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What a bloody stunner. Well worth the money, far more so than the other ones on TM recently.

i ran 5w40 in my S50B30 without an issue, but this whole oil issue has been beaten to death. Can you identify where in the engine the noise comes from? Is it in the vanos? My chain tensioner made a weird rattling/whirring noise at about 1800rpm before i replaced it, but the B32 tensioners are a better design than the B30 ones (hence why B32 tensioners are a common replacement on B30)

Lol at Ron saying someone else is making it hard work. Hi Pot, meet Kettle.

I wouldnt touch it unless it was a donor for parts, tbh.

If you get stuck, your local Merc dealer should carry it (Castrol syntrax limited slip 75w140). #A001989520310 RRP $57 inc gst per 500ml. This is what i used in the plate LSD in my old M3, worked a treat.

Someone is brave, lol.

i'd LOVE to take it on a project to restomod, but its still a lot of money. Compared to your old one Martin, this one looks like a dog.

Varta makes a lot of the OEM batteries for Euro brands. I know most, if not all of the Merc genuine batteries are Varta, and the genuine battery in my old Golf was a Varta.

Low price, high km.... but what the hell happened to the seats?! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1147414472

according to the link in the OP, $5150, to the current seller.

Looks like the buyer is having some remorse already... http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1148226062.htm

Wellington doesnt have a winter either lol, im from Canterbury so im well versed in proper cold. Kinda miss the days of the car doors being frozen shut.

Lol, "auckland winters", might as well just use straight water Regardless, water wetter isnt an antifreeze. It can be used by its self in racing situations to improve cooling efficiency, and it does have anti-corrosive properties, but it wont stop freezing. It is really designed to aid traditional antifreeze, but as mentioned above i wouldnt bother.

If its such a concern for you Ron, im sure when you go into your local dealer with the money to purchase your new BMW, you will be able to pick the manual option you so dearly want. Not all options will be online or in the brochure. Until then, why bother with this uselessly boring, repetitive rant?

im not in touch with the price of those, but isnt that pretty up there in price for one that needs work? Also, $38k, and one photo? Seriously? One bloody photo.

They are a bit more awkward looking than the coupe, but nothing would compare to the aural bliss of hooning with the top down. I'd spend all day doing tunnel runs in an M3 vert

What happened to verts being "for gays"?

So Flipping Dumb i presume.

Loving those wheels! A very good looking car indeed.

You might be hard pressed to give that away tbh, not many people want to retrofit back to one of those and would only really want it for parts if theirs broke.

I make no excuses, i LOVE driving manuals, when driving for fun, but autos have their place. The future is automatic ratio changing.

because driving a fun, fast, manual car really slowly in start stop traffic sucks. An auto 335i with Alpina trans tune though, now you're talking.

Ill also say, dual clutch is great fun for playing around with but terrible in start stop traffic (having to slip and engage/disengage clutch over and over). There should always be an option for a manual IMO, but the way things are going (hybrid, really good autos etc) the manual is on borrowed time.

Does it once, thinks he's an expert