kingkarl

Cheers to another crappy ditchboy thread which promised little... and delivered even less

Why not pick up the phone and hear it from the horses mouth? Would be quicker than posting here

Want indeed. Even factoring gargantuan servicing costs this is great value I reckon

So I was lucky enough to drive an e92 M3 DCT yesterday. I've always been a huge manual proponent (in sports cars) but having driven one I would definitely take the DCT.

That was us. Yeah mate it was crazy loud. The integra is noisey as hell but we had no problem hearing yours over it. I was well impressed.

I pulled up behind you on Saturday afternoon on Onewa road onramp in a friend's car. I recognized your massive resonator straight away and told the lads about your v8 swap. We were not dissapointed when you launched it through first and second haha. You have got that thing sounding lethal!

^erotic do want

Whatever the price it's still fugly

Wellington is 100x worse than Auckland. I got a warning ticket in Auckland a couple weeks back...

Ever been in a taxi?

Sells e39 because... "Why on earth am I selling it you ask? - Well, as much as I really don't want to sell the car, I recently obtained a new client at work, who are based out in Waiuku. This means I am currently doing close to 35,000km of driving a year, which means unfortunately, the M5 has to go. I would hate to continue driving it this much and doing such large mileage on such a rare 'super sedan'." Replaces it with the only sedan in existence that is more ridiculous haha

It all comes down to what compound you are using If you're having problems with friction keep the surface lubricated with kerosene

bollocks

even the dog can't take his eyes off it eh

need videos of this !

no exaggeration... I would rather have my e34

Is insurance definitely dependent on valid registration? I agree this is one of many failings with. Free, no fault cover for tourists/foreigners is another obvious one but I guess that depends on your own view. Ignoring ethics I think non registration is the more rational strategy (provided insurance is still valid). No demerits for it (yet)

The risk:reward of registration/non registration of a (high capacity) motorbike seems strongly in favour of the latter? Especially if you're only doing a few thousand km/year. Ignoring any ethical considerations of course... -edit: 600+cc bike has registration cost of $591 p.a. The fine for non registered vehicles is $200. So break even is 3 tickets per year. Doing about 15,000km a year I get stopped on average maybe once or twice and then it's a coin toss if the cop checks my rego ticket... Expected payoff seems firmly in favour of non registration... especially on a bike

Looks great.. can't go wrong with RS'. needs a drop though But before you do anything sort that roundel out!

Yeah I'd start with Vac leaks

slingshot unlimited is cheap and reliable, speeds are more than acceptable global mode is awesome too... Netflix is a game changer

Real keen to see more of the e34 if you have any updates?

haha too true. If/when flick mine this is exactly what I'll do. Laps around Mangere with my phone number on the rear windshield should have it gone in a day.

Thanks Brent

probably a dumb question... Any have an idea how much work is involved in doing the manual conversion into my m50 auto? The main issue from memory was the angle of the gearbox? I'm starting to curse the jatco more and more...