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Miss M would like an additional key (fob) for her 116i. Hers has had an issue since she bought it, but it is slowly getting worse, and investigation reveals why:

Budget doesn't extend to visiting BMW nad asking for a replacement, so what are the options? Her car is one without an ignition key as such - pop the fob in the centre console (or your pocket), press 'Start', and off you go.

There's obviously some transponder activity. Can this be replicated without spend $Big ?

6 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

$3k for a not quite rolling shell...

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/318i/listing/3891974647

It is a 2-door coupe I suppose which adds to the value, but i'd be wary of that "surface" rust that can been seen in the photos.

Yup - nuts. I know the market has moved on, but I'm not sure we've gone from complete cars that need work for $1500 to a shell for $3k.

2 hours ago, Contrails said:

Silver Mtech 2 on Fb classifieds for $43k.  Is this the same one from trademe a couple of months ago?

2 hours ago, 325iRod said:

It sure is!

Any price change?

Another free listing day on TradeMe means more E30s for sale.

1986 coupe, no engine, no gearbox, dead rego - $3k

1987 318i manual coupe, $24.5k for quick sale (was ~$27k)

Plenty of others, some quite reasonably priced and some more optimistic.

600hp V10 E21.

57 minutes ago, Driftit said:

Yup. If it wasn't for family I would be back in the US. So much more fun. 

It's also full of Americans! 😮 

"E30 2 door/coupe full black door cards... very hard to find."

Only found in virtually every 2-door E30 ever made.

3 hours ago, Jacko said:

Anyone else thinking this country is a bit of a mess and considering moving somewhere else....  

Not even a teensy, tiny, little bit.

I've lived in a lot of places. Trust me - NZ is an oasis of calm. Yup, got it's problems, but really nothing like those faced by so many other places. Oz looks good - more money, cheaper cost of living (depending on where you go) but bear in mind that if it moves, it'll probably kill you. And if it doesn't move, it'll probably still kill you.

Unless you're planing a move to the Azores, Iceland, or one of a couple of other Scandinavian countries, this really is as good as it gets.

A great shame that such a loud part of our political media seems hellbent on trying to persuade people otherwise.

26 minutes ago, Blackie said:

Hi Rodney, just to let you know. I searched E46 on your website and only got one result. You might want to look into that? 

I always found it was easier to call Gavin (or Rodney) and have a chat.

22 hours ago, _ethrty-Andy_ said:

Only issue that will need some attention sooner rather than later is I think the center support bearing in driveshaft wants replacement, usual feeling from right where that is, not a very common issue on low power e46 but can happen on higher power and of course manual ones, and ones with nearly 500,000km on the clock !

I think that was done about 250000km ago.

Harmonic balancer on front of engine was about 50000km later. (Keep an eye on that.)

Having bought from Rodney, it seems the service is just as good as many of us came to expect from Gavin.

(In case you're wondering, that's * good * )