balancerider
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Another vote for avoid here - anything that’s been through ‘eurosport’ (dealer on the plate surrounds) I wouldn’t touch with a barge pole.
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(formerly N46 powered no doubt)
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The XL is mainly a quick reflection of the load rating I think - (I see those ones are both 100Y) so I doubt the sidewall rigidity will be dramatically different. It seems the PS4 in that size was rated 96Y which is where the XL comes in on the 5
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The MaxContact are a mid range tire, a tier below the PS5. SportContact 6/7 would be the equivalent so would probably take the Michelins. Apparently the 5 wears much better than the 4 did. Will look mint on the Alpinas
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
balancerider replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
Easily remediable though (except the bloody sunroof) - and it has leather sports seats. Quite like this. -
@Spudooli BMW's have never been renowned as oil proof but wonder if the fact the petrol ones run so hot (for efficiency purposes I guess) tends to aggravate gasket wear? B58 is starting to get to the age where leaks become apparent also I suppose.
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
balancerider replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
delusional pricing on that one. might've worked 18 months ago -
You shouldn't need an AGM battery for that year E87 as it is pre-stop/start 'EfficientDynamics'. That ought to save you a couple of hundy.
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Pictures please with the new suspension setup?
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RealOEM says it’s GM trans
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@aja540i That's a bit of me! 370k km as well
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Looks a fair price given the major con(vertible). Quite tempting in spite of that.
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Search NZ new, majority of the 320d xdrives are pre-LCI but there are a few nicely specced Sport and Shadow Edition LCI ones as well. The Jap import 320d's are all RWD (there is a 320i X-drive though) and not many of the UK ones are AWD either
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currently maybe but i imagine it'll be back to the 75c / L difference once the tax goes back on.
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@m325i imagine an X3 with an N55 will be pretty thirsty unless driven very gently on open road. I can't get the diesel above 10L/100k avg regardless of how I drive it.
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Inclined to agree there could be some catch up depreciation coming soon so the white one originally posted potentially still the best. There are a couple of old man spec NZ-new 330xd's (a luxury line and an SE) in Auckland but both pre-facelift and a bit more expensive https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/330d/listing/4033600605 https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/330d/listing/4009529556
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Saw that one @Bennyboy...he/she is also playing the arbitrage game, that one was 40k at a dealer when imported a couple of months ago, and the reserve might be 50 with a 40k starting price. This on the other hand is quite attractive (albeit twice the price of the 330d above) https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/340i/listing/4031040353
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Price looks kind of steep on that one @Bennyboy - although it's effectively an NZ new car, imported with 80km on the odo. Spec is not bad, depends if you think sunroof is a good thing or not. There have been several facelifted ones with 50-80k for mid 30's in past 12 months.
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I test drove a RWD 330d when I was in the market, actually feels faster in some situations than the 335d because of the power delivery/boost with the bigger single turbo. The x-drive is not too intrusive, just a bit of extra fuel use and the bigger turning circle in town - and potentially service costs. The DSC is quite permissive in sport / sport +, can feel the power shuffling to the front and pulling you out of the corner on a wet road.
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https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/3/listing/3793864853 This is probably best bet if you aren't fussed on mileage (although it's at the trade-in warehouse and it's been there a while so would need a good PPI). The NZ new 330d's (except for a few pre-production cars) and all 335d's (which weren't ever sold new here) are x-drive though.
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lovely...appears to have had a new cluster at some point though no discrepancy in the odo readings.
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I can read it...ergo he won't be entering medical practice anytime soon
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There’s been several F31 330d with similar Km for less money, you’d have to really want the NZ new one to pay 23k
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The ones I've had refurbed have already started to go again so cbf repeating...