Matth5

The condition is pretty impressive. But that price is hilarious.

Possibly priced a bit high for an 06? My 2010 coupe was only a few thousand more... A lot has been replaced though and it has some well chosen modifications. Those new turbos were likely a $4k job. Will be a good one I reckon. If it was an E46 or something less than a 335i I'd say it was a bonus that it's manual, but the autos in these are so good I think it's just a novelty for those that enjoy shifting...

My E92 does not have "Brake Force Display - Deletion" on the option list when I look it up online. It's a Jap import as well. Not sure if that means it's enabled. I've never seen that option show up on any car when I was shopping around though. Does anyone know if it's enabled by default for NZ and/or Japan?

Much more affordable to turbo or supercharge the existing engine I imagine. You'll probably be able to see the fuel gauge moving when you put your foot down though

Would make no sense for them to stock and install japan specific parts, I would expect them to provide NZ specific parts. If they'll only do the Jap radio, rather take your car elsewhere. BM Workshop helped me arrange to replace a blown charge pipe in my 335i with an aftermarket one, covered by Autosure. So I don't see why you'd have any trouble getting an NZ unit.

BMW's recently announced 760 has a twin turbo V12, wonder if it has similar potential...

Sad... Even GST doesn't bring prices anywhere near what we're paying. BMW Performance Power Kit for 335i, only a software flash and activation code, nothing physical to ship. About $800-$1200 in the US depending on where you look, I was quoted $2500 for this in NZ. (Ended up discovering that it works on my car without activation code so paid a workshop less than $200 to get it, but that was luck...) I'd expect the dealers to have more influence than the general public or anyone else, it affects their profit directly so they ought to be discussing it if they want the prices lower. If they don't, the situation will not get any better. For the customer it doesn't matter what the reason or whose fault it is, the customer will pick the better option for them and that means lost sales for dealers. So it's on them to do something about it, nobody can help them.

Don't see why I need to work in the industry to have an opinion as a customer. Other than urgency (if there is even stock locally), how do you justify to a customer that he should buy the same thing at double the price from a local dealer?

That's a weak excuse. If I can import it myself for less than half the price, they're doing it wrong. They end up losing sales to US and European online stores because of this, and the end result is that everybody avoids dealers for anything not warranty related. It's also such a pain to even get prices out of them, gotta phone them because they ignore your emails half the time (that goes for both the Auckland dealers). Ordering from overseas is not just cheaper, it's easier.

Might just be the car battery getting old. These cars start turning features off when the battery gets weaker so that the car remains drive-able. I think the region thing is just coding, not hardware. Look up how to change it, might not be as bad as you think. Getting NZ maps will be more work through.

The whole point of taking your car to a specialist for a a WOF is so that any issues can be dealt with effectively and you don't pay more than you need Some of the part prices I've been quoted have been insane, honestly I'd never go to a dealer for anything that isn't under warranty. Independent workshops will happily let you sort your own parts or use second hand parts, they tend to know of good aftermarket alternatives themselves. BMW dealers will just give you brand new "Genuine BMW" parts which can be well overpriced, especially in NZ where they like to slap on massive profit margins.

I think that's only necessary for places where the tap water is not clean/drinkable.

My girlfriend has a Passo and I've driven it, same thing I believe. Yea it's ok, but that 0.9l engine is hilariously weak

It helps if you don't do "or near offer" I think. Set a firm price, avoid the haggling bulls**t Didn't have many time wasters when I sold mine, just a few silly swap offers (some guy offering a Daihatsu Sirion made me crack up). Took over 6 months to get it sold though, and a lower price than I'd like. Gotta be patient, small market for old high mileage cars, most people want boring Hondas ect

Just test drive a car with RFTs first. My car has 19's so probably a worst case due to the low tyre profile, but I'd describe RFTs as feeling like my car had wooden wheels.

I'd stick with the RE003s. I've had Re002's before on my E46 328i, they were good tyres Also would be rather bad to have only 2 runflats. They're much stiffer tyres so it would affect the balance of your car if you only had them in the front. My E92 335i came with Bridgestone runflats on 19 inch wheels. Horrible, harsh ride quality. Replacing them with Goodyear Eagle F1s was a major upgrade in comfort (as well as grip and cornering feel, especially in the rain).

That's sad. Maybe some better advertising would have helped.

BMW specialists are the best bet. BM Workshop, Bellars Motor Works, Botany Motor Works ect. BMW Dealers can be good but the bill might ruin you. The ones recommended on this forum have good reputations and won't push unnecessary repairs on you. And if you need to save money with used parts, BM World or HellBM sell used parts at good prices.

Just take your car to a place can do coding for the next service and get them to do it at the same time. It takes a few minutes for someone that already had the gear and software set up so that'll probably be the cheapest way. Personally I spent hours and hours learning to do BMW coding, setting up the software and struggling with a laptop that had ~15 mins battery life to get mine enabled. Only worth doing if you're as crazy obsessive as me

Interesting. It's still referred to as an N55 engine, but with some internal components from the M4. So... it's not quite the same N55 engine as the 335i then. I was hoping they could crack the software someday so I could flash it on my car, but I guess that would just wreck it Wonder if a tuned 335i/135i/235i can keep up...

Would be a good business... Maybe some workshops will allow it outside of business hours if you call up and ask.

LOL that's the best thing to do, try to scam them back. If you do a good enough job convincing them that you're falling for it, you might actually score.

If he asks you to pay for anything before he's paid you, then it's likely a scam. I think the main thing is to make sure you have the money in the bank before you do anything, never trust them to pay later.

Welcome. Regular tyres will make the car more enjoyable to ride. Smoother and better steering feel too. First 'upgrade' I did.

Yes. BMW split the 3 series into two, to be like the 5 and 6 series. Then they add further confusion with the "gran coupe" versions which are sedan versions of the coupes