Jacko

Smashed some B roads today in the eastern BOP, its so easy to forget how f**king good these cars are. Ive done 50,000km in the Skoda to 2000km in the 130. 130 is hands down a better car to drive hard, its in a different league. Skoda is a better car to sit in traffic with.

Who bought the one in Chch on trademe? I was eyeing it up for parts... had some interesting bits on it.

Fridges available in colours other than white and stainless, interesting.

Sounds like DMF is in bits. Its not normal.

LCI ones do, its garbage though, it just applies the brake to the spinning wheel.

Equal length headers are soooo 1995, its all about those equal angles now. 90 degree ones.

Some headers for sale on facebook if anyones keen.

James has ChatGPT

I "think" this is a car a looked at a few years ago for someone on here, at the time it had a bird sh*t welded 120 back box on it, dead clutch throwout bearing, and the rear arches were chewed out and cracked paint from poor fitment. Trying to find pics I took to confirm rego.

Rear tweeters! Dude doesnt know he has Got to be the rarest 130 option, next to probably comfort access. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/4715309764?bof=awug6fto

I dont know why they exist personally, looks fast, but is slower than a 1st gen nissan leaf, whilst using the same amount of gas as what should be the base model, the 325.... and on top of that the engine is a complete lemon. So you really got to ask yourself - Why?

DMF's normally fail before the clutch, you'd be silly not to replace it at the same time.

130 prices in NZ are all over the place, low ballers gonna low ball, tell em to FOFF. Expensive gas prices, cost of living etc here driving all the prices down... yet at the same time Japanese stock is dwindling and new emissions will stop them being imported shortly and they'll start going back up again as get rarer as people stack em/wreck em. It'll cost you probably 4k in parts to convert, the manual boxes appear to be worth a lot.

One video and done!

Throw Penrite Progear 75w90 in the box and bobs ya uncle, only real downside is you have to be deliberate and slow when shifting if its freezing out and box is cold, after a minute or so its fine and continues to be even when hot.

Yeah Ive had Valeo single mass in mine for nearly 100,000km, change the gearbox fluid and its perfectly fine, stock fluid results in chatter when warm. Feels more "sporty" than stock as Matt says, its not like a truck clutch or anything, just more like an old school clutch with none of the self adjusting nonsense. Has been dumped and kicked many times, its easily up the job. I have replacement Valeo clutch kit for it to go in when engine gets swapped, took ages to find it (during covid in saying that)

EU emissions regs.

Its in the BMW New Zealand | Discussion/Classfied/Parts page

Nice straight looking 2006 manual NZ new on faceballs for 9.5k, lots of options (like cruise)

The answer is scan it with a proper tool

Rear lights is just coding and a pin swap (from memory), its documented in a few places.

What BDS is doing is interesting, 300bhp, faceballs reel thing - https://www.facebook.com/reel/1417224932251571

235/35/19 were 450ish corner with N3 discount at advantage.

Stuck some PS5s on the skoda, worn RE003s aquaplaning all over the motorway terrified me for the last time.

I suspect N55 would lunch the box pretty quick? Stick a valeo SMF kit in it, fix it up and make it pretty.