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Let me know what you decide as I am ready to purchase a unit as well.

I had an endorsed licence for 27 years and had a number of rifles, machine guns and pistols on that licence, I had/have a strong room, wireless alarm and two dogs that dont like strangers. My security is/was top notch. I have been through 2 lots of vetting, and my background and who I associate with has been reviewed in depth. I have also worked as an advisor to Police for the past 5 years on appointment by members of the Law & Order Select Committee. I also worked on the team that priced all the firearms for buyback and am a registered police valuer and range inspector. I can tell you Police management of the Arms act is very poor. When road policing stats look bad the district commanders raid the Arms budget so they can try and bump up the road statistics. Arms Officers are overworked and vetting officers are paid a pittance. An incident like Christchurch was a tragedy, but if Tarrant didn't have a licence this would not have happened. He had no underworld connections to get guns so he would have really struggled to find what he wanted. Police were slack at Aramoana, they did not follow up when the Napier Gunman lost his licence and one of their own was killed as a consequence and they have failed to deal with gangs and guns. Saying that MSSA firearms are a bad look for Gun owners is a joke, it's like saying high performance cars are bad look for SUV drivers. I sold back well over $150k worth of WW2 collectible firearms in the buyback, the Govt trampled over democratic process and vilified firearms owners so they could promote the buyback (Paid confiscation). They banned ammunition that is far less lethal than many readily available hunting rounds and refused to pay for it, worse still they could not even clearly define what was actually banned. They worked on appearance and hyperbole rather than fact and rushed it so no once could argue. They are typical socialists who hate firearms on principle and I can tell you that some of the regulations (not subject to democratic process) are draconian, have been dreamed up by people who have no idea what they are doing and are totally ineffective. What you should worry about is when they turn their eye towards vehicles especial if there is a Labour/Green coalition. You can bet a tax on the type of cars we like will be in there somewhere and dont bet that they wont ban some things outright.

Around here debates on suspension usually revolve around one member saying Koni is the only choice and dismissing other products. You will get used to it.

AKA you did what I recommended. LOL.

I know that my 335i throttle is programmable and that moving from a low movement big opening throttle to a linear throttle map made a huge difference to drive ability. Is the lag just turbo lag?

No it was an easy fit and looked to be well made.

It would be good to know who makes them.

Any ADV riders here? I ride a BMW R 1150 GS, a bit of a tank but very comfortable and capable.

Yes the other bits are the issue but all manageable.

Yes, it impressive alright.

I have been doing a bit of research into this and it does seem that the units are all pretty much the same. What would seem to matter is the Android version, earlier than 8 is sluggish and can be buggy, V9 and 10 seem to work well. 4g or Ram and 64g of Rom seems to be what you want. I am looking seriously at one of these units for a CCC E90 it seems to be the most practical way to go about getting a workable system into the car. Only downside is that Audio quality is good rather than great.

If you are looking to do radius arm its worthwhile considering the M3 setup. A lot of people just do the front as this gives you some more camber and stiffer bushes. The rear is often touuted as having less noticeable improvement but for me it was noticeble as the rear had a more stable feel on change of direction, it just felt more precise. When you look at the rear arms they are just folded steel, which at 75k had some very sloppy bushes.

Long term the turbo cars will be the ones that are in demand. Look at Supra's the 2jzGTE is the one everyone wants not the N/A car. N54/N55 are suffering as much from the fact that the target market doesn't like to do preventative maintenance because it costs money but the N54 engines especially are very strong and reliable, its whats bolted on them that needs attention.

This was not what I expected, but perhaps confirms what I read on the US forums that the engines are capable of high mileage as long as the maintenance is done.

It drives like a stock vehicle to be fair, the power on stage 1 is still very linear, but just more of it everywhere. No logs on this car as at Stage 1 with a 95 octane tune its still very mild.

Riding my BMW GS through the Valley on Sunday and I see an Audi R8 come round the corner, then another and another. 5 in total. Not something you see every day.

Not really as usual it just doesn't agree with your narrative so therefore you dismiss it. Same old Ron.

The H&R's dont have the spring rate I am looking for which is why I dismissed them in the first place. I have the right springs just need shocks that will suit. All that said I am very close to my goals and with the rear being much better located due to the M3 rear arms I am only looking at minimal gains. I have driven an H&R sprung E90 on stock control arms and I feel my current setup is a little bit better especially over rougher surfaces. Through Whiteman's valley and over the Rimutaka's I had less rear end roll so just about there. As to the stroke there is enough length for a monotube to work in this application so no need to stay with twin tube.

The Teins are actually pretty linear, yes a Little bit softer in initial rate but that extra little bit of compliance certainly helps on brittle surfaces. Most of the guys I talked to about them pair them with KW or Bilstein's I was told by one chap that he didn't like the Koni/Tein setup as much but I cant find the email detailing his reasons. I guess I was spoiled with the Ohlins setup on my E46, I felt that even though I had slightly higher springs rates than I have in my E90 it was a bit more compliant. Looking at the valve stack on a Koni I think its not particularly sophisticated.

They are twin tube and in day to day driving they are probably no better or worse but for performance applications a Mono is better. Spring rate is as E92 M3 and bar is 13mm so a bit smaller than M3. Control arms are M3 and were torqued at ride height so no issues. Only issue is I dialed in a bit too much rebound damping and its ok, but dialing in a little less would be optimal. As I wasn't using matched springs from Koni getting the damping right was always going to be an experiment. Got close second time round, may do it again when I put the car on the hoist to decide whether or not to remove the cats.

I think I will refurb them, I have had another go at the pasti dip and its coming off easily now. I am very happy with the Style 23s on my 328i, and like the 24 a personal favorite. I like Style 32's as well but not as much as the other 2, at least not on an E36.

So you see them as more run of the mill wheel rather than something a bit special like a Style 23 or 34?

I am at one turn from memory, written on the shocks so will check at some stage, its Ok just not optimal. My take is that the Koni is a twin tube design and the Bilstein's are Mono so would say technically Bilstein is a better design.

All factored in. Not looking for advice just stating what a PIA adjusting rear Konis is. Will certainly give greater consideration towards Bilstein next time.