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Not meaning to derail the thread, but wow there are some lovely BMWs on that site, in NZ. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C705239# http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C718026

and all your Auckland housing problems are now causing huge issues down here in Wellington. Houses selling for hundreds of thousands over RV, and too many buyers going in unconditional (3/4 of buyers atm!). We've decided to put off our house hunting until the market crashes.

Fantastic choice in colors, looking good!

ETK.cc is also good for options lists, and part numbers

Dude no, i thought of all your cars the 750i would be the one to keep. Anyone can buy a 740i on TM any day, but a SWB 750? Nope.

acetone, aka nail polish remover.

Your link doesnt seem to work, http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1056820723 How stupid does the seller think people are? its really not hard to see that it was first registered in NZ in 96. And since when do the LVVTA (which i presume is what he means by LVTA) cert bodies for being rust free?

This seems like a bargain for what it is? Very high on the "want but cant afford" list. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1054027676.htm Im sure i also saw a grey one pop up the other day too, but that seems to be gone already.

ill ignore the huge price, but god damn that is a beauty! Isnt the owner on here?

Bump. Patience isnt one of my strong points. Will probably end up with a subaru or something soon

damn a manual 330ti motorsport would be cool, wouldnt it?

Still plenty of time for the price to increase, and the seller sounds like bit of a prick.

If they were utterly the same car, same options, history and condition, then i would go with KM purely based on resale value. Otherwise its best history, options and condition, regardless of KM.

are the early 3.0 disks floating, or only the evo ones?

i'd be real worried, either its been sitting around doing zero miles all these years, or its got really high hours and low km. Either way its bad. Cmon Dave, add it to the fleet. Not like you will get many more chances to buy one without leather!

THis is interesting. Never seen an E38 without leather, no PDC, and it looks like it may not have a sunroof. Looks like a super duper early one, would be really interesting to see the options it has. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1045499023.htm

whats up with not posting a link?

So much bickering and fighting in this forum. Its no wonder there arent many newbies sticking around. Still better than Facebook, but not by much.

Totally the case, could've had a 130i manual if i was in the position to buy a couple of months ago. Now, nothing.

Not interested in converting anything to manual, need a toy not a project. Keeping my options open, really want a 130i but none in this price range ATM (have been some previously though). KM arent an issue, as long as its in good shape with service history. The 540i touring and 530i are both on my watchlist. The 540i is a bit more than i want to spend, and not motorsport. The 530i looks really good, still a bit high in price (considering the one Ray sold at $1 res a while back got $7500). Really like the titan silver and alcantara interior. Will probably contact them. Price isnt firm, could stretch it a bit for the right car.

In the market for a new car, looking for something decedent to play with. Want it preferably 2000+, but will keep options open on that one. Must be 3L or more, and must be manual. Likely looking at 330i, 130i, 530i or a 540i i guess. Would love Martins M5 but the better half didnt seem so keen on me spending THAT much. Looking to pay upto $10k. Prefer lower North Island, but will also keep options open there too. Will need to factor transport into price if its not local.

Dave isnt much better recently, to be frank.

or because its less boring than silver?

cant say i have heard of them selling the car of anyone caught doing 200kph+, but they do impound it for 28 days. Skids or high speeds, its obvious which should hold the higher penalty.

Yeah, see thats the info this article is missing. Useless media.