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Which brand arms did you get, @Lucan?

welcome back. how far did your travels extend, in the end?

if you guys haven't seen it, Chickenhawk is very well worth the read.

I just added that to my reading list, cheers!

looking forward to seeing this one, Adro!

outstanding.

tidy work, Nathan! Subscribed. Looking forward to seeing this thread develop. I'm picking it's a retrospective, that we're catching up with where you've gotten to?

nice work, Greg! I'll award you the 'best of both worlds' prize!

Yeah, that's basically ransomeware!

Nathan, www.flickr.com is worthy of your investigation, as an online repository for your images. I've been using them for 12 years now; nothing like those dodgy gits at photobucket.

I like Blurple.

I tried to upload one (from my desktop machine) a couple of hours ago too, got a slightly different error (unable to upload, in essence). am able to link to an online photo without issues, though. Hope that helps.

Kelvin's open on Saturday mornings I found him on the recommendation of a friend who's very fussy with his car collection, and found Kelvin's pricing sharper than standard BTC. I value the relationship and individual more than the branding on the sign outside

good thinking, Kyu. Cory, I think it's pretty hard to go past Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003's. They're often on buy one, get the second half price (which is basically buy three, get four)... I have run them for more than 20,000kms on my e46 (225/45R17 and 245/40R17), and have more than 5000kms on my e60 (245/40/R18) and find them superb in the wet, quiet and grippy in the dry, and wear well to boot! What's not to like for a tyre that's no more expensive than the mid-range korean alternatives? I think they're superb, particularly at the money you pay for them. I go to Kelvin (owner) at Bridgestone Torrens Terrace, he's excellent on alignment and I find him great to deal with. HTH.

I visited D.C. A couple of times back in the 90's, and being a good car enthusiast (and running a VW GTi at the time), was looking to pick up car parts. Asking in the office 'hey is such and such place far from here' I was lead to a wall map, they showed the the destination, then devided the map into quadrants. "Nope, you don't want to go there. These two zones, they're safe. These two zones, you're likely to get shot. Don't go there. Clear?". Back then it was the murder capital.

I just want to take this opportunity to say, you guys are fab. I'll have a more detailed read through this weekend, so that I can get the right solution together. thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge. And thanks in advance for your assistance.

Great score! Looks really sharp. hope you're making it along this Sunday ?

Hang on a minute mate. You can't quietly slip in here looking for a BMW code reader, cite a CEL light, and not disclose what your new BMW is! or have I missed your *big reveal* post elsewhere on this fine forum??

.... and, if I can't make it run in a vm under VMware fusion, I could always resort to boot camp and boot the Mbp in Windows.

Ah well. At least knowing it'll run solidly in a VM is better than nothing. I've experienced trouble previously getting the right USB hardware to talk through USB on the mac into VMware Fusion and then into my Windows VM (XP OR Win7), and subsequently into the software I was using. Seems I've been doing it wrong. (I mean this sincerely). sounds like it's time for me to get serous and look for a DIS VM and get the proper cable. Very happy to be schooled on this, Dave. Do I need the appropriate (proprietary) cable for my e46 and e60? Or better question is 'what's the right cable to get for DIS on e46 and e60?' Im seeking only diagnosis and possibly mild coding only (options set/unset). I'm naturally cautious, work in ICT, understand systems and will actively avoid bricking my cars through misadventure.

No. The thought of buying a shitty old laptop to keep alive and functioning, along with the attendant troubles of keeping old (read: out of support) hardware/OS/software, running.... well, it doesn't figure in my plans. ? I want something that runs (ideally) under OSX. If that's not available, it's probably a dedicated reader for me. The cable thing is a red herring. You can get OBDII port readers that fire out the signal over wifi or Bluetooth if that's what floats your boat, this kind of solution is popular with phone and tablet users. Phone and tablet use is probably where the market is, so I'm picking that's where the development effort goes! cheers

looks beaut Kyu. GLWS!

+1

Ratty ones? That was a pretty rare option, only about 50 or so. They go for e30 prices based on rarity alone. Seriously though, I did find the UK market figures: They replied!Heres the email in full: Dear Mr Marsh-Allen Thank you for your email to BMW Customer Information with regards to the BMW E36 3 Series Range. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request.A total of 157,515 vehicles were produced for the UK market and were broken down by body style as follows. · Saloon 78,535· Touring 11,458 · Coupe 2,513 · Convertible 35,033 · Compact 29,976 I hope this information is of assistance to you; should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below. Yours sincerelyBMW Group UK Jean-Paul Keetch Customer Information Advisor Ellesfield Avenue Bracknell RG12 8TA And then... in conclusion... "Many tens of thousands of e36 Tourings were produced between the Touring's introduction in 1995 model year, and 1999 when production ended".

"and ewwww, Mum, he's left a butt-plug on his dashboard!"