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    6 hours ago, Twistee said:

    People confuse TM with Bringatrailer and think that NZ is a marketplace that has same population as the US and magically there will be price wars. 

    We certainly have a lower population and smaller pool of prospective buyers.

    Similar number of lowballing a-holes, though. ;) 

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    10 hours ago, balancerider said:

    Decatted diesel utes (old hiluxes / landcruiser 70's / discovery) belching black smoke + 100dB exhaust noise everywhere they go can FRO. We should get emissions testing here...

    Lowered so far on silly wheels that they rely on tyre sidewalls for suspension compliance ("just like F1, innit") - seeing them bounce over bumps makes my back hurt!

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    14 hours ago, polley said:

    All dissapearing slowly one by one sadly. Be a shame to have to order from over seas.

    We still have EuroItalian. Gavin sold to Rodney but the purpose is the same.

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    2 hours ago, Driftit said:

    I have heard the name a few times but never dealt with them either.  Trademe dealer?  If so that place sucks for parts now.  Swamped by dropships.

    Paul at MillAnd has been in business for years. Really good guy to deal with - knows his stuff. 

    He does do TradeMe listings but typically only for special deals, and to maintain a web presence. Most of his work is via phone or email.

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    1 hour ago, KwS said:

    I miss the days when you could pick up an auto 850ci for 10-12k. It wasnt even that long ago. I wish i bought one.

    Back in the day, when I were a lad, (etc) I had a Mercedes 560SEC. My brother had the 500SEC. His car was more sporting, more responsive. Perhaps more 'fun' to drive. Mine was Smoke Silver, had 17" Oz alloys and looked nicer. :P  Both were automatics.

    We changed direction a little and he bought an 840Ci (with the 4.4 engine). I bought an 850CSi with a 6-speed manual gearbox. Mine was definitely the more sporty of the two. He 'invested' (OK - we spent a lot of time, effort and no small amount of money), had a 6-speed gearbox fitted, and we demonstrated that BMW had missed a trick. His car was by far the better drive. My car felt lazy by comparison. Nice, fun, and thoroughly enjoyable, but lazy.

    At the time, and this is well over 10 years ago, my 850CSi cost well under (equivalent) $8k. I was seeing them in the UK for as little as £1500 (NZ$3500 at the time). Big, complex, and expensive to maintain.

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    850CCA refers to 'Cold Cranking Amps'.

    CCA is a rating used in the battery industry to define a battery's ability to start an engine in cold temperatures. It refers to the number of amps a (nominally) 12-volt battery can deliver at 0°F for 30 seconds while maintaining a voltage of at least 7.2 volts.

    Your car may *need* this. Or it may not. It's not irrelevant but is of less importance (to you, in NZ) than the overall capacity and specification of the battery for your car. When was the last time you saw -18C when trying to start your car?

    You'll probably find batteries meeting the specification of the BMW part number I quoted will exceed 900CCA.

     

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