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  1. All my insurances have gone up significantly this/last year, with State who were the cheapest at the time.  So, it's not just AA.

    Unfortunately for AA, they weren't offering anything over what State offer me and weren't willing to negotiate.


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    21 hours ago, Vass said:

    It boils my piss how short-sighted and surface level the whole "sustainability" discourse is nowadays. All blame and finger-pointing at the out-group without any deep and systematic analysis.

    Both sides in this anecdote look to be misdirecting their frustration and missing the greater point.

    The old fella in this article accusing the youths of hypocrisy, due to them supposedly "demanding" and not being able to live without all these products and services that were introduced to market whilst these youths were literal children and had no influence on anything.

    The young cashier is misguided in seemingly believing that purely consumer decisions have the power to change anything. As if "green capitalism" is, ever was or ever will be, a thing. If every single person in society owned a tote bag and drank slurpies through a metal straw instead of plastic, we would still be not even an inch further from being completely and utterly f**ked.

    Bottom line is - the capitalist system is built upon ever-increasing consumption.

    More consumption = economic growth = good.

    Less consumption = recession = BAD.

    You cannot produce anything without creating waste and pollution. By gearing everything towards higher consumption and economic growth the system literally fuels pollution. To at the same time preach any notion of sustainability is extremely disingenuous.

    So long as the economy needs infinite growth to function, any notion of sustainability is pie in the sky.

    Either work towards fundamentally changing the fabric of society and decouple the economy from its cancerous addiction to infinite growth, or shut the f**k up about sustainability. You can't have both.

    I agree with the anti capitalist notion, but still think we should have a strong focus on sustainability.  Just because things will run out under the current system doesn't mean we should use it all as fast as possible.

     

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  3. By the same logic you should replace them every 5k to 10k kilometers or within 2 years as the performance of a tyre drops off significantly once worn and aged, you wouldn't want to compromise your safety would you?  There was a tyre reviews video which demonstrated a worn Michelin was significantly worse than a new budget tyre.

    Regarding the triangle noise, I think I agree, the Laufenns were quite noisey as well.  The FRD26 seems pretty quiet though.

    Everyone has their priorities, as a daily driver not doing any spirited driving I am happy with the performance of my budget tyres and I think they have come a long way in the last 10 years.  If I was still interested in pushing the boundaries I would look at something higher grade.  I'm also buying in the 19/20" sizes and the difference in price is huge.  Think $800 a set instead of $2400.

     


  4. I have had a few cheap tyres now and few/no issues, used to be a bit of a tyre snob.  Biggest issues I have had with tyres is age and i feel anyone complaining about grip levels should check the date stamp on their tyres.  I could be wrong but I suspect the main issue with the OP is that they're all season and age.

    Currently I'm running Farroad FRD26 and Blacklion HU02 which came on my car/wheels.  Have had Triangle TH201 and Atturo AZ850 as well and they were fine.  With that said I rarely drive spiritedly anymore as sadly the 535i and 330e just aren't worth bothering in that regard.

    I have an inkling that the new Triangle TH202 is probably a decent buy at present.


  5. Different experiences.  There's certainly plenty of ratty, smoky, Japanese imports.  I just don't buy them.

    Off the top of my head I have had at least 4 Japanese imports that are many years old with various mileages but appear to have just rolled off the factory floor.  Usually within weeks of them being here in NZ they scratched in multiple places.

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  6. Not many available on trade-me at the moment.  Here's my picks:
     

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/523i/listing/4407845419

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/535i/listing/4391340312

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/335i/listing/4238028052

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/328i/listing/4397012724

    • 523i has the N20 2.0 turbo 135kw.  Might be a bit down on power.
    • 535i has the N55 3.0 turbo 225kw .
    • 328i has the N20 2.0 turbo 180kw.
    • 335i has the N55 3.0 turbo 225kw.

    I would potentially just stay with the car you have.


  7. 2 hours ago, Apex said:

    25km would be fine for most people, us included, I really like that concept, not only does it save on fuel costs it reduces unneeded wear and tear on the ICE motor with repeated cold starts and short distances. Great concept. A shame they don't do a touring. 

     

    Regarding performance, what I found was the following, please correct me if I am wrong. 

    The 330e can do 0-100 sprints in about the same time, 6 seconds or so. But It can only do it a few times before running out of "electric motor assistance", and at that point its a 0-100 in 9-10 second car.

    Same for a back road blast, if you were to leave Bombay and drive "enthusiastically" or "performance", you would have no "hybrid assistance" by the time you hit Mercer and essentially be driving a 330i with three Samoans in the back. 

    A 535i on the other hand can floor it all day with consistent performance and its only hinderance is having to recharge for 5 min every 400km. 

     

    Yep super useful for the 5km round trip for school and the shops. 

    I haven't pushed it enough to run out of assistance yet.  Will need to take it out for a proper run :).  My 330e isn't an M-sport so it's not really that fun to punt around.

    What's gonna grind my gears next year is RUC, which is TBC.


  8. Would have thought the c350e had more range? 

    And sadly yes the 330e doesn't come in a wagon.  My 330e gets about 25km range which covers everything where I live so I only need to use fuel when I leave town.  When I do leave town it's sipping about 5l/100km and has the performance of a 535i if needed.  Suits me at the moment.

     


  9. That black 535i looks nice, maybe a tad pricey but nice.  I was tempted to get a Merc C350e, but was a bit more than I wanted to spend.  I can't wait for the G30 5 series to come down in price, as that has a 530e wagon variant, which is the perfect daily driver in my opinion.

    By my calculations diesel is only worth it if you're driving a tank as the break even is about 10l/100km.  If you can get a petrol car that uses less than 10l/100km, especially 91, then you're probably better off.

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  10. Also have an F11 535i and it has been great.  Similar issues (front control arms, oil leaks, suspension airbags) which can be dealt with relatively cheaply if you can swing a wrench.  No major fault just regular maintenance really.

    Confirm it is big car.  Think of it like a 7 series wagon.  They do handle pretty good despite the weight.

    Economy for me has been really good for a 3L turbo and i run on 95.  On the Hamilton to South Auckland return trip i get under 7.5l/100KM.  Current trip counter is at 11l/100km though as it has been doing a lot of under 5km trips in Hamilton.  Basically, open road you will see something around 8l/100km and in the city 9-12l/100km.

    Wouldn't bother with a diesel, waste of money.

     

     

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  11. On 11/1/2023 at 7:32 PM, Neil McCauley said:

    Covid and nothing to spend money on definitely sent plenty of buyers loopy, but perhaps even more so the sellers holding out for what they perceive as current market value. If E46 M3 prices dropped 10-15K across the board, they'd all be sold within a week. Spec probably plays a part as well, If you start with the base model, then decide what colour you want / gearbox / interior colour / interior trim / MK20 vs MK60 / LED tailights / HK audio etc etc ect you can narrow the search returns considerably.

    I personally think the Steel Grey '02 in Marlborough is by far the best one listed at the moment, and I'd bite his arm off at $40K, but $55 no bueno.

    Offer 40 and see what happens?


  12. Sold the 25 mm spacers that I had on my Maserati.  The guy got them and asked if the smaller ones should go on the front or the back.  Whaaat? I exclaimed. I've just found out that the spacers I was running for quite some time were 22mm and 25mm not 25mm all round as I had assumed.  I can't believe I f**ked that up and it explains why it's handling was all over the place, it probably had a different offset on the same axle or the same offset one side.  I lost a lot of sleep trying to figure out what was causing it to handle like a greased weasel.

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  13. Agree with a lot of that.  Looks like he's averaged 4L/100km on a 2.8 tonne Rangerover which is pretty good.  I could get close to 0 in the 330e if I didn't run to Auckland and back once week, that trip chews 5L/100km.

    There's still plenty of naysayers around insisting that EVs are worse than petrol and other such nonsense, but as a form of transport for the general masses the writing is on the wall as far as I can see.

    The only exception being hobby/sport/enthusiast cars for occasional use.

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