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It's so gross. That Audi one looks like a cheap tablet on a mount. In the bmw, Having the dash that low must make you feel like you're sitting on, not in, the car too. I despair at new car "design". It's so lazy.

What are you even talking about? Its not "govt mandated"; getting bigger is all in the interests of safety. All the cars you listed would suffer badly in a crash compared to anything modern. The Clio V6 made no sense when it was new, but was built by engineers instead of beancounters, much like the 2020 GR Yaris.... oh... wait. V12 engines are obsolete, no big loss.

Its beside the point. The technology will only get better as it progresses. Its got to start somewhere.

And where do we get lithium from?

Hyundai has already started, the first Hydrogen truck arrived in NZ at the end of last year. I believe Waitomo is working on the Hydrogen fuelling network. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nz-gets-its-first-hydrogen-truck

I was thinking the same. Toyota is already on their second generation Mirai, and Hyundai has the Nexo... so what is BMW leading? Its also ridiculous to be so scared of hydrogen exploding when anyone with an EV is literally sitting on a volatile explosive. At least with Hydrogen you can vent a fire/explosion "safely", lithium just vents wherever and whenever it wants. Hydrogen (either ICE or FCEV) is the future, the money was just put in the wrong basket first. Imagine is Musk had invested in Hydrogen, how far ahead Hydrogen would be, and batteries would just be something we laugh about.

Most practical and rust free E30 for sale in years.

BMW really missed the boat by not making E46 sedans and wagons. HellBM is doing the lords work by plugging the gaps. IMO the E90 M3 is the best of that shape too, much better proportioned than the coupe. has @HELLBM done an E91 M3 Touring?

Love the E46 M3 sedan 😍

wow, i thought we were over the trend of making dash displays look like an afterthought tacked on last minute. Clearly not... Those seats look comfy though.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/01/car-burst-into-flames-in-middle-of-auckland-motorway-after-incident.html

But they have custom built car covers!

Nice cars but gee they are limiting buyers by refusing to split them

Penrite HPR5. That is all.

Between you and @adro its hard to convince me E30 coupes are better looking than sedans. Its such a well proportioned car. E36s though, its the opposite, sedans are blegh.

The wagon stiffer than a coupe or sedan? Yeah nah, not believing that. The only stiffness advantage I can see in the sedan is having framed doors, vs frameless in the coupe.

The colours and maybe seats are the only thing special about them, otherwise they are exactly the same as that 318iS coupe with more doors and an Motorsport bodykit. I colours i can get on board with, Dakar and Fiji look awesome, otherwise i'll never understand why everyone is circle jerking about a 4 pot sedan.

Thats a really nice looking example. Interesting/weird spec though, non-motorsport body, but sport suspension, seats and steering wheel. Povo spec OBC. Kiwis are weird. Slick top, no spoiler and style 24s are a great choice.

Kind of a moot point anyway with the engine and manual swap; gonna need a cert.

It really sucks about all the issues you have encountered, but this shot right here should make it all worth it. There is just something about an E46 wagon.

Ill race it in my $1000 318ti 😂

Having lived with a CVT for many years as a daily, its perfect for many things. No gear changes, always in the powerband, effortless acceleration, its never in the wrong gear. The CVTs that drive like an auto with "steps" are a waste of a good transmission just for the sake of pandering to idiots, basically having the worst of all worlds. As with most things in life, the majority of the CVT naysayers havent lived with one and are just regurgitating what they have read/heard.

What sort of backwards hillbilly logic is that? "A burning EV makes more emissions than an ICE car, thus it is bad". Cmon now.

Glad I'm not alone on that one. Ruins the clean lines.

Yeah, asking 15k and having no interest in putting a new WOF on it screams "be very wary" to me. Also not keen on the rolled/pulled rear arches that are starting to rust...