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yes, prior to acquisition of 545i. As Midge Ure covered....

Yeah I was going to suggest 1050kms. I guess that's because I was investigating oil burners recently. Graham, it could be the e46 tank featuring the 'drop like a rock' float.

Hi Damo, welcome along. Which 530i? (Sorry if it's in your profile, I'm reading on handheld)... if it's an e61 the rings are part of the headlamp and have a tricky little bulb. caution warranted with RGB, the good old NZ Road Code talks about "no red lights to the front", limits use of blue lights, etc. There's a fine balance between what looks cool and being a twunt on the road (such as the guy who passed me in opposite direction recently in a red Ti with red angel eyes and red sidelights). you should find a bunch of helpful info, and even some meets in your area (check out the meetings room). cheers

I see youve got your handbrake on while photographing - that's 7 bonus HSE cones for you mate.

"pics, or it didn't happen"! welcome to the e60 Reprobates**, Graeme! ** well, it sounded better than e60 Mafia.

tumbled.

Yes he loves to skewer Holden and Ozcars in general, and seems to spruik Kia and Hyundai as stellar value (pun intended). i do like his operation for buying new cars.

He takes the piss a lot, with his own brand of humour. I've been watching some of his other stuff, and if you can filter out some the presentation aspects he's usually bang on the money. he's nothing if not consistent.

I want this on a YouTube video, with multiple GoPro shots cut together. Awesome.

this one's well worth a watch:

Yes indeedy, mine has rotational speed sensors. Excellent point! I think you've nailed it there, Paul!

@treone would you settle for a V12?

Hiya Tommy, and welcome to Bimmersport. Great to see another e21 in the ranks, and what a great connection having belonged to your grandparents. Plenty of knowledge on here, and helpful folks. Also some parts available from specialist dismantlers resident here too. Love the Colour, and the twin lamp grille. Looks like a 323i with the grille and wheels. ?

I'd be very interested in your pictures and video, Graeme. Well done!

It can be right, and is right. If you take a look at parts prices from reputable motor factors in the UK for vehicles like Ford Mondeos and Vauxhalls, you're paying about 25 quid for an OEM rotor, and 20 quid for a set of pads. Though this may rise as Brexit approaches. Can I suggest you've been conditioned to the very high prices we generally pay for anything in NZ (and I'm not bitching about why things cost more here!), and may be overlooking that there's a useful bit of leverage between the NZD and the Sterling &/or Euro, currently.

welcome, Kaine. that looks like a bunch of fun. do subscribe the the Wellington Meetings room, that way you'll get a notification of any events coming up. There's a bunch of us getting the revitalisation of the BMW Car Club NZ - Wellington chapter - underway; you might consider joining the club also. I'm looking forward to a closer look at all that carbon fibre.

yep. I understand why people buy a Prius; though enjoying driving is not one of those reasons. The nearest one gets - behind the wheel of a Prius - is operating a vehicle. I will concede they're a better drive than a Honda City, though!

ah yes, Polo. I'd forgotten about Polo. I did attend a match not long before we left blighty, lots of rather good NZ Wines and plenty of well-heeled totty. We hoovered a reasonable quantity of wine and canapes in the sunshine and laughed a lot. Don't recall much about the Polo, though.

I like it. dont have a use for it, but hey it looks cool. 70's Bertone futurist meets 2019 leading edge.

$160 incl freight for a pair of rotors and pads, by Mintex? That sounds more like the consumable pricing they should wear, than the 'max out you credit cards, "honey we're going on the Kraft Dinner diet again" plan' that you get with parts prices here. hope they work out well. Got em on already (to be sure)?

fixed that for ya: [BMW Boardroom] ""Mercedes did their R-class... It wasn't a huge success, but I'm sure we should let them think that we're going to do something similar, so they'll keep making their losses on it. We certainly don't need a huge, ugly vehicle that's too big for school mums to drive... Let Mercedes continue to plow that field, we'll work on something that we can *sell* that also *works*"

Interesting tyre wear! shame about the M3, hopefully it's repairable. What happened?

(Slightly off-topic) Man do I have an opportunity for you! Advance directly to go with your own 70-200 2.8 VR lens. Mine's looking for a new home ?. $1450 back in topic - it'd be awesome. Though my wife has asked how often I'm filling up the e60... an M5 would blow her mind ?

7.9%?? Sod that, they're taking the p!ss I'm about to sell my Nikon 70-200 f2.8 VR lens... $1450 incl GST, they'd be netting about $112 from me for the pleasure. Time for eBay to enter the NZ market.