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Has it been coded in?

There are also the genuine Hella options that come up second hand from time to time. They also look f**k ugly. I'd look at a good set of original lights. Unfortunately retrofitting a decent projector into standard housings is a WOF fail now, so thats a no go.

Its currently reg'd and wof'd, so someone out there is hopefully getting some enjoyment from it.

You'll be back 😂

Depending on the cost of the pipe and how handy you are with a spanner I wouldnt even bother claiming on the insurance. Lots of guides online on how to change it, and you might find the total repair isnt much more (or less) than your excess.

Colour is awesome, but the rear end looks like it was styled but a completely different person to the rest of the car. Not to mention it suffers the same issue as the M3/4 with the rear guards making the rear wheels look tiny. I dont know if thats something that we will need to get used to in the future, or if BMW designers just cant work out how to not make it look bad. The front end treatment is so much better than the M3/4 but there is still something off about it to me; I think its the sharp triangular grilles, they look out of place on an otherwise quite rounded car. B- Not offensive, but far from BMWs best.

Doesnt even need to be programming, https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/evs/300143635/juicing-fake-battery-life-catching-out-unsuspecting-electric-car-buyers More dodgy sh*t like that will come out of the woodwork. Dealers will do anything for a buck.

Nothing to do with the moderating team, I'm sure. Not that you'll ever see this post since I'm being unfairly and aggressively moderated/censored. Good going team.

I highly recommend https://classictowing.co.nz/ Brent is a legend and looks after everything he carries like its his own. No job is too big or small and hes reasonable on price. I've used him a few times with no issues, even with non-running cars. Nice to see since my posts are being moderated they are being edited and even hidden, despite meeting the rules.

Emission testing is just going to punish the ones that already cant afford to replace their car. They arent going to fix it at great cost, or buy a replacement car, they are just going to send it as is. No reg, no wof, no worries. Scrappage schemes in the UK were a disaster too. Airfields filled with perfectly good cars that were just crushed complete. Fairly late model stuff ended up there too. Such a waste and a false economy.

Its only showing LHD in one decoder, which seems to be having a mare as its also missing a bunch of info. Bimmer.work shows it as RHD https://bimmer.work/vin/p04e66ce8c919e8c683bc0007b7835b03.pdf Its got a real nice spec, and does mention Pre-series Management, whatever that means. Looks like a good buy.

A steam cleaner would do quite well there too.

I keep going into that thread just for a laugh at the heaps of crap people think are worth squillions of dollars.

Looks better than a lot of new cars, BMWs included! Those seats look so bloody plush.

Doesn't stop the trolls trying to discourage buyers by talking sh*t, like voicing their (uneducated) opinion on the asking price.

Allowing q&a on classifieds was one of their stupider decisions. Never used to have that and were forced to contact the seller to ask, which ruled out the time wasters to a degree

would be doing really well to tweak the firewall with an impact like that, clearly it's the guard that's been shunted closer to the bonnet messing up the body lines. Yes there will be damage you can't see, but that's pretty minor compared to the stuff i supply parts to fix on a daily basis.

Guess it doesnt take much to write a 130i off then, that damage would've been fixable. Does the exhaust in the boot say something about the owner that put it into a pole?

I see this 535i around fairly regularly, and its gorgeous. Totally agree that its a far better buy than an E30 (yes, i know they're two different classes of car). The only thing that lets it down in the photos is the peeling valve cover. A shame considering how tidy the rest is.

You could use a normal oil and a limited slip additive. https://www.repco.co.nz/en/oils-fluids/engine-oils-fluids/gear-oils/penrite-limslip-additive-150ml-lsadd000150/p/A1199297

These engines are known for a lot of different coolant loss situations, none of them is generally a headgasket or "crack between a valve". Stop trying to over complicate things. As @promo said (and he knows his stuff) a coolant pressure test can show where the coolant is going, but the N62 is very well known for its valley pipe leaks (and its hard to see until its at a point of literally pouring down the front). Just like the inevitable valve stem seal failure, almost all N62s will eventually suffer the coolant pipe failure too. Expansion tanks are known to split and leak under heat/pressure too. Great engines, but built to a price point, making them a POS time bomb.

I feel like I missed out now 😪

Thats something completely different to finding where coolant is going...

I wonder what is actually wrong with it then, since it must not be the frm?

Forget that, whats the 4WD 130I like? XDrive?