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Can't edit the title but there are now two BMW's at home. Don't think the new one quite fits the 'ultimate driving machine' moniker but range seems good (Chch-Welly on 77% of battery) and it's a very pleasant thing to commute in. Wheels are UGLY though.

It’s on Wanderer tires (apt name perhaps) made by MRF…Could be Mahindra BE6e?

Comfort seats are easy to spot - no extendable thigh bolster which the other two kinds did have. @paulo would not be surprising to uncover a relationship between 'Jay from Hamilton' and the vendor. I wonder if he is a real estate agent...

17 owners for this. That steering wheel needs to get in the sea as well

agree with @Vass - don’t get any 4cyl petrol except maybe the m43 (which only came in the e46 anyway I think). If you do decent trips @elias 330d would be well worth a look, even old diesels without emissions equipment don’t love lots of round town / stop start running. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320d/listing/5140239493 - also worth a look but with a pretty average ad hints for condition - do the tires match and are they name brand / runflat if appropriate? But service records with receipts are definitely your friend. And check the WOF record on carjam.

It’s even the right colour for Sreten of M539 Restorations to sweep in and save it

They did come with a plate plinth in Europe but 3M double sided tape should work fine on the E9x

This would be ideal https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/576979268029874/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Abf316151-8fe7-4f2c-9cf2-7e80971e6922

You may not find many 320i M Sports with leather interior - virtually all the Japanese imports with M Paket were alcantara interiors except the 335i (and that’ll give you bumpers pre-drilled for PDC sensors too if you can find one of those) at some point during E91 production they swapped from a single panel sunroof to a pano double roof too

Even with the non matching panels it looks so good on the Alpina rims

Someone like @promo may be able to assist?

For 120k I want an Evo II with an S14 thanks - I'm sure it's great to drive but originality is everything IMO.

Looks a clean example @elias! As you say not many on the market, especially NZ new and without the emissions equipment tampered with. They are probably at the bottom of their depreciation curve now, so maybe 8-9k to the right buyer. I think the E91 facelift 335d touring went for about 12.

@tomlnz car discussed in thread above. Hopefully you can get issues with dealer sorted. Wouldn’t be surprised if this particular one has already been mapped. I have a 335d as well and would be inclined to run it stock for a bit before going for a remap as IMO it isn’t really required. Would change diff oil and maybe transmission flush at that age / mileage - xdrive breaking (which seems much more likely with a remap) will run several thousand to fix. Regular (ie. non 2 year / 30 k km) oil changes are a must. Some people are keen on lowering them due to the stock xdrive suspension being high (Eibach are springs of choice) but then the transfer case is in the firing line on non sealed roads eg ski wagon usage.

It certainly has for new EV’s. 26k off brand new pre-reg IX1 is pretty attractive, just gotta persuade ‘the boss’ that it’s better than an XC40 Ev

Malachite E30 (sadly an auto)

Ghastly thing. Red interiors are never great but combined with a bright blue exterior 🤮

You might be thinking of the Q7?

Me either. Presumably the M5 bits could be removed and car taken back to stock apart from manual conversion (which would be cool). Guessing they'd sell easily in US / UK / Europe but a pretty small market here with only ~45 E39 M5's in the country. Really want a big engined wagon in an interesting colour - Oxford green E39 540iT would be cool.

'06 330i will have N52 engine which is more reliable than the N53 in the facelift E92 (injectors and NOX sensors go wrong)

They’re all rusty(er than the NZ new ones) though. Would’ve been great if the early 2000’s weren’t an utter paint / rustproofing fail from the German marques as they transitioned to water based paints

From the era when VW were briefly not sensible (the bork potential I’m sure is heroic). A car for @Kees maybe? same KW as a 335d but 750 NM of torque

needs a lot of love. carbon black is a nice colour and it's unlikely to be as rusty as a UK import. I reckon $25-27k, maybe a bit more if it comes with some spares.

needs to sell it so he can afford to buy a new camera

The problem being you're unlikely to be paying peanuts, even if that's what the techs at a main dealer are receiving. Gotta pay for the glass palace and coffee machine somehow