E30 325i Rag-Top

I would estimate that it would be about the same amount as half the people seem to do already, using the "nodding dog" technique of holding the phone down low to avoid being spotted by the Police and looking up every 5 seconds or so. I like to gently touch my brake pedal just as they look up - so they sh*t themselves as the sight of brake lights, makes the morning commute much more fun.

Just promise that you will keep the 1980s mobile phone in the console! You might even be able to get it connected to the modern networks??

Typically ill-informed decision making. "CO2 is killing the planet we must reduce CO2", "NO2 is killing the planet , we must reduce NO2" are they dyslexic or just stupid? Not only are they trying to address the issue by targeting the third highest contributor - lets just ignore the electricity generating power stations and old heating equipment and go for an easy target, but they are also only focussing on one particular emissions gas, what about the HC emissions, and CO2 (oh, sorry that was last week's new) and particulates, and the other NOx, etc.... And as for alternatives for HT... there is a reason there aren't any non-diesel trucks out there. Looks and sounds very much like a bit of Tory-graph spin to have a go at the previous Labour Government and their transport policies.

E30 is a USA model, and from that picture un-modified. When seeing the picture my first thought was.. Nice white E30... must be getting old.

Saw that the other morning, and wondered what the hell had happened. From the photos I'm guessing someone caught the off-side corner while it was parked? Like you say, a hell of a whack for a 60 km/h zone.

I've got a ZF 5-speed from behind my M20 out of the race car, no idea if it will go behind a M5x though sorry.

Sounds nice, any pics??

When the car is too big for the garage, and the fat driver can't get out of the car when it's parked. I kid you not, this has happened and people have asked to "return" their new car once they have realised that they can't actually park it in their garage...

It is certainly a well specced car. It looks like it was built for a customer and they ticked a lot of the option list! Shame it has gone out of my price range already!

S205A AUTOMATIC GETRIEBE Automatic transmission S217A AKTIVLENKUNG Active steering S261A SEITENAIRBAG FUER FONDPASSAGIERE Side airbags for rear passengers S2NPA M LM R. DOPPELSPEICHE 135 M NOTLAUF BMW alloy wheel, M double spoke 135 S300A NOTRAD Emergency spare wheel S302A ALARMANLAGE Alarm system S322A KOMFORTZUGANG Comfort access P337A M SPORTPAKET M Sports package S339A SHADOW LINE Shadow-Line S386A DACHRELING Roof railing S417A SONNENSCHUTZROLLO HINTERE TUERSCH. Roller sun visor, rear door S430A INNEN-/AUSSENSPIEGEL AUT.ABBLENDEND Interior/outside mirror with auto dip S431A INNENSPIEGEL,AUTOMATISCH ABBLENDEND Interior mirror with automatic-dip S441A RAUCHERPAKET Smoker package S459A SITZVERSTELLUNG, ELEKTR.MIT MEMORY Seat adjustment, electric, with memory S470A KINDERSITZBEFESTIGUNG ISOFIX Isofix-System S481A SPORTSITZE FUER FAHRER/BEIFAHRER Sports seat S4M3A INTERIEURLEISTE ALU CUBE PURE Interior trim strips, Alu Cube Pure S502A SCHEINWERFER-WASCHANLAGE Headlight cleaning system S508A PARK DISTANCE CONTROL (PDC) Park Distance Control (PDC) S522A XENON-LICHT Xenon Light S524A ADAPTIVES KURVENLICHT Adaptive Headlights S534A KLIMAAUTOMATIK Automatic air conditioning S540A GESCHWINDIGKEITSREGELUNG Cruise control S548A KILOMETERTACHO Kilometre speedo S563A LICHTPAKET Light package S5ACA FERNLICHTASSISTENT High-beam assistant S601A TV-FUNKTION TV function S609A NAVIGATIONSSYSTEM PROFESSIONAL Navigation system Professional S672A CD WECHSLER 6-FACH CD changer for 6 CDs S676A HIFI LAUTSPRECHERSYSTEM HiFi speaker system S700A AREA-CODE 4 Area-Code 4 for DVD S704A M SPORTFAHRWERK M Sports suspension S710A M LEDERLENKRAD M leather steering wheel S715A M AERODYNAMIKPAKET M Aerodynamics package S775A INDIVIDUAL DACHHIMMEL ANTHRAZIT Headlining anthracite S818A BATTERIEHAUPTSCHALTER Battery master switch S825A RADIO-STEUERUNG OZEANIEN Radio control Oceania S864A SERVICE KONTAKT-FLYER UEBERSEE Dealer List Overseas S874A FUNKFREQUENZ 434 MHZ Radio frequency 434 MHz S880A ENGLISCH / BORDLITERATUR On-board literature, English S925A VERSANDSCHUTZPAKET Dummy-SALAPA S9AAA AUSSENHAUTSCHUTZ Outer skin protection VIN WBANS72020CR56338 Type code NS72 Type 530D (EUR) E series E61 () Series 5 Type TOUR Steering RL Doors 5 Engine M57/T2 Displacement 3.00 Power 170 Drive HECK Transmission AUT Colour CARBONSCHWARZ METALLIC (416) Upholstery LEDER DAKOTA/SCHWARZ (LCSW) Prod.date 2006-03-20

Yup, the power delivery is controlled through the mapping in standard tune. Hence the long, flat line in the torque curve. The design engineers did put that in there for a reason though, it's not as if anyone says "that's too much power, turn it down" without a good reason....

Are we not having a good day Geoffrey?? May I suggest a large glass of wine to relax..

Price added - thanks. Note: Rims only, no tyres.

You would do well to get a manual E30 For under 2 grand I would have thought..

I only really use them for burning the arse of unsuspecting passengers - that joke NEVER gets old. Other than that they are a bit of a luxury, although Mrs Pom does rather like them.

All e30s are the same wheelbase, so skirts will be same length for 2-dr and 4-dr, it's just a question of whether the skirt, such as Tech I would clash on the door to stop it opening. Moved by your friendly admin.

They make 'em tough down in South Island.

I don't have it saved, but can put it up when I'm back in the office on Wednesday.

Thanks for putting up the pics as requested. As per the forum rules, and as will said, it helps in a number of ways. Not least of which it helps to generate interest in what you are selling, a picture is worth a thousand words as they say. Is it a rusty hunk of junk with oil leaks or a well looked after and maintained part? The fact that the OP had just such photos and put them up shows they understand this. A manual conversion, hmm what part number is that then? What is included, every single last nut bolt and washer? Or just the major parts? Are the parts all "correct" or have they been "modified"? Has anything been damaged during removal? And so on... And Arron since you want to bring it up again, your post was deleted as rather than doing what was asked and fix it you wanted to be clever and argue about it. SRacin, sorry for all this in your For Sale thread, I can delete it all out if you would like.

Please put up some photos, as per forum rules.

Being NZ new it is quite highly species, it has a few options that the guy hasn't listed, from checking the build sheet it has adaptive xenons and comfort access, was built with the m-sport suspension as well.

Even worse when the new manager doesn't know how to hide your pay-per-view porn movies on the damn invoice.. Allegedly.

Good numbers, but not the kind of numbers that entice buyers in the rest of the world - things like fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, EU rating and all that boring stuff is what people look at due to the running costs of putting petrol in the thing. When Toddy took me around Manfield in the FP-V with the 355Kw engine it went reasonably well.. as you say good bang for buck, but unfortunately in a dying market segment. BMW UK don't offer V8 petrols in most of the model ranges as they just don't sell anymore.

Put very simply, cost. They cannot produce a car in Aussie, and ship it around the world to sell at a competitive price and still make money. Whole list of reasons why, from the costs of production in Aussie, the exchange rates, declining "large car" markets, strength of competitors, etc. When I first arrived in NZ I had a couple of Falcons as company cars, and realistically, on a global scale they were nowhere near the mark. I haven't driven the latest version, but it would need to have come on in leaps and bounds.

Pics or didn't happen...