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damn thats a great price for an awesome car. GLWS.

Are you sure the shift lever isnt back to front? IIRC they can be installed around the wrong way and it pushes the shift position off to the side.

yeah, you think the CSI is rare, try getting hold of an AMG SEC!

But just look how mean and glorious the CSI looks sitting next to it. Completely different league. If only i wasnt poor, an 850csi (or even just a manual 850i) was always on my list of dream cars growing up.

NSX and SEC are deecnt looking cars and great for their times but both have aged and show it. The CSI on the other hand still looks current, and other than the NSX its about the only one on that list that would turn almost every head it went past.

Wow, thats a lovely looking car with some awesome upgrades. Those brembos look well at home there.

The design should stop it from rotating. Shaft has a notch in the top and there is a bit on the inside of the knob that matches that to lock it in place. New knob looks good though, Also loving the basic poverty model clock.

Rings look good, shame you took the sticker off though Is it just me, or is your ///M logo monochrome? Sure my M3 had much brighter colors.

We regularly have an older E class in at work from an Embassy that is a protection version. Only the drivers window rolls down, and only half way. All the others are fixed. The glass is a good couple of inches thick and everything weighs a ton. Doors feel like they are made of concrete. It has weird things like a PA system, fire suppression system, and run flats.

I too love throwing around random numbers and calling them power figures. Flywheel figures are also a waste of time.

cam and crank sensors would normally let the engine turn over, just not start iirc. Scanning it is a good idea though.

Factory ratings for the S50s, sure, but wheel ratings are a lot different. My healthy S50B30 'Euro' made 179kw atw which is inline with others. Is that 172-190kw at the wheel or flywheel?

Nah, serial port. Need it for use with early E36s.

Shame it doesnt have serial

Nope, it still has an option to shift gears by its self. Not a manual. If it was modified to be manually shifted ONLY, with no option of an automatic mode, then yes, even if it doesnt have a clutch pedal or even a clutch, i would classify it as a manual.

i still think its quite simple. It doesnt matter what its made of, whats in it, or what happens when you shift it "manually", if it can change gears by its self without input from the driver, it should not be classified as a Manual.

Still shifts its self, thus not a true "manual" /endthread

Trademe. A set of wheels was listed with a buy now of $200. A couple of people as questions, new photos get listed and the buy now goes to $300. Their excuse is that in the time between listing last night and about 11am this morning they have had 4 "new" tires fitted. According to the photos these tires are 13 year old Bridgestone Potenzas. f**k that for a joke, i aint paying more for 13 year old tires.

IMO no car that can shift gears its self should ever be listed as a manual.

At least the photos are somewhat decent...

Just to be clear, i was taking the piss. Trademe lists cars by their registered date, if it doesnt match the build date, whoop de do. Anyone that cares that much would check the vin and know anyway.

But its not a 97.... You've been scammed. Best take it back under CGA.

Dont forget to watch ExtraGear, IMO its what the new TopGear should have been instead. Chris Harris is great, knows how to talk about cars and the new Rory guy has a personality. Evans is rubbish and the show would be better without him. Ill give LeBlanc a chance as i think he will bring some humor to the show, although im not a fan of him purely because he has this "i know im a star" ego about him.

I'd be more worried about them thinking its a 3L, TBH.

Not this sh*t again. >_<