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Just wanted to say hats off to you, its something I pondered too, for my old E28 were I ever to put an electric motor into it. Though I would try make a more 80s retro digital look in that case!

Well I've only seen and been in the demo model ix3. I haven't seen the iX1 at all. But I read online: https://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1976425 "I was surprised to learn the X1 has more headroom and legroom than the X3. Shoulder room is only 0.8 inches better on the X3 so not significant. Boot/cargo space in the iX1 is 490 litres vs iX3 510 litres so a bit more daylight between the two on that front.

The only quote I got so far was $1290. Is that normal? Seems way over the top to me. Its for an Audi Q7.

Id love a look at if (we are also in Wellington) if you want to show it off? You can compare it to our Tesla if you want. We considered an iX3 and were all set, but bank pulled finance. I suspected at the time if the iX1 was available at the same time, I would get the iX1 over the iX3. Somehow its AWD, Faster, LARGER on the inside and cheaper than the iX3. Its a real weirdness of the BMW EV lineup.

My old 530i, same engine as this, has over 300k km and still going strong.

What am I missing here, people bidding $20 grand on a flood damaged (ruin in this case I would say) 3litre diesel X7?? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/x7/listing/4019464564 Nothing about it seems exceptional and the interior is destroyed?

Anyone looking to take these off my hands? Offers considered!

Wow, thats a clean looking E30!

Ah, thanks. Im not sure thats a good price...

Did this one not yet find its way to TM?

Unless you have an absolute hard on for the manual conversion but would rather spend 20k for someone else to do it, then yes! Near half the price and you also get half the mileage (130k less or something!?) and has the newer M60 Alusil (not the better M62 mind you, I checked MDecoder and this is a 1995 build car) engine which doesnt have any of the fuel sulpher problems of the original M60, which admittedly isnt much of an issue outside the US/Russia/India etc. Id be ditching the 19" wagon wheels unless you dont intend driving it but like looking at it. 18" absolute max on that era BMW (ie this is a chassis shared with the BMW E32).

Presume you take working bits from a flooded car and use them to like, upspec a base model right? Some proper M Cars ruined as cars popping up on TM.

I have an E28 with an M54B30 in it (and manual box) from an E46/E34 (box). Its great. As its a custom job I had to make up my own intake. I made an inverted cone (venturi, vortex) style intake. I later found there is an aftermarket company making a commercial version for a couple of grand a pop. Photos of my design below. I also designed a new ducted heatlight cover (from back of E28 headlights straight to intake). Been running it for over a year now, hot and cold weather, no issues. I made it from carbon fiber infused PETG though I might switch to Polycarbonate (which is a bitch to print but is even tougher as a material). It goes well and sounds loud. Too loud for my liking. So Id love to make a "version" of the mythical and sadly now NLA BMW Performance Intake for the E46. This one: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-bmw-parts/bmw-performance-air-intake-no-longer-available/13720429613/ Its dyno tested as delivering the top performance for all intake replacements. Not sure how or why its so good as Ive never seen it in person. Short of borrowing one from someone for measurements in person (any in NZ??), I'd need photos of every part of it, measurements or some sort of scale. Anyone up for saving this part of E46 history before its gone gone?

Yeah without a link hard to say much, but Im wonder how they/you diagnosed the DME as the fault? Being such a new car (relatively) thats not a natural degradation of electronics but something like water damage or electrical issue elsewhere. I suspect physically replacing the DME is really easy... but getting one tuned to remove the EWS (immobiliser) is an issue to overcome. Maybe the original can be repaired but hard to know with no details.

Liyan just replied: "Hi. Helping owner to sell it" So angry old Bryan is the owner.. who wants $10k more than the helper does? lol.

That is what I thought too, but the more expensive listing is older and is the angry guy that replied to me!?

I have soft spot for X6's (yeah I know, I dont know why but always liked them) and was doing a bit of FB Marketplace browsing and found this: Listed 6wks ago: BMW X6M (though first photo is what I want to say is a of a classic Dodge Charger..) https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1333839477430410/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A138c21bb-c8e0-4406-9d42-b7b8c9aff8e6 Sold by a Bryan for $38,000 in Manawatu. And also this: 2. Listed 2wks ago: BMW X6. Same photos (bar the classic muscle car). https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3438944076428060/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A138c21bb-c8e0-4406-9d42-b7b8c9aff8e6 Sold by a Liyan for $26,500 in Auckland. So I messaged both sellers asking you know, wtf is going on. Got a nice reply from Bryan to makes me wonder if either are real listings..

Lol omg are you me? I had a 560sec and 850csi too! I paid £19k in the UK for my 850csi, you got a deal!

Remember when I sold my 1993 850CSi, V12, lower miles and factory manual here for less? And it wasnt like I had a lot of offers either. Wasnt NZ new mind you but IMO while I personally would rather a manual 840i if I got another E31, the 850CSi should be 2 to 3x the price of any of the other E31's. Super cool car but maybe Im also out of touch with the pricing these days.

Actually yeah, without stickers and (IMO) with just the red stripe I'd rock it. Would be a cool weekend/summer car too.

Sold!

Personally I dont know (though I know the E24 one is in the same spot) but people on the E28 forum say they are identical! https://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=98057

Anyone? These are pretty useful for M5X engine conversions, suits a range of applications and unlike the OEM M54 type are way smaller.

Anyone keen? I might cut it up for parts otherwise!

Need to clear out my garage from my various seat experiments in the E28. Location: Wellington so pickup would be better. Have two front seats from (IRC) an E36 Coupe. They fit sedans too and oddly they will fit E28's (and presumably E34s etc) without an adapter plate. Full Electrics, Ive wired in an XT90 quick connect to make getting 12v into them easy. There was a tear on the driver side bolster that I have fixed, I just havent dyed it blue. Im sure I have blue dye here somewhere, welcome to it or Ill pop it on if I get a chance. Price: $300 or best offer. Also have the rear complete bench from an F20 MSport, in Alacantara (black with subtle blue threading). Price: $150 or best offer.