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    Looking to buy e30 front struts which are 51mm.

    I have a pair at home but the left side is rusted or on its way. So need to replace it before i assemble it together

    Would be intrested in buy just the left strut but if your selling both. Il consider it.

    If caliper and rotor and wheel bearing included then thats a plus.

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    The engine size has very little to do with economy. The car weight makes the most difference. Even the V8's are very good if they're driving similarly. The 520i's don't save fuel at all in real life usage, and may even use more at times - more passengers etc, with it working harder. The facelift 520i's are actually a 2.2 which is WAY better than the earlier 2.0 ones. Be aware that Jap import pre-facelift 523i's are badged 525i, but aren't anything like a facelift 525i. Some facelifts are registered as year 2000, but are actually 2001 models. The 525i and 530i are good allrounders, with generally lower running costs than the V8's. I'd look at them, and not the 520i. Our 525i is factory manual, and I can tell you it's a FAR better drive than an auto one when you want to push it a bit. You can take advantage of the torque in the manual box, where the auto box will just downshift and rev, unless you stick it in tiptronic. However, if you're only after Auto, I wouldn't even consider the 2.0, unless it was way cheaper to buy or something - you won't be saving anything in running costs. My wife somehow manages to average around 11L/100kms, where I did 9.something while she was overseas, and I did the same run: drop kids off, drive across town to work and back again. She's a gas on, gas off, brake on, brake off, gas on etc driver :lol:. I drive faster, but l more consistant. I did a run from Whangarei to Warkworth by myself, and got it down to 7.0L/100kms, travelling at normal speeds, but trying to squeeze some economy out of it (by myself). On a run with the family in the car, I got 8.2L/100kms heading up to Bay of Islands - not really economical roads, so pretty good really. AC is ALWAYS on auto too. I'd expect a 530i to average a tiny bit higher consumption than a 525i, and i wouldn't be at all surprised if the 520i was at least as hungry, or even hungrier. Like in E30's, the 320i auto used more fuel than both the 318i and 325i in most circumstances. On Fuelly, which isn't enitely sceintific, but had a pile of data that should give a good enough "average" 6x 2003 520i average 11.6L/100kms over 100,000kms (one of them appears to be a 2004 E60 though, and there are no other facelift 520is on there, excpet 2003)30x facelift 525i average 10.9L/100kms over 350,000kms43x facelift 530i average 10.1L/100kms over 920,000kms32x facelift 540i average 12.2L/100kms over 442,000kms So that suggests the 530i is the better allrounder, considering likely lower running costs, though if you like power, the 540i isn't going to kill you (unless the timing chain fails!)

    So 525i? You reckon?

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    Just thinking about getting a daily and the e39 looks pretty good.

    Just did research on which is better in fuel econmy.

    and all im finding is arguments over manual vs auto and torque converters with massive essays.

    both of them auto

    both 2000 +

    520i vs 525i on fuel econmy and reliability

    Cheers and if you have a 520i or 525i for sale please let me knw.

    Cheers

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    So tonight its like 1am

    I started working on it from 5pm

    Ive done a diff change and rear brakes from drum to disk. With braided lines and brand new rotors etc.

    On the drivers side everything just popped into place.

    BUT on the passenger side the axle wont go all the way thru. There was slight rust on the teeth i tried wire brushing it.

    And it went halve way in okey but like there a 1/4 or half a inch gap before the axle is sitting flush with the diff.

    Do i need to use a bigger hammer?

    Excuse my english im tried.

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