lord_jagganath

2 hours ago, balancerider said:

 '93 M5 should have the 3.8 engine too. 

not if it is a USA spec LHD car, which it could be. 

4 hours ago, Sammo said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/mg/mgb/listing/3418092402?bof=y30EdYqw

Electric MGB, that 120km range 'depending how you drive'  though haha

oh this is wicked, would probably stick to the ground better than the original. 

6 hours ago, qube said:

Not many good bmw hybrid options, maybe something diesel, or possibly alternative brands?

Maybe for diesel, considering the KMs you do, a Skoda may actually be worth checking out? when I last DD'd VW Group diesel, it barely warmed up, but that was me and my 34km round trip, you may actually make it make sense. 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/skoda/octavia/listing/3416185636?bof=qJwblWO1 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/skoda/octavia/listing/3342143930?bof=qJwblWO1

2 hours ago, Cement said:

I always thought the majority of NZ power is generated from renewable resources, wikipedia states 82%. 

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/building-and-energy/energy-and-natural-resources/energy-statistics-and-modelling/energy-statistics/electricity-statistics/ 

you are roughly accurate, also Manapouri hydropower is about 5GWh per annum, which is  distorts the figure, as it supplies 15% of the country's hydro power to a single south island source.  

personally, i do not mind running the activehybrid5 as a daily, even though I feed it 150 dollars of 100plus fuel every 3-4 weeks (depending on usage load, the more social I am, the fewer weeks)

1 minute ago, Olaf said:

start using MyUS.com - much easier.  If you'd like a referral code that give you a big discount on your first order, IM me.

Thanks for the offer Olaf, I will take you up on that, will have to deal outside of Ebay GSP and their funny rules. 

have had 3 separate overseas orders declined by origin customs after being shipped for various untold reasons from Ebay (USA), Trademe(OZ), and Ebay (UK) , what the heck is going on? all I ordered was a Quartz Watch, a Dyson cleaning head, and a used head unit for my Pug? 

WRRRRYYYYY AUGH. 

Hyper has 40% discount going on ... is it from that? Momo tyres are pretty good imo. 

^ thanks for the tip!  i now know where to get parts for the peugeot and F10 easily! 

Bimmer unrelated but just driving the old French girl to work with the windows  and sunroof cracked open and playing early 80s muzak makes it really feel all right. 

oh man, she's a beauty and sad that you are selling. If I didn't have my french girl....  

Goddam business rival (of sorts) keeps calling me up to get a price for an item that only my company supply for this particular industry, shamelessly. he want to do it for a customer, but I know for a fact he will steal it and replicate it somehow.  this is the one item that we do not want others to copy. 

 how should I tell him to bugger off?  :sigh:  I can only say I don't know much about it ( but it is a lie and he knows it lol) 

wasn't this a 335i pre LCI? 

boss has a 71 Targa S, and it goes for around 180k or so? I expect the T Sportmatic to be  about 170 or so.. 

IMS classics on Trade me Had it at 35k for a while. ( I think) 

Land Rovers are certainly Non-Fungible .

https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/09/01/lets-all-remember-the-bmw-powered-land-rover-defender/ 

accidentally stumbled on the stuff article from 13 years ago of him. wow. 

I mean, Oasis -Supersonic,

I need to be myself
I can't be no-one else
I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic
You can have it all, but how much do you want it?
You make me laugh
Give me your autograph
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine

[Pre-Chorus 1]
You need to find out
'Cause no-one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow

[Chorus]
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody can ever hear him call
Nobody can ever hear him call

[Verse 2]
You need to be yourself
You can't be no-one else
I know a girl called Elsa, she's into Alka-Seltzer
She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train
And she makes me laugh
I got her autograph
She done it with a doctor on a helicopter
She's sniffing in a tissue selling the Big Issue

[Pre-Chorus 2]
When she finds out
No-one's gonna tell her what I'm on about
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow

[Chorus]
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
He sits in a corner all alone
He lives under a waterfall
Nobody can see him
Nobody can ever hear him call
Nobody can ever hear him call

if only this could be subsidised with a kiwisaver withdrawal  

Follow up,  just about 11 months, 10,000kms or so, and from a start of 8mm, it is now as below: -

should I rotate the tires front to back? 

will probably be an easy pass at VTNZ 

and the bidder only has zero feedback because of the negative feedback. 

the 25k bid seems to have been removed now...

On 10/30/2021 at 6:15 PM, Matth5 said:

I did that at work before, from inside the office. Must have been the way I was sitting. Car had a sunroof to make matters worse...

Didn't get soaked luckily, running the heater during the drive home took care of most of it.

water damage write off? 

^ will this mean a MOT emissions style test would be introduced?

Facelift is definitely the way to go, but imo ,with the newest ones being 2013, the prices may not differ so much with F15s.