kiwi535

a block of wood under the jack (and keep it in the car) and a wheel chock may have helped there...At least there should be bugger all ill effects

sheesh mate youre a bit early!!!!Looks like where on for a good turnout,had about 10 cars last time ranging from a a 1970 something 3.0 a few e30's Hugh tunleys immaculate 635,my 535 and a coupla e 46's

Now about that clabar....

The "high" pics stellin park or tinakori hill ????,round there somewhere?

nuhin wrong with the driving,the thing(and it does look bloody good) is just too low for a daily driver...i wouldnt go any lower than mine........

a guy at work told me the other day that the new five only scored one star for the crash tests?????

CiA = BMW speak for Coupe,injected,Automatic,the A aint on the car but it should really be used in ads n stuff.

330 ciA strictly speaking and its a E.......?

what is the history of the car...import?,no of owners?,pre purchase inspection?,how did you get into this situation.Dont get me wrong I would be pissed off too,just a procedure for others

wow even the tube (insert?)for the shock is gone!

thats what BMW call the chassis no.I think its very logical.Its easy when the manufacturer sticks to the same system.I am not quite sure why there have been such big jumps lately.....ie e 39 5 goes to e65, 7 series goes from e 38 to e60

E21 E28 E30 E36 E38 E39 E46 E63 E90

you forgot the E34

i must admit to being partial to smoked front len's

thanks guys(both) will PM cam now!My main criteria is the orange bulb must be invisible

i want some clear front indicators,or should i go smoked onmy black on black mtech e34?I know they are hella does anyone know if i can justfront up to an hella dealer and order em???

i have a set too but it isa US based one and some of the electrical info aint the best(well maybe not complete) for our euro based cars.The web based etk will give you all the parts info

kinda like this...

note there is no chrome arond the windows,we call it shadow line the factory call it

0339 SATIN CHROME

very nice.........

Still hate the shape of the new 5 Series.

amen brother :puke:

i had aquick look at rad me last night and there were heaps for sale...your best bet is a soon to be superseded sale.....nuffin as unpopular as last years model

ahh yes usual shopping dilemma eh.I always seem to go straight to the most expensive model inthe shop with more atm recepits in my wallet than $$$$$.....

rear sun blind and a cd stacker that plays more cds and doesnt jump like ...and a fine day for the bike races at wanganui on boxing day

I can only begin to imagine what a 3.8 m5 is like....so close to 100 kw MORE than y 535...sheesh 211 hp vs 340.

I am looking too and the fuji s5500 seems good value.10 x optical zoom lens,a reasonable size for us males to grasp and is 4mp.Dick Smith has em for just under 600.The minolta dimage z3 has a 12 x digital zoom but is more $.With my old slr i nnever seemed to have the right size lens on hand. I dont know enough about digital cameras yet,but i want as much of a slr replica as poss....Macro is close up photography like taking a photo of a bee on a flower from only a few cms away.Any comments on the fuji or minolta welcomed.....

an //M badge is one thing,but there is one SURE way to check

and it aint the only the M power valve covers......

does anyone know if there are any 3.8L m5s here,pref black on black?????

Im interested to hear about the emissions test though. Is there not one in NZ currently ?

there are no measured emmissions tests but the wof test is supposed to stop any one with a really smokey car or LOUD exhaust .......I guess most wof testers are deaf or like noisy cars....I have nothing against modified exhausts but some of those big bore jobs are LOUD.Dont get me wrong my 535 has a derestricted rear muffler,but there has to be a limit some cars are just too loud .

200 ml in 3000 ks seems alright to me too.To get the best life from my engine i have elected to run castrol 5w30 synthetic,because of its superior performance overall but mostly because of the 5w viscosity a start up...I offset its cost by running it for the full service light interval.I buy the oil off shelleys,cause by my sums its cheaper to buy 6l there than 6l of mobil one at repcos.I just take a couple of containers,and pick up a filter.I also get my massive bmw cub discount.!

car dealers have a book with model history and prices,not always comprehensive,my 535 in 1990 was 122,000,apparently.