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    On 11/13/2023 at 9:13 AM, Apex said:

    We looked at a few BMW's on the weekend but all were Jap imports and smelled like cigarette's, non had service records.. will hold out to see a good NZ new car at some point. 

    Very few NZ New F11 535i's. You might have more luck with a 530d, there were a few around for low 20's earlier this year

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    11 hours ago, GorGasm said:

    That black 535i looks nice, maybe a tad pricey but nice.  I was tempted to get a Merc C350e, but was a bit more than I wanted to spend.  I can't wait for the G30 5 series to come down in price, as that has a 530e wagon variant, which is the perfect daily driver in my opinion.

    By my calculations diesel is only worth it if you're driving a tank as the break even is about 10l/100km.  If you can get a petrol car that uses less than 10l/100km, especially 91, then you're probably better off.

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    The battery range on the Merc c350e is utter shite, less than 10km apparently. G series 330/530e seem decent but unless you’re doing mucho km and all short running within battery range it’s never going to pay for the higher purchase price. I think I’d rather emnjoy driving something with an I6 in it (admittedly I don’t do many k and it’s all open road so YMMV). F series 330e doesn’t come as a wagon so that option is out

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    Wouldn’t rule out a diesel as long as the car will get some decent running (and you can find a 530/535d). 580nm of torque is very nice for shifting 1800kg of wagon. Air suspension liable to need replacement at the age the f11 is now. Expensive options (adaptive suspension / lights / soft close doors) will be expensive to fix if they fail. There is a nice looking 535i LCI in Christchurch but a bit over your budget. 
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/535i/listing/4391340312

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    2 hours ago, Vass said:

    Ohh, and thanks for pulling me up on it! Since you pointed it out it actually started bothering me to the point where I felt motivated enough to do something about it :D

    Took the panel off the bumper, moved the license plate further up to line up with the protruding edge in the plastic, chucked in some rivnuts, went with 4 instead of the original pair just to be safe. Then took some hardcore pick tool and scraped away along the bottom of the numberplate creating a deep groove, then just cut my way through the plastic with a box cutter knife, filed the edges smooth and voila!

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    I'd have probably never even given it any thought, but it does look so much cleaner this way. Thanks! Just need to find 4 matching bolts to tidy it up further.

    Love this - looks OEM for the standard NZ plate (which always looks odd mounted on the euro plinth) and no extra spend required. 

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    No pics but the tanzanite blue M3 Touring at Continental BMW looks lovely. Also spotted a German plated estate on SH2 in full prototype camo - first two letters of plate were HN so speculating it might be the new Audi A4 B10 Avant

     

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    5 hours ago, Apex said:

     

    I only say that as near every enthusiast car as of late seems to end up on Trade-Me a month later for RRP or higher and I know the M3 Touring will be in demand. 

     

    Interesting that both the Chch and Hamilton dealer demo G81’s were on trade me <24h before being taken down (both at rrp) so clearly the demand is there. I love the idea of an M touring but think I’d take an Alpina B3 instead

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    On 9/21/2023 at 4:41 AM, Apex said:

    Italian alps are underrated driving roads IMHO, clearly even the Swiss are going there to drive.

    Where else can you bomb an entire pass without seeing a cyclist, or motorist! Lots of goats though. 

    Nice spotting BTW, have only ever seen one in NZ and it was the less desirable Alpina model with the Auto. 

    Plenty of cyclists - myself included. This was near Lake Maggiore, largely narrow windy roads here but probably some better driving options further west on the France- Italy border. I see there were only about 5000 made and all LHD so guessing very few or none in NZ

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    On 9/16/2023 at 8:11 AM, Fail57 said:

    Small update, ordered some on Friday… made them triple check the part numbers I supplied, gave them the rego and said make sure they’re the correct numbers because it needs to be 4 specific things. M-Sport, X-Drive, F31 touring, non edc. “Yeah mate we got them”… they sent non m-sport ones 🤦🏽‍♂️ now we wait till next week to see what I can do

    They’re probably the right ones. The f3x x-drives run non m sport shocks as the centre diff needs more ground clearance so it doesn’t get smashed on bumps, they sit about 30mm higher than the rwd version

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