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Yesterday, listed the E30 on trademe ?

It's sad to be selling it, but it's to open the door for better opportunities ?

9 hours ago, Driftit said:

Traffic was bad but never really bothered me all that much.  I moved from Auckland to Washington DC.  One of Americas most expensive cities.  I find it cheap here...  My living costs are a fraction of what they use to be.  Auckland is crazy expensive.

Rent and food won't change from here, it's all based off Manawatu anyway

So I think I'll actually be ok. Maybe even more than ok, I might even enjoy it 

3 hours ago, Driftit said:

So i shouldn't say moving out of Auckland was the best thing I could have done?  Haha.  There is so much to do an see there.  Make the most of the coast.

Well my travel time to work will be negligible so that should take most of the negatives away. And when I do come across traffic I have a motorbike ?

After saying I'd never ever move to Auckland, I'm actually looking forward to it at the end of this year 

Closing tonight!!

Now on trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1388202208

I'll even go $700 for BS members seeing as it's advertised at $800 everywhere else, and I'd really like some space in my shed!

10 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Bring it to Aucks with you, park it up and sleep inside!! Will be worth 10 times as much and go up in value.

Haha I would but there's a limit to how many cars they'll let me keep on base! I think 4 is not going to work, so gotta cull a few!

Bump! $800? I'm moving to Auckland later this year and won't be able to take this, so would love for it to be gone!

I'd have to agree with Graham a bit here, I think a budget mini series would easily outstrip the Ssanyyongggssss because people know what a Mini is, and what it stands for. And underneath it's a BMW as well

Not like those weird Korean utes that nobody quite fully trusts yet...

And at $25k + cage it's not that far off E30 prices, which can only go up as parts supply goes down

16 hours ago, polley said:

Funny how cellphones used to be banned on the forecourt. Now they encourage it.

Only inside the car though, shouldn't be any fumes there

New wheel cylinder in, no more leaky brake fluid! Hopefully the rear shoes aren't too far gone and grip enough still for less than 20% difference L/R!

Now to trace the reverse light fault...

(Reason for not doing a full rear brake service - car has a leak from the profile gasket so it's days are well and truly numbered anyway!)

On 6/18/2017 at 8:25 PM, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Paint'n'Paper Superstore in Palmy  used to do all my personal and trade colour matching - were very good. Did spray cans, pens and pots. 

Perfect tip-off, matched me up two cans this morning and only charged me for one! Should have my door sorted next sunny, calm day!

Yeah, that's the bit that's odd. I paid nothing for the $750 tow, and the car was at my house no more than an hour after I got home!

AA got my E30 back from Taupo no qurstions asked, a $750 tow. I have AA plus and it's definitely been worth it for me. Odd that they couldn't help you out!

$800? Pretty much manual conversion and a bonus 316i

Would that mean you'd be ditching the towbar? 

Would also consider a trade for a tidy 7x4 or larger trailer.

On 6/18/2017 at 8:25 PM, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Paint'n'Paper Superstore in Palmy  used to do all my personal and trade colour matching - were very good. Did spray cans, pens and pots. 

Ahh that's the crowd that Supercheap tried to refer me to, said by VINZ but also said "Resene" so I went to Resene 

Will give them a go when I'm back from Oz, much easier than going to Wellington!

Would like to have this gone by July, as I'm going away for a month!

57 minutes ago, Olaf said:

cool man.  same company, but the team's based up there?

Kind of, still in defence but swapping green for blue.

2 hours ago, Mikan said:

Union Hardware in Wellington do a nice 'two spraycans and a touch up bottle' combo. Riddiford st Newtown. 

And they can definitely match it if I bring the car to them? As that's the biggest trouble so far. Two cans from people who "knew what it would be" have been completely off so far

Reg on hold, no wof. Mostly stripped interior, heater box removed and looped. Continue building into a track car, or use the parts to manual convert your car.

1.6l motor still runs, slight tick, 251000kms
Manual gearbox can be notchy when cold but otherwise ok.

Have most of the interior still, buyer can take what they want.
Note: Windscreen is cracked and battery is stuffed. Car is located in Sanson, Manawatu.

$700 ONO for BS members

Any suggestions on where to go in the Manawatu or Wellington regions for colour matched spraycans, when I don't have a paint code (SA built ice white) and I'm not even sure it's still the factory colour? (PO resprayed it)

Car is an 1987 320I if it matters.

Resene matched up an "ice white" but its not remotely close, and the label they printed has a 1998 date on it so I'm guessing it's a later "ice white".