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First of all, I'd like to thank Glenn and Chris at Botany Motor Worx Ltd for their excellent service, professional advice and friendly support. As some of you might know I had been doing up an old school 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 Evo 0 RS for the last couple of years. I had become bored of it recently and found that it had only been driven 3000km over the last year, I thought I'd sell it and get a more useful car for work. Someone offered me this 99 328Ci with a receipt for $8,200 worth of work on the engine and proposed a straight swap. After much thought, checking over VIRs and carjams I thought this would suit me well and I would be even in the trade. So we met in Hamilton, after 2 hours of checking over both cars, test drives went ok both ways, both parties were happy, signed the proper documents and handed over the keys. The 1 hour drive back to Auckland was very good, car had no issues, no funny noises, vibrations or lack of power. Putting foot flat to the floor while overtaking provided a very good kick down response -not as powerful or raw as my old car, but that was a different kind of power, this was refined, smooth and, well, suited the "new" me. Happy with my trade I couldn't sleep at all last night. Kept looking out my bedroom window making sure my new car was still shiney and looked as good as when I first saw it. Drove to work this morning, all heater controls worked fine and made light work of the fog and morning frost. Went out to a couple of service jobs mid morning and air conditioning worked extremely well. Did I mention the reception for TV stations was excellent! While back in the office I decided to read through the "what to watch out for" threads etc. and hence me opening this thread, just so I could prepare for the manual conversion if it would ever come to that stage. Glenn had provided input to the matter (above) which reminded me that I had a receipt from his workshop. Went down to Botany Motor Worx Ltd with said receipt in hand expecting Glenn to have fond memories billing out $8,200 worth of work however this was certainly not the case. We figured out the person who I had bought the car from had made a fake invoice with all of Botany Motor Worx Ltd details along the top header and proceeded to create a really big list of parts and decription of the work done. As you can imagine, myself AND Glenn were very annoyed that this has happened, firstly me because I had swapped my car for this on the fact that all this engine work had been done, and secondly because someone has been using the name Botany Motor Worx Ltd creating fake invoices. All of a sudden my great, shiney, lovely BMW had a big question mark hanging over the bonnet. Glenn and Chris proceeded to put my car on the hoist to check over everything just to see if the work actually had been done. Nothing. Everything looked absolutely standard. Nothing had been touched. Because of their excellent service, professional advice and friendly support, going above what I thought would be a quick meet and greet to get to know the local specialist, turned out to be a nightmare into the history of my "new" car, I have booked my car in for a service on Wednesday so that they can have time to look over everything and provide advice on what I should do next. Obviously after the fact, the trade hasn't gone in my favour, thinking I wouldn't have to spend much money on the car for a while has gone to an emergency full service and checkup Again thanks to Glenn and his team at Botany Motor Worx Ltd I'm sure they can restore my faith in the BMW brand, remove the question mark over the engine's history and I can enjoy driving this beautiful piece of machinery.

Hmmm I see. Also, I have to come and see you sometime today Glenn, this car I bought has a receipt for $8,200 worth of engine work carried out by you! Even though we haven't met I would like to have a quick chat (if you have time today) see if you can recall what exactly the work was carried out for I live and work 1 minute away from your workshop.

I've recently acquired a 1999 328ci E46 in auto. I have been reading about the gearboxes and preparing myself if worse comes to worse. How much work is required and how much approx would it cost to convert it to manual? Thanks

Yea it does, he can pm me direct for friendly friendly pricing

I have a E46 328CI and can currently watch TV channels etc. but don't have a NZ GPS CD?

The original Eaudio distributor rents a room in my house

I have these on my new car that I might sell (not my style) 19" TSW THRUXTON but not sure of width of wheels but definately are staggered fitment (wider at the back) Front tyres are Hankook Ventus Sport K104 235/35/19 Rear tyres are Hankook Ventus Sport K104 265/30/19 Tyres have good tread, wheels on the passenger side have some curbing on the lip only but not that noticable, can be cleaned up easily. With these wheels, I can full lock left and right with no rubbing. Give me an offer

I have figured out it is this car: http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=16808

What is a MFL?

What would this be worth? 1999 328CI I might be interested in buying this. Vehicle details * Make: BMW * Model: 328CI * Year: 1999 * Main colour: Silver * Vehicle type: Passenger Car/Van * Body style: Saloon * No of seats: 5 * CC rating: 2,790 * Fuel type: Petrol * Assembly type: Imported Built-Up * Country of origin: Germany 157,674 2008, August 20th WOF inspection 29.44/10,716 152,197 2008, February 16th WOF inspection 40.04/14,575 144,712 2007, August 13th WOF inspection 40.99/14,920 136,964 2007, February 5th WOF inspection 6.65/2,421 135,814 2006, August 16th WOF inspection 18.09/6,585 131,670 2005, December 30th WOF inspection 25.69/9,351 126,893 2005, June 27th WOF inspection 37.99/13,828 111,850 2004, May 27th WOF inspection 13.67/4,976 111,809 2004, May 24th WOF inspection 25.36/9,231 106,736 2003, November 6th WOF inspection 27.02/9,835 96,359 2002, October 18th WOF inspection no travel for 8 days 96,359 2002, October 10th WOF inspection 41.49/15,102 88,560 2002, April 5th WOF inspection no travel for 133 days 88,560 2001, November 23rd border check "got a $2800 exhaust jst done k&n cold air box imported from the states $900 and electromotive tech3 tuneable ecu $2600. whole car is mint photos taaken at one of ow rentals. immaculate condition all work done by official bmw dealer." Seller has also told me that the motor has only done 8,000km on it. He took it to a full service and when he got it back they didn't put coolant in the radiator, causing him to cook the engine. After they took the workshop to court BMW fitted a new motor. Seller also has told me he has all receipts. What are your thoughts?

Oh what do you suggest?

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I can confirm for you tonight

18" x 8" TSW LAGUNA, HOLDEN & BMW w/ tyres! Silver spokes with polished lip. Wheels are in good condition, no buckles or dents etc. Slight curbing around the rims, can be machined out. No damage to actual spokes. Tyres should pass WOF easily, has plenty of tread on all tyres. 18" x 8" wide 5 x 120 to suit HOLDEN or BMW Offset 20 ET Comes with: 225/40/18 low profile tyres All wheels have center caps, ready to bolt on and drive! 5 x 120 will fit: Holden Commodore, S, SS, SV6, V8 and supercharged models BMW E36 & E46, 316i, 318i, 320i, 323i, 325i, 328i, M3 BMW E34 & E39, 520i, 523i, 528i, 530i, 535i, 540i, M5 Please test fit first! Can not gaurantee fitment of all cars depending on guard/fender clearance. Can do MAINFREIGHT depot to depot delivery, approx $80.00 Inspections welcome! Trademe link: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=202449186 $800, will do a deal outside of Trademe. Contact me on 021 153 7624

I had to relist the auction since Trademe thought it would be smart of them to remove the account I listed them under. $1 reserve iPod http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=165000995

I had to relist the auction since Trademe thought it would be smart of them to remove the account I listed them under. $1 reserve air filter http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=165003150

Thanks What about 3 series?

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These are 5 x 120. What PCD is 5 series?

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17" x 7" TSW Legend with good tyres CHEAP $800 Near new, late model wheels with good tyres. These are NEAR NEW with a perfect "liquid mercury" finish. 17" x 7" wide 4 x 114.3 Comes with: Accelera Alpha directional tyres, 215/40/ZR17 87W two with 80% tread, two with 50% tread. All warrantable. Perfect for drift or drag, circuit racing or street. Will fit early model Evo GSR or RS, VR4, Skyline, Silvia, Toyota, pretty much any Japanese performance car with a 4 stud pattern. Inspections welcome! Trademe link: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164085453 $800, will do a deal outside of Trademe. Contact me on 021 153 7624

iPod TOUCH 16GB brand NEW still sealed $1 RESERVE! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164086481 $1 RESERVE on Trademe! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164086481

Simota 3" pod air filter $1 RESERVE! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164085007 $1 RESERVE on Trademe! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164085007

19" x 8" Advanti MULTI 5 STUD with good tyres Multi 5 stud, silver, the finish on these are excellent. Has all center caps in good condition. 19" x 8" wide 5 x 114.3 5 x 120 Comes with: Very low profile Nankang Ultra Sport NS-II tyres, 235/35/ZR19 91Y two with 80% tread, two with 50% tread. All warrantable. No major curbing. some minor curbing here and there, not really noticable. These wheels are real head turners. Perfect for drift or drag, circuit racing or street. 5 x 114.3 will fit: Late model Mitsubishi Evo GSR or RS (non Brembo), Legnum or Galant VR4, Nissan Skyline, Silvia, Mazda RX7, Toyota Altezza and pretty much any Japanese performance car with a 5 stud pattern. 5 x 120 will fit: Holden Commodore, S, SS, SV6, V8 and supercharged models BMW E36 & E46, 316i, 318i, 320i, 323i, 325i, 328i, M3 BMW E34 & E39, 520i, 523i, 528i, 530i, 535i, 540i, M5 Inspections welcome! Trademe link: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=164301385 $1000, will do a deal outside of Trademe. Contact me on 021 153 7624

There's a difference between satin and matte. Matte will go sh*t after time. Satin won't.