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Kodachrome last won the day on February 22 2020

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    Alan
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    Wellington
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    E28 525i (M54B30 swapped)
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    X6M 2010
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    Tesla Model 3

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  1. I had an 850CSi for about 7 years. I even brought it to NZ from Ireland with me. Always miss that car, ironically however what I think would infact be a better car to drive would be the 840i with a 6speed manual. Unfortunately, they are actually rarer than the 850CSi was!
  2. Good summary there Jun. We have a Tesla Model 3 for a few years now, tested both the I4 and IX3 and even the IX (much nicer in person than I thought it would be). Would love any of those BMW's (or an I5!) but the price performance is simply miles off on the BMWs. Miles and miles and miles. Saying that, you can negociate massive discounts at the dealers on the BMWs, the Tesla's are already aggressively priced and cannot be negotiated (or even traded in against unless you like to burn money) at all.
  3. I also look into this exact thing from time to time. I leaned on buying a complete car in the UK (or whereever) and parting it as the best chance of success. You can use Picclick to look at all eBay sites worldwide to get an idea on engine only pricing. FWIW, my brother accepted a $16k trade in on a 2001 E46 M3 Manual in Oz 2yrs ago. Ive seen engines going for that now.
  4. Got an injector from Brent... now stuck trying to get this POS original injector out. Completely seized in there, Im afraid will or have damaged things around it trying to get it out. Literally no one or place in Wellington has a slide hammer to buy.
  5. Well I had no reason to do a compression check from a drivabilty perspective. And don't have the tool. But yeah good point. Was fine beforehand, only clue was that spark plug. Several brittle original crankcase lines broke during the process which is causing other or similar issues too.
  6. I think nearly all these piezoelectric bmw injectors are the same. One of my cylinders (2010 X6M) constantly soots up and it's not the coil. CEL and misfiring. I posted in the maintenance section. I've got index 7 of this part number. 13538616079 Anyone got a index 10 and below known working version to sell?
  7. New to me, bought an X6M 2010 (S63 original engine, ie not TU), swapped out the original plugs (Bosch, M branded!) for the NGK version thats one range cooler (as recommended practice for the S63). When removing the original plugs all looked fine bar one, it was black and sooty. Now the same cylinder (6) is black and sooty and I can feel a misfire plus OBD picks up one on Cylinder 6. Car now in limp mode and CEL on. Since I swapped out the Coil already (no difference) I assume this is a bad Fuel Injector? Its running Index 7 all round. Any thoughts?
  8. Id love the S54 engine and manual for my E28, but Im hopeful I wont need to pay for a whole car to get them.
  9. Some "fence" to do that much damage?? Still, Im surprised this passed the checkmark as bad enough to be an insurance write off.
  10. by chance anyone have an E60 Msport front bumper towing eye cover for sale in silver?
  11. by chance anyone have an E60 Msport front bumper towing eye cover for sale in silver?
  12. Whats mad is I can find no evidence to back up this E53 4.8is that went for 9k I mentioned! I've checked Completed Listing, Lost Items and my inbox. It must not have used very good searchable keywords in the advert.
  13. Eh no, an E70 with a 4.8i is a pretty normal thing (Ive just sold one). The 4.8is E53 is the ones we are referring to and the one I was tracking sold for far less only recently. Maybe it wasnt as nice as this one, but it was the same thing.
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