sobanoodle

37 minutes ago, NZ BMW said:

For $40

Hold on... is that shipped to NZ?..?

1 hour ago, Gabe79 said:

It can be black magic deciphering year of manufacture versus model year for a Japanese made car from numbers alone.

Correct, they use chassis numbers instead which are fairly easily decoded (based on my experience with Subaru anyway). Won't give you nowhere the same amount of information that you can extract from BMW VINs though but DOM is definitely there. 

39 minutes ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Annoyingly I see a few people are trying to put the Model Year thing on their BMWs when selling them, which is BS when there are three lots of updates each year with BMW and MINI.

Yep, pointed that to a dealer I got mine off. Was one of the reasons to knock 10k off the asking price   

Did not have any issues connecting my F-series via Enet cable, successfully used both ISTA and E-sys for flashing. 

If F series then you can get a cheap as chips ENET cable off ebay and also source ISTA. Will be enough for a recovery, have successfully done so myself when I bricked mine   

That is of course if you have time to wait for the cable to arrive. 

39 minutes ago, qube said:

i may need to go test drive some diesels then.. tbh not sure what im missing but happy to be proven wrong. 

Haha I was exactly the same. Just make sure I take something decent.

My first test-drive of a diesel was in a 3.0BiTDI A6, got hooked and  started looking at BMW diesels. Don't think I am going back to petrol any time soon.

But yeah, each to their own.

10 minutes ago, balancerider said:

If you don't mind the idea of diesel, I'd recommend a test drive of the 335d

+1 for the diesel. 

Moved from N55 to N57D and have never had any regrets. The pull is just amazing, 5.5L/100km on an open road is rather awesome too  

F11 535i are getting cheaper too and a bit more common than F31.

15 minutes ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

the maximum age of the car is supposed to be two years and still qualfy as a "new" car.

Explains why my late 2012 build is registered as 2014 (when it was sold new).

Thought the registrations were by the year of manufacture, not when a car was actually sold. 

Have comfort seats in mine, a bit of a step up from sport seats in the old F11 (with lumbar support) comfort-wise.  

1 hour ago, denpin said:

Ah, if only I knew what all that meant!! 

Any suggestions for someone in Auckland whom I can go to?

Not as hard as it sounds and there's heaps of how-to's online. 

+1 for diesel. Get so much more range for less money, yet more fun.

From F-series 535i to 640d.

You need to VO code and reflash your CIC from Japanese to ECE specs, then you'll have expanded radio frequencies. 

If you had an F series I'd be more helpful, Google is your best friend. 

I want those rims.

So sexy. 

15 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Total NZ New sales from launch (both launched at the same time, so apples with apples...)

Sorry can I go off-topic and ask you how many 6 series Gran Coupes were sold here officially? And diesels in particular? ?

6 hours ago, qube said:

C63 AMG - too many idiots hooning in them making a loud noise, high running costs in fuel and tyres etc, again not too many good ones around anymore and a bit too old styling imo

Yep... Was following one through Ponsonby today. "Carbon” wrapped bonnet and no mufflers. I mean no mufflers at all, not even muffler deletes. Looked extremely dumb imho.

I am looking for some at the moment, priced up a set of RE003 from BS Select and they can do them for about the same price as a set of Dunlop SP 050+  Both are non-RFT.

Time to decide, any suggestions/opinions?

$1500ish for a set of 245/35/20 and 275/30/20

Sweet, contemplating whether to swap the whole set all at once or do the rears now and wait for the fronts to wear off. 

Found SP Sport Maxx 050 in 275/30/20 for $399 a corner. 

Edit:  and 245/35/20 @ $350 a corner.

22 minutes ago, hugo_nz said:

Yep, went for non ROF.

Have you noticed much difference? 

1 hour ago, hugo_nz said:

Dunlop SP Sport Maxx 050

Non-runflats? My rears will be dew soon and thinking of 050s too, where did you get yours from?

36 minutes ago, Henshaw84 said:

Hey sobanoodle, do you still have a Carly so I can code my e87 and pay you? Thanks in advance 

Haha yeah I do - flick me a PM  

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Have a look on aliexpress - there are some very high quality housings for F-series, wouldn't tell the difference between OEM and those. Surely there are some for older types too. 

If that's the case mine will be affected...

PM me, can do this for you