39KiwiTouring

Well to answear that between 10.1 and 10.9k per 1 litre of fuel. 70 litre tanks gets you about 645k if you let the fuel light stay on comes on with about 120k DTE or that last 15 quater. Run it on 91 as they have cats on those.

Yeah as above 174k is not to many for one of those, don't skimp on the oil changes, and look after it, hell you could use it as a taxi, it will just go and go. My mate in Ozzie has a 96 528i sedan done 468k heaps wrong with it uses and abuses it, knocks and clangs coming from the front looks after the motor but no Wof's over there so knuckle joints basically have to colapse before he changes them haha. Interesting debate on those as the trans have lifetime sealed so he has never changed the trans fluid he bought car at 180k hadn't been done till then, the paint is still imac as it's garaged and washed regualy.

St220 was the mondeo and St170 the Focus, de-tuned race cars, I bet it goes hard, Rotomanu is that by Eltham or Waiwakaiho, can't remember, plenty of miles between them I know but can't remeber which one is which.

E30 - 2 Door E36 - 2 Door - Very much so sweet looker in coupe E34 - 4 Door there was no coupe E24 - 2 of coarse E39 - 5 of coarse, handy as the touring dogs, kids, shopping, ski's, even firewood, well pine cone sacks.

Must say that $19.95 WOF and wash is a good deal would of taken any of my cars there if they were due and I lived in Auckland. $20 warrants just don't exist anymore.

Astra 2.2 engine I meant not 2.3 but the little puggy 307 is a grouse little car, norrow it down to say 3 models and go for test drives on sat or something see what she likes. I would check out the latest Barina as well.

I did 50k in a 98 9-5 SAAB 2.3 LPT, never missed a beat, since 1993 SAAB's have been GM Europe basically they are opel vectra's, so not overly complicated really. We have them here as Holden Astra 2.3l so each to their own I would own a SAAB in a heart beat especially miss those heated seats and 4cyl turbo drive.

If a 3 series is to big thats a bugger I would suggest an E46 or late ninties SAAB 95, but what about a Ti maybe, Suzuki swift is another or Mazda 3 07ish.

You have warped or cracked the head BMW's hate being driven while overheated like Mitsubishi, they don't forgive you, your radiator top tank has a hairline crack or something essentially it has run out of water thats why you had to top it up . Keep that car for parts and buy another E34.

Beautiful shape these E36 coupes, timeless design like the 635CSI, Post 28 that car looks nice well laid out add as well, confident seller well worth a look. Your black cosmos 36 coupe is looking mint BC.

Coombes Johnston did the pre-purchase inspection of my touring thorough as, they missed nothing man, quite impressed by the service there the little I've had. Welcome along, feel free to join in sounds like you know your BMW's.

Roll bowled aye, who would know looks O.kish from here worn leather in the back is a new look!

Put that info in the add, and you will meet buyers in Picton, even as a thought offer to re-imburse the airfair for succesfull buyer at $18k - perhaps. Good luck with the sale.

Can I suggest the following to help sell your car. 1. Use capitals and fullstops, Make it look like you can comunicate fluently and arn't some young fella who scored an M3., baring text lingo it appears that way to me. 2. Take it to a nice sea side area or an old warehouse, not some front lawn of a 50's burb in NZ, for some nice photo's and put up 20 of them. 3. Include some details weblink or otherwise on the M3 stating why they are different and why this E36 is so much more expensive than all the others you see, go to a VIN decode website and state the month it was built import history and service history details. 4. You are after the discerning buyer with money and it ain't going to work with that add. 5. Itemise mods, K&N etc would put me off, put your landline number, essentially make out like you are a gun on these and even if they don't buy yours they will learn about the M3's and may just call to guage knowledge but at least the phone might start ringing. Good luck.

I'd be keeping that original but anyway!!!, 2.8 Nice, kiwi new by the looks as well motorsport coupe, keep all the original bits you take off during the molestation period, just in case the next buyer see's the need for an original kiwi motorsport coupe.

Hi I just noticed an imported black E30 318i convert going through turners tonight in plamy of any ones looking for one estimate $5-6k looks tidy from here, check the website under $6k auction

Not entirely convinced it's worth $20k $16-17 maybe don't know for sure as I havent looked for 00 plus E38's, best to drive one in your home town first and see if you like and get Jeff Gray in palmy to do an inspection.

Hi Guys I searched the web for all and sundry to find an acurate way to mount the tether strap in a E39 touring, I ended up going to a local company whom had experience with these wagons. If you disaemble the rear seat arm rest the anchorage point is just down there, best to put car seat in middle (airbags in rear), thought I would post this for future google searchers.

Doesn't always work out for the thugs I was at a burger bar (white lady in Auckland) years ago and these guys were asking everyone for the time, perinial favourite of theirs, and this little scrawny white guy turned around and just laid out these three gorilla's just smoked them, pro boxer must of been and sounded Irish, funny as, so quick just heard the thuds and thats was it.

I guess the servo attendant would of been a great help call the cops I would of, suppose you did, only thing you can do, that happened to a guy who was visiting friends, that I was visiting and the guys who staunched him out ending up turning up to that house as they reackon they knew someone there, but there were a few of us there so they ended up pulling out pretty quicly when they realised how many people were there quicly changed there tune to sweet, were cool etc, just not worth the court appearance if you have to go.

Depends Daily Driver is it??? If that the case the BM surely, if it's a weekend tinkerer car I'd go the 190 way, as you well I already have a BMW, woudn't contemplate crusing a quater of a million K merc every day thats 20 years old and is rear, and has a cosworth bits. If it came down to driver experience I have driven a 190 cosworth when it had 44k on it years ago, blew me away unbelievable drivers car, still around RJ7422 was thge rego number.

Zeneti Could you advise off the cuff the best tyre for an E39, not sporty just the softest and quietest tyres you would recommend. Still factory rim size 16, but suggest 17's as well I think I would get rims at the same time if 17 has a softer tyre.

I have found this link on the web. I am sure some of you have already seen it, seems quite comprehensive. Question is where do these codes show up - on the dash or once the car is plugged into BMW workshop computer. http://www.euroteknik.com/forum/bmw-servic...fect-codes.html Take a look, pretty full on.

I've been looking myself remembering the newest E30 is now 17 years old Nanna spec ones are getting harder to find considering not many nanna's had them enthusiast ones are the best some of the ones owned by members on here for example. Hard to find them under 150k now a days although I only look on TM. Good luck with your search keen to buy that 305k coupe in P North for $500 reserve kiwi new might have a look at it this week.

Sickpuppy take Mac's offer of a grand and run need another word - Fast.