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Seems nice. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C....htm?key=621705

A change. Glock dropped 5 places due to gearbox change. Australian Grand Prix provisional grid 1. HAMILTON McLaren 2. KUBICA BMW 3. KOVALAINEN McLaren 4. MASSA Ferrar 5. HEIDFELD BMW 6. TRULLI Toyota 7. ROSBERG Williams 8. COULTHARD Red Bull 9. VETTEL Toro Rosso 10. BARRICHELLO Honda 11. ALONSO Renault 12. BUTTON Honda 13. NAKAJIMA Williams 14. GLOCK Toyota* 15. WEBBER Red Bull 16. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 17. FISCHELLA Force India 18. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 19. SUTIL Force India 20. SATO Super Aguri 21. PIQUET Renault 22. DAVIDSON Super Aguri * five place grid penalty for gearbox change

No, they are individual. You need to order 2 plates.

Australian GP grid Saturday, 15 March 2008 04:27 1. HAMILTON McLaren 2. KUBICA BMW 3. KOVALAINEN McLaren 4. MASSA Ferrari 5. HEIDFELD BMW 6. TRULLI Toyota 7. ROSBERG Williams 8. COULTHARD Red Bull 9. GLOCK Toyota 10. VETTEL Toro Rosso 11. BARRICHELLO Honda 12. ALONSO Renault 13. BUTTON Honda 14. NAKAJIMA Williams 15. WEBBER Red Bull 16. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 17. FISCHELLA Force India 18. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 19. SUTIL Force India 20. SATO Super Aguri 21. PIQUET Renault 22. DAVIDSON Super Aguri

Euro Collision is who BMW use

Kubica claims 2nd place. Hamilton 1st, Kovalainen 3rd. Raikkonen 16th due to not setting a time in Session 2. Alonso 12th. Should be a good race. http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&id=41965

Looking pretty good. http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarrevi...i_cooper_s.html

I don't know Martyn. I'd have been more likely to have bid on sharing a room with you. Not that you're my type!

I agree with the comments about rolling circumference, they are within 3% of each other. However the overall diameter of the wheel has grown 12mm going from a 235/45/17 to a 245/30/20 (another 3%). I'm sure someone like Conrod or the other racing guys will be able to advise whether this has a detrimental effect on the way the wheel travels. It doesn't sound significant, I must admit. I don't think the camber is adjustable. The rear suspension on ours is either in spec or out of spec. I've been told there is no adjustment to be made. Have fun.

Yes, it's an awesome car. I had a look at the demo in Conti's when they were re-doing the Ferrari showroom. Looks superb in the flesh. Wait for the next Quattroporte when it comes out. With a 4.7l Ferrari V8.

Welcome, great car. Enjoy the power of the V8!

Welcome, and good luck with that issue. I would think that your 20" wheels won't help the steering geometry. However, I have no real idea. I'd hang out for Glenn from Botany Motor Works to comment. He'll be around soon, I'm sure. Nice looking car, you are correct. It's hard to replace a 540 with something similar in the value for money and luxury stakes.

Already got my ADSL2+ modem. Waiting for the first provider to offer it.

Agreed the E39 M5 is a super car (not a supercar). Looks, well probably too understated to be really cool. That is a good value car for $12k, but it's not an M5 and never will be. Do the comparison between that and the 209kW E36 318iS though. Brent, buy it and turn it into an open class race car. It be good for that!

Congratulations. Enjoy the drive home. You'll get used to having proper suspension too.

Haha, priceless. The Grandstand seats are only worth about $700 for the week-end, plus your airfares on top of the winning bid. Maybe they should bid on the 209kW 318iS too. Hottie, well. That's up for debate too. Good on her for having the balls to do it.

Off memory, a transponder key is about $700. A quick call to Dunedin should sort you out.

Unlike the majority of the batteries in Hybrid cars which are like toxic waste to dispose of. Plus the cost of manufacture (to the environment also), for a slight improvement in fuel economy over a similarly sized diesel car. I'm a power nazi at home. I hardly ever use the light in my office (as I have a big window). Petrol's not that expensive, try buying milk or cheese.

You also can't import a model that is already being sold in Australia. So you will not be able to import a BMW unless that actual model was never sold. Good luck on finding a car that fits that description. The reason the Nissan Skylines and STi's were about the only grey imports worth complying to ADR regs.

I can't. I'm not cool enough to have a trademe login, nor facebook. I must be becoming a luddite.

As I had a laugh about this with Simon earlier and I'm still chuckling. I'll share. Anyway, one of the most bizarre requests for me came through today. Here's a rough transcript. "Good morning, Scott Health & Safety, Cain speaking" "Hi, it's Lisa from NZ Safety. I have a Policeman standing in front of me wanting to know which filter he should use for Tear Gas." "Pardon?" "He needs to get 10 canisters to suit your masks to be used with Tear Gas, they are not the same as the ones they use for the Clan lab jobs" "OK, can I speak to him please" Anyway, the rest of the conversation was that he was looking for our Mil Spec filters that for some reason, we don't sell over the counter. They did have something suitable and he went away a happy man. However, I'm just a little concerned that instead of using the specialists and sorting this kind of requirement through a Central Store. They head down to the Safety equivalent of Woolworths and ask the lady at the counter for something to do the job. Maybe, we need to get a few Tazers on their shelf too. "Better work stories!"

OK. Thanks for the explanation. Nice results too.

Ok, excuse my ignorance. What is HDR?

Run the weights and measures through Drifty's 1/4 mile time thingy. Got to be quick. I had assumed that Gus was putting his beast up for sale when I saw the title of it. That baby there doesn't look like it's had a lot of work done to it. Can't trademe look into clowns like this?

If it's got 209kW. I'll take it for a spin. I'm with Simon. If it can put out more than the 540iS. I consider a trade. I wonder if he'll give me the cash difference?