Sammo

Such a bargain and perfect daily - I don’t do the Kms to justify a third car though. Hope the Skoda is going well, I didn’t realise they were in that price range or I may have tried one out when we were shopping for the F31.

Basic coilovers will cost you upwards of $2,500 once certed. Another vote for Speedfactor in Tauranga who do AP springs (KW group German entry level product) and ST (KW group German mid range product) at excellent prices. I ran their shocks and springs on my E46 for a while and they were good - I now run ST springs and AP shocks on my E30 - no complaints for the money. I think their AP E46 kits are under $1000 for shocks and springs which is great value - throw in some strut and shock mounts as well while you're in there - of course you could save some money and do springs only if your shocks have been done recently but its the same amount of work / labour to do springs alone.

Previous gen is quite nice and getting more affordable, this is a little heavy and Toyota-colab looking, not that my opinion matters as I can’t afford one! Im sure it will look very purposeful in the flesh.

Not a very desireable spec obviously but a reasonable manual 6cyl E46 has got to be $6k min these days?

Not to feed the stereo type, but 100% (one of one) of my Singapore imports had multiple electrical gremlins.

Excellent value, even though I bet those are DIY retrimmed with the L-Seat premade leather covers. Meanwhile in NZ, a set of ragged out front sport seats is easily $1500 plus and I spent over $5k on my retrim (although that was with near unobtanium OEM fabric / seat shocks / frame welding and custom door cards).

Thought so too - look like mini style 32s but in 4x100

Spotted today in Berlin - only seen 1 E30 so far but it’s a nice one 🔥

Lovely motor but seems a little speculative when that stunning Sterling Silver M325i recently sat for so long at $55k.

Did a self driving wine tour in Tuscany today driving a Bright Green Bambina ‘Cinquecento’. Absolute blast and felt like an genuine antique compared to the E30. No gauges aside the speedometer whatsoever, first is good to around 20kmh, 2nd maxes out at 40kmh but then drops you way out of the 3rd gear ‘powerband’. Still a hoot though and managed to avoid stalling at all 💪🏽 Only in Italy will they hire you a car then ply you with wine 🤣

In Ranelagh, Dublin today - Alpina B10 3.2 manual.

Seems good to me? I only use Apple TV / Netflix / Neon (yuck) and YouTube really. I should try the built in Android apps sometime.

Been loving the rear view lately, but why can’t I stop thinking about a Heckblende reflector? AKA $700 piece of plastic

My Nilfisk stopped working after a couple of years and bugger all use. Replaced it with a basic Karcher.

@Contrails did you ship your M325i over to Oz with you or is it still here?

Fanboys gonna fanboy

Sorry to be blasphemous but I run everything via my Apple TV 4K 😬 have since day one. Must try the native apps sometime as I understand the quality, especially upscaling, is great (Apple TV is very good too of course).

Very nice - is that the A90J? Got an A80J earlier this year and absolutely love it - has an older but grunty Onkyo TX-RZ800 and Image speakers to keep it company.

Been a bit busy with renovations lately so car has not had a lot of attention although will be taking it to the Meguiars meet on Sunday. After having my clutch hydraulics replaced it’s driving ‘fine’ but get a little vibration when changing gear so likely I did do a little additional damage (to flywheel??) when I broke down… Have also decided it’s too damn low so will be on hunt for some more moderate lowering springs, ideally with a little more spring rate too - H&R sports? Anyway, will be off to Europe for 5 weeks next week, so the never ending to-do list will have to wait a while!!

Great recovery, noone even noticed the minor error

Interesting

Problem I guess with any reasonably desirable 20 plus year old car that was once cheap and in bits and now potentially expensive. Very easy for the seller (knowingly or unknowingly) just passing the buck and saying ‘Dunno seems good to me’ or previous owner said xxxxx. No ‘salvage title’ type of record here? The ‘rebodied’ 318i/M325i auction closes tonight I think - interesting if the top bidder goes through with it given everyone can see all the unanswered questions.

Ahhhh missed this or might have been able to snag it before it hit the market

^^ A red PFL 2 door is a great look but good luck cracking $20k. Another nice looking overpriced PFL - ‘M-Tech’ though? Was there a 323i sport model with the dogleg prior to the Tech 1? https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-3725565772.htm