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This man speaketh the truth. Walk away.

Yup, a stupid amount of car and power for not much money. What else can you get that is so tuneable, comfortable and powerful for under 15k? Sure, reliability is a bit average if it has the usual Kiwi maintenance, but once things like injectors/coils/charge pipe are done, they usually last a long time.

Wouldn't be tempted to trade for my 335i touring? I kinda miss the damn thing. I know it's unlikely but pm if interested.

My Honda's best is 5.2l/100km, worst 9.1 and average 7.2. It's daily used in Wellington rush hour and lots of short trips. Over the 74,000km I've had it, it's needed service items and nothing else. Just saying. Also, implying a later model Mazda has a worse interior than an e36 is a good laugh.

About three trips to work worth of petrol? Nah, not worth it It all depends on your driving conditions too. I used to also daily a manual (including my E36) in rush hour every day and wouldnt go back, but if you had a lot of open road driving with minimal traffic, it makes a big difference to what sort of car to get.

Ive used my Honda Fit daily for about 7 years now, and wouldnt dream of going to back to having a gas guzzler daily. I can almost watch my fuel gauge go down when i take the 335i to work instead, and then im torn.... comfortable heated leather seats, or not throwing money out the window every day?

Drove some more tonight, and so far i can tell that before the work on the weekend the trans was still average when cold but much better warm. Now the trans is about as good as it was when warm, cold, and pretty bloody good warm now. Manual mode is snappy, with minimal lag between changes, and no lurching. D mode is smooth as butter and doest flare between gears anymore. A+ result, highly recommend.

Do they still have swirl flaps and things to worry about on the e9x diesels?

Seems everyone wants an M5 these days, and not a crashed re-registered one.

Quick update, it was the LPFP. The previous owner fitted an AEM pump to the factory mount, but the pump had slipped in its mount (despite zip ties) so was blocking the inlet of the pump, and the hose connected to the venturi in the bottom of the bucket had come off. Reverted to a bodged together standard pump and everything is back to normal, if not better than before. No codes and pressure is bang on in the logs (about 80-90psi vs 30psi under load). I have a replacement unmodified stock pump to drop in when i get time as i dont like relying on zip ties. I also dropped the trans pan, and valve body and replaced the bridge and tube seals. Not a hard job, just messy and time consuming. Trans seems to shift a lot better now, but should get even better as the reset adaptations learn the new fluid/seals. 7.5l of fluid went in, so should be the majority of the fluid changed (and did the 4l drain and fill 300km ago).

If this isnt sold already, jump on it. Its stupid cheap, and built like a tank compared to a 320i. What you save in pouring more oil into a 320i you will spend on fuel with the 330i, but its worth it.

You'd want to call or email NZTA and ask them direct, just to be certain.

Depends how bad it is. Vacuum bleeder, followed by two people one bottle (manual bleed) to finish it off.

old tires, they had been out of balance since they were fitted new, but they never fixed it despite my complaints. The other pair of "old" tires for comparison, which are also worn, had no issues with their balance. I know my car, i have had it for 7 years or so, daily driven, so know when something isnt right straight after having new tires fitted. It wasnt just 25g, it was 25g on the OUTSIDE of the wheel, and 20g on the INSIDE, on top of the weights that were actually fitted to the wheel (cant recall what they were)

Its stupidly little money. If i didnt already have an E91 i'd be keen too. It must be getting to that point in the price range where its so cheap people start to get it into their head that its completely buggered.

Too right. Love the M3 but holy heck i want a Clio V6.

I remember one of these coming up at turned a few years ago, crashed. Probably the same one again then. If you did a search you might find it here?

Don't be silly, manual is far better in all situations. ?

Youre buying a secondhand bed car anyway, so that point is kinda moot. Any car can be "thrashed", tune or no tune.

Not having idrive always feels a bit... Basic povo pack, to me. So if none of it's done, expect it to need injectors, coils, hpfp and charge pipe. That's a big whack of cash.

Those wheels look so out of place there lol

50 shades of boring. Says the guy with two silver cars. Sigh. Love these new shape m3/4 in actual colours, they really make the lines pop.

I wouldn't say "thrashing" is bad as long as engine temps and maintenance have been watched. The way I drive my tuned car is no worse than someone in a stock car, it just means any weak parts in my car have already been replaced. I see no harm in removing the tune and running stock again, although that's pretty highly priced for an e92 and no doubt a premium for having the tune.

Used them for years on my cars, but the past couple of sets I haven't been happy with the work. Just replaced a pair of worn tires on my car myself at work and finally found the source of the 100kph shake I have had for a couple of years. The two front tires were seriously out of balance (I chucked them on the balancer to confirm my suspicions, one needed 20/25g inside/out). I brought it up with Tyre clinic when I first got them fitted, they apparently rebalanced them, still happened, so they said my suspension was worn and that causes the shake. Got beurepairs to rebalance them too but I suspect they did the wrong pair. Like driving on a cloud now, so nice.

Bit cheeky saying it's had full suspension work done when all it's had is a ball joint and lower arm. I'd be very wary of it at that price, especially since bearings and subframe aren't done.