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    On 10/22/2018 at 8:10 PM, kiwi535 said:

    this is only fair.The more people who pay all their taxes the better of we will all be.They need to simplify the system ,get rid of the shelters,make EVERBODY pay their fair share.Why can the wealthy arange their affairs to pay minimal or no tax) whislt the "poor" cant avoid any tax.In the long run the individuals tax payments may drop

    avoiding paying tax is illegal for everyone, including the wealthy. 

    and bear in mind that over 40% of working kiwis recieve more from the state than they pay into it, whether it is working for families, accomodation suppliments, acc, a free education and health system and so forth. the number is far higher when you then look at people over thier life time from birth to death.

    Im not saying for one second that the poor have it good, but its the wealthy that are the only net taxpayers

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    getting off topic, but since it was brought up, 

    I dont know why there is this continued delusion that services are underfunded in new zealand except for education, which genuinely is on the bones of its ass.

    Its a spending problem in Roading, there is no accountability between the contractors and the NZTA, thats why they are ripping up the Kapiti and Waikato Expressways to do it all again. 

    Its a spending problem in Health, we do not need 22 DHBs for only 5 million people. consolodate procurement and management, and there would be all the money in the world to give the nurses thier fair share.

    the list goes on.

    technically. this is not a new tax, it has always been there. its just not viable to collect. nothing has changed, so now you are spending more money to collect than the revenue it generates.

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    i can critisie that build too, so here i go dont read on if you dont want

    Its not a 330D, that is a M51B25 engine not an M57B30. so its a 325td/tds. you can see it is a plastic cover on top so it looks like a M57

    stupid place to mount the amplifiers, how do they dissapait heat in that tiny box?

    Headliner looks like its been sprayed using a paint can that is 90% empty.

    i bet it gets flat batteries a lot with a tiny battery like that for a diesel engine.

    suspension comments as per above.

    rest is styling which i keep to myself when it comes to others cars, because thats subjective.

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    yeah front is easy to pull off, i modified how it connected on my E34 Touring so that it was about 6 bolts to take the whole front end off (after removing bonnet) and fold it round (wiring bonnet release etc still intact). impossible to get a V12 in there with the front still on.

    Hammanns are such a good looking wheel in thier own right have never owned a set tho!

    As for that AMG supercharger. Not sure if im excited or disspointed its going on your car ha, the dissapointment is only the badge on top tho!

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    On 6/5/2018 at 9:14 AM, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

    That's interesting Andy, did you put it into the E30 as you felt it has better performance, or because you prefer the E30 style / shape, etc?

    had the compact there all race ready. And then brought a 318i auto 260km coupe, just been repainted alpine wiess the year before. so nothing special, decided it would be a project as i have always wanted to build up a white coupe. decided there was no point having two cars essentially the same under neath, and for the $8-10k or so to get the car there i decided well if the E30 ever does get put into the wall then i can buy another one and reshell again if it comes to that, but up until that point which hopefully never comes, better to do the way i have done it.

    also with the compact being dereg, at least with the E30 i can drive to and hopefully home from events etc.

    As for performance, the compact was quicker with otherwise the same setup. but thats also probably because the E30 coupe has a half cage and a full interior so thats another 100kg i guess. i havent put this car over the scales, but the compact was 1060kg with the M52, M3 brakes full tank of gas and one seat. i would say the E30 would be 1200kg maybe ?

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    One of the employees at a customer of mine brought one about a month ago, less than 1000km and it was stacked by a truck going into the back of it. gutted. apparently is going to buy another, so i guess you can extrapolate they are happy with how it performed in a crash.

    On 8/24/2018 at 2:04 PM, kwhelan said:

    just read about the new long range EV version of this in the motoring supplement. 445 kg of battery ( to be fair was only 260 odd kw heavier than an engine but still thats a family of 4 people extra)  and $70k which they said was nearly double the dearest engine model, hell that's a lot of petrol to recoup then, let alone they suggested you had 4.5kw plug installed in your house which adds more costs and then there's the ongoing increase in your electricity bill.

    just doesn't add up unless your a member of the greens/Gunts party

    Hybrids dont stack up economically or financially on thier own. they only start to become viable when you put a value on perception of customers of your business, or the neighbours, and also that if they didnt sell any then battery technology would not progress.

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    Yep My cabby is with them, no claims, in fact i would be surprised if anyone ever has, we dont use the cars, and when we do we are extra 'specially careful with them!

    At the time i took the cover out it was my only car, but i prooved that i had an unlimited use company car which they were happy with. of course, now its not my only car. The X5 is insured with ASB which is pretty reasonable cost

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