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1 hour ago, qube said:

sorry i dont follow..?

Thinking of selling the plates too?

Number plate is rather terrible too.. I reckon standard issue ones will suit it more

I was seriously considering a 335i/d F31 but there were none for sale. Not a single 535d F11 either. 

That was a year ago, not much changed since then.

10 minutes ago, m325i said:

$2500 per year is meaningful.

My numbers are per fortnight so half of that  

From my own experience with both N55 and N57:

535i F11 - a $100 in petrol would last me about a week, standard daily "city - over the bridge - city" commute with an occasional out of town trip. Or $200 in two weeks.

640D F06 - a $100 in diesel (full tank is actually $90 something) will last me just over two weeks for the same commute. That's about 800km of travels per tank. URC is $0.06 per km or about $48 per tank in my case. $148 in two weeks. 

Spent a couple of hours making her look pretty.

Took a photo of her sitting there looking rather pretty.

Have had my N57D30T1 for almost a year now and done close to 15k. Absolutely love it and take it any day over a N55 (had one of those for almost a year too). 

Pulls like a freight train yet consumes only 5.5-6L on an open road. Central Auckland only is around 9L if you push it around a bit.

There is a number of variations of N57 though and as I understand it not all N57 are the same in terms of reliability.  

13 hours ago, Arma said:

I managed to do the big MHD flash (~40 mins) with my CTEK 5 amp charger without any issue, but from what I hear the xHP flash draws a lot more current than the MHD flash.

Took me 15min all up to do the initial flash (8HP)   

Tells you exactly how long it is going to take.

3 hours ago, BlackrazorNZ said:

BimmerCode

F-series only.

Carly is more like it.

Got a recall letter for mine too.

From what I've read on overseas forums this might be a lengthy process if they do not have parts in stock. 

Found it, https://www.autodoc.de 

Can also do https://www.autodoc.co.uk/ slightly more expensive due to exchange rate differences , EUR  vs GBP.

Around $1,200 landed in Auckland before GST (no duties for carparts)

Plus GST etc:

NZ$1,500 all up.

I had a B12 Pro kit imported from Germany. Did heaps of searching and finally found a place that offered VAT free for out of Europe shipments. 

Will search through my emails now.

1 hour ago, hugo_nz said:

I also re-calibrated the EDC with new measurements and re-learned the dynamic drive defaults

Where do these hide? Dynamic drive defaults in particular?

Some screenshots would be handy.

8 minutes ago, B.M.W Ltd said:

Well done. You obvious;y have a healthy battery and had all accessories turned off. It doesn't always work out that way with different flash programs

I know, that's why I will not attempt to flash the whole car at once. 

PS: did you sell your power supply on facebook? Pretty sure I saw the same unit for sale a while back, not surprisingly euro surgeon were quick to take it. 

I flashed MHD tune without any power supply/charger at all. But, I knew my battery was healthy and charged.

I also flashed CIC (about 30min) and EGS (5min but takes a bit of prep for Alpina flash) the same way.

18 minutes ago, M3AN said:

Heaps of them on Trademe... and you can borrow mine if you still need one.

Don't really want to spend money on something that'll be only used once or twice. 

Thank you for the offer, from what I've read I need at least 50A power supply for an F-series. Would suck massively if the car goes to sleep mid process...  

12 hours ago, hugo_nz said:

I ordered 8 Bosch new generation ignition coils, 8 high-power ZR5TPP33 spark plugs, front brake pads and a deflector pulley online for...

Care to share where from?

I was looking for a power supply too without much luck. Wanted to borrow one so I can update my i-step, seems like a much safer option is to just pay a workshop to do it (~$200).

Withdrawn by TM now. Must've been something fishy going on. 

9 hours ago, Jacko said:

Note the taped over plates...

Yeah, XS2545 - the ones that are supposed to be on the red 430. There's also a taped off badge, guessing it has 430 on it too  

Saw it on Jervois rd on Waitangi day. A young couple rocked into Dear Jervois in style (and Nike flip-flops).

Damn I was expecting a bit of a monster that you wouldn't let off-leash easily  

2 minutes ago, qube said:

While I was road tripping I saw in Whangarei they had a big caged play area for dogs, like a dog playground, nothing like that in AKL i suppose..?

There is actually one half way up Mt. Eden, two in fact.

Grey Lynn park is also off-leash, not caged though.

I found Meola reef to be a bit rough (a couple of years back, never been back since) - lots of crap everywhere, not so friendly/well behaved dogs etc. 

Waiatarua is a much more safer and pleasant place. 

Have you tried St Leonards beach? Off-leash year round but very much tide dependent, has to be a low tide.  

Had no issues converting mine at an independent Tyre shop. No questions asked, very good price too.

I have to admit though the car feels noticeable softer in corners, probably the only positive thing about runflats...