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Pity you are down there... I have a mint daimler 250 V8 in Kerikeri just back from a freshen up

My old 120i had runflats which we replaced with non- runflats and purchased from BMW a tyre pump/ liquid stuff kit in a nice little package. However after getting rid of the runflats the car felt like it floated around a bit more and never quite felt as sharp on the road...

Edit: that was just my opinion, this is a guys pride and joy i shouldnt have said that. As my mother always says, there is no accounting for taste.

For whatever it costed, i would prefer to get the most povo spec 308 GT4, or one of those awesome old 365/400i/412i's that have been hovering on trademe for a while

The 120i's key was a pain... never lies flat due to the 90degree agle that the ring passes through the hole at!

Thats real stink man, someone poisoned my fox terrier almost 3 years ago and ive never really gotten over it. Without you knowing it they go through a lot with you and its only when they are gone that you realise.

The way Icould tell with my S6 was the hydraulic fluid tank in the engine bay?

removed chrome drivers door trim ready to return car to painters to fix a sub standard clearcoat job on it from earlier in the year.....

Nice shade of silver

I'd say dealers may WELL ask over- inflated prices for a 6 speed e39, but I dunno, maybe they are worth 16k ish? 'Worth' is a subjective term anyhow, so no one here is right or wrong. They are a car which is still depreciating. They tend to be kitted up in 'S5' guise, or the ones you see in auck do.

Sweet will be in contact in a short while... I'll have to sort it logisticaly too

Yep checked checked and checked again.... also repeated process this morning. No channelling on cams, and the rocker shafts don't APPEAR or feel to be worn/ have play... Old BMW/ Merc mechanic friend of mine did say that they wear on the roker shaft, but I just cant believe that with this engine and those km's/ condition/FSH

edit: 1985 318i M10 130Km's Did my valve clearances as per owners manual yesterday when stone cold, sounded sweet as afterwards, until car was properly warmed up when they got noisy (uniformly noisy nonetheless). This is the first car I have had 'tappet' complaints for, the other manually adjusted engines have all been M20. Why the big change between cold and hot, surely BMW would not have sold a premium car even in the 80's with this warm noise. Anyone have tricks of the trade? I know that noisy is better than fully quiet but the difference between cold and hot is silly. Maybe I just STFU and put up with it?

keen for the M10 manual box, just gotta sort my move home etc first

Agree

Looks like a baby with a full nappy. Haha still cool though.

m535i wasnt this one once

rrr perfect but price and location not so perfect unfortunately.... This is a want not a need

Anyone have a set of these, or even just the fronts? Am after good condition, pref heavy duty loop pile ones (the ones that are hard to vacuum!) cheers

Haha i just get told that i look grumpy most of the time so I figure it's a good describer

We have a 70 inch plasma that is over a year old, got given it when it was made reduindant by LED... which for the record is horrible to watch 3D on with venitian blinds anywhere in view..... they flash and shimmer like a bitch! need black out curtains over them..... Our tv seems in fine shape with no burn in or such yet

probably me.. few alpina bits and a grumpy looking driver?

I often see a slightly lowered e39 540i in a sort of light calypso red with style 5's around herne bay area...... Anyones on here? I think it used to belong to a douche customer at JCBMW when i worked there, and whenever i had to pick it up for fixing it smelt like curry and the front bumper was always hanging by a thread

Absolutely agree. I regularly travelhome to the Bay of Islands from auckland where i live, and i feel that people who exist almost exclusively in the city arent quite aware of what a lot of idiots are doing out on the open road. However my argument is redundant as the campaign was for hoons in the suburbs. Nonetheless there are so so many 35 year old pricks in fast european cars who drive like idiots on the Auckland- North roads who want shooting. I dont think they can be taught- they are intelligent people who make the stupid decision to break the limits regularly with reckless disregard for other road users.

Can't judge when I couldnt hope to think of somthing as original. Nice work. HAH.