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I loved driving these when they were brand new, such a hilarious tonka truck to hustle quickly. Sharp pricing as well, someone will quickly work out the man-maths required and own it at 30K I should think.

Was lucky enough to be fanging a 6.5 Makinen at 17, and like you say, almost got caught out driving a mates Estoril 3.2 in the wet. Only a few years difference between the cars, but the arms race Subaru and Mitsubishi were involved with at the time made for cars that turned mortals into driving gods.

Used to park up beside the Remuera post shop quite often in 2014/5 from memory, same wheels with BMWAG number plate.

I just so happened across this car today, photos don't do it justice. It should get close to what the Mora Metallic example went for (based on condition) hopefully the flat-peak facebook e36 gang don't get wind of it.

are you being race-ist?

Compare an E46 coupe to an E46 M3 - both very handsome cars in their own right, as are the E92 and E92 M3. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the E92 is the best looking 3 series "coupe" ever designed. The F32 is awkward and slab sided in its design language in non F82 M4 guise, the design doesn't become cohesive until the arches are flared and the car is lowered to remove the arch gap - same problem with the G22 to G82 M4, and that's not even delving into the front end.

It's definitely a coupe in their marketing, how else will they be able to call a 5 door hatchback a "gran coupe" with a straight face.

Keenly watching this one, sat for a couple of weeks at $12K without much action.

E39 M5 style boot lip spoiler would be a nice touch!

Great stalk 👏 I thought they might have a white balance camera issue or some weird bulb temp in their overheads, but looking at the Obsidian Black CLK430, the colour is bang on - shows exactly how blue that colour really is. I'm inclined to think the 130i has had a respray. No chance that is Le Mans.

What colour is this?! https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/2854642618

?? Ali ones, obviously. Steel ones are for run of the mill E30's. Budget is commensurate with how much they now cost, I'm happy to spend the money, I'm looking to save on shipping. And I want new as I've not been happy with bushing replacement on ali arms in the past.

As per title, looking for NOS. Happy to spend the coin if I can save on shipping.

The sad thing is that this level of satire is going to go over the bimmersport members its clearly aimed at

Ah okay, thanks for that. There must be something in the AC waters, Simon van Velthoven from Emirates Team NZ has got a black 635csi on a nice set of BBS alloys. Will have to snap a pic next time it's at the base.

SS did you sell that to Tristan?

The E87 shape lends itself well to Japanese wheels. Car is looking M I N T.

Oh my lord, the perfect E87! 135i front bumper is a really nice touch. She a keeper Ray?

Nice one! I've really believed in gearbox and diff ratio massaging ever since seeing the Mines R34 GTR absolutely molest Tsukuba with "only" 600hp, there's tangible real world benefits to shifting away from the galactic ratios BMW offered from factory.

Stu's Trim Shop.

Meisterschaft GTC or Eisenmann Race are god tier noises. Akrapovic Titanium if your pockets are deep.

Back for sale https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/m3/listing/2981127711

Spotted Gerry in a Fiji Green 318iS that wasn't his racecar. Greedy!

A range of open source information, and far too much time spent collating the data.