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Does Invergiggle have an Authorized Apple Service Center? Get him to take the phone there if they do. Telecom are NOT authorized repair agents for Apple products (they can send the phone to one, but they are not one themselves).

Last time i went to the DT we had another party on a conference phone, so that might be one way of them doing it (either holding it down there with him, or up with you and one of you calling in). Sounds like the guy is being very unreasonable though.

the lesson here is not to lend your car to 'friends'.... way too many stories of 'friends' borrowing cars only to ruin them.

Sketchy running with a fan missing a blade.... well balanced, im sure.

Some people like V8s, some people like tractors. Each to their own, no point trying to flog the diesel horse over and over. Not a huge fan of the X5s personally, too big for me, but the sport kit ones do look pretty good.

USB to serial does not work (or i would have used one of my many, much better, laptops with USB and my existing USB to serial cables), it must be a native serial port to work with ADS. USB to serial does work with the 96 onwards E36, and the E46/E39 (no idea about E34 etc). Ill have a look some time this week and see how big the virtual machine files are and get back to you.

Wondered where this went, been on TM for ages for about 17-18k.

argh, please say you have plans to remove the chrome strips from the door edges. Looks good in the sun, pretty tidy inside too.

Or better yet depending on what it fails on, get the wof and flick it off for $1500. Cheap reg/wof cars just arent that cheap anymore, so $1500 would be reasonable IMO.

Gotcha, that spreadsheet is pretty awesome. So over a long period of distance, provided that the diesel is more economical than the petrol, it will work out to be cheaper to run. Time to roll some coal.

For those KM though, due to RUC, does it work out much cheaper at all to run a diesel over a modern petrol?

Genuine question, why do people wet themselves over old diesels like this? I understand its cheap and its a wagon, but surely a petrol one would be better than an old tractor lump?

how do you check that the IMEI isnt blocked?

bold, wouldnt buy it myself but itll be a great deal if you can get it road legal without too much effort. Should make a project thread about it. Would be interesting to see if a decent cut and polish would make most of it red again.

I paid about that for my old 523i a year or two back (with 250k odd km on it), so id say thats a pretty good price for a facelift even with the minor work needed. Bet you'll be glad to be able to drive around without that lovely oil smell every time.

I think everyone is getting sick of his (mostly) worthless posts.

ah thats right, i also had to do the oil filter housing gasket on my e39 at the same time. Looks like a big job, but it really isnt too bad. Should be obvious as there will be oil down the side of the block on the LH side.

i would almost bet its the same car. Wonder what they did to it to increase the value to E39 M5 prices?

Classified as a hit and run aint it? Think the police frown upon those.

Stupid woman should have her license revoked. Thats epic fail right there. Best of luck getting your car fixed, and to a high standard. Lucky there isnt more damage really, looks like a pretty solid hit.

Actually, i see you're in wellington too. I could probably copy my virtual machine files for you if you like?

Yeah, its crazy hard to find information for the 3.0. It seems either no one has cracked it and have a half working diagnostic suite like i do, or they did crack it but it was so long ago now that the information is lost. Currently waiting on some parts from Germany for this. Getting a new ZHP 5 speed weighted gear knob, front screen cowl, and all the seals for the vent and rear windows (as they are old and perished like most).

Funny you say that, it actually looks a lot like the one that was in one of the later Fast and Furious movies, The E46 M3 vent on the front guards is bit of a give away.

i concur, but at the end of the day we are all out to make money, just some people find less moral ways to do it than others. The original seller has no rights over it, they were gone when he accepted money for the tires in the first place and the new seller can do whatever they like. The only issue here is the story spun in order to procure them for cheaper. Bit of first world problem going on here, and IMO anyone that f**ks with his auction is bit of a c**t. You got your money, move on.