kiwi535

2 hours ago, M3AN said:

No Euro = wide, Slim = smaller in all dimensions, see above.

didnt know slim was a thing thanks

slim = euro?

that is more attactive to me than the e34 manual for about the same money.Logic says otherwise but....

was

2 hours ago, KwS said:

Carjam says It had the plate SIX33 from 94 to 14 and then replaced with this plate.

was referring to the odd way it is mounted

On 7/30/2020 at 11:57 AM, Sammo said:

Looks lovely - can't remember the last time I saw one of these (non M)  in manual on Trade Me.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/2720329119?bof=yT6rkPHM

Not as sure about the E39 wheels on it and why these NZ E24s are always in grandad colours though...

Gee a 1979 car ...I wonder why the colour is so....80s.Agree wheels are wrong.Whats up with the number plate!

1 hour ago, Driftit said:

I already have.  Twice.  I was living around the corner from it for a few weeks.  Near the corner of Tinakori Road and Hobson Street.  You never know your luck.

Its Red, Manual and not that bad looking.

yes i drive past every day monday to friday and other days too.There is an original mini often parked behind it

leave a note on the windscreen it always seems to be there.PM me for the location if you want

23 hours ago, Driftit said:

It is nice. Saw it in the weekend in person. Must be pretty rare by now. I only know of the 3 down here. Mine being one of them. 

i am pretty sure there are more than 3 down here,The red one has been around wellington for a long time.The kapiti one was my one which came to wellington(from Auckland) in about 2002.Before i bought that one I drove a grey one(very close to the time i bought mine) with grey interior which was at a Welington Dealer.I am sure there are more.How many are there in NZ?.I also drove another rough example(Another "black" one) in Kapiti.I think that one was an ex uk car,it had manual seats..I paid 16 k for mine in 2002,it was in Central Auckland.

mainly the first.i usually sell around the 250 k mark,and the last couple of times to move to a new motoring interest

ouch....e 34 M5 considerably more than E 60 M5...

i had a "80 percent" map put on  my 120d,revved a bit faster and generally felt better if you can call 4500 revving!.NZ performance tuning did i think ,they came to me and did it on the side of the road at work!

34 minutes ago, M3AN said:

It does look good... but...

Nope. ?

I got mine off Pearce Brothers (different location though), how did they price mine as they did and this one as they have?

they been watching this thread

I beleive you can drive on an rft that is absolutely flat.That is the idea of them.You can drive for up to 80 km

those seats would be awesome

its the downward weight on the ball that will possibly be the issue withthe fancy BMW towballs,and they will amost ceritainly be a 50mm ball too

I think its matt here had an e61 diesel wagon for ages. 

not sure of the tow figures on the BMWs,rsearch options and toungue weights.Some of the bmw tow bars are nifty fold away or removeable items but they have a very low toungue weight..How far do you want to tow the boat ?I would think a 530i will easily do what you want ,but they will be pricey at the pump compared to the navara.No contest in any other comparison.I am pretty sure the in line six is very solid compared to the V8s which .All the issues with all of the e60/61 are very well known now

they are a FUN little car though....i reckon a 123 d would give a 130 a run for its money in open road situations and stil get nearly 1000k out of a tank

and a 123 d will be quite satisfying to drive,my chipped 120 d was lots of fun.A bmw salesman friend even said "they go like a rocket" If i wasnt 190 cm tall i would get a 123d hatch

6.5 around town and esy 5.5 l 10 k 0n the open road

300 sq metres is bigger tham most houses.just over 17x17

i had a 120d with run flats.It had 205 55 16s or something like that.When i bought it it had two bridgestones and two continentals.I think the bridgestones wore out and i got two more continentals......the continentals were more compliant than the bridgestones.I never ever had any issues with grip of the tyres.Sometime later near xmas i needed to buy 4 new tyres....i couldnt get ANY.Later i did find some pirellis but they were expensive,but i had no choice.They were better again than the continentals.,I needed another two i think and this time they were much more reasonable in price.In this time i had a puncture (the tyre pressure sensors went off.I think it was down too 20psi.The tyre looked perfect.Tyre clinic wouldnt repair it.I drove maybe a kilometre at 80 km hr,then another couple of ks to a place to pump it up.It was a slow leak.

i would say they were slightly less compliant than the 235 45 17s i had on my e34.they were noiser on chip seal.The 120d was a hatch,and it had a huge battery (diesel) so there was really no room for a spare. 

airflowe did the paint work on my fortuner to match the arb bull bar to the body colour .I cant tell

at least he put the wof sheet up!Credit for that

12 hours ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

Had a new 8x8 Versatile installed at our old place, concluded they spent all their money paying Ritchie to appear in their ads and not on making a decent product.

define decent....its a shed.One look at a double garage built by these outfits compared to how a builder would do it will reveal what you are gonna get as the size inceases.They maximise every span and use the absolute minimum of materials..They have special designs.I cannot replicate their designs in my truss program.The trusses "fail"

 90 km hr sounds  the classic control arm bushes shimmy.I did the bushes twice in the E34 if i remember correctly

On 6/7/2020 at 1:09 PM, Jacko said:

Id definitely go for manual sports seats given the option, particularly in a 1, they have a way bigger range of motion than the electrics (especially in ass height) 

 

didnt know the range of movement wasnt as good,but in a e34 535 it was perfect(the sports seats i mean)