
balancerider
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@TermiPeteNZ may be able to comment on the M40i - B58 is a great engine. Fuel consumption / tire prices / suspension servicing cost will be significantly worse in either X3 compared to your F30 so consider whether the high driving position is worth the payoff.
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Options on removal of Japanese plate brackets?
balancerider replied to Deek9000's topic in General Discussion
Plinth only needed for the front - the rear plate recess is nice and flat. I personally think the black small plates are a bit 'scene' (although YMMV and apparently they are hard for the fixed speed cameras to see!) and they don't have plate surrounds available due to the small size. Europlates + plate surround is the cleanest option for me. -
Options on removal of Japanese plate brackets?
balancerider replied to Deek9000's topic in General Discussion
RealOEM is a great asset for BMW part numbers. https://spareto.com/oe/51138054576 -
Options on removal of Japanese plate brackets?
balancerider replied to Deek9000's topic in General Discussion
Good on you for getting rid of the Japanese plate frames! If you are going to run a full sized europlate on the front you can buy the plinth that comes on the euro market cars (see below image). If you're going to pick the mini plates then I wouldn't bother and just drill holes in the plate to match the existing ones in bumper front and rear (you may need to fill the lower pair of holes) -
Have a look at Spareto. Main dealer sometimes have OEM at reasonable prices so worth checking
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F80 M3 Base audio system upgrade
balancerider replied to Neal's topic in Audio & In Car Entertainment
A simple thing but very satisfying @Neal -
Any use cases not covered here?
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a 2012 35d is the same as the UK/NZ 30d i.e. N57 single turbo, possibly with AdBlue which I'd try to avoid. Anecdotally the 30d is more durable than the 40d, most of the dead N57's i've read about are the twin turbo and tend to be in the X5 (guessing this is to do with lugging 2.2 tons of SUV + / - trailers on the regular). The CBS-suggested 30k oil change intervals are mental on a truck like that. Would want much shorter change intervals. The x drive is sensitive to tire circumference - doesn't like different brands / tread depths front - rear.
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F80 M3 Base audio system upgrade
balancerider replied to Neal's topic in Audio & In Car Entertainment
Any mileage in 4.7 update @Neal @Dogballs? -
Best places for parts, new and used
balancerider replied to Glacial Pace's topic in General Discussion
Fabian @ Coombes Johnston BMW Hamilton has been good for parts for me in the past. Would be worth checking -
Account is old but bought my first BMW
balancerider replied to Glacial Pace's topic in New Member Introductions
Seller nearly paid for all those services 😉 -
Would be an easy decision if this was an F31. I think I’d take the f80 with the spec on this, looks like a 320i sportline
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Concur @rod_r - an i3 / leaf range EV is very much a second car for most people. TBF BMW never made any representations otherwise. If you have to have one car then phev makes a lot of sense but worst of both worlds if you can have 2 vehicles especially in terms of long term reliability. A 6-7 year old one is probably only one failure away from scrap
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https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/i3/listing/4767288570 This looks like the one to have. My partner can't get past the unusual looks sadly. @c.robertson00 RUC's still apply to the REX - just at the lower PHEV rate. any savings will be chewed up the first time you have to service the REX.
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in the 15-20k price range you are getting a leaf or a Zoe. Far rather have an i3 than a BYD or MG faux by 4 The real world is more like 150 vs 160-165 - again 15k buys you a lot of charging. Glad a Tesla works for you but supporting the douchebag in chief of that company is low on my things to do list. Accept that no automobile manufacturer is likely to be 'good' but you've gotta draw the line somewhere.
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@Jun $20k + buys a lot of RUC / charging. A small car is quite desirable if you do a lot of town running and that basically doesn’t exist otherwise. Leaf is a class bigger and byd / stellantis are still $35k
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I am also in the market (likely not for Rex version as would be round town) and it appears the REX is the most common thing to go wrong. Tires are expensive ($500 a corner) and apparently prone to punctures. Battery chemistry is much better than a leaf and has active cooling. The aircon grenading appears to be an issue mainly in very hot climates (e.g. southern Cali) where it's cranking for 8 months of the year. Probably not such an issue in NZ. They are great to drive and pretty efficient (good range given small battery). Rear doors are a bit niggly if used often.
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Absolute unicorn. That must be 1/1 in RHD. Individual paint as well?
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@Neil McCauley looks like Dravit? there's a G81 M3 in Akl the same colour and I can almost forgive the snaggle tooth front end.
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maybe 30% of the s-/sl- class mercedes and the supercars when I was there last month were LHD.
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I really don’t think there is a better immediate metric for ‘how well has this car been looked after?’ branded tyres =/= perfect maintenance but linglong ditchfinders = ‘don’t touch with bargepole’
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F80 M3 Base audio system upgrade
balancerider replied to Neal's topic in Audio & In Car Entertainment
Interesting - thought I was possibly imagining but 4.5.3 is definitely worse -
F80 M3 Base audio system upgrade
balancerider replied to Neal's topic in Audio & In Car Entertainment
@Neal and @Dogballs - is your retrofitted connected drive setup functioning properly currently? My car has been registered via bmw nz for connected drive services ( UK import as well, brought in while BMW were still bringing them across to the NZ service) but the app is getting worse and worse - vehicle mileage functionality no longer works, I can’t change fuel remaining units from gallons to litres and remote services work less than half the time. -
Within a solid kiwi male of my (not that old) 3 series awd 3.0 diesel wagon weight-wise. I can sort of understand it for ev’s because the battery is so heavy but for a generic 4 pot petrol it seems…FAT