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    3 hours ago, hotwire said:

    I suggest you don't "get it" Whether you deem it an issue or not is irelevent. They are illegal!  AND people are having them confiscated.

    The fact you haven't is beside the point - obviously those you have come across are not aware of the issue. - As i said - it is a lucky dip.

    Exactly!

    It's always a good way to win an argument to state what other people do and do not understand. 

    They may or may not be illegal. There is a debate as to whether they count as facsimile plates according to the law, but one thing they are not is an issue.

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    2 hours ago, qube said:

    If I get away with shoplifting doesnt mean its okay. You can try to cut the law or rule however you want but bottom line is it is not the standard government issue plates and any website selling them clearly says something along the lines of "novelty plates" or "use at own risk" etc.

    Jeez bud. Relax. This is not the same as shoplifting (where you are taking property that doesn't belong to you without exchanging consideration) vs. using an identifying plate made to ISO standards. If you don't want to use them that's fine. I, and others, do.

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    13 hours ago, hotwire said:

    You don't seem to get it. Regardless of how long you have had them, where you have been, how many times you have been stopped, or how many WOF'S you have had with them on the car, & all without incident. As mentioned above many times - they ARE illegal in NZ full stop!

    The font is different, along with the background reflector graphics. Also mentioned above - there have been several people that have had them confiscated after they have been identified by Police that are aware of them. It is simply a lucky dip!

    I do get it. But it is not a problem. As originally stated the intent in the law is to prevent you using a 'document to defraud' - in this case passing your vehicle off as someone else's, or something else, or preventing legal identification of the vehicle (e.g. at a speed or red light camera or a plate recognition equipped police vehicle).

    As mentioned 6 months ago, I have been stopped for speeding, been stopped at drink drive checks points (where they always check Rego and warrant) and had warrants done at vtnz all with Euro plates on with Euro font and a Euro (D) as the logo. I have had zero problems. If you were that worried, carry the originals in the car with you -there are always times when you forgot to put the originals back on after a 'show evening'.

    Note. Background reflector graphics are NOT mandated by law, neither is the font.

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    3 hours ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

    I *think* I am insured for any vehicle I drive, with AA, would have to double check to be certain

    If it is true, why am I insuring all my cars when I could be paying once :rolleyes:

    If you do this, your cars won't be insured when you are not driving them - e.g. when you are parked at the side of the road etc. You will only be insured for damage to others resulting from collisions you cause. Nothing else.

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    So the cable finally came and play time began. Have now successfully coded the radio to NZ/Euro standards, which worked straight away for rds, but you have to wait 15 mins for the tuner to be able to access the full frequency range and I thought I'd f'd it up. But it works, so happy beemer owner.

    Also managed to turn off the stupid Japanese reverse Gong, but that was in a different place to what the other forums said. 

    They're are so many ECU's to read, it's going to take a while to find the other things I want to change

    Smithy if you still need the cable you can borrow it (plus laptop if needed) when you want. Pm me.

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    On 17/09/2017 at 6:27 PM, kiwi535 said:

    if you intend to keep the run flats keep your options open.When i had my 120 d i could not get ANY run flats from my normal suppliers one xmas.I had to pay 400 odd bucks each for a couple of pirrelli runflats.Later that year i got the same tyres for about 250 each from my normal tyre man!I found the pirrellis quite compliant compared to the continentals and bridgestone s that were on it when i bough it.I had a runflat warning one morning on the way to work heading north sh2.I think i had just passed Belmont.I just slowed down a bit and kept going to WingateThere was no difference in the feel of the car albeit a bit slower than normal.However they would not repair it ,

    My tire pressure warning did not go off, even when the tire was completely flat. And I had checked the system status too in Auckland... 

    I'm pretty happy with the Membats. In fact looking at the cracking in the front two Michelin's I'm going to get two more this week. They are about half the price I could get Michelin's fire and two thirds the price of the Bridgestone and Pirelli options. They are only a bit more than the useless ling long rubbish.

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    Thought about regular tires, but my missus world not agree with getting the compressor and goo out to fix a tire with kids in the car (she was already pissed at me that it didn't have a spare), so I went for Membat's for around 315 each

    Although Euro surgeon and auto gravity do the conversions, they are both in Auckland and I'm in Wellie. Hoping to see if I can do something myself, maybe following their instructions... We'll see.

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    So... Didn't quite make it to Wellie...

    One of the 4.5 yr old runflats blew in Paraparaumu, about 60k from Wellington, at 7pm. The problem being that it blew on the sidewall so no driving that bad boy home (stupid no spare). And the tow truck can only take 2 passengers, not a family of four. Luckily I borrowed a Honda rattle box of a friend up the road in Raumati and managed to get the family home, although my 8 yr old boy was upset at not being able to get the new car home (chip of the old block that one). Got Tony's tire service to beat an online quote so now have the car back today running two Spanish membat runflats on the back. They seem like good tires so will be changing the fronts as well.

    Kiwi post say my cable and NCS expert will arrive Monday so I'll see what I can do with the keys, Japanese speech recognition and radio. Anyone know what we can do with the Jap navigation system?

     

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    In Taupo. Hitting the hot pools. Going well so far, tyres scalloped/feathered but the car seems so well set up on the Motorsport suspension. Really eager to turn in and hold the line. Need to sort out one of the keys though. Unlocks car fine but doesn't seem to detect that the key is in the car (comfort access option on this car), other key is fine though.

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    3 hours ago, SmithyInWelly said:

    Cheers Adrian, I ducked into Supercheap to confirm it was what I thought it was; which it is so that's all good.

    I find the whole scanning thing really bluddy confusing as there are different results depending on what it's plugged into... I've even gotten varying codes from the same brand of equipment lol.

    For someone who's not a mechanical/electrical guy it's all a bit too hard.

    I'm sure we can figure it out with Dr Google and the folks in this board. If you can wait that long. You may need to get it into your fave mechanic sooner though. Who do you use?

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    The intent in the law is that you do not draw up a plate on a4 paper with someone else's number.

    I had a quick read of the Land Transport Act 1998 amended and can only find these items that really relate to what we are discussing

    section 265 Surrender and seizure of registration plates and facsimile plates of the lta 1998 amended states that 
    (1) The Registrar may order the surrender of—
        (c) facsimile plates.
    (3) An enforcement officer may seize and destroy any facsimile plates.
    (4) For the purposes of subsections (1)(c) and (3), facsimile plate means any thing that is not a registration plate but is made to appear as if it is a registration plate. 

    I'll continue looking in the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 when i get time

    Like i said I've been running my German plates with the D and euro stars symbol for about 9 or so years and have had 0 problems so far. That includes VTNZ warrants, and a few enforced stops to contribute to the local road fund with the blue-uniformed revenue-collectors on both islands. Nobody seemed to care.

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    5 hours ago, SmithyInWelly said:

    Welcome; nice wagon too!

    I was just researching diag tools after my CEL came on again this morning (sigh).

    Cheers Smithy

    When my cable arrives (probably towards end of next week at this rate) you're more than welcome to use it. The eBay ad says it suits E90/91 as it's a switchable d-can/k-can cable and comes with this lot (plus access to the error code catalogue)

    ● INPA (v5.0.6)
    ● Ediabas (v7.3.0)
    ● DIS 
    ● SSS Progman  (v32)
    ● NCS Expert (v4.0.1)
    ● WinKFP (v5.3.1)
    ● Toolset32 (v4.0.3)
    ● TIS  (latest version)
    ● Navcoder (trial)

    It doesn't have the adapter for older connectors though

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