mrad01
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Got an invite to go to the Christchurch launch of the new 3 Series at the Colombo, 363 Colombo Street last night; hosted by Jeff Gray BMW.
They had on display examples of the 2002 turbo, E21, E30, E36 (which was a 4 door Alpina), E46, and E90. A couple were their own vehicles, rest borrowed off clients etc. The "stars" of the evening were the 328 twin turbo 4 (in a very nice deep black), and the 335 twin turbo 6 (in Arctic Silver). The 335 was the "Sport" version, the 328 the "Luxury" version. The night was a local success, I suppose you could say, some 150 - 200 people there, all enjoying the free bubbles, still whites and reds, as well as beers and fruit juices. Oh, and a damned nice assortment of canapes as well! The NZ MD of BMW was in attendance, as well as a large number of the local sales and management team.
The sponsors of the night signed up people for test drives - 2 hours at a time - anytime Saturday through to the next Saturday. Didn't know anyone who was there, but soon got chatting to a number. Surprising to learn of the frequency some people change their cars!!
A nice way to spend an otherwise wet drizzly night - was anyone else of this fraternity there?
As soon as mine get out of warranty (Factory+extended factory usually = 5 years) - update time.
The F30/F80 M3 better be good....
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When I was a teen-ager back in the Philippines, one was considered really cool if he had Pirelli tyres on his car. Later on Michelin tried to catch up on the same status followed by Uni-Royals, Continentals then Bridgestone. I lost track of what was considered a "cool" tyre after Uni. May I have some opinions on what brand is currently as a cool set of tyres? Cheers.
Depends what you are doing - but I'd be very interested in a better tyre than the Michelin Pilot Super Sports currently rolling under my M3. Insane grip - wet and dry. Whether they are "cool" isn't as important as whether they hang on!!!! (to me, anyway)
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Hot off the BBC....link will probably get pulled at some point...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe...p;v=64Q3PLAmHwY
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It's not really a line of thought - it is observed behavior. I have been exposed to some people you describe - so there are several ways to get there. In both cases it is mindset.
I was fortunate to be exposed to NZs top entrepreneurs last year through some awards I was a finalist in - some of those people are very rich - and I can tell you that they spend zero time on shopping around - for them, spending time getting the next deal into their favor is a better use of their brain.
But I think there are also quite a few people as you describe too. I'd like to see more NZers focus on building businesses and getting their heads around how to make money, so the sermon is welcome! Gives good perspective...
Interesting line of thought but I would take a different view ...
The reason some people are rich is because they don't spend any money in the early stages and when they do spend money, they do it wisely. In general, most people / Kiwis are risk adverse and conservative in their savings and spend their money on the wrong things like keeping up with the Jones's. There are some people that can't understand the difference between risk and gambling and they end up as 'losers'. Naturally there are some that end up rich because they knew that there are risks in anything but they took what I called 'calculated risks'. An example may have been buying property in Chc CBD which has fallen over and they lost but again, if they were wise risk takers, they would have also split their investments and bought elsewhere as well so when things go wrong, they aren't overly exposed; they regroup and go forward.
We all start at the same place on the monopoly board of life. Apart from those who inherit, everyone has the same chooses. We all start at the bottom with a first job but it is what you do with your money dictates what you end up with in later years. Money is like a snowball going down a hill and the more you accumulate the more you can grow. If you spend it or don't use it wisely, it will never grow.
Finally, when your snowball has grown to a large size, sure $250,000 may feel like $250 but don't think they don't know the value of it, it just means they have enough that $250,000 won't weaken the snowball and they can finally enjoy what they have been risking / saving all their lives ...
Sorry for the sermon on a Thursday night
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if people keep paying the price NZ retailers set, the retailers will just keep fleecing us
someone needs to teach the rich folk who can afford NZ retailer prices how to find a bargain from overseas
this can be said about any product out there
These "rich folk" see $250,000 like most people see $250
Most are not detail people - too much of a pain to find a car overseas, arrange money transfers, insurance, shipping etc etc - when their time is better spent on the next deal (or trade) which earns them another $50,000
One of the reasons they have money is because they have rewired themselves to not focus on "how to save money" - rather they focus on "how to make money"
They won't change their behavior because making, rather than saving, gives the best results.
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One of the greats...
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The X6M and the X5M didn't get the CIC thing, only the M5, you wouldn't even know if you didn't read it here.
The only way the noise will be altered is if you remove the CIC unit from the car, then you'll only get the actual engine noise, which is still a good noise, just not Audi RS V8ness.
...followed by Audi RS understeer and crashing...
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Correct, even with the CIC turned off or muted you still get the throtty noise of a V8, not the actual one sitting in the engine bay, works really well too!
The only reason they sound the way they do is due to the firing order being changed to help with low end boost, the exhaust gases get pulsed into the twin scroll turbo providing low end power.
They didn't bother doing the CIC thing to the SAVs but the M5 has a certain standard to stand up too, even if the noise is fake.
Ahhhh, you went to the same BMW NZ M5 launch training as I did...
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And the M5 sounds better due to a certain upgrade the sly Germans did......
I'm picking you mean the exhaust sound which is pumped into the cabin via the stereo system...
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Nice write up, they really do defy the laws of physics as we think we know them. I would love a drive of the New M5 with that same engine.
One day.
I've driven both. The M5 is faster. The engine has been tweaked up more than the X6M version. The M5 belts out more torques. It only has 5 horsepowers more, but the torque is the key!!
Both bloody amazing to drive in any case...
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Thats what im looking for! now to wait until an appropriate device comes through work to load it! surprisingly my iMac doesnt have a 5 1/2" drive reader on it despite the price paid lol
Or scratch around here for OS discs: http://myoldmac.net/SELL/apple-II-c.htm
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None of those sites are any use for a //c
You need to get your resources from here: http://links.apple2info.net/filearchivesites.htm
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Spent 1/2 a day in the new F10 M5 around hampton downs today with Mike Eady. Managed quite a few laps in the car in the wet and dry - fast laps and slow. Overall, its a big heavy cruiser which can get up and go - but it won't keep time with the 1M Coupe or M3 on a track. It isn't what it was designed for - but it sure is impressive!!
I also spent time in the 1M and M3 and even though I'm a M3 owner - I'd have to tip my hat to the 1M as being a better hampton downs car. It was bloody incredible. The turn in into the hairpin was nuts and the front end grip seems unlimited. What Mike said though was that when it lets go - it goes big time.
Back to the big M5. Good news is that the turbo V8 has NO turbo lag - you have no idea it is a turbo car - and once the revs get up the sound is impressive. When you button off and downshift, it backfires and burbles away (and I mean in a good way) It sounds really raw and mental. So if the next M3 engine is derived from this engine in any way - there is absolutely nothing to be worried about. It will deliver.
Brakes? Great.
Steering? Good, a bit light, but a nice feel
Comfort? Yes. Very much so.
Would *I* buy one? No. I prefer small M cars I think...for now...until I drive the new M6...
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Just been...
Faaaaaaarrrrrrkkkkk!!!! What a show!!!!!!!!
Spoiler:
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Yes I have seen that article. And urban legend has it that "the Factory" built an RHD one for Denny Hulme - but it may have been a Frank Gardner conversion. Wonder where that car would be now?
In the garage at Jerry Clayton BMW in Takapuna??
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Stunning!!
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I've got a pretty sweet setup using a AppleTV (jailbroken) to access media from various computers around the network in my house, play avi/mp4/mkv files from the USB drive plugged into it and also have it signed up to iTunes USA with an account.
Best thing about the US account on the AppleTV is direct access to all the latest movies and TV shows which appear on the AppleTV just 1 day after they screen in the US. So sweet. Yes, I pay for the stuff I watch.
There is a way to get Netflix working too - I haven't done anything with that yet - but a mate has it going at his place.
Jailbreak on the AppleTV was simple. Here is a link to the product I used. Watch the video on this page: http://firecore.com/atvflash-black
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I would highly recommend against this ... it is a BLOODY HARD car to get out of that you'd take a massive hit by the time you come to sell it. Mine was so difficult to get out of that I more or less gave it away and honestly couldn't be happier that I finally got rid of it. Had I held onto it till this year I'd have lost another $20K on it straight away.
Given that no E46 can come in now the E9X M3s can be imported into the Country for about $50K - $60K from the UK, you'd be crazy to get into one now. Wait a month or two when the market is flooded with them and pick one up for cheap.
Just beware that the car is ridiculous on fuel (unlike any of BMW's advertising that it is more economical than the inline 6 it replaced) and if anything breaks on it without a warranty be prepared to sell a kidney for it (note, notoriously weak gearbox from ZF).
If you do however still want to get into one, make sure you only buy the following spec - as it is by far the easiest spec to get rid of:
White 4 door with black leather, DCT, HP spec with 19s (and don't repaint it bloody orange)
Kinda random.....
Don't buy one.......wait a month or two, then buy one......they use fuel!!.......it might cost a lot to fix....
It's an M3. Nothing worse the the 5.0l V10 that he is just getting out of...
If you buy a performance car based on what the resale will be, you shouldn't be buying performance cars. Camrys are safe.
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The current M3 will would be a nice daily/fun car, not a hell of a lot of difference performance wise either.
+1
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I really like the sound of a V8, that's why I have a Commodore ute with a very illegal exhaust which makes the windows shake. But for every day use you just couldn't go past a 335d - one of those remapped would take on just about anything.
Visit My Website - that would be awesome sitting in the driveway!
That 335d touring is IDENTICAL to my mates one. Top machine.
He thought about the price for a while - should I, shouldn't I.....he just closed his eyes and did it.
That boy smiles a lot now.
Do it.
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I believe you - the torque's great on the VW/Audi 2 litres I've tried. It's really only the (relatively) narrow rev range that bothers me from a performance car perspective.
Oddly, it doesn't seem to matter on the bigger engined ones - probably because there's just so much power and torque everywhere that rpm is irrelevant.
Even the biggest baddest 335d just won't have the revs and madness of the M3 V8. It probably costs tons to run (I just put gas in, I have no idea of the l/100 these days because I'm smiling too much)
I've just come back from the Foo Fighters with my mate in his 335d. That thing is bloody friggin fast, I love the torque. It makes power pretty much off idle up to about 4500/5000....still impressive by most measures.
I'm not sure I'd give up the petrol V8 for a diesel just yet, there is something addictive about noise and revs...
Something to note. Diesels are the future for sure. But the opportunities to own a madarse V8 in a M3 will be getting less and less. You will be able to own a fast diesel anytime in the future.....
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I believe you - the torque's great on the VW/Audi 2 litres I've tried. It's really only the (relatively) narrow rev range that bothers me from a performance car perspective.
Oddly, it doesn't seem to matter on the bigger engined ones - probably because there's just so much power and torque everywhere that rpm is irrelevant.
Even the biggest baddest 335d just won't have the revs and madness of the M3 V8. It probably costs tons to run (I just put gas in, I have no idea of the l/100 these days because I'm smiling too much)
I've just come back from the Foo Fighters with my mate in his 335d. That thing is bloody friggin fast, I love the torque. It makes power pretty much off idle up to about 4500/5000....still impressive by most measures.
I'm not sure I'd give up the petrol V8 for a diesel just yet, there is something addictive about noise and revs...
Something to note. Diesels are the future for sure. But the opportunities to own a madarse V8 in a M3 will be getting less and less. You will be able to own a fast diesel anytime in the future.....
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Trying to decide over the last few nights what to look at next and trying to decide. I want something that hauls ass this time - maybe Bimmersport can choose the next one lol...
A few possibles :
There's a few M5's but seem to be imports...
I love it how we go from this ^^^^
to buying another diesel and how they pinch pennies when you drive them.
Bloody funny turn of events!!!
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It's even worse in real life. Really horrible bonnet. The rest of it is amazing.