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    41 minutes ago, NZ BMW said:

    I’ll flip this one around on you: People driving with rear fog lights on when there is no fog so it’s difficult to see when they hit the brakes. 

    I got pulled over for some education from a cop for having my rear fogs on in the E30...tbh...I didn't know I had rear fog lights ? The irony was it actually was foggy, even the airport was closed ?

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    36 minutes ago, TermiPeteNZ said:

    Fuel Consumption
    That'll help the average I'd say.... but looking up specifications the urban consumption is 12.8l/100KM so perhaps I shouldn't be too surprised.

    I have noticed that the engine seems to take a long time to come up to temperature. Run into town, wander round for 1.5 hrs, drive back home - temp gauge never made it past 1/3. So I'm suspecting thermostat is plonked...

    "If the thermostat fails stuck open however, it can be less obvious and can go unnoticed for a long period of time. That’s because the temperature gauge needle won’t bury itself in the red; instead the car will take forever to warm up to operating temperature. The downside of this is loss of fuel economy, and the engine to run rich for a longer period of time which can result in more unnecessary wear." [source]

    Will consult with Jon at Auto38... think it will be new thermostat later this week.

    ABS unit
    Just looking back through the service records I received with the car, the ABS unit had already been repaired and re-coded back in 2016. Thinking about it - this is about how long my repaired one lasted in my X5.... so perhaps expect these repaired units to only last a couple of years ? 

    Cosmetic
    Washed the car for the first time today... fair bit of kerbing on the wheels - so will have to get Wheel Magician on this soon. I really do like the Style 68 wheels but they are a bit of a pain to clean :)

    Man, be glad you don't have style 5's! This combined with a pressure washer makes really light work of the wheels https://www.detaildepot.co.nz/product/carpro-iron-x-lemon-scent-iron-filings-and-contaminants-cleaner-1l/

     

     

     

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    32 minutes ago, qube said:

    are they genuine? plenty of places in AKL that could refurb without sandblasting, wonder why they suggested to sandblast? 

     

    Yeah genuine. Yeah I thought it was abit extreme too, especially since last time he was here I showed him them and he said yeah no problem $120.

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    12 minutes ago, hqstu said:

    Pretty sure M5 is the tri-colour, M sport is just black. Some "individual" models may be another colour..

    I bought a refurbished M5 one off ebay from Poland, new leather wrap and stitching, looks good with a bit of new car smell...

     

    20190506_191008.jpg

    Perfection^ ?

    That makes sense. My old one had black stitching, this new one came out of the boot of that grey M5 with the insane air intakes that was for sale recently, but it was facelift so who knows where this wheel actually came from. Best $100 i’ve spent.

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    20 minutes ago, BozzaFC said:

    The front end looks really tidy now! Great result

    Is that a genuine M steering wheel? As opposed to a 540i msport wheel? 

    Excellent choice of phone mount also! ?

    Not sure what the deal is with the different coloured stitching? Anyone know?

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    2185XX km

    Few cosmetic things tidied up today.

    Bonnet resprayed

    It was always a little dull but it really has faded to the point it was starting to get a big rust patch in it. The Body Stable in Miramar did the work. 

    Before:

    AVP_1134AVP_1133

    After:

    AVP_1886-2AVP_1887-2AVP_1888-2

    Seemed like a good time to put some gloss black grills in and new badge.

    New mirror glass:

    The last one I got to replace the leaking one was for the smaller mirrors, now we are back to big mirrors on both side

    AVP_1896

    Steering wheel:

    I wanted the facelift one but with the airbag recall and not what it was murky waters. I picked this up for a bargain on trademe and fitted my airbag which isn't a takata defective one. Big difference is this has no leather missing from the wheel itself and also has some nice tri colour trim. I gave it a going over with the toothbrush before installing.

    AVP_1470AVP_1471AVP_1472

    before:

    AVP_1891

    after:

    AVP_1898AVP_1899

     

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