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  1. Do you need significant luggage capacity? If not, I'd definitely go for the Z4M. No 'M' is going to be cheap to run, but this'll be one of the less expensive options. It's also great fun to drive, has top up/top down versatility (increasing carrying space? ), and a little different.
  2. The et13s only fit at the rear if you roll the lip and really stretch the arches. Miss M's E36 had these rims (or copies of them) when we bought it, and a lot of effort had been made to get them to fit, but they still rubbed. We've fitted Style 73s to her car now, and it looks a little 'off' courtesy of the amount of arch-stretching that had been done. This doesn't mean they don't/can't fit. It has been done many times.
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    Clarkson Sacked

    The BBC have responded to criticism, and His Shoutyness has been busy on Twitter.
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    Clarkson Sacked

    I wonder if that'll include fitting a silencer to Chris Evans?
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    Clarkson Sacked

    Reviews and views are mixed. A 'wooden' (or unimpressed?) audience may be being supplemented by canned laughter. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/04/top-gear-reboot-boosted-by-canned-laughter-as-viewers-brand-it-t/ And the Beeb replacing Clarkson with Evans hasn't really worked - Evans is still running his breakfast radio show, and doing the days associated with Top Gear. On more than one occasion he has (allegedly!) been called on by the production team to 'calm down' after upsetting members of staff by ranting at them (reducing one to tears), and he is increasingly becoming a diva at the radio show too.
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    Quick rant thread.

    It's an 'escape from Auckland' weekend. SH1 southbound was at a standstill north of SH20 from about 2pm.
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    Quick rant thread.

    Left home at 03.47 this morning... And people say an office job is an easy life! Couple more beers and I'll be mellow... Couple after that and probably fall asleep.
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    Quick rant thread.

    Where to start? So many things... From cars that have mysteriously developed a misfire, through crap, aka holiday, driving, roadworks, promises made and not kept... Beer. I need beer.
  9. I'll stick to using the yellow ones. James - thanks for fixing them. (But we still need a thumbs up one!
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    Clarkson Sacked

    Billie Piper also separated from Evans after 3 years, and divorced him in 2007. No little ginger monsters from that relationship, either.
  11. Sweet - thanks. I wasn't sure if the markings would be visible, and didn't want to go to the trouble of lifting the car and then being annoyed. ;-)
  12. Any suggestions for how I identify the 5-speed manual gearbox in the white 318i coupe? The car was oroginally an automatic and was converted. I'd not be surprised to find it is a Getrag 240, but are there any visible identifying marks, as viewed when the gearbox is in the car?
  13. Not today. But very soon. Probably next weekend (10th).
  14. Bought some more RUCs. 5 units. 5000kms, about 3100 miles. Should last a few weeks. Over $300.
  15. I had a quick look at the Cobb website and it does appear that they may have withdrawn the V3 from the products offered for the 335. The Accessport V2 to V3 trade-in is still there, though. Unusual situation. However, if Cobb say it doesn't work then that may be your answer. To that aspect of what to do, at least.
  16. I've been hunting for details on the 5-stud conversion. It has to be one of the most popular changes people make to an E30, and it's been done many times. The problem I've found is that there are so many 'guides' and 'how-tos' that finding a single, truly definitive guide encapsulating the benefits, procedures and parts needed is more difficult than I'd anticipated. I'll dig deeper/better when I have time.
  17. Don't trust hearsay and conjecture. Talk to Cobb.
  18. If I do a suspension upgrade (which is probable), it'll likely be to something other than stock E30 parts. I've no qualms about making arrangements for the struts to accept a M3-style anti-roll bar. The question is brakes. I don't need an 'ultimate' set up - pretty much no-one does unless they are really racing. E30s have good brakes from the factory. I do have an E30 rear disc set up to fit to a 318i (which came with drums as stock). Am I going to unduly compromise my brake options by staying with a 4-stud hub? (Albeit probably with a spacer/adapter...) I was considering the WMS setup from the UK, but have access to some lightweight 4-pots and can manufacture mounting brackets. The issue may be discs... Almost all problems can be got around using bells and rotors, but again there is a cost implication. I think there are some bearing differences too, between the 4-stud and 5-stud hubs, but don't recall what they are.
  19. I've read the benefits of a 5-stud/bolt conversion are the wider range of rims available, and the ability to run bigger brakes. On the rim front, it'd be cheaper to take your chosen rims, have them professionally welded and redrilled, so perhaps that's less of a reason. Brakes may be another matter. Let's assume (yeah - OK - I have an idea) you could fit your chosen larger rims anyway, and could get adapter plates manufactured for suitable larger calipers. Would this negate the second reason for a 5-stud conversion? Or is there something inherent on a 4-stud hub that prevents the use of (say) 330mm vented discs? I appreciate there are cert requirements to be met. I have an opportunity to go either way, and with the front is a possibly new way. It's now a cost/benefits/usability exercise.
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