Jacko

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

There isnt really a pic of the old oil, (other than the windage plate?) inside of the sump is funny looking full of ripples from when they press it, and it reflects light strangely.

A few more days of wet and dry sanding, compounding, polishing, realising missed a spot, OCDing, starting again, and its getting there. It also goes now Matt black rear valance looks pretty good (plastidipped), stands out less than the silver/grey standard colour. Engine is actually noticeably smoother with the new engine mounts, I guess they dont last 250,000k. Still have the roof to clean up, was too tall on the jack stands, and then its ceramic coating followed by a few beers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6050787/Suicidal-Seattle-airport-worker-identified-Richard-Russell.html Sounds like a switch just flipped, and he thought feck it, im gonna go out in a bang. My guess is its sounds like he managed to back the Q400 off the gate, which is no easy task (engines in weird config to do it etc) , If he had the skill/knowledge of how to do that without stacking it, he could have easily landed it... but never intended to. Must have spent some time reading the manuals.

There is some mad footage of him doing a barrel roll, serious "hold my beer watch this" stuff.

Some mad fecker "Rich" has pinched a dash 8 Q400 (large turboprop). Not confirmed, but sounds like F15s have shot it down... Many reports of the sonic booms of them chasing it down. https://heavy-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/heavy.com/news/2018/08/seatac-plane-stolen-hijacked-grounded-seattle/amp/?usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D&amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %1%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com%2Fnews%2F2018%2F08%2Fseatac-plane-stolen-hijacked-grounded-seattle%2F

N54/55 way more power and potential for even more power... every other department N52 is a nicer engine. Way better balanced in a hatch as well as is 50odd kg lighter.

Not a fan of the quad exhausts, its only a hatchback, doesnt need that much thrust. Hopefully that carbon vinyl comes off easily too.. Rest looks very nice, and low ks, and no PDC in the boot to flood and short

Dont have one sorry, you can probably pick one up pretty super cheap from supercheap though?

Oh theres a scratch. Oh theres another dent. Oh theres another stone chip. There is a reason people pay other people to do this stuff :D 2 Hours per panel.. but shes looking pretty shiney!

Midgets. Dead Midget Hookers.

These guys did a really nice job on my old corolla, insurance covered all the rubbers and mouldings. Turned up when they said they would, and had the right parts ready to rock.. also didnt have a 3 week booking period! http://www.accurateglass.co.nz/ I doubt E28 mouldings etc are as common as a 90s corolla, so you probably want to give whoever use choose a bit of a heads up

Day.. Tuesday. Sump cleaned up, oil level sensor seal changed. Sump gasket and the sensor seal were very brittle. Surprising it didnt leak more to be honest. Getting the sump back in and lined up is a bit of a dexterity test... But once in its in! Would be so much easier to do in a hoist and with the subframe totally out of the picture. Torquing it all back down is time consuming but straight forward - 8Nm +90 degrees. Engine mounts are simple, problem is the top of them isnt keyed to the engine, so need to be tightened with the lower section already in the lower key.. Access to the top nut is a bit of pig with the lowers tight however! The old mounts have noticeably more movement in them than the new, no sign of rubber cracking but I assume the fluid filled lower section is dead. Lining the subframe up and bolting it back down is a bit like wrestling a mechanical octopus... Could do just the sump gasket in 2 days pretty easily.

So much want!

Day 2 part 2 Sump off. Quiet odd, bolt torques were allover the place, some were hand tight others very tight. May have been oil interfering with the factory thread locker? The drain back tube from the CCV system would be a total mare to remove without the quick disconnect tool (1/2"). Its very tight and in a very tight spot. Id place money on the fact they all seem to leak at the same spot, lowest aft corner, is that that is also the location where the gasket steel frame is also joined.. German engineering! Will put it back together with a thin smear of sealant. I was hoping to pull the windage tray off too have more of a looksee at the innards but it requires disturbing the oil pick up into the pump, and id rather not bust an o ring and cause it to starve. Bloody hard to get a decent picture of block innards...