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@adro's E46 in Newtown...looking good!

E28 in Hataitai

Ooooh that's nice. Lachssilber is maybe the best E30 colour and I like how stealthy it is, no flared arches...

@Harper this is the definition of OEM+. Seats look great, hard to go past for a weekend car.

Facelift is definitely the way to go (ZF 8 speed vs a 6 speed in the PFL). How short would your round town journeys be? Might start to run into difficulties with never getting up to temp/carbon build up and the economy isn't going to be amazing either. The diesels are nicer to drive due to the torque though. My N57-engined car (same as 40d) takes 13-18km to get to temp (mix of round town and motorway running)

What did the dealer quote you out of interest @fred_? Given the online integration of the newer models it could be more cost effective to get the car 'converted' to NZ model then use online map updates

The above plus you're likely to kill your Xdrive transfer case.

no E63 wagons on TM and usually they're mid 60's for S212 generation. C63 is too small, sounds great though.

I can't help but find this strangely appealing. Rationally it makes very little sense and I should probably hold out for an Alpina touring. I doubt the Mercedes V8 is any more reliable than the N63 in the F10. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/mercedes-benz/e-550/listing/3281819939

it appears the V8's have banded together to kick out the odd one out... lovely looking car, sure it'll sell quick

I wouldn’t rule out based on km but condition rules with cars of this age, 120k hot running way better than 75k round town. I saw that 2011 one, looks quite nice and has a towbar but would want to check it’s running Index 11 coils or there goes your 2k maintenance fund

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/3278720378 looks reasonable too - on a full set of Bridgestones (albeit the RE050s are not great, but at least implies the owner hasn't skimped on maintenance) and has a BMW workshop plate surround. Look for blue (OEM) coolant rather than green. Probably 1 yr / 15k km is the sweet spot. One without any idrive is probably fine too, fit a Grom / Dension unit for Bluetooth.

Welcome @MaiaB! Good choice, E91 with a 6 cylinder is very much the sweet spot. Don't bother with a 4cyl, engines are nothing but trouble and not even much more economical than the 6. The pre-facelift ones (2005-2008) have the N52B25 which is a bit more robust than the N53 in the facelifted ones (which have trouble with coils / injectors / NOX sensor). Worth checking if waterpump / thermostat have been done on the N52.

Very nice @JonRP. Alpina Blue and Alpina Green are such special colours. The Japan spec bootlid and front plate mount are the only thing that I would change if it were mine but appreciate you may wish to preserve the originality. Cloth sport seats are cool. I must confess I've been looking at the touring versions of these but as they're all UK market cars they'll probably all be rusty by now (unlike this one I assume) https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2003-bmw-alpina-e39-b10-v8s-touring

I bet the North Koreans are driving one of these...

@Jacko Alpina don't make the iX 🤔

Clearly a foreign mission with taste...they've replaced it with an X6 🤮

Here you go @leichtbau... https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/335d/listing/3281156985?bof=Ioua1f5s (OK it's not an Edition model but otherwise looks pretty well specced, chrome line window trim is 'interesting' though and it needs the raised roof rails replaced with the flush mount ones) wbaux72000a494144-bimmer.work.pdf

just looked on bmw.co.uk, M340i (and M340d) touring aren't currently available on the new car configurator - but the 540i Xdrive Touring is up (57k GBP - 111k NZD) value proposition a bit better on that. I note the only private seller has his M340i Touring (Nardo Grey, 5 owners!) up for 10k more than the dealer had it listed for 3 months ago. 🤨

Just went onto BMW NZ configurator...Base M340i Touring is now 153k (up ~20k since I last looked). CPI is an absolute joke. Guess I'm not buying a new one any time soon.

Thanks @Olaf - nice to have options!

Wouldn’t count on it! @E28E30

Definitely a big gap in the market now that Auto 38 are gone. Sutherland Performance seem to have a reasonable rep although VAG-centric, have noticed a few local BMW's with their plate surrounds on. Sadly I think it means main dealer for me for the time being...

@Kees didn't spot this one on a cursory scan of the database. Low km Hong Kong import living in Wellington wbahe62040gf21296-bimmer.work.pdf

Red E30 4-door (NX2969) on Tinakori Rd. Carjam says it's a 318i. looked pretty clean