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They have Recaro seats factory, so no doubt theyll end up in some bodged together gsr/evo or something.

Out of the blue the M3 is now gone. Its gone to a good home and its back in Auckland. Give the owner a wave if you see him around, and hopefully he will pop up on here soon.

Y5DDCs are pretty cheap as it is, any reason for the change?

Looks like a good buy, they look great in white. Just a note on the tint, 5% is illegal and may cause you problems in the future.

We've had a customers brand new outlander and asx at work over the past couple of weeks to replace their stolen aftermarket wheels. c**ts would smash out the back window to get the jack and tools, and leave the car sitting on its rotors. Count yourself lucky on that one i guess. Ill keep an eye out, theyre hard to miss.

Mine actually had its birthday the other day though 17th December 1993 it was built.

A: Does this even get updated anymore? B: the original post has lost all formatting and is now 110% impossible to read.

Car is having a slight birthday (its 21st birthday) over the xmas period. I noticed the other day that a couple of the intake boots are looking a little worse for wear, so i have 3 of them coming over from Germany. Whilst the intake is off im replacing all the vacuum hose under the intake, and also the CCV and IACV pipes preemptively. Im also replacing the fuel filter and cabin filter. An oil change is on the cards too, although i now have a genuine filter for that. Some intake trumpet O-Rings too. Whilst im there and im apparently made of money, i pulled the front lip off becuase it was ugly. Now it looks distinctly 318i MSport spec. The lip was pretty average, and new ones are cheap enough, so i have one of them coming. The mounting hardware is poked too, so new ones of them are en-route from Germany. After that, ill be doing some work on the speakers as it sounds a bit average. Bring on 2015.

That reminds me, we've been doing a lot of e500 fuel pumps and senders recently. they have to be replaced in pairs as the filter is in the sender, and its post pump.... so its usually bits of the dying pump that stuff the filter.

W205 C-Class i drove yesterday, keyless AND has auto locks.... pull the handle and it unlocks.

Great looking cars, all of them.

cheers for the advice, ive had gloveboxes out before so not a big issue. Youre right that the pain is getting it back in, lining up the tabs. To be honest i havent really been trying hard to get a glovebox, im not currently using the car anyway, just keeping it fresh in the minds of anyone that has one floating around.

never been to a pick-a-part, so a bit reluctant to start now. Would prefer to give money to someone on here, but if no one wants to part with theirs i might have to pop my PAP cherry.

Bump, will pay shipping. Let me know if you have a good one floating around. Best to PM me in case i miss your message, dont want to upset anyone else.

do you have an actual photo showing damage?

The S13 Silvia is still the best car Honda ever made That is some CRAZY dish on the rear of that MCoupe. Yum!

Dont let your opinion get in the way of personal experience eh?

Its actually not badly equipped, Sport seats, suspension, steering wheel and final drive. Sucks they are advertising it with "nav" when itll be stuck in Japan.

There are options to convert to a standard strut but by all accounts it ruins the whole point in owning an E Class Merc; makes the ride harsher and bumpy. Might be OK on an AMG that you thrashed everywhere, but a Merc should glide over the road.

ah sorry, missed the USB-OTG bit. Android coding would be kind of cool, but its something that once you code it you dont tend to need to do it again, unless of course you are coding for others and then having a portable setup like that would be handy.

I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en plus http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/tools-repair-kits/meters-testers/auction-819970087.htm Cheap as chips. Will read codes too, but not sure about bmw specifics. I certainly wouldnt trust my critical coding functions to a wireless adapter. You should try and borrow someones torque pro and see how you like it.

most, if not all warranty companies will not cover suspension

My E36 isnt OBD2, but i use a cheap BT OBD2 adaptor and torquepro on my Honda and it works well. quick refresh time on the live data.

Parts are generally more expensive than the equivalent BMW. I looked seriously into buying a w211 E55, but with me even working for Mercedes it was stupid expensive to do things like brakes or the airmatic suspension. One of the biggest failure points with all the high spec 211s is the airmatic suspension, its almost always going to fail at some point and its stupid money to fix. Remember too that anything AMG is going to be like ///M Tax times about 2-3. Even general maintenance is expensive. I looked into the history of this car a while back, http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mercedesbenz/auction-803094828.htm . Its NZ new, dealer serviced until a couple of years ago. On average it worked out to be costing about 3-4K a year just on keeping it going. We find at work that a lot of imported Mercs have issues that NZDM ones dont have. Lots of electrical issues and lack of servicing. The Command units are also all set for Japan, and band expanders are sh*t on them. Big money to swap them for a new zealand new one. If you do get one, i highly recommend NZ new with a full service history.

I can get out of the M3 if its locked. Because i dont have factory alarm it doesnt deadlock without using the key. Pulling the interior handle once will unlock it, and pulling again will open door. Either way, on a modern car, shouldnt there be an emergency boot release? If the seats fold down, climb in boot and use release.