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this is soooo sick bro!

@charles28 you owe us a 10 second car

have found a commercial dry ice blaster! not cheap but it's going to be great once it arrives. ETA Jan 25. Will be setting up a dedicated hoist for all dry ice blasting and restoration work at my shop. let the good times roll. Dry ice blasting is the most satisfying thing ever. I met with 3 local companies to test their machines and found they weren't as powerful as what I was after. There was a Karcher C02 based dry ice blaster on offer through Karcher NZ but it wasn't as high powered as what I was after at 22k plus GST.

yeahhh buddy!!!

Cool Colin! will do! going to be exciting times ahead

will sort you out buddy keep in touch

agree with Rogan. They are absolutely lovely to drive

I will be doing it in house in a couple of months, in the process of buying and sourcing equipment to do it bro. Going to offer it as a service to client's etc

I would love to buy this thing back! it's out those ways...hmm may have to take a trip out there and talk to the owner

If you see this again, please try and get the owner's contact details for me. I would love to buy it back !

Yeah man, would love to buy it back. If anyone sees it please get the owner's contact details for me!

As some of you may know. I owned this car about 3 years ago and selling it was my absolute biggest regret in life so I contacted the guy I sold it to and asked to buy it back and thankfully he said yes, at twice what he paid for it! I couldn't say no though as I couldn't put a price on it. So I finally have it back in my care. It isn't running at the moment as the engine loom is off but that will be sorted in due time. Also there has been quite a bit of rust developing which I intend to sort out. On the cards are the following things : * Panel and paint * Rust repairs * Interior change or retrim * Suspension rebuild * Manual Conversion - planning to convert to the later motronic engine managment too, this 3 speed automatic isn't doing anyone any favors * Lowering * Recondition exterior trims * Dry ice blast undercarriage * Some Period correct wheels * Ceramic coating of exterior I am beyond excited for this undertaking.

We love sunny days

Got to love these e53 X5'S!!

She's been on daily duties and I love it even more now