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    16 minutes ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

    Yeah I'm trying to sort a PPI this week sometime. It sounds like a good car, and it's nearly everything I would have wanted if it was me buying it new.

    I don't suppose anybody knows if a sedan front Motorsport bumper will fit a touring?

    http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/partxref?id=DS62-EUR-02-2003-E39-BMW-530i&mg=51&sg=15&diagId=51_3723&q=51112498507&series=E39

    Same as the sedan. M bumpers are hard to come by and you'll get stung twice, once for the bumper, twice for the painting. This assumes you can take it off and put it back on yourself.

    EDIT: See about getting it repaired. You're screwed on that bumper anyway, I doubt repair cost will end up being more than buying+painting a new one.

     

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    1 hour ago, Olaf said:

    Hopefully VW NZ aren't adopting similar tactics to the Australian VAG arm (I did use capitals then, yes?)...

    have you seen the stories in the USA where they have a court-ordered (eg compulsory) buy-back scheme where the price is agreed, and the owners then strip their cars and drive them into the dealerships without doors, interiors, bumpers.... sitting on a milk crate, and walk out with their cheques and a bunch of near new VW parts to sell on ebay or craigslist.  Well at least that was the intent...

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    link to the Jalopnik story for the image above

    Ironic for Jalopnik, but that story of theirs had a quick and sweet conclusion...

     

    http://jalopnik.com/vws-3-0-liter-v6-settlement-explicitly-prohibits-people-1791902670

     

    Namely, dealers don't have to take back stripped cars... Very few of the stripped cars actually got bought back, even fewer after that story went live.

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    2 minutes ago, KwS said:

    The problem is, there is no point getting shitty at the dealer, i know for Merc keys we make sweet f**k all on them, so it must be the overlords that make all the money. What some people also dont understand is that included in the price of some keys (like Mitsubishi keys) is the cutting and coding of that key, to make it work with the car. Half the cost of mitsi keys in generally that labour.

    $700-800 for some of the merc keys is f**king crazy though.

    cutting and coding cost very little. If you have to buy the equipment as a private individual to do your own coding it'll cost you $60. Cutting costs ~$55. The difference is just the cost of a key fob, in the case of an e39 you can pay as low as $15 delivered. Sure an oem key might be better quality but the point remain these don't cost all that much to make and it was what the disputes tribunal found as well. 

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    11 minutes ago, presso said:

    Just read this and thought to myself good on you for proceeding with this.

    This would have quite an impact on all car dealerships here if people were to follow this route for replacement keys. I know I was quoted $600 to replace mine if it ever got lost.

    They must be making a massive margin on these and this is the first time its been queried and exposed.

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/90293847/raging-businessman-takes-toyota-to-tribunal-over-525-key

     

     

     

    It is amusing to me that Toyota charges more than twice what BMW charges for a key fob with remote.

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    Have you guys watched any of The Grand Tour? I find it's more Top Gear than Top Gear and goes bonkers on the budget. Amazon clearly has more money to sink than the BBC does and it shows, in generally a good way. It can be a bit contrived at times (Conversation Street is ridiculous) and the magic trio is a bit rough, almost like trying to regain their rhythm, but it's a damn good show and the intro scene from the first episode really sets the tone.

     

    On Top Gear s24, I'll watch. I liked 23, minus Chris Evans, so it should go uphill from there, I hope.

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    4 hours ago, M3AN said:

    Wairau Alignment & Suspension - 127 Wairau Rd, Glenfield

    There's a BMW nut that works there too, can't for the life of me remember his name...

     

    2 hours ago, jin108 said:

    Wheel alignment is the one place i would only go to the dealer for JC Takapuna are professional, will clean your car (if you detail your car yourself skip it otherwise they will leave swirls) and will look over car and give you a list of maintenance items. All for same price the independent alignment places charge.

    What kind of costs does an alignment job incur at these?

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    I see a lot of threads talking about uneven tyre wear and seems there are a lot of shops to take a car to and end up with uneven wear still.

     

    What's a good place in Auckland, North-Shore-ish preferred, to take to get my e39 530i aligned now I've changed tyres and wheels?

     

    Thanks!

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    33 minutes ago, eliongater said:

    Hahaha, was too busy figuring it out and not swearing, so I forgot sorry. It was pretty straight forward.

    1. Remove seats
    2. Remove sound deadening
    3. Draw circle
    4. Cut circle out
    5. Climb into newly cut hole without eviscerating yourself
    6. Open boot

    Hmph. This is implausible. 

     

    I want a video video of the Dickensian waif chimney sweep. I promise not to tell the authorities about the child labour aspect. 

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