cainchapman

Welcome and have fun. We'll look forward to some photos of it sometime too.

hp = kw/.75 So yours is around 300hp at the flywheel. Drivetrain loss anwhere between 15 and 30%.

While it is NOT illegal to monitor communications in New Zealand, you are in breach of the Radiocommunications Act(s) and Regulation(s) and or the Telecommunications Act(s) and Regulation(s) and or the Crimes Act(s) and Regulation(s) [and all amendments to those Acts and Regulations], if you disclose to a third party, act upon, or use for personal gain, any information contained in a non-public broadcast radio transmission. Q.E.D. If your radar detector goes off, and you brake. You're breaking the law. The detector is not illegal, just like using a scanner. A transmitter on a frequency you have no licence for is illegal. i.e. a jammer

Stick with your story. It's great. Don't let the truth get in the way of a good sale. Great photo.

Yes, it's exactly the same. You are acting on information received on a frequency you have no right accessing.

I'm with Gus on that one. Learn to drive with your eyes open and be more observant. Cops no longer drive with their radar on. They just ping you, when they see you.

Big difference between the weight of a toy 3 series and a V8 5 series too.

Ah, but Deb has managed to get 15,000km out of 'R' compound tyres. And they perform much better. But they were twice the price too. And noisy.

I had the Goodyear F1 on the 540 and they were pretty good value for money. Worked ok in the wet. But chewed them out quickly cornering fast and tracking the car.

Richard at DCH Motorsport in Sockburn for Mechanic. Garry Geeves at Smart Road Panel & Paint.

M60 is the way to go.

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EDC is.... EDC_II.pdf

Age: 33 & 36 Location: Glendowie Car Year/Model: 1995 540iS Ltd Insured value: $20,000 agreed Driving Record: normally 1 speeding ticket for both of us Insurance company: AA Insurance Insurance type (3rd party or full): Full Additional features of insurance (road side rescue, windscreen): Windscreen Yearly premium (inc GST): less than $800 Excess: $500 Comments on customer service: Had no problems. McMillans did all my claims for me.

I've got all the Nintendo Consoles and Playstation too. Not going to rush out and buy a PS3 though. The Wii is the way to go.

CO2 cleaning is the way to go. http://www.co2clean.com/index.html http://www.cryogenesis.co.nz/

Get a proper 5 series Andrew. That one looks very nice though

3pedals is correct on the voltage measurement from the alternator. If it is isolated from the circuit, then it would be possible (and probable) that voltage would be present, and a collapsed winding would not be diagnosed. If you are running it as a hill climb car, I'd suggest running it as a total loss setup. Ditch the extra electrical gear. Fit a good battery (a suitably sized Odyssey) and an external battery to start the car with. Make sure both are fully charged and you will be sweet. Most of our races cars runs this way. You just need to have the discipline to charge them up each time you use them and for 2 days prior to the next usage after a break from racing. If you are going to try to calculate the loading. Use the constant power ratings on the battery discharge tables (if you can figure them out) as the current tables will leave you seriously short for this application.

What has failed in your charging system? Measuring the current draw on a working auto system would be reasonably meaningless. At no load if it is drawing current, that is helpful. An alternator that produces voltage you would also reasonably assume was delivering current. Getting a bigger scale ammeter is beyond me too. What are you trying to prove? If your battery is flat. Take it out if the car, get a DECENT charger and leave it on for 48 hours on Float charge. Then fit it to your car. This will remove the massive loads on the alternator. The 2 most useful things I have learnt in Electrotechnology. Current always flows in a loop. Voltage never exists on its own

Well done.

See you Rog. Post the Taupo web address in your signature and I'll try to stop by on my next travels. A nice break on my way to Napier. Andrew, I assume it's the driver training this week-end. Have fun. We're off to Queenstown for some R&R.

Gardner?

That's nothing. You should see his Qualifying in 1988. He out-qualified his team-mate Alain Prost by nearly 2 seconds in an Identical car. On the Sunday he made a mistake whilst he tried to lap the ENTIRE field and crashed out. He was the best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJIUFkoN-9Y Granted, the 1990 lap was faster. But not as convincing a drive.

I agree, unfair comparison. The VR6 would get the nod for me. However, the 306 is a very good car. I had a number when in Europe. If you are looking at a 306. I'd recommend the diesel version. It was heaps easier to drive day to day. It was also OK on the drag strip (rental car at Top Gear Live day @ Silverstone). I doubt either will really have a better resale value. It's not a common Golf, so would not be as attractive to the average Joe.

Australia have a luxury car tax and so all European cars are still having high residuals. The 69 540LE's over there (like mine) are going for $25k in poor condition and up to $40k in pristine condition.