Olaf

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/man-fails-to-get-90-000-maserati-refund-after-wrong-oil-wrecks-engine/

Asking $8k8 111kms Needs driveshaft, trans, engine, exhaust. And elimination of that hideous bodykit. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1980686992.htm?rsqid=af9ef603488140d2abc7f3f48b522888

wow, she's a beauty. $10k? hell, it does only have 20k kms on the clock! pics for posterity...

my daughter asked me how it all worked, and how did they get back to earth? I explained this, and noted it wasn't because we were taught this in school, but between the ages of 7 and 10 I'd get books out of the library, and read up on it... that (back then) it was pretty recent history, and... they were still going into space! Now we don't even have Concorde. Still, we do have t'interweb to find videos ?

I formed a similar view when buying in the late 90's. Here's my list from the time when we went shopping: - Anything solid (1900-1980's) would need work on insulation. - Avoid Villas, no decent regs, frequently built direct on ground. Great timbers, but often gloomy. High-ceilings nice, but cost more to heat. (what was I thinking - power was cheap, then!). - Avoid 90's to new - No soffits, what are they thinking? Dodgy cladding, dropping standards in the building codes will cause issues in future. (boy was I right). - Avoid 80's - open plan and low thermal efficiency; declining materials quality. The cheap Mt St Helens cedar was nice, but will it last another 20 years? (I was wrong, it's lasting well). - Avoid 70's - frequently dodgy cladding products. A qualified 'proceed with caution'. - 50's & 60's - okay, good framing, good cladding. Solid materials, built well. - 40's: a bit gloomy, budget to eliminate concrete tiles (earthquake hazard), possibly butchered in the 60's/70's. Be prepared to remediate. - 20's & 30's. Excellent materials, generally sited for sun. Reasonable building regs at the time. Concrete piles. Old enough to have been re-wired, re-plumbed, re-gibbed. Downside: re-plumbing likely to have utilised Dux QEST. Probably bare-timber repainted, eliminating lead paint. - Pre 1920 - (Villas) avoid unless you're really keen to do a full rebuild, repile, the works. So we liked the style, bought in our (heavily biased) sweetspot of the NZ Californian Bungalow. Insulated and re-lined those rooms that hadn't had it done. All homes require constant maintenance; sadly kiwi homeowners seem to take the same approach to this as they do to their Euro cars! Today, I'd be looking at 40's to 80's as the sweet spot, and expecting to re-plumb and fully insulate, and double-glaze. YMMV.

I have no issue with the theory of CGT, and agree that implementing a very well-considered and carefully constructed one, in Godzone, would be acceptable... particularly with a further simplification of the tax system... such as drop to 20% taxation (as an example), or similar. The implementation must go hand-in-hand with doing something *useful* with the increased tax haul. You simply cannot discuss this *stab at CGT* and ignore the politics of why and how; the current proposal and the drivers to do so are plain stupid. If I buy two rentals in the next three years, and get them paid off by retirement, I'll be very happy. I'll have paid tax on my labour to generate the deposits, I'll have paid tax to all of the professions and trades hired to acquire, maintain, and manage these properties and their tenants. I'll have paid tax on the income. Sure, tax me some more if I want to sell them to fund my retirement, to ease my sorry old bones burden on the state as I age. I guess I'll be better off holding them, and living off of the income they'll generate, evil landlord eh? Guess I should invest in the NZX. Except that there's sod-all protection for retail investors in NZ, IMHO. Errant directors are slapped with a wet bus ticket. I'll do my equities investing offshore, thanks very much. And pay taxes here, as a good citizen. I cannot get past the arguments offered that "because other countries do it, New Zealand should do it... and piss the gains away". I'm paraphrasing of course. Were they all given a reading list with Robin Hood at it's head, before beginning deliberations? /rant

the court in Auckland disagrees; thinking of that punter and his Maserati...

Looking forward to seeing this in Wellington for its sea trials. They did the same with those oil rig tenders a couple of years back. Must be great for Foxton's economy. I too dig on the dazzle-esque camo, it's far too regular though.

love your work, Kelvin. ?

What is totally broken in the current debate on CGT is that the aparrent use of this tax income to provide the lazy and the indolent or underpriveliged with a tax break. Thankfully there were three on the Tax Working Group prepared to politely point out its folly with unemotive logic. Our government is not proposing using the proceeds of their proposed CGT for something useful such as infrastructure or healthcare, but are proposing pissing it away on $500 a year to those who "need it". It's another bloody vote-buying lolly scramble, and is totally unfair, in contrast to the way the media touts it as 'fair'. Fair that they're proposing redistributing the fruits of someone's investment labours and risk-taking? The message is clear: "you rotters making money on investments need to give your nasty ill-gotten lolly to those who aren't". There should have been a riot when they announced Michael 'Socialist Worker' Cullen as the chair. I'm surprised his values allowed him to accept a knighthood. Perhaps absence of riot is based on those who understood this realised it was in fact a charade, that it couldn't happen this time around. Winston is not expected to bless this; perhaps the best thing to come from his backroom deal to power. /rant.

Seriously man, how do you get on with your dentist? Builder? Architect? Physiotherapist? Doctor? What happens when you go out to dinner; do you take the waiter/waitress to pieces if they recommend a dish or wine to you? ?

and yet in the USA, BMW sells its own branded oil... and they've recently changed from 5W30 to 0W30. https://blog.fcpeuro.com/why-bmws-switch-from-5w-30-to-0w-30-doesnt-matter

S3 ep9. I am entirely nonplussed. The new Aston Martin Vantage is so entirely homogenous IMHO, I don't know why they bothered. It could be an MX5, an Audi, a Toyota. At least they're using REAL COLOUR. They're using that acid lemon-green that Datsun used around '75/'76, BRILLIANT! Linked from Ratsun.net, 112 Yellow: \ Linked from Autocar.co.uk

@NZ00Z3 Murray, if you do proceed, please do open a project thread! We'd love to complete the journey with you. ?

Having had a little time to digest your statement, I have the following comment. During my time in sales, I found it was important to quickly qualify the few potential customers in this category. Best you could do was to be professional. They were usually powered by internet "experts", magazines, and unusual theories. They needed guidance, but you couldn't tell them anything. None of the internet "experts" were professionals in this field, yet they held sway... and were more often than not, well off-base. These customers were rarely likely to spend any money with you. By qualifying early, you could be polite, professional, treat them with respect as a potential customer, but still concentrate your efforts on servicing existing customers and new prospects with an open mind, to whom you could actually prove value and service, and even sell products and services to and create or grow satisfied and loyal customers. I can only suggest you've had some really bad experiences to generate this start position. I hope you can find a provider that works for you. Good luck with your search.

yep. something here about about genuine professionals can be found in professional roles throughout the automotive industry; dealerships, independents, parts, etc etc, and accepting money for it is a fact of life!

came out well!

You know what they say about free advice. In most cases, It's usually worth what you paid for it!

wow, this looks like a well-loved project without the risks of a 540i, and at a great price. Gotta ask: what’s with that boot carpet? Did you spill a soufle in there, or butcher a deer?! ? Good luck with the sale, looks great from here.

I'd never heard of that, Dave. many thanks for the pointer!

Welcome, @Willus. what remains to get you road-legal & certed?

how come they've used e92 data for your 135i? Overall rear toe is within spec, though they've set left rear toe out of spec. Still, on the chocolate biscuit payment plan, you're in good order.

35R19's? Wow, that's very good, yeah?

FWIW, two years ago (without disclosing too much of discounting), my bill for 4 in the size you seek - on the car - was well under $300 per corner. Dunno what the current street price is.

@BozzaFC