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  1. Posted · Edited by E36 · Report reply

    Hey all,

    A good friend of mine down in Christchurch has (along with a few other session musicians) been involved in putting out on a new song which is a tribute to the yachtsman Sir Peter Blake called The Great Man of the Sea.

    They were saying that there seems to be a generation of New Zealanders now who haven't really heard of him, nor his amazing contribution to our country. That, and this year it is 25 years since he won the Whitbread round the world yacht race and 20 years since he lead Team NZ to win our first America's Cup event.

    Anyhow some footage from the recording sessions is here & song is on iTunes etc.

    https://www.facebook.com/BrotherHoodMusicNZ

    I've always thought that he was a pretty inspirational kinda guy & happy to do my bit to help spread the word!

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  5. Posted · Edited by E36 · Report reply

    I sold a complete set of 212's for a lot less... And I sent them overseas.

    Good luck with sale!

    I'm intrigued why you would sell a set overseas when you could get more $$$ locally? I've been looking for a set of these for 2-3 years. Up to $4k wouldn't be unreasonable to expect to pay.

    They do come up on ebay from time to time but being as rare as rocking horse poop they are hard to get hold of. Although prices are a bit less than what you would pay in NZ the freight costs from US to NZ just kill it.

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    Some in-car footage from an E36 Supertourer in the Historic Touring Car Class at Ruapuna last weekend.

    The Diet Coke Group A M3 in this video is a Wellington Street Race winner in 1989.

    Some quite good footage of the other touring cars in this series (check out the pace of the RS500 down the straight!).

    A close tussel between anothe STW car and a Group A M3.

    It certainly is a fantastic class that is developing with some mighty fine machinery, most of which are Group A or Supertouring BMW's, but also quite an array of group A cars including ATCC RS500 Sierra, Walkinshaw XJS Jag, Commodore, ETCC Rover, BTCC Carina etc.

    A few photos of the weekend on flickr here...

    NZTC Telstar followed by Schnitzer M3

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobinson/5437441958/

    French Supertourism Group A M3

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobinson/5437442506/

    The french machine again with the ATCC Sierra RS500.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobinson/5437441688/

    Walkinshaw Jag lining up for practice.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    Cologne Capri leading the pack.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    STW E26 and the Capri.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    Ex Denny Hulme / Paul Morris Group A M3 & Group A Commodore.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    The Diet Coke Group A M3 Wellington Street Race Winning Car.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    The two DHL Supertourers.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    My girlfriend.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/warwickrobins...57625847692683/

    nah just kidding.

  10. Posted · Edited by E36 · Report reply

    Was that your case that was referenced on in the Wairarapa Times Age a couple of days ago? Police looking for information about a red BMW doing burnouts in the Bentley Street area around 7pm one night? It said they know the rego of the car but just looking for more info.

    Interestingly it didn't say 'reportedly doing burnouts' or 'allegedly doing burnouts'.

    But either way, i wonder if the fact that they're looking for information from the public suggests that their case may be a bit weak and they're looking for other witnesses to provide something more concrete.

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    I wanted an E36 M3 combination road and track day use and spent quite a lot of time researching this question before I bought mine. The consensus I reached after reading a lot of articles and talking with people who had built reliable E36 M3 race cars was that although the Evo has more horsepower as standard, the 3.0L model is far more robust with its bullet proof block and relatively trouble-free single vanos.

    Horsepower isn't everything, as with suspension tweaks, brake upgrade, weight savings, intake & ECU upgrades (the list goes on...) I felt that it was an excellent base to build from that would give me reliable performance.

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