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Damn that is fine, anyone want to buy a kidney or two?

Nice Dimitrios, I know you love the beige interiors, looks very nice

Stunning!

Pretty standard NZ spec model, nothing to see here lol. 

And you are close to equivalent RS6 money I suppose ......

Agree they will be looking for that. Personally I'd buy an M5 sedan then likely still get a 550i wagon as well for near about the same money ? Lol

Great car, but it's not worth $48k! It would have to be half those ks to get anywhere near it in my mind. Then it would need to be in a better colour for me  

Agree about the pics, pretty meh. Even looks a bit dirty in one of the pics lol

5 hours ago, Olaf said:

cool!  you must let us know which inbuilt beltronics you have, too.

It's the XR80, it's installed in the ash tray which is pretty cool, there is a receiver in the drivers side lower slot by the fog light and one attached on the boot lid above the plate.

Must have been something Audi offered here on NZ new sales at the time as I've seen a few RS and Ss with same setup. 2006 vintage but still pretty sharp.

long distance K radar for car units seems excellent.

Interested how the Uniden will compare in the E38.

Just picked up a DFR7 so keen to see how that works compared with the inbuilt Beltronics I've got in the Audi which is a few years old now, sounds like the R1 steps it up again, keen to hear how it performs when you get it back to NZ

17 minutes ago, Olaf said:

 because we don't have a vomit emoji.  Blahdy hell, that'd be sad if they're selling Gull at Mobil.  

Is Mobil 98 working well for you, Brent?  Do you run that across all three vehicles?

Yeah been on it for a while, except for the xr6 that gets dirt cheap 91 from work. E38 and S8 both run sweet on it. No concerns at all.

Helps with Farmsource account I get 16cents off pump price  at Mobil as well 

9 hours ago, NZ BMW said:

:fingers in ears: I can't hear you!

Of the 280 BP stations nationwide, 99 sell 98 octane, while 31 of Mobil’s 190 sites sell 98 octane mineral fuel (in the North Island only).

keep reading, I use 98 from Mobil New Plymouth and they state no Ethanol on the pump so it looks Wgtn only which may be due to fuel sharing with Gull ?? For the region, weird but highly possible

Member for a couple of years now also, pretty Auckland centric which isn't surprising but for $70 odd dollars a year I'm happy ticking along and getting to a couple of events where we can.

the 100yr anniversary meet last year was probably the biggest for some time I heard which was cool to be involved in

R rip

E every 

P poor

C c&@t

O off

2 hours ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

Bought the world's most expensive cupholder for one of the E39's.

The cost of the new cupholder was enough to have Customs pick up this latest package for GST etc- added $150 to the cost of the package- package duly arrives with a left hand drive cupholder inside

So will have to pay return shipping to FCP Euro- then buy the correct one!

Rookie mistake

I went good old SCA cup holder on the middle vents in both my old E39 and now the E38, end of the day not such a clean solution but definitely a more functional one for less then $10 bucks. Should be able to see in the pic below, sits nicely

Same, that's what I thought, resized them down, but still no upload

Same problem again?

1 hour ago, _BRS_ said:

Who did the upholstery work? Keen to get mine done

Ruemers on the way to Brixton, John out there is a good bugger as well. $380 the lot

Awe clearly common as muck

Got the headliner back for the 38. Installed it today, includes A B C pillars and rear parcel tray.

great to get it in and sorted, did internal LED upgrade as well, much fresher and improved.

ready now for next weekends Napier trip

Yip needs the resonator and shows how much difference ten years makes, even on a resto 

6 hours ago, qube said:

the owner must have thrashed it off the line hard so often the car just decided to be in that position all the time..

Haha that's what I'd do

I really love what they've done with this, great job

https://youtu.be/ICMSnedTBQc

GEON tar remover from United Car Care, good sh*t at getting tar and heavy crap off

Dropped the headliner, A B &C pillars and rear parcel shelf off at the auto upholstery today. Received the new starter motor to put in as well.

knocking things off nicely 

I had to drill a 20mm hole behind the number plate on my E38 when the boot wouldn't open. Drastic stuff but then you can reach the wire and pull that with pliers that released the boot manually.

Expect the E39 is the same, pretty sure it was on YouTube. Hole was right hand side of centre about 20mm down.

overall no long term impact except a hole behind the plate which of cause you don't know is there