Graham m5

SORRY ALL DID NOT REALISE THERE WAS A TRADE ME SECTION UNTIL A MINUTE AGO

Welcome to you, its allways good to get new members, and WE NEED MORE E34 PROPER CARS !!!

One for you all to look at !!! TRADEME NUMBER 182459421, AND HAVE A LOOK AT HIS PERFORMANCE FIGURES !!!! VERY IMPRESSIVE, HE CAN OUT RUN A M5 WITH 141 OF HIGH OCTANE KILOWATTS So have a look and work them out for yourselves Graham

Hello and welcome cars look good it will be nice to have a look at them

car looks really sweet, but keep the standard wheels for resale value

Hello its great i have recieved all the kind words and welcomes by all, it will be nice to meet you all at some point and swap stories etc

What is the chances of that we will all have to meet up for a beer and to put the world to rights !!

hello just a quick question, why are you selling it and why do you want a mitsi vr4. cheers Graham

What you all fail to speak about is that if you have an accident and either you have not told your insurance company you have modified your vehicle or it was not up to wof standard with loose springs etc firstly the insurance company will not pay out and you can be sued very heavily in court, also if you read all the requirements for the virm, a vehicle inspector can reject ANY VEHICLE IF THEY FEEL IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED FROM OE ( STANDARD) WITHOUT AN LVV IN THE OPINION OF THE INSPECTOR IT IS UN SAFE, loose springs are unsafe and as Laurence correctly points out it is better to get the car all legal in the first place

Hi Bruce, The rear suspension was in a right mess, most of the bushes were clonking badly, both rear springs were broken, the self levelling shocks were leaking and they had run out of fluid ( i did not realise until the power steering went stiff,same fluid resovior, so i got it towed in the end) I have removed the self levelling system and put bilstien shocks and new standard m5 springs on with all new bushes. The engine was odd because no service lights were on but the oil was really black,the spark plugs were worn out the distributer cap and rotor arm fell apart when i removed them so it had not had a service in a while, the engine runs quiet so no timing chain or tappet noises at present, mind you i have not covered really any miles in her yet there was also some other stuff as well, rear g/box mount, driveshaft doughnut, front and rear pads, broken front and rear bumper,aircon not working luckly just needed regassing, so a bit of a list. i carry out all the work as i was a qualified BMW mechanic in the uk I might have a trip up your way when the better weather comes

Hello and welcome, i am new as well but every one seems really friendly and helpfull,nice to see your family is a real bmw owners club on its own !!

Bruce has the sister car to mine and in the same area, both cars originally came from Auckland new so what is the chances of them all being in the same area, thanks for the introduction

Hi, i was surprised they were selling it but the price was because it needed quite a bit of work doing to it, but its getting there slowly

Thanks for the comments sounds like all the e34 m5s are up north !!!

Many thanks for all the nice comments

Thanks Bruce, its always good to find out some history on the car, it needed some work when i bought it ( the rear suspension was absolutely worn out and the engine was running terribly but now all replaced it getting back to how it should be. It would be nice to catch up at some point in the future

Hi sorry to hear about your car, it was probably lifted away that how they do it, i work for vtnz so will look out for change of ownership or plate changes for you

Thanks John much appreciated

if anybodys interested there is a nice e30 m3 for sale in autotrader NZ if anyones looking for one

thanks it looks quite good in pictures, a few marks in real life though

Thanks for that,it is a 3.6 i was looking for a m5 for over two years, had a look at a few all had been messed about with or been involved in accidents etc. i recieved a phone call from a friend who works for a bmw dealer in rotorua who said they have a e34 m5 they are going to sell. i was surprised a main dealer selling a e34 but i went down to have a look. it is a very clean car with full bmw history and nz new ( it come from Jerry Claytons in Auckland) it has a few stone chips etc but the car comes as standard. I have not seen any 3.8l in NZ, (loads of old rust heaps in the uk) but not two many e34 m5:s over here

Great thanks for that i will give them a callGraham

Hi, you are just up the road, i am sure we will bump into each other at some point but the m5 only comes out in dry weather.Graham

Sweet thanks, have now posted some picsGraham

Many thanks have now posted pics