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Mini is a brand that BMW felt like purchasing.... It would be as sacrilegious to introduce a 5L coupé under the MINI brand.

All the changes in bmw these days make you think that maybe they should have years ago introduced a sort of sub- brand under a different umbrella? Best of both worlds etc without having to dilute anything

I was admiring this in Kerikeri a few days ago when my cousin came along and happened to be the owner! It will be a legit sale as he works on yachts in the northern hemisphere. The car looks great, paint is perfect. Is on lowered springs which aren't so nice, but he bought it like that.

Cool ride, wicked sound, feel like a boss driving one of these! Best axle articulation of any 4x4 (if the same setup as the 3 door?)

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Filiform corrosion. So yeah, whip the clearcoat off, refinish the wheel then re-seal.

26, too easy

Unsure of actual cost, but if weighing up Thailand vs. NZ: I can confirm (had)- Nose, $12k. I hear it's about 4 or 5 in Thai. Single root canal/extraction $2600 NZ, I hear about 1k Thai. A friend got her tits done here: $11k, another had them done in Thailand: 6k

Very very nice car brother. I missed out on auction finish time a while ago for an identically spec'd car in every respect save for it was manual.... went for $3800...

haha I love you too. should not be posting at this hour. wtf I didnt even see that.... i carjam'd it and saw, f**k, something that wasnt personalised plate. i miss your ways samwise. have my babies

As much as I slag off P-plates, yours Dylan is more stylish. How did you get it? Yanking on strings?

That stuff the cat-like creatures sh*t out. No I haven't had that, but in my real world it would have to be Melba Vulcan lane, whatever they use. Soy or regular flat white, or regular cappuccino with toasted croissant amande to take away.

Its not very needly, just feels like dragging a compass across your skin but not really penetrating

Hmm true, i though that they seemed a little different. Still pretty sweet

Maxmax has some on his 3.5L M325i, offer him swapsies for some other wicked wheel or pile of dollars

"...*couldn't*..." care less. Sorry this misnomer has bugged me lately in internet print and reading that was the head

Mine is specifically above short sleeve shirt height, as the sight of a tattoo inspires prejudice which may be detrimental in any, be it business or personal dealings. It wasn't that long ago where tattoos were not a part of the western or at least western middle class world- thus there is still a negative hangover. No point in fighting it, easier to please the masses.

I have a reasonable sized anchor on my shoulder and am 110% comfortable with it now and in the future. It's almost impossible to explain why we get tattoos as it certainly isn't a decision formed like the purchase of a house, or the ending of a relationship. Decision to get a tattoo aside, my anchor (which will at some stage have a siren and stormy sea added somewhere) related to my family's long history around water of whom I am one of the few continuing.

Cheers for that, yeah I'm unsure what is in it now (probably no frills diesel oil) so at the next change I'll go semi or full synthetic as recommended. Not too fussed about oil consumption

I have a 20V turbo 5 cylinder Audi with 200+km's. They all say to only use fully synthetic oil on these for the turbo/lines, at these kms does that still ring true due to it being a turbo? It does not smoke at all. I've had one before, but it was lower km's and there was no question. Cheers

whoops sorry too many calc's late at night do that to the brain, you are right they are hydraulic- I was thinking M20. There is a very slim chance that they are sticking, otherwise the only real fix is replacement lifters. Years ago on an M40 I had mine go within a matter of weeks also. In saying all of that, I hear good things about MBL8 additive from Mitsubishi for quietening noise lifters. Thicker oil should technically help but I never found that it did

Ah, adjust them to spec first? They arent hydraulic so shouldnt be affected by viscosity

Thanks guys, I'm a bit ripped. I had my first Audi S4 at the time, mum got me the 318 for Christmas as a summer project and I ended up keeping it as my only car I liked it so much. Apart from the parts that you surely bought it for, is any of it salvageable to be put back together as a whole car again ray? Or is chassis etc bent and stuffed. I wouldn't rule out pulling out the chequebook at a panelbeaters and having it keep company with our 2 other 'barn queens' up north, I loved it that much edit: I don't mean to sound like a knob re: chequebook, but there's no other word for spending money on a seemingly worthless car!

Looking back on when my car had the BBS RA's and no front spoiler I must admit that I could have left it at that, still with the bilsteins etc in it though. @AJ That first pic is how Dudlee should look! Chrome/Black rubber+ coloured metallic paint looks great on PFL's

It would have killed for that in techno-violet