the time. I don't think the number of Chinese students driving exotics wont decrease at all. You should have seen the Mclaren MP-1 crash at Hampton a few months back. 20 year old kid turned up. Gave it to his clueless mate. Nearly goes off Lap 1 Turn 1. Does go off Lap 2 Turn one. Tried braking after the 100m board doing 200+ in a road car.... Wrote it off.

Black Money from China. Is money they can't use in China. So it is smuggled out. Spent on luxury items. They are then sold 6 months down the line and returned to the families bank accounts. Well there is much more to the process. Best look it up.

That's not Ashkan.

Hey Dave. I think I have a spare catch can around somewhere at home. You can get a kit from supercheap. http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/Calibre-Oil-Catch-Can-Polished-400c-CALOCT01.aspx?pid=155177#Cross Will have to have a good rummage for my one. Might be better to just grab a new one.

Hey guys, Does anyone have a cheap open diff sitting around. After something that is not noisy. Good bearings. Cheers, Dan 0211 88 77 33

Ha nice. Shane at Prima is who I would have recommended out that way. Have had a ton of work done through them. They repainted my E39 once too.

As there was no drop in KM's on the pre purchase reports it was more likely the clusters were replaced in Singapore. Dead pixels or dodgey behavior it would increase the value of the car. And there is no way to tell from any of the documentation. If the cluster was replaced in NZ before the vehicle was VIN'ed they should have flagged it as the Odo would not match the import docs. If replaced after Vin process then it would show up on a normal Carjam/Motorweb report.

Where in Auckland are you located? Maybe we can recommend you a Panel Beater. Get the repair done right. A cheap repair on a Euro is always obvious. To save money see if you can do some of the easy stuff yourself. Like removing all the broken parts before delivering the car.

What happened to the XXR 15X8 +0 rims? Or did you not buy it with those?

Yup like if someone has installed a cluster with much lower KM's before selling and exporting from Singapore.

Either way. 530 or 540. Make sure she is a facelift and if at all possible NZ New that has been well looked after. Don't touch Singapore import E39's. The 3 I have looked at all had obviously wound back odo's. Easily identifiable by the little tamper dot next to the odo. If its lit its a piece of sh*t.

Never found it anywhere near 10%. Booking months in advance has always been at least 50% more for us. And that is in a totally unsecured park close to the terminal (Domestic).

Twice the price? No its $70 more than a petrol for 6 months. I compaired my 530D to a 530i a little while ago. Included Fuel, Rego, RUC, insurance. Diesel was only a $500 odd cheaper per year with just the around town driving. Open road however. Not even in the same class. But I also use mine to tow. Would never tow with a petrol again.

Try one of the wreckers who has modern BMW's. Otherwise PM Hotwire on the forum. He is able to get great prices on this sort of stuff ex Europe.

Try Aero Parks if you want to use one of these places. Their facility is just around the corner from ParkNfly and is much much much cleaner. Fully paved. Better security. No young cowboys. Same price. http://www.aeroparks.co.nz/ I have used them many times. Oh and with heavy rain those Puddles at ParkNfly are actually their overflowed sewage. Yup there is sh*t floating around in them. Other way to do it is to install a drive cam or a GPS tracker. They are dirt cheap. We are working on our own drive cam at work at the moment. Once they are in full production I will see if I can offer them to Bimmersport. They are soon to be in a huge number of trucks as behavior cams. 1080p.

Listen to Tom. He knows what he is talking about. Has every cable ever. Pretty sure he is collecting them. Not sure they will appreciate in value Tom. Maybe look at Basketball cards or something

Lol yep that's what I did. Beating 540's onto the motorway from the staging lights. Smoking them out like a 60's Massey Ferguson tractor. All whilst getting 700kms to a tank around town and 1100 on the open road. Diesel Power. Shame about RUC and extra Rego costs.....

Yup talk to Steve Murch. Best way to communicate with him is via the phone. His number is on his bookface page. Oh and Holset all the way. HX35 for you.