lord_jagganath

still importable under the SIV rules.

thread is somewhere

found it ... http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=44051

Och vey! Funny how things work out, eh? when you want one, there are none... and when you get one, three turn up. (now where's the third one, woe on me if it turns out to be a 525iX)

Good Luck with the sale sir.

So. I won it. I hope to pick it up next weekend. let's see how things go.

So I went to the park n sell yard in Manukau to have a look a this rather nice looking E90 Touring.... And then, as I was talking to the sales guy, he gets a phone call and tells me the price had gone up from 18k to 20k. And then he proceeded to walk out to the car with me trailing behind and he changed the number on the windscreen.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/...n-624388167.htm

amusing innit?

The car is lovely, unfortunately, it's rather tight for my build.

Carjam is wrong then. Phew.

HAH! got the VIN off the owner, WBAHJ62020GD13364. 4spd ZF .... would it take the later 5 spd auto zf?

^Is that Techno violet? or a special mix?

Put a bid in, asked a few questions. Here's hoping it comes through. It will be a trying few weeks.

I have seen a 518i .. .ex UK touring. poor M40 engine....

How poorly is the fuel consumption compared to a standard 525iA? The Riced 528 e34 i had in S.E.Asia was horrendous, but that was probably due to the management being sh*t.

Thanks Andy and Allan. Thought it may be a nice starter, the E61 can wait, as can the E39 touring.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=620499318

Is it worth paying 4k for such a beautiful example? anything to really watch out for?

Thanks Kyu.

there are some Japan import low-ish miles 141k kms 525i tourings around for 17-20 k... and they may take in my current car as a trade... so price isn't really an issue, just delaying the purchase towards summer.Do those have anything to look out for?

the only other 530d i may be considering is a 200k km one but is a UK import, and that may have the miles issue on them. I suppose I ought to test that soon.

Thanks for the feedback, Gentlemen. I am definitely grounded on the maintenance side, I am expecting 6 -7k bills for the mega miler in very unexpected forms.

On the company car angle, I am definitely wary of that. I have given the seller my offer of 10k, he rejected it. Now I offered 12k, will see where that goes.

Would probably do the E39 route anyway. Let's see how things go.

@Richard - hmmm and I presume it must be at a garage? not something you can do yourself and with a Bentley Manual? will read through the terms and the like. Thank you.,

@Kelvin - right on the money! Do you reckon it is good for the money too? I tried to knock the chap down to 10k but to no avail .

Thank you Neal. currently teasing the idea of a high mileage E60 oiler, otherwise get back to the E34 with a turbo v8. Cheers!

The history of the car basically hinges on the fact that the owner was a sales manager so had lots of hot running around the country, company maintained too, though I wouldn't put much on that as time has shown that company rep cars can be abused more (and experience, my current co's Falcons get abused everyday). OBC was clean with no errors, car was used as a family car too, not much wear on the seats surprisingly. I suppose the swirl generators in the intake would probably need to be looked at. Is there any way I can check the gearbox? It seems to be the pre facelift "dumb" tip 'box.

So based on your experience, 3pedals, the mileage isn't really an issue, though I should set aside a few grand for a gearbox just in case? maybe a component insurance with Janssen if they would do it?

thanks for the feed back, it's in the New Lynn U-Sell yard if anyone is interested. I thought my seat of the pants feel of there being some vibration coming from the transmission side was the mountings .... as that were the case on my uncle's '06 C240. I could be wrong though...

I suppose the same caution holds true for the 200k km cars?

Hi guys, I'm Jeeves from auckland and currently work with machines. just not the automotive kind. I am looking to get back into owning bimmers, after my last one, a riced out e34

Look forward to contributing and learning tonnes!

Hi guys, There is this E60 diesel with phenomenally high kms (300+ k kms) and is about 8 years old. What do you think can go wrong with these? It drove fine in Auckland rush hour traffic, but I still feel I need to try a lot more cars. What co you think?

PS, this will be my return to UDMs after 5 years of J-mobiles. Last UDM was a E34 with an M50B25 on a stroker kit.

Hello all, I am a new Arrival... but i used to drive a 89 520i manual.... and sadly have no vehicle as of yet.

so I am currently looking for a decent and reliable E34 manual with at least a 2.5 litre engine.... just am toying with the idea... will lurk around a bit.... and then will make my decision..

Cheers!