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Good luck I guess?

And that suits me just fine!

Maybe it's the roads, maybe it's the people, maybe it's both. But I generally have very little issue with the traffic in Hamilton.

Also interested. Once my car sells I'm seriously considering a 330e. Would love to get a 530e or 740e but can't justify the extra 10-20k price tag. I'd definitely go M package or sport line because of the seats. This is quite cool, but I don't think I would want to pay the premium over a regular M sport: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/330e/listing/4016583081

I drove a blue with white interior when I bought mine years ago, maybe the same car? It was $35k at the time with half the mileage. I can't quite be sure but the interior looks filthy? And damprids in the back is not a good look!

Misha gets some real weird looking owner/passengers. If only the E60 M5 had a DCT and direct injection!

Yep, no more cheap money means no more toys. I'll likely have to give away my Maserati. Personally if I was getting an E9x M3 I would only get a manual. Sellers are asking too much at the moment I think.

Yes, my 535i gets into the 7's on the open flat road. The N55 is actually quite frugal probably beating the N52 in day to day driving.

Question on my listing, person can't figure out from my description if the clutch has been replaced. They copied and pasted the description into their question. Can you, Sherlock Holmes, deduce whether the clutch has been replaced? Also I despise the use of a random number of dots to space out text.

Yep it could be something to do with the Kiwi-ness. I wonder if Americans find Doug Demuro annoying AF? I can watch him no trouble at all but his stuff gets a little boring after a while. Good on him for making the videos though.

Nice one, well made video. I watched a couple of his other videos, one of a Legacy 3.0R of which I used to own one, very fun car to drive and definitely underrated. His videos seem quite good but there's something about his face/voice/manner that throws me off.

Spotted on youtube, cool. Sounds like a fun thing to punt around.

Tempting. Need to sell my car!

6.5% interest rate means no spare money for cars.

Hah, how funny, that one is next door to my uncle's batch! Small world.

I hope my car sells that quick when I list it soon. Sadly I think it will be around for months :(

Trade me ad reads: Mint condition, no rust.

Seems like a good price. In fact I would be tempted if someone would take my car off me

Energy Motorsport is a Japanese dress up tuner. http://www.energy-ms.jp/e90.html http://www.energy-ms.jp/e90_91.html

Megane RS265 Cup if you want to do track work. Otherwise yeah just get a work hack.

Vote ACT people. https://www.act.org.nz/campaigns/speed-limits

From memory the Vanos solenoid test isn't particularly good. All mine failed the test but the car ran fine, although the funny cold start pulsing noise might have been related? Someone in the US was trying to re-manufacture them at their price peak but wasn't having much luck as they would always fail the test. Wait for the mechanical insurance to call you to say they want to charge 4 excesses since there are 4 solenoids. May end up just replacing the solenoid that is causing symptoms?

It's not an easy thing to get right. Hence a lot of muffler deletes, you get most of the way there without spending money on mufflers which can often sound the same or worse. If you're worried about overall volume or drone then I would suggest a non straight through muffler.

Thankfully the solenoids have come down in price a lot. Used to be over $1k USD each.

Just noted the video says they are 6 speed, if you get an 8 speed it should be a little faster and more efficient. Have had my N55 for 4.5 years and now at 125kms. Has had various seals replaced due to leaks and a failed alternator. Otherwise just oil, filter, and spark plug changes. There's probably more maintenance that should be done which i haven't bothered with.