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the weird rear taillights kind of bug me and its a pity that its not the 2003.5 MY spec but still a great price with plenty of room for maintenance on top. (NO Kyu, NO!)

the most reasonably priced E46 M3 ive seen in recent years, sure its SMG but so what. still awesome. very tempting indeed https://www.trademe.co.nz/2324747341

did you show them your crack?

Oil filter housing gasket is a cheap easy fix and rocker cover gasket might be worth doing if you see it leaking. The service indicator is probably meaningless. Do an oil change and keep a record of it somewhere. Every 10k kms should be fine. Use some good quality 5w-30 fully synthetic oil!

If you ever want to sell that m3...

maybe the article has been edited but it also looks to me like its just the standard B58 engine, no mention of the S58 anywhere I can see

M325IS with a cage in orewa today

pretty sure hes sold this on?

Not for what it is though

im thinking it might make sense to authenticate my banking app on my friends phone and vice versa as we use different banks. do it here before we leave. protect each other

had a quick look on trademe to see if there are any tidy e30 coupes for sale. there is none except for one that is listed for $13k which is wildly overpriced

have done some research and this is my semi-conclusion. pre loaded cards - best option is kiwibank probably for ease of use/setup but the exchange rate for this is worse than exchanging for cash. the rate for cash or preloaded cards is both not as good as the rates by visa/mastercard if you just swipe your credit card (even taking into account the % fee charged by your banks) the % fee charged by the bank varies quite a bit from 1.85% at kiwibank, 2.1% at asb and 2.5% at bnz (or something like that) and also depends if whether its a credit card or a visa debit card. I'll probably take a small amount of exchanged cash and use my googlepay/credit card for anything else. locking the cards from phone app is a good idea but if the phone is lost/stolen then you're pretty much screwed cuz you cant get the app activated without your sim etc even if you get a new phone or use a friends one. lol

basically the idea was to convert about $1500 nzd to euros (850 euro current rate) and take that and if i run out or need to make a bigger purchase other than day to day things I will use my credit card and pay in euros (let visa take care of the exchange rate). The euro cash rate given from banks is worse off than the visa swipe rate but there is the 2% fee from the bank so it works out similar. I wont be taking out any money from any ATM (hopefully) and am aware not to use those hole in the wall machines with dodgy rates and fees. Just thinking maybe I should leave my main bank card here and take a "secondary/less used" bank card with some cash loaded on it etc for added safety. as in if i had $5000 in my main card and lose it thats all gone but if i load up a different card with just my budget for the trip then at least if i lose that then its a bit less.. or am I being paranoid about it? heard too many horror stories tbh about tourists being targetted and no doubt me and my friend will stick out in some places

this is coming up pretty soon and was wondering what people's advice is on spending money the most efficient way. withdraw euro's in NZ and spend the cash or use credit card, etc etc. thanks!

^ can you elaborate on that

https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=akb888

you've been busy!

Has it had a frontal? It has the pre-facelift wheel and maybe lights, can’t really tell? petrolhead4 (69 ) 10:31 pm, Mon 22 Jul A. Not that I’m aware of, has had the steering wheel changed due to the airbag factory recall last year. Cheers 12:44 am, Tue 23 Jul Hmm ok, they just change the airbag, or they’d change the whole wheel. petrolhead4 (69 ) 11:11 am, Tue 23 Jul Odd* petrolhead4 (69 ) 11:11 am, Tue 23 Jul hahahaha

wait, i can actually read the wof sheet.. whaaaaaat?

good catch. the point should be facing forward like this (google pic)

not sure if its the video but your lights look very nice and bright!

haha $40,000 car wash and photoshoot.

Took a while but ended up with a 2009 Honda Civic S 1.8L Petrol Auto with 70kms, NZ new, last owner 7 years by a company but used by the GM's wife, serviced once a year, wof and reg still 6 months to go, new tyres, full tank of gas, for just under 6k. No complaints at all and whilst doing a bit of reading, these R18A engines are pretty much as reliable as it gets and even camchain not belt. The other contender on the shortlist was the hawkeye subaru legacy.

Very tempting... but do I really need a 4th car at home though?!

Im guessing the dash control? Not sure whats the other one..