Jacko

Nice clean E87 123d at Totara Park MTB track this evening.. member? Feel like I need to be strapping the bike to the 130 rather than hiffing it in the back of the ractis to fit in the carpark now.

Good to see those wheels looking good

A mate just bought a tidy, manual, AW11 for 18k I wonder what Japans fleet of 130s currently is, I suspect we have more of their than they do now!

Gearboxes are pretty rare, so it wouldnt be cheap. Not many cars (130s and Z4s) have the GS6-37 Clean/Manual/Nof**kery/low km/well serviced/nice (rare) wheels/prefacelift purity.... 15k is reasonable for the right buyer (and would be considered dirt cheap internationally)

Nice. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/3378674969

One of each in right wheel drive, manual box, 6 cylinders.

I use BMW coolant for The Purity.... and Penrite HPR5 because its the jam.

Took it on an essential services run south of the border... feels like an achievement. strange days.

Waterpumps fail at anywhere between 10,000 and 300,000km, they'll throw a check engine light though. Is it throwing a code?

Wow, someone got an absolute bargain

130i registry has been started https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/134BvssGMK7jqiTlNn9AUErBILKyMdSpQY2enh6CRrEI/edit?usp=sharing Early days, will get updated and made less crude as it goes.

Thats pretty cool, but 22k uncerted.... You'd be better off just getting a 135? Id guess 15ish...

Are they the same mirror covers as yours? Got a link?, I had a search awhile back but couldnt find them.

Yeah, its horse for courses though. The longterm tyre review online for them says 20,000km with a couple of track days (tuned sti wrx). Does it make sense on A-B transport, no. Does it make sense for a toy... arguably

^ This, its night and day even when mildly driving hard. I spent nearly half what I paid for the Birds B1 package on the 130, including the quaife. Was it worth it? Financially no it makes no sense, but would I do it again - Yes. One could make the same argument about any performance leaning car though. If you want to make wise financial decisions, buy a leaf.

Couple of weeks on these tyres, the grip levels are epic, the front end rails around anything you throw at it at legal speeds. Definitely recommended for a cheapish performance tyre. No idea on how they are in the wet, or how well they wear, but goddamn grip conquers all Ordered a new radiator and a few more little bits left to swap engines, about all thats left is doing it.

Get a quaife from birds

This will be a good one....

Well.. thats different https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/3346176183?bof=zPTWCZRS

Think thats Serenas old car from BMW 130 owners group, was really nice tidy example a few years ago, had the plate IBEAM, she did all the blue bits and wheels.

And now the jap imports are claiming to be NZ new.... https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/3338575474

Went and got a wheel alignment, got asked if I knew @Matt, they tell our cars apart by the brake caliper colours