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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.

Thanks for the feedback, will definitely consider for my stable. The random pads my cars came with are filthy bastards.

Excellent interior colour, same as my 1 series. Nice overall car too, a little different to the run of the mill cars.

Concur, the guys there are a good bunch. Haven't seen them in many years.

OCD had a guy polish mine out. They came back almost 100% like new. Around $150 though. I'm sure theres specialists out there that do just headlights.

How are you finding the HPS pads? I need to sort pads on all my cars. It's going to be an expensive exercise as it would be a shame to not replace the disks at the same time :S

I was keen on an isf for a while and then I sat in one. I didn't need to drive it, blergh.

Been there done that. The E55 is probably the fastest car you can buy for the money. I upgraded mine with headers, pulley and tune and it was properly crazy. Unfortunately, the handling is so bad that it compromises the whole driving experience, especially in NZ where the enjoyable roads are bumpy & twisty. It's worse than "not fun in the corners" it's totally disappointing. I now have an E60 M5, the handling of which is light years ahead. As a daily the E55 is better than the E60 M5, but then all the other cars on the list are better anyway. Petrol and servicing are still expensive too.