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Currently addicted to Starcraft 2 , played the first one for like 10 years Gonna have to buy a PS3 for GT5.

New plymouth, ratts...

On the shore i have used Bellars Motor Works and can definitely recommend them, my father and i have used them for near ten years, current owner is guy by the name of Ken, very friendly and helpful.. Over the Bridge Botany Motor Works, huge amounts of rave reviews on here of them.

After a couple of years of nailing back 2-3 dozen a week plus the money I was spending on bar drinks(Good ol Uni years), I calculated that i could have paid for a M50 trandsplant and all the other bits pieces i wanted. I drink maybe 6 beers a month now if that and the bank account is far healthier. The amount you pay for a drink should be based on your age, so if you're 1 years old and you want a beer fine buts a $ 1 Million dollars, if you're 18 its $35, once you hit 65 you get paid to drink.

Even if you are obeying the law and only doing 50km/h, if you hit a bunch of those on the road i doubt very much that you would be able to safely control the vehicle to a stop. Endangers law abiding families aswell. Stupid idea. I would sit at the end of the road with my 308 rifle and laser site, pick off the swine like that Selective deletion. (JJokes)

It looks like a really bad attempt at imitating knight rider. How much money would have been spent to do that...

Cheers for the feed back folks, the more i read into the Audi's the more I realise the maintenance is just too much of a liability even with full checks done before purchasing. Havent had a chance to call Glenn back, will email rather. A bit OT, but after doing some more hunting and reading the 'potentials' list has reshuffled, in order of preference, all cars must be manual, limit $16k but would like a couple k in reserve for full service etc when purchased. Once work settles down at the end of the month I will looking at buying... 1. E30 Motorsport 325i, or similar calibre 325i (Has to be more than good condition, I dont mind paying for the quality). Thinking $7-9K. 2. E36 325/8i. 3. Nissan S15 R 4. EVO 5.

4 door for the win, silver with gun metal grey rims.

Will do Mr Glenn. Cheers lads.

Afternoon Folks, Been looking at getting a second car, something around $15k, has to be manual and enjoyable to drive. Have seen a number of S series Audi's on trade and something like the below really appeals. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-305889002.htm My question is what sort of maintenance budget would you expect on a car likes this assuming it has been well maintained through out it's life. I do like the car but cannot afford bills over $1k every two-three months, I'm used to my $240 service every 6 months for the e30. What would you expect? Educated guesses welcome. Cheers for the steer.

A little off topic but since we're looking at P&L etc thought this article would be interesting. Solid growth in Brazil. http://www.bmwblog.com/2010/04/12/bmw-grou...-first-quarter/

The questions were of curiosity and were no way implying that BMW does not have idea of what they are doing. With over 90 thousand employees Im sure they have more than enough talent to steer the company in the right direction. You guys/girls recon this will be aimed at attacking your Honda Civic/ Toyota Corrolla driver who may be looking for a more premium marque? OR going after the Renault/Citroen group? Very keen to see how they market this one.

Honestly BMW needs stop this rampant proliferation of models. In the late 80's to mid 90's every model car BMW made was the benchmark of that class. All small sedans were compared to the 3 series, all family saloons were compared to the 5 series and the executive saloons were all compared to the 7 series. Their model line up was smaller and far more focused and thus the product that was offered was best of class. I fully understand that they need to be competitive and in this day and age a small sharp hot hatch warrants a place in major manufacturers line up, I think this FWD BMW looks great and a turbo'd four pot would be awesome, but i just feel that the calibre of vehicles now being made is lower than what it used to be. Will this be substantially cheaper than the current 1 series? If not are they just diluting current market share across more models?

You should have to pass an appreciation exam before you're allowed to buy things as awesome as a Spitfire.

In one of the engine pic threads some one posted a pick of a bmw engine with gold coloured parts, I noticed the M1 also has them. What was special about the gold coloured parts again? made from Magnesium alloy?

Thats a massive amount of car for $11k.

Thats weird tops for figuring that out. I always thought MAC #'s were hard coded at time of manufacturing?

1. 88 Corolla Hatch 5 Spd 12V 2. 89 Mazda 323 Wagon 5 Spd King Springs 16" white mags (white car) 3. 89 Honda Civic Si 5 Spd 1600 DOHC, Exhaust, POD Filter etc. 4. RPS13 180SX 5 Spd SR20DET Red Top, LSD, POD Filter, Headers, Dump Pipe, Exhaust, gauges etc. 5. 1965 Mrk 1 Cortina, 4 Spd, 1500, runs perfectly. Current. 6. 1987 BMW 325i Convertible, mechanically great, paint needs attention, manual conversion and paint fix ETA 2 months. Current.

HAHA well said mate, time to close the laptop and head to the pub.

Product Manager - Mobile, Telecom NZ. Last day tomorrow woop!

M Power you owe me a new keyboard, mine is now filled with drool.

thank you!

Like it, but would love it if the wheels we fully polished with out the red center weave.

Every man must have his price, would pay for that >

As a kid i thought my old man's chipped 325i was awesome, till we came across one of these, its been a dream car since a kid. http://www.bmw-sg.com/forums/classics-e21-...ican-beast.html