balancerider

spot on. my question is more why a polish origin car should have mph/kph at all, assuming this e30 wagon was never brought into the US and is LHD

Super cool to see one of these in Canada, sadly BMW wagons are on the way out again in NA - they're not bringing the G21 3 series in and the E61 was the last 5 series. slightly unusual to have a dual mph/kph cluster in a LHD euro, imagine that's not original?

Second SD European as a recommendation - I picked up a tow bar for my F31 from there as well

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2162609370.htm

Nope - just spotted while browsing

This may be of interest https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2162542048.htm?rsqid=f725c5286f0248d7b526c22803421e5c-004

@Jacko - E91 330i's are not easy to find, as they're NZ new or UK import only.

All the NZ new 330xd's came with adaptive headlights and pro nav. I think there were a few pre-production non xdrives with halogens / otherwise low spec. The sports seats and M sport wheel are definitely nicer. I think the black NZ new F31 330xd in Chch is a better bet

I would say the price is fair given the spec is so poor on that one (halogen headlights on an 80k NZD car wtf) This for me is the best VFM F31 atm. Great spec and NZ new https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2157020647.htm?rsqid=ec9605f13abd481eac91d1f1603c7b01-002

330d/335d are probably overkill for your needs if you have an M3 - though N57 is a nice motor. In gear performance from the 320d is absolutely fine for DD use. B47 (in LCI F3x) possibly slightly less trouble from a timing chain perspective than the N47 in the pre-LCI. I didn't think the 320i/328i were anything special when I test drove them.

A Daytona Violet E34 M5 (?plate - KALAYA) in Whitby today. Sounded nice!

the below news is upsetting...

Looks like you'll be aiming for avg fuel consumption of 20L/100k with that fleet!

Looks reasonable (given crap photos), decent warrant history although wheels definitely need changing and no clear reason why it's had 4 different plates (doesn't appear to have been re-registered though). Nice spec with F+R PDC, xenons, bluetooth and m-sport.

pretty cool although it looks rather involved for those of us without an electronics background! next project replace the kombi for a kph only one?

No jap import LCI 330i's (in either body style) so would have to be from the UK.

I would guess that will be slim pickings. Probably <15 LCI ones with N55 sold NZ New and not all of those would be m-sport. there's one non-M 2011 jap import on TM.

Another reason for spec'ing the cheaper alcantara instead of leather is because the (F3x at least) japanese cars often have other expensive spec choices as standard (xenon lights, frequently adaptive cruise, big screen nav) so presumably some measure of cost saving involved. I have read that in general the japanese don't like leather seats, to the point where the JDM limo's (e.g Toyota Crown) come with wool or velour interior instead.

The non 3L versions are running Navara engines

This is top of the (sh*t) pile

stock pics of a US car?

Haha that may have been lost in translation. I thought BMW NZ were in charge of what gets put on the license label for the NZ New ones though Jon?

And a black one this morning

Concur - the majority of the imports seem to be luxury line version without sport auto gearbox / m-sport suspension (presumably cheaper at japanese auctions). I test drove a low km brown 335i a couple of years ago, not sure I'm old enough to own a brown car yet though

Tidy looking (though non m-sport) NZ new LCI with the N54, seems a reasonable price if the service history stacks up. Photos are a bit sh*t however... https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=2023844753