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Id agree with that. You would probably just leave it SMG after driving it. If you stick shift the SMG it is very close to manual in feel.

Yeah im thinking the same, the SMG is pretty good when you are giving it the herbs. Both SMG and manual are a bit of a drag the rest of the time. just

Yep, it'll hit 25 in a real crawl. Even my old E55 was better I think. It's a shame as technology really took off in the following years with DI, stop start and deactivation to allow for decent fuel economy out the high performance engines. I'm looking at the new 4.0 TT Audi S6 which has 9.6l/100 combined :o.

Grey Lynn. I drop it in and catch the train home. They are pretty good there, just busy, which can mean the service is a little rushed or impersonal some times. Still better than the plastic fantastic that is Auckland City BMW. Urgh. Edit: got my car back, it was just a coil in the end. I must have mixed up my cylinder numbers when swapping over to test. Oh well, fixed now.

I take mine to BM Workshop. They are reasonable, but rather busy. Probably about 600 for a service as it takes 9L of fairy princess oil. Fuel economy is terrible. I get 5.0km/l if I use it on my daily commute from Ranui to CBD. On the open road it gets to about 7.2 which I can live with. Sadly my 535i uses literally half the amount of fuel. Downshifting I think it's optimal to just let the trans downshift itself when coming to a stop. Cheers, LR

Nice one. Do you get much drone? Mine is miss firing on a cylinder. Suspect it's an injector fault but waiting to hear back. Could be Keen on the 2nd December meeting up.

That doesn't mean they are better. My Jap import cars have ALWAYS been in better condition than the comparative NZ new vehicle. I'm not saying this is the rule, but for the cars I have had it's been true. My 130i, E500, E55 and M5 all had absolutely no marks on them whatsoever, it's as if the Japanese owners had them running on blocks in their garage to get the mileage up or something. A lot of them also appeared to have service history.

Go with the muffler delete and work from there. I got straight through mufflers fitted but I think no mufflers is probably better as the mufflers seem to have a bit of rasp and a bit of drone. When I get mine back I am going to get the secondary cat's deleted to see how that goes. "Performance" exhausts cost a few grand, which is about 10% of the value of the car, not worth it in my books.

Delete the mufflers or get some straight through ones fitted. Cost you up to a grand.

Beaurepaires also has sport Maxx 050+ on special for about $1000 the same size.

I just got 225 40 18 and 255 35 18 roadstone eurovis 04 from hyper for $800. Buy 3 1 free. Don't shy away from the brand they are actually quite good. Decent grip and quiet.

I hope he does, he's the best thing to happen to America for quite some time.

When my wife was driving mine it was on 9.8km/l city driving. Now that I am driving and stuck in peak it's down to 8km/l. I reckon 8-12km/l is the range, and I have no issues with consumption. Driftit you can give mine a blat when you are back. Also the M5 is a bit noisy now :). As a daily I'd prefer a 530i.

Yeah ours is a good little car. Had it for 60ks now with very little drama. Brisk performance, engine sounds good, trans is good, handling is good. Suspension is too hard and steering is too heavy. Seat bases are too narrow and It's a bit small for anything other than basic commuting. I'd probably prefer something else to daily but @ 82k on the clock now and with no issues it's not worth changing.

Tony's and hyper.

This one looks like a good value little car to me: https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1763592355.htm?rsqid=384cdde996f94121b1fcfa30b63a8dee

Fine line? I'd say a chasm would be more accurate.

For 20k you could get an S85, installed.

Jabroni spec tyres on it.

A bit pricey. I just went to my friendly pit stop and got two "sports" mufflers put in. Cost me a grand all up. Going to go get my secondary cats taken out as well.

It's all peachy until you get to a corner. The handling ruins the car.

The only car faster for the money was my old E55 ?

That e60 is a bit of a deal. Unique colour combo.

I agree it's around the right price. The other 30-40k cars are dreaming. Same as the 65k e61.

Pretty much the same as the E39 weight. Tech has come a long way.