Jacko

1M is 2 door limited edition track toy, a 420 is a low end coupe Vs M3 which is top of the range? All over the place 420 is going to depreciate faster than the others get to 100kmh... Personally I think you would be mad to daily an M3, maintenance costs are not cheap. Id be looking at other models ending in 35i/d 40i/d etc

I had my fun with the CGA and the dodgiest slipperiest used car dealer in the land a few years ago - Stick to your guns, stay calm, and dont back down. They will cave in the end. Glenn here put in touch with the automotive equivalent of Liam Neesons character from Taken, who gave me a lot of good advice (and... information) .

Heya, can someone recommend me a suitably qualified vehicle valuer in the Auckland region, for insurance purposes on the 130i. Ami are being dicks and dont want to insure it for agreed value anymore, and "market value" is a load of nonsense that will leave me out of pocket/lsd

Fairly normal, I watched it do it in mine Heater on full noise and max fan seems to cook the coating on the plastic. Lid fell off water bottle on the way to job interview... Meguairs trim stuff and a brush fixed it.

60% of the time, 100% of the time I would rate cars 9.8%/10

Yeh Its dropped like 5k? I wonder if the dealers realised hes imported a problem...

New in bag, never opened - $40 shipped in NZ. http://store.uucmotorwerks.com/unlock-valvecdvclutch-delay-valve-delete-kit-p1381.aspx

SuperPro E8x/E9x PU bush kits SPF3940K and SPF3941K. Offset adjustable bushes for front control/radius arms. As new, with grease etc, $130 each couriered in NZ https://www.superpro.com.au/find/superpro-bushing-kit/orphan-SPF3940K https://www.superproeurope.com/part.number.cfm?partnumber=SPF3941K&vehicleid=1270&productreferenceid=125749

E92 M3 is what I use on the E87, which is the same as E9x geometry (bar the track width). Camber is somewhat adjustable at the front, with the slotted strut towers, not that many seem to bother though. I have -1.5 camber at the front with M3 LCAs and strut tops pushed in as far as they go.

Its back again. The bonnet/gaurd gap and odd looking paint matching (could be the pics) look much worse than the old listing. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1739378019.htm?rsqid=e121ed51c52e47f48794af24a5da2624

I need to sort out insurance for this thing next week, the agreed value keeps dropping each year and Id never be able to replace it for what its currently insured at. Any input on whats a realistic figure? I roughly know what Ive spent on it in total, way over 20, but I figure I could semi-replace it for 17ish ? 2006 (Dec 05) 130i, NZ new (1 of 15) Full service history, until the start of this thread .. 246k on the clock (but looks better, even on the inside, than most sub 100k cars) Birds B1 kit, Quaife diff and the other stuff in this thread 19x8.5" ACS Type IV (genuine)

Ratcheting 1/4" spanner

Drag this one out of the depths - But P&S Auto Centre in East Tamaki. Very good job, know what they are talking about, and a whole workshop stuffed to the brim with cool BMW things too look at (and more E30s in one place than anywhere else ive seen!)

E28 with an S65. Done.

Id give my left nut for a D3 touring

You could probably import a Alpina D3 for that sorta cash?

It kind of works in Aussie as they have serious fines, whereas here you get slapped with a wet bus ticket and that culture has stuck. It might work to introduce that here in the long run, but the sector who do not currently comply with the rules arent going to change any time soon. Part of it probably comes with our endless supply of dirt cheap imports, providing cars people cant actually afford at an affordable initial price

I bet the proportion of the population that do not have any insurance, also struggle with the concept of wof/rego, and will treat "compulsory" insurance the same. I dont disagree with you at all by the way, its the same problem with a bunch of regulation - You end up writing regs for the people that follow them, not the people who just DGAF.

Fixed itself overnight, clever bmw.

Done. Beer time. Figure out what Ive busted on the front PDC sensors tomorrow

Anyone come across these, or who would be the reseller in NZ?

Sweet, must be a dirty connector. I cleaned them all out with contact cleaner but suspect it probably blew dirt back down into the plug. Throws codes for front left and front right

Anyone know if the PDC sensors on an E8/9x are coded for specific canbus addresses, or if they are a simple sensor that plugs into the loom and that assigns which position its in. Im wondering if Ive switch two around, or have a dicky/dirty connector.

Straya!

Another interesting one, Gruppe M intake and an ACS (or rep) spoiler... dunno about the orange engine cover though. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1729273954.htm?rsqid=5da991badb794bceb453af0deba4f696