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I was going to say "congrats, Mum" #; ) parenthood. no owners manual, nothing will be the same again.... yet so *worth it*. Lucan, welcome to the club, as it were!

Hi Greg suggest you try the following.... get a wet-vac. hire a rug doctor from the supermarket, including the upholstery attachment. Use this to suck as much of the moisture out of the carpet as you can. You could take the opportunity to use chems to clean the carpets while you're at it. Hire a dehumidifier from somewhere like HirePool or Projex. They usually have a few different models. lash up an extension to the hose that outputs the condensate and feed it out of the car - needs to flow downhill. With the carpets vacuumed, and a good dehumidifier in place I would expect the car to be pretty well dried out after a day or so. Once it's good and dry, then you could look at removing interior, etc etc... I can't think of the benefit of removing them while they're wet, heavy, and likely to get out of shape. I'd be looking at electrical connectors, moisture repellent, contact enhancer etc. Was it an e36?

I've not seen it yet. I'm looking forward to it. Rubix hit's the nail on the head. No sense in hating Chris Evans for being who he is! He's loud, abrasive, and waves his arms around. He's a bit of a twat. However, remember when he was a guest of Clarkson's? He came across as a pretty reasonable bloke, really. Give him a chance to settle in. He has pretty good taste too - he did marry Billie Piper after all! And he loves Fezzas. Can't be all bad. As for "failed actor". You haven't seen "Episodes", a much better comedy than Friends ever%

it could be as simple as they update the list with vehicle make, model, and year of those they've granted SIV status... cheers!

Yes, nice work Jamez! I hope you're not stressing in these situations; do know that we appreciate everything you do, and if it's off air, we know you're doing what you can when you have time. Patiently waiting, sending good karma your way! This place can't run without the support of those who run hosting kit. Andy, very generous of you to volunteer some kit.

I'd suggest you swing by Page European. There's an upholsterers just by them that I'd be very surprised if they didn't work together... if Page's can't do it, they'll send you somewhere who can. I don't envy your position mate.

brilliant. ISTR most of the NA plates were Wellington, yeah? Love the wheels, brilliant on the e28. What are they, Brent? They could be just the go for BarryN's e28.

++yay. I too remember your thread, really stoked you've gotten it sorted. Over the next few years no doubt that $3k will pay you back in spades - it's not much in the scheme of things. Some people spend that on wheels any tyres, and most spend easily triple that in first years depreciation on a new car. Looking forward to seeing more of your e28.

that's a bloody rip-off. Most companies in USA offer free freight within the lower 48 if you spend over $50. search myus.com/visa promotion ergo, buy someone else's footrest.

outstanding.

^^ claaaaaaaasico!

I think they're the bomb on e46 and e90, they look (from your image above) rather good on e87. PS - how come you're not signed up for today's Wellington meetup? PPS - which carpark? Shell Gully (under the motorway)... I think it's called Clifton Carpark? bit of local history - Shell House (now Transpower Building) was the first office block built on the terrace. When they were building the motorway in the late 60s-70's, the gully through which it was built was known 'Shell Gully'. right, move on, nothing to see here.

nice one Luke, looks good in the flesh - walked past it in a carpark last week and thought 'yeah those wheels are really working'.

do the e90 tophats work to bring down the front of the e30?

as Kenny Everett used to say.... "top tip. If you want bathroom scales, why not scrape a fish into your sink". So you secured them, Graham?

great work! and patience. 18mm? Already there mate, after years of working on my Volvo, I make sure any spanner or socket set has 16 and 18mm, plugging the gaps between 15 & 17 & 19mm.

ha hah, "Noofies". Manitobans have an inferiority complex about being from Manifrozba, but Noofies are at the absolute bottom of the pecking order in Caaanada, eh.

thanks for that!

I gave mine a good wash and chamois this morning. the first wash after your last wax always comes up nice.

oh man, these are the perfect e46 rim! What's next, Lewis?

how do you figure that? is the 2.5l N52 immune to the vaguaries of the 3.0 N52?

take a look in the meetings section: meetings/wellington we've recently done a trip to the Shannon Car Show, a zip over the pahiatua track for lunch in woodville and home; coffee meets on the south coast; a trip to the Rush Collection in Feilding, with an excellent drive in the country arround the Manawatu, lunch in Feilding, a look at Manfield, and home. Next meet up 14 May. cheers

I have a friend who was looking for a diesel, compromised and bought a 3.0i, and has largely regretted it. he wished he'd bought a v8. Finds it barely less thirsty than a V8 for urban.

or of course our forum sponsors such as Botany Motor Works, Glenn spends a good deal of time contributing to this forum, along with our other sponsors. Hey Mr 525ixtTourer, you should come along to the welly meet ups! Welcome along to the forum. #8 ) Big shout out to Page European!

I dunno if they're as 'cheap' as $20k. That was my extrapolated book value based on an assumed price, to be fair! #8 ) Hmmm, I think the vehicle of choice when our former PM denied ordering high-speed to the airport (and refused to acknowledge any sensation or awareness of the circa 170km/h speed of her convoy), was a Ford. So yes, these should have had a relatively easy life. The occasional speedy jaunt in a motorcade (I still remember seeing the Duchess of Cambridge whizzing past me on Oriental Parade one grey afternoon), mostly (in Wellington at least) cruising from the airport to the beehive, around the bays.