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This isn't something I'd normally debate about but since you are an exceptional character I might aswell chuck this out there... Standard 335i - 0-100 in 5.5seconds right? Standard HSV GTS 0-100 in 4.9seconds... A mate of mine in Sydney has a 335i - they go well but I wouldn't compare one to a HSV GTS, both cars are in a different league & market. There has to of been a huge amount of engineering to shave 0.6 seconds off that time! They aren't going to make a 335i faster than an M3 due to simplistic marketing.

If this kid is running 225kw on a 335i I'd be the first to say he's not going to win vs a HSV GTS off the lights. Better edit that incase LOL, but instead of what I had there, howabout this... If someone can afford a 335i as nice as they are, I'd expect them to be mature...

Thanks for the over-reactive response mrad01 What I was tought was... If you don't have anything nice to say.. Say nothing at all...

Yeah about that, until something new catches my eye. Might be a bit longer though, with me not driving it all day every day it might be a bit different, but yeah, that sentence was probably a waste of keystrokes...

BAHAHAHAHA!!! Mate, it's the first thing to go on this car. It's been owned by an enthusiast obviously, one owner and with 19km in 2.5 years it's probably been a weekender. The guys up there did say it was in impeccable condition & as new. First thing I will get done to it is when I get a chance to get it to Christchurch I'll get them to tune it to improve fuel economy & at the same time it also improves the HP. I've been told they are very easy & very cheap to squeeze HP out of. That said, 307kw & 550nm shouldn't be too bad... I think behind every good man is 307kw anyway. Not a good woman.

Nah, we're gonna get a Prado/Surf next year to replace the Mazda 6 - This car doesn't have a tow bar and I'd prefer not to have it down gravel roads which is where I tow my bike to, 20k's of it and bloody dusty. This is going to be a weekend car, it's about time I had a toy car again!

After weeks of debate with the dealer who is taking my failed Range Rover back - which co-incidentally now fails to start... we've settled on a car. I've been trying to get them to sell me a Mercedes Benz ML320 CDI but it was unavailble as it was on another yard of theirs. They've then tried to sell me an 02 BMW X5 with 150k's which I wasn't interested in, then most recently a LR3 Discovery but as you could probably tell, I've had a fair gutsfull of Land Rover!!! One VERY COOL thing that this car has is a BI-MODAL exhaust which is stolen from the Corvette, which means you can pretty much have the exhaust quiet and flick a switch and it will then sound like a animal! We've settled on this... It will mean that I will have to get something else for the wife for towing, maybe a Surf or Prado to replace the Mazda 6 we already have - which by the way is an epic car in terms of reliability & performance e.t.c. I've always liked these, but never thought I'd own one, it wasn't what I was after but it atleast gets me out of the Land Rover time bomb! Checkout this on Top Gear : Holden This is it: a 2007 Holden HSV GTS 6 Speed Manual with 19,000km & still under factory warranty until April 2010. This is going to be a toy for me, I'm now planning on getting a Nissan S-Cargo for work and sign-writing it. It will probably be more practical than driving the Range Rover about anyway!

Damn that E30 must be epic to nail that Dodge Viper 10 pot job.

Has it got electric windows?

Hahaha! Indeed!

You'd have to excuse the old age of this 28 year old & explain what an F/L is? Chromes are only at home on American cars IMO.

Yep all sorted @ this end of the island.

Yer, someone unplugged the big ethernet cable from here to the U.S This site, trademe e.t.c must be hosted in NZ.

Nah, still crook. Not a computer issue, have tried all three of them here & I can't ping the Microsoft server.

Been having trouble all morning viewing anything other than TradeMe, Bimmersport pages, i.e anything American I can't view, Google is out, Facebook e.t.c.... Anyone having this issue?

Nice, if it had an extra two pots in that engine bay I could have been keen. Hard to price something like that, whats it worth roughly?

Yep, went to the 550i which has the 4.8i

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my uncles car mate, too impractical for my work & it's not at all that economical to run, would like it though & I need the room & versatility that a SUV can offer, quickest car I've ever been in fo sho!

Yeah, I do do a little offroad work just with fishing really, so I don't really need anything hardcore, just something comfortable, economical, for the work week, then in the weekend, its towing my bike to the nearest fishing spot or to the crib at about a 300km round trip. Range Rover is awesome, but just too un-reliable!

A few years ago we all got tanked up drinking crates at a local pub here in Dunedin which shall remain unnamed went to the toilet, fell asleep on the throne, woke up several hours later, walked out, ahh sh*t, no one is here... WTF - then I set the Alarm off, the place had closed hahaha! I climbed out the balcony, but the pub being less than 100meters from the Dunedin Cop shop, quickly had a few cars outside! I got told to remain there until the owners arrived to unlock & disable the alarm system, they took my details and they had me on my way... LOL

It's just the screen smashed on it so it may be repairable, but I'd rather have it replaced under insurance & will be pushing for that. I paid $1100 for the bloody thing in August 2008!

It's one big single banger, quite a nice thumpy feel to it.

BMW M5 E60 Nice car, quickest car I've ever been in, anyone with a spare 80 slides must apply.

The 750's are pretty much the most powerful you can get Japanese wise, it does over 110kph on the gravel, just sits there piece of piss pretty much, gets hard on the body though doing that speed with wind resistance LOL, and my rod holders start to fail at about 80kph and send my rods out of the cradle LOL! Not a good idea when your rod is worth more than a grand!

More pics of my old 700