kiwi535

as far as roads themselves,all the passes,Buller gorge,the drive along lake Pukaki and Tekapo,The west coast is pretty good for its whole length.Milford for a truly unique Homer Tunnel expperience(and the boat trip is worth it esp if it rains).Takaka Hill and staying around Takaka area .Shotover Jet is good too.

yes indeed

fishing line....be careful

in related news the red thorndon one seems to have moved.I havent seen it now for about a week.In the past i see it it 5 or 6 times a week

afaik they all had model delete they only had an M badge front and back.I hope Martynn wont mind an old pic of his(mine)

by modern standards, they arent fast cars,they are only 155 kw and they are quite heavy..The 155kW is what BMW said.It was the end of the road for the M30

ys a mate had a fiat 130 a big fast saloon prolly bigger than a 5 series at the time 3 l v6 i think

to be fair, i go the other direction in the morning.Much less traffic

.I had absolutely no issues with daily driving an e34 535 manual for many years .The ONLY time i had trouble with it was stop go traffic for may many minutes.A 535 has qite a tall first gear(relative to other cars) and the clutch was really quite tough.By the end of the traffic jam my left leg was really tired and sore.I dont think that tricling along pushing clutch in and out will have much wear.Stop and go may be.A 320d will have a very light clutch compared to a 535,and the diesel at idle is very strong .My 120 d was also manual,and again i had no trouble with it.I would still prefer a manual even though my last two modern cars have been autos.

the 120 d was retrimmed all in leather from fabric seats.the guy did a amazing job.I cant remember the name of the place but it was right here.I dont even know if he is still in business https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/41°18'21.6"S+174°46'39.6"E/@-41.306003,174.7771138,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d-41.3060044!4d174.7776609

its missing some stock components .It was quite loud enough when i bought it and as far as i know it is still the same.I dont know if it still stock or not(apart from something being removed).

is it true that they are quite cramped in the cabin?.For reference how tall are you?.And whats the engine they have nowadays.I think the originals had an air cooled diesel?I would love a 4x4 version(i think)

awesome result!

thats for me is the whole point...nothing to see...quicker this way...misses the point of road trip entirely.

i vote for the sh2 option,if i was in a 5 series this is what i would do https://www.google.co.nz/maps/dir/Wellington,+New+Zealand/Carterton/Kimbolton/Waiouru/Whakamaru/Te+Awamutu/@-39.6176874,173.103981,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m38!4m37!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d38b1fc49e974cb:0xa00ef63a213b470!2m2!1d174.7731458!2d-41.2768778!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d40d0aa7bf21045:0x500ef6143a29906!2m2!1d175.5234367!2d-41.0292088!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d41da6d4b06492b:0x500ef6143a2d580!2m2!1d175.7772892!2d-40.0521342!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6a6028ea9675a1:0x500ef6143a2b280!2m2!1d175.6684686!2d-39.4785006!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6c70f11a5ff31b:0x500ef6143a2f290!2m2!1d175.7968837!2d-38.4192133!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6ce73b69e079a9:0x500ef6143a30af0!2m2!1d175.3257982!2d-38.0101364!3e0 have you got a park in Thorndon? You could leave your car here,on the side of the road but off the road,i could play taxi or we are very near a bus route.