Jacko

Thats going to be one hard sell... Its probably worth half what the asking price is...

Is 135k high ks these days?.. Mines over double that Got some nice bits, and heated seats are actually pretty rare on 1 series (if a bit pointless in NZ) 10k is cheap, I bet its been on the market for so long as was listed under specialist cars on tardme for a while (which no one really looks at). Its going to be really interesting in a few years, to see what people are paying for 130s. I bought my first car in like 98, paid $1000 for it, a straight unscrewed with AE86 trueno...

Nah its silicony anti rattle stuff.

Emailed birds, who recommended using BMW brake lube, handily enough I have a bunch

Your bushes red with the cloth inner surface? yeah I do it on ramps, not that big a deal with the sway bars as they can rotate even when tight, so no preloading. My front swaybar is 28mm, wonder if E93 M3 bushes will fit.

Creaking polyeurethane sway bar bushings, eibach flavour with the cloth impregnated surface. Got about 2 months out of the eibach grease before started creaking, replaced it with superpro silicon based stuff, wihich lasted about a year before creaking again, so I went to copper based anti-seize,... creaking again 6 weeks later. Is there any grease that actually works for these things? I have no issues with the rest of the polybushes in the car, which are just straight Superpro PU, but these eibach ones for the swaybars are a pain in the ass.

Nice one, thats a good car, and has some nice bits on it. The seals and dust boots on the 135 calipers are cheap and easy

Stock M sport, it looks a little lower than normal though so likely just a little flogged out (bump stops look very dead) I run Birds B1 dynamics (custom valved bilstiens with eibach springs and swaybar, and the qauife diff), with poly bushed everything, and M3 LCAs. Its pretty much perfect for NZ B roads, as its not over damped or sprung. Not cheap, but I would definitely get it again. There is a really good suspension thread on one of the 1 series forums, where one guy changed suspension setup multiple times. Worth reading, it depends very much on what you want, cant search at the moment, but have a googles.

Gives 1mm more lift, for more vtec yo.

Keep the 944. 35 year old 4 pot in that will be more reliable than 9 year old 4 pot in the 120. Get a 125 if you want a coupe, or 135 if you want a fast coupe, or a honda integra if you want a 120

Going to have to open the rocker cover and check for MILVs now..

Might need the bushings changed? I ditched all the stock rubber bushes in mine and went teflon ECS tuning ones, not expensive and is pretty slick. The stock shifter feel is normally pretty reasonable though, they could be shagged. Not expensive anyway.

The 2007 manual one is a guy on BMW 130 group on facebook, good fella and he has spent some serious coin on it. Has definitely been looked after. The 06 one with the quad exhaust has been on trademe for a long time, it started out priced at something like 14k.

Spotted one of these on the motorway today, sounded EPIC... very cool car (and one of 8 in world??!) https://www.autoblog.com/2018/03/06/morgan-aero-gt-limited-edition/#slide-1337219

Ive been debating about going and grabbing it myself... whats another N52B30 in the driveway... Wife would probably stab me though. Im down in Takanini, but if you want a set of eyes to look at it, hollah.

In a sea of front wheel drive go fast hatches, I guess having correct wheel drive makes up for a lot!

Tiff Needell rated rated them in top 10 to buy now as investments. 5th gear had an episode this season, which lined a 130 E81 up against a bunch of the other "superhatches" of similar generation and 130 was voted best car. Considering when released they got praised for the engine, and dynamics, but weird looks and small boot (clarkson), and the R32 golf Mk5 considered the better car.... they seem to be ageing better than the competition.

One of 13 NZ new manual 130s.... Interesting it didnt get the aero spoiler, only one Ive seen that didnt have it. The rest of the options are the same as mine, its only roughly 150 units post mine which was built Dec 05 and 06 registered in NZ. $7500 is stupid cheap. Just looked it up in NZTA records, 2 NZ new in red, one manual. For the future reference, EZJ977, in 20 years when they are worth 50k and people are arguing about if they are really worth that much on futurebook

Who turns down a dirt cheap 130 because it lacks cruise control, which can be easily retrofitted.... thing smells fishy

Any updates?

Weird, doesnt sound like the chain to me, be curious to see what it is. That sucks...

How will you ever experience the joy of getting $2 stuck in the hinge, and then spending an hour to get it out, simply so you can open the lid and get the rest of the 50c coins.

Mods - can we move this to the projects section please. ...Told you so

Might be a cheap way to join the cool kids club, sounds like the sellers brain exploded (bought it a week ago, but then bought a 4 pot 320... ) https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2499096161.htm