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Allports supply Samco kit. Bindons list M20B23 hoses. If you can ship your old hoses (assuming they do need replacing) somewhere like Pro Wholesale could probably match your hoses from their stock.

265/35-19?

Any other thoughts on the paperwork/official side of what might be required? A 2002-bodied E87 (or similar) sounds like a lot of fun, but was just an example of the sort of change I was describing.

"Starts runs and drives. Minor front bumper damage. Slight noise from engine (tapping). Boot catch faulty. THIS VEHICLE IS BEING SOLD REGISTERED" Details suggest it's not stolen/recovered, but that it has 'Suspect mechanical'? As it is being sold registered, my bet would be on a finance repo.

Looks a nice setup and Sinco do good work, but with potentially mismatched turbos and no management I'm struggling to see the value in a $4k purchase. Run at low pressure it'd put a spring in the step of an otherwise good M20, hopefully without too much stress.

We've left the age of 'designed and built by accountants', but are still in a place where most cars are built down to a price, rather than up to a standard. In the case of Mercedes, rot set in around 1995 when the W210 came out. The W202 (the first C-class) was a little better, but not much. Until then, Mercedes were hewn from rock (of various grades ) and engineered to exceed requirements. Even the 'Baby Benz', the 190E, was built the same way as the E- and S-class cars.

I too have offered to help but didn't receive a reply. The owners do get involved when the site goes down, so they're still around somewhere!

With WoF and rego it sounds like it'd be worth $2-2500. Nothing there that can't be sorted, but it takes time, and money (although how much depends on what you can do yourself, of course). Check the odo is working - they often fail on E30s, and can give a false impression if distance covered. Personally, I'd keep the M10, but I know a lot of people would disagree.

? I was thinking that if lack of fuel isn't the issue (fuel pump, fuel filter) maybe too much fuel could be the cause? If the cold start is throwing too much fuel through it might cause starting issues, and (as with a choke on a carb engine) if it's not shutting off, it could flood up?

For suspension, (and this depends on budget) perhaps have a chat with Chris at Suspension Tech (www.stech.co.nz). He'll probably be able to supply new shocks and strut inserts. Performance (or the lack of it) - cold start issues could be a cold start valve issue. Do you have one of these (circled)?

It's not too cheap - there are a lot of massively overpriced E30s on the market. Many hang around for a looong time, but it is true that the good ones are now commanding some quite exciting prices. We considered an E30 for Miss M, but have finally settled on a E46 318i instead. Cheaper, probably more economical, and safer for a young driver. (But she'd still like an E30!)

Ah - lost in translation. This looks to be the German motor industry response to Uber, Lyft and similar, but with automated vehicles. They're investing heavily in this - numbers like 'a billion euros' are being thrown around.

They're competing in the 'prestige' category, while VAG are (typically) in a lower league. Sadly, the insistence that all manufacturers now have to make all vehicles in all niches for all markets means resources are spread very, very thinly. Sharing a platform is the only economic way forward, and it's actually surprising they've not done this earlier.

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/now-daimler-bmw-mobilitaet-1.4341347 You may need to use a translator, but essentially, this is about BMW and Mercedes working together to develop future platforms. There are several subsequent reports referring to the same thing.

One of the scaremongering responses to the idea of CGT is around the private landlord situation - some against CGT say that private landlords will cease to exist, leading to a greater shortage and (even) higher prices int he rental market. Yet countries like the UK and Germany (especially Germany) have CGT and a very healthy private landlord situation. I predict CGT will make, in the medium to long term, zero difference to investors. The only property investors who will be affected are those who have bought, with a view to selling and making money from a capital gain. Longer term investors, those who have bought but carefully funded and rented/leased their property for ongoing return, won't care.

No. 2 in a series of questions around the legality/regulation of changes to vehicles! Taking a live rego vehicle of chassis/body (not monocoque construction), removing the body (retaining the running gear and engine, gearbox, etc) and replacing the body with something of a different style. An example might be fitting a 2002 body on to an E87 135i (assuming that's possible). Anyone know what the cert requirements might be?

I feel the M43 is a brilliant engine! I know it comes in for a lot of flak, but typically only from those who want to go faster. That's not what the M43 is about!

My point exactly. National will wring their hands and say how terrible it is, but if implemented, National are very unlikely to repeal a CGT. After all, they introduand ced the brightline nonsense, while saying there was no housing issue in NZ. They didn't want a CGT, so they've pigeon-holed it called it something else. The TWG suggestions go too far in my opinion. As others have said, lifestyle blocks and homes used to run a business shouldn't be attracting a CGT. Review of the whole range of suggestions is required, and while a CGT could be applied to a family home, there should be a threshold, evaluation of any gains made, and time limits applied. The family bach overlooking the sea in East Coromandel (it'd be nice!) which has been owned for 75 years is a case in point - how do you assess gains on something like that? An agreed length of tenure means, in my opinion, that CGT shouldn't apply.

It's true... We arrived 6, maybe 7 years ago. Get our citizenship next month. I saw National offfering two tax cuts at the first election we were here, at a time when labour was saying the country couldn't afford them. The first tax cut went through, but the second didn't - National subsequently agreed it was unaffordable. The last election I felt national didn't actually have a manifesto, and trotted out some words when it became apparent Labour were doing better than expected, including the offer of a tax break. I said at the time that I felt National didn't want to win the election, and still wonder if that were the case. There were several things happening which were - and are - going to be difficult to deal with. CGT is paid on profit from gains realised through little or no effort. 33000 houses were empty in Auckland alone in 2017; these are typically owned by investors who bought them with a view to sitting on them, selling them in a couple of years, and gathering a 20%+ profit. (Whether they do get that sort of profit is another matter.) Effort - zero. Other than having the money to begin with, and there are people who do this for a 'living'. Applying CGT to these gains (to me) makes sense. Applying CGT to Kiwisaver, small business gains and so on is a different matter. Scrap the brightline bullshit (which, let's face it, is only a short-term CGT by another name) and do the job properly. It's sad that reying on a government to do someting properly isn't a rewarding passtime.

I was talking with someone about this yesterday. He has a vehicle which has passed several WoFs without issue, yet on inspection probably shouldn't (from a documentation) perspective be on the road. Esentaily - the chassis number is fundamentally wrong. Everything else is correct and there's nothing that seems amiss, but the VIN suggests it's a different vehicle to the one it is described as. I've seen similar in other circumstances, including a vehicle accurately described and with rego number matching that on rego plate and database, but with a VIN for a different vehicle. The VIN plate on the vehicle displayed a different rego number (stored in the NZTA database for a vehicle matching the description) and a chassis number which was correct for the vehicle. Is it possible to rectify this situation? Theoretically a WoF inspector will pick this sort of thing up, but how do you then go about reconciling the physical and documented records?