Phil-540i

Ditto^^^^^^^^ Theres lots of nice M variants out there, true, but the E39, & to a slightly lesser extent, the E34, to me they were & are proper real world cars, like Paul has said. To me, the E39 is just the duck's nuts really - the E30 & E36 M models, whilst special, are a bit more of a w*nk thing more suited to a race track, rather than something ya can & would use everyday.......

Just. Makes. Me. Want. One. Even. Worse. Than. 'Normal'.

True, same as with my current style 42's at mo - lucky enough to have a spare set of rings too............

Sounds like ya had a bit of humour at start of the day anyway mate............

Sigh . I want da wheels................I quite like them. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Sweeet, & primo photography skills too!!! Very smick looking unit...........

Link for ya Jooles............ http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/47332-e39-523-touring/

I think that's a primo effort............ I'm in wrapping mode - my partner does a primo job at it, but getting her to wrap her own stuff probably ain't a great idea, I suppose... So instead of her intricate little folds, & miminal amounts of sellotape, her pressies are seeing a bit less finesse probably, & that's definitely proportional to how small it is, & seems to be on a further declining scale as the night drags on.............also linked to Woodies intake.... We're probably at around 2-3m of sellotape per item now.............. Edit - 11.47, & I'm done wrapping!!!! And yea - the last one looks a bit average even by my stds.........

Well it mighta even taken less if ya let go of gazing into those green eyes while that Irish accent was going on................... Can imagine ya absolutely hating that experience - NOT!!!! I think the ribbons & gift wrapping is a nice touch though - I might file that idea............

Ba$tard........................^^^^^^^^^^^ How'd you get it so lucky..................???? Our Walhouse needs a trap-door at the checkouts - like more than 2 mins in front of the cashier, & ya get weakest / dumbest linked out of there................even at 10mins it woulda got used today..........

Reckons he's got enough love to spread around on them, so whats one more............and its a good home for them apparently.......

Hit it with a rattle-can of red, then PM Andy in Welly on it............... he'd be keen as ae..........

Worth even more if its got 'Enter Sandman' going............

Well, I got back ok - might have to stare into a couple Woodies to destress a bit from the experience, but hey....tis time of year & all...... Gift wrap paper is needed, so in a fit of 'its a great idea at the time', went to where every-one gets a awesome bargin - yes, that iconic Kiwi 'Wal-mart', The Wharehouse. This was 'bad decision No.1....... Even the carpark is packed, solid. Whoever it was that had parked their new black AMG Merc amongst the sea of people-movers & old Toyotas, had definitely had more brave pills than myself, in terms of risk vs reward........but I degress.....anyway, find the wrapping paper (wahoo, 2 for 1 deal today.......), & then after multiple circuits of the shed, find the sellotape. Because hey, at this time of the year, it'd just be too f#cking simple to put those 2 items within a kilometre of each other..... Join the queue of similary happy looking people at the checkouts. They're busy. No, like, they're really really busy, must be a big day or something. Every till is going - people are lined up in long queues. Its fun, joy, & happiness for everyone, but hey, we're slowly getting there....... Its all good. Progress is being made - the poor staff look like they've already had a big day & its not even 1.30pm. We're getting there though............ But wait - we can screw it up............opps, whats this??? NO way - you're $hitting me!!!?? And everyone else ahead & behind me in this queue..........nah, they wouldn't, surely not..........??!! The couple now at head of line, with their 5 kids creating chaos, after having paid for their goods, now decide they want to layby probably $50 worth of stuff, a process which takes about as long as elephants mating (I've heard that's a wee while - like, queue is stopped, & we're all looking at calenders rather than watches by now......it's great, happy happy joy joy personified in excessive amounts........) Seriously, I was a wee way back in the queue. The checkout operator was an older woman............she was still muttering apologies & 'Why do they do THAT' through gritted teeth by the time I got to her.............. Now running late for an appointment, lunch stop ain't gonna happen...........so grab coupla sausies from the bbq being operated outside. Felt bent over & given a good time, as twice usual price............. Exit Walmart without any damage to vehicle - breath sigh of relief - on to next mission.............. This, after remembering the other great thing bout this time of the year on the way into town - caravans & campervans come out to play............the f#ckers should be banned from the roads unless its between the hours of 11pm & 5am.......... Picture being stuck on State Hwy 1 at 70kph, in a line up of traffic. Theres a caravan ahead. Its at the head of the queue strangely enough. Its wobbling all over the place like a retarded epileptic monkey on speed.........its great. Everyones having a gooood time. Once the queue ahead diminishes, I get a chance to pass, finally. Its an older tandam axle caravan. About 18ft long. But no, its not being yanked along by the typical 1600cc Toyota Corolla........... Its got the latest Holden Clubsport towing it........................... Love to tell ya bout the rest of the experience, but hey, I type slooow, & I swear I can hear a Woodie or 3 calling........ Edit. And I've just remembered something I forgot to get...................nope, not going back!!!!!!!!

Nice - looking gooood!! Bummer ya couldn't get it through before Xmas, but at least she'll be all good to go when ya can get it in.......whats the plan now, gonna keep it or flick..........??

Well yes, in comparison, the other one is not bad value............. However, for a 325, this guy probably really is giving himself blisters if he reckons its worth that..........

D.R.E.A.M.I.N.G......................which is probably a coupla steps above an 'ambitious price'........... Look at it this way - maybe the sellers wife / girl friend / boy friend / other half has said 'I want that blue car gone, sold', as they do sometimes. So technically it is actually 'For Sale'............

Brilliant............^^^^^^ Some-one should start a Xmas Joke thread................I won't, as I haven't got any!! And the Xmas joke txts I got sent yesterday are probably a bit tooo un-PC........ Edit. Somewhat ironically, because I didn't get into town yesterday due to other clusterf#cks happening, take a wild guess on who's gonna have to make a special trip today to finish some stuff..........

Far out - my 42's are same size then I think, or 7.5 wide, but certainly don't look that good.............car colour is Cosmos?? Tell me ya still own it ae, like it really is still parked in your shed under a cover Paul.......?? Looks mint.........

Lols - well she probably woulda been faster if she'd had a bit more transition time between kitchen & the circuit....... And in fairness - "English dog on motorbike" (cracked me up when she said that....... ) held her up a bit first lap......as did the Transit 0-60mph time of 2 minutes. But yes - very very talented, & most of all - looks like she has a ball doing it......... Rumour even has it that the new Stig, wears a bra........& might even look like this under that white suit.........

Hmmm, kool. Bar 1 little thing........ 3 years earlier, a stock standard Transit van, even driven by a chick, will do it in less than 10.10............. So 3 years advancement, car vs commercial vehicle, etc etc, nets us less than a 10% gain............I'm off to ponder on that a bit........... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC03_wVjc

Hi Andrew - I struck the same thing before as Graham, no complains, but if ya could wipe the double thread that I inadvertently had start while something somewhere was 'thinking' about it, that'd be great....................

If it were to be reliable, its probably far more versatile than a X5.............

That^^^^^^^^ is just gorgeous............................. :wub: Damn but that's nice.............and staggered rims. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! Hmmm - must get a photoshop cleaner, sounds lots quicker than the time spent today cleaning up my poor thing for Xmas...........in fairness its 'been a while' though.....

Looks alright ae............kool!!! Mine 'sits up' at the front too - pi$$es me off everytime I look at it. Its a 'wheel-well thing' in some ways, cos dunno bout yours, but on my car, the sill is actually parallel with the ground - 'quirky BMW thing' I reckon........ Edit - That's not bad - 22 minutes to wash it, & take pics, haha!!!!