Olaf
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sadly "corporate responsibility" is a bit of an oxymoron, it's proving to be a noble marketing term at least. People seem to have forgotten the lawsuits and deaths associated with Chrysler and Jeep products (or rather, attributed to - and successfully prosecuted) in the 80's and 90's, dodgy seatbelts, safety failures. Runaway Toyotas? I'd not heard of it, figured it was a reference to their sales figures! #; )
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polish and double wax job done, tyres done with blacking gel. Next time, black trim, glass, and then on to the interior.
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today, I've spent 3 hours just cleaning it. Thorough clean, including all the door jambs and accumulated grime, wheels, a light go-over under-bonnet. Taking a lunch break before claybar, polish, wax, and do the black stuff. Going to use masking tape this time. Wish me luck. I think the interior valet might wait until next weekend. Going to need to use this next week to carry 4 more lengths of fibrous plaster cornice before I sell it. It's damned useful and versatile, this wagon. At this rate I'll sell it, and find I need to replace it with an e39 Touring!
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Mrs Olaf was just saying "it's good having a spare car, for when one's in the shop" (with reference to the Volvo we're about to sell). Wow, this would be ideal! Hope you get it, Colin.
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HI Charles, try Brent at BMWorld and Ray at Hell BM Also there are a few e60's being wrecked on TradeMe, they may have what you're looking for. Hope that helps
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yeah man, now I need to go and buy an e60 from Giltrap Prestige. So that I can get a badge for mine.
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I'm betting @TermiPeteNZ wishes his had one of those. #; )
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sorry mate, memory's failing me at the moment. I think the most appropriate thing to do would be to build a car around it. Think space frame, mid-engined behind the driver... like a midlana, but not that wide (no tranverse mounting here).
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can you beleive it? all the options, different S motors, M3, M5, simple V8's, M motors.... and here's the GRANDADDY! - S85B50A. - 5.0 Litre V10. 90 degree bank angle, 507 hp (378 kW) @ 7750rpm/520 N·m (384 lb·ft) torque @ 6100rpm - LESS ACCESSORIES. LONG BLOCK. - DONOR CAR DONE 213000KM. And under $7k by the looks!
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so the new gearbox is patchy, and you're sending the old one off for rebuild, then?
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you did that on Sunday afternoon after getting home from the Roadie? awesome! How's the new gearbox?
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I didn't get that many pics of my e60 specifically; here it is with @skidz 530i hosted on flickr. all rights reserved. Assimilated. whaddya think - should I go for the blacked-out grille, with chrome surround?
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here's the link to a very useful compendium of e60 info for considerations of maintenance or purchase, from Bimmerfest. So you just bought an e60
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Welcome, Ben. Wow, Giz was a beauty, those crumple zones certainly did the job. Gotta be happy the fireies didnt need to cut you out. Looking forward to seeing pics of your new 130i. Do take a look at the 'meetings' room/threads, you can click 'follow' so you never miss a local meet. The Auckland crowd get together pretty frequently.
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there used to be a blog (Caeser's Chariot?) from a US immigrant in Levin with a US market Nissan Maxima, he'd spent years whittling down it's 1/4 mile times. It read as a jobbing racer learning as he went, on a family beer budget. Held some really good info for someone wondering about making drag racing work. Haven't been able to find much using google, hopefully it's still there somewhere. May be of use.
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crazy isn't it. It's not the dealers that are taking them back. It's VW. They've been complete a$$hats about the whole thing, and yet are working to save the value of cars that will be crushed. You'd think they'd be big enough to laugh it off for the handful of folks who wanted to take the pi$$. interesting to read some of the vitriol levelled at 'the strippers'. If it were me, I'd be damned pleased to be getting my money back from VW and moving on down the road to a reputable brand.
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Hopefully VW NZ aren't adopting similar tactics to the Australian VAG arm (I did use capitals then, yes?)... have you seen the stories in the USA where they have a court-ordered (eg compulsory) buy-back scheme where the price is agreed, and the owners then strip their cars and drive them into the dealerships without doors, interiors, bumpers.... sitting on a milk crate, and walk out with their cheques and a bunch of near new VW parts to sell on ebay or craigslist. Well at least that was the intent... link to the Jalopnik story for the image above
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wait, there's more. Allegedley VW in Australia have been taken to court by VW owners, for VW Australia's actions pressuring owners to sign away their rights. If nothing else, while sitting smugly on my Roundel I can watch this and laugh at my mates with VWs.
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that's Volkswagen Audi Group, not Vag, okay? Have you folk seen John Cadogan's rant on Dieselgate's happy birthday? It's brilliant.
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doing a bit of light-painting eh, Kyu? Nice work. I like the setups with the Scooby, with Aucks in the background. The security fencing's not nearly as sexy. PS - that's one ice-cool 130i. Those Work wheels are superb.
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It took me 2.5 hours start to finish. Honestly, the clay-barring - although being another step - saves time and effort in the waxing. The brown stuff that comes off the paint and onto the clay, is surprising. #8 ) Edit: I clay bar about every 3rd or 4th wax.
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no time for pics today, will get some on the Welly Bimmersport Roadie on Sunday #8 ) If you've never clay-barred a car, you're in for a treat. Makes waxing so much easier, too!
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sorry Brent, deleted posts.
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UPDATE: 152595kms. Replaced Air Filter with a new Hengst E728L (same as what was in there, only cleaner!). Also, thoroughly washed the wheels. Suds-bombed the car with AutoGlym shampoo. Rinsed. Washed with mitt with AutoGlym shampoo. dried with synthetic chamois. Clay barred. Waxed. Rain-X'd the windscreen My first suspension parts shipment arrived.
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e60: Thoroughly washed the wheels. Suds-bombed the car with AutoGlym shampoo. Rinsed. Washed with mitt. dried with synthetic chamois. Clay barred. Waxed. Also replaced the air filter.
