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Speed is a FACTOR in all crashes It is not a CAUSE, it's a consequence of poor decision making at the time of driving, choice of tyres etc.

Disa valve seems to be common to be deleted or the flap removed and left unplugged

The business was not closed due to ill health. There are stories floating around I have heard from various people, Mike no longer answers on the private number I have for him so I don't know any facts.

Nah just call into yours and catch up with him and everyone there lol

IMO.... buy a kit, replace both arms (ball joints already pushed in) and the bushes all at once. E46 are particularly hard on them, the other 3 joints wont be too far behind them anyways, will just be off the road again at the next 6 month WOF Gavin @ Euro Italian if you want to buy in Auckland.

Drove my E38 to Tauranga, currently here, on the back of Rivesdale (40 mins out of Masterton on the coast ) and back to wellington over new year, and ECC meet and back last month, Also run to auckland and back some stage this week done over 2500km in it in the last month, 3000 by the time i get back. Such a nice car to drive! Scruffy around the edges etc but runs and drives well. Definately recommend looking at an E38 or E39 if you want a cheap hack, they are the ideal car for a BMW enthusiest, basic engines for self servicing, while also having the luxuries you need and want without over complicating things

might be time to buy a Mazda Demio hack lol

Ambers car coming off hers soon...

GT Radial Chamipiro are definitely better then the numerous budget ones, but yes high power car need something a bit better. RE050 lots of M3s are on.

Hi Toby I have some black stickers here if they won't do it without charging you $499

I think fuel tank vent is blocked or partially blocked, air not going into the tank fast enough as fuel comes out of it. It's behaving exactly as my V12 E34 did right after build. Something like that wouldn't show up in a scanner

Have these been refurbished at that price??

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+1 hair dryer and dental floss.

thought it was this car for a bit had to check plates looks like a good example!

is it a seats out job like e38?

not sure if thats the same product or not but appears to be. perhaps they were further along than i thought or it was an old thread!

some people use the air con button to switch on the electric fan despite deleting the rest of air con system

not feasibly, however if one wanted to do so, presumably because they are after dual mounts, i saw last week there is a crowd in the US in the prototype stages of producing rear covers for the E30 diffs, presumably with the increase in V8 and S54 swaps being done to E30s people are ripping their floors and subframes out. No reason this couldn't be made compatible with the compact floor

given up on the one lady owner E38 then?

missed your last post, yes as above love the E38 wheels on it, suit the car very well and a good upgrade over stock without being the "look at me" with BBS RS

yes I agree i would fold on appropriately priced 3.64, unfortunately they are popular with E30 guys and priced high, whereas 3.4 are worth much less. this build does have an emphasis on bang for buck to get me out and having some fun. if i am a few seconds slower than someone else or what i could be is not relevant. spending $700 or $1000k on a diff is half my budget, which i am just nudging the top half at the moment. having said that, the 4.4 diff in there is not even remotely usable with this engine and gearbox and has got to go

will take it off your hands for an 8 million post count

they got any cassettes for my E38? buy that math they should be paying me to take them away

I hear what you are saying, though the ZF has a 1:1 5th gear it is not overdrive 0.8:1 like the E30 series cars use. 4.1 will give top speed about 160, definately will be quicker than that 3.6 i could go for, top speed about 190, but would like to think its got a bit more than that...? Edit: I am using this calculator: http://www.endtuning.com/gearratios/ ... while also referencing this to check feasibility of actually finding appropriate ratios http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Differential