Twistee

That platform was rebadged so many times, pretty sure it got uglier with each though. 

Bringing this back to BMW though - here is the best variant:

In South Africa they made the Opel Kadett GSI Superboss, which was a group N homologation special. Massive cams for a street car and a 2L engine, it was a brute for an NA and thankfully nothing like the Pontiac LeMans - I have plenty of fond passenger seat memories of these beasts. If you had the coin and could find one you had a Superboss, I just had access to my aunts 1.3 Kadett which made no effort to hide that it was not a "LeMans" car. 

At almost half a metre in length it is massive, I could do so much with $329.99 - Buy a days worth of groceries, put gas in the M5, buy 1/3rd of a new office chair  Or as I found out - let the other half buy some new shoes..... So I won't by buying that particular toy, but if it were an E61 M5 it would be a done deal.

So TT is long over - was a real mix of tragedy and some close racing. But on a happier note I found this today while shopping for my daughters B'day present...

And at $329.99 it's priced like a BMW!

Watching this, also after the same thing.

Hi, 

Guessing you are after ceramic coating? If so you could try https://www.ocdetailing.co.nz/ who have a good reputation on here. There are plenty of others, prices a highly dependent on the current state, size, and desired finish of the car. As such prices are not typically outlined online other than starting from figures. 

Best of luck and hopefully you will post up your experiences if you go through with it.

The audio commentary is a crack up. 

I left AA after two claims that ended with one car being repaired 3 times and then being sent to a Euro panel shop for a proper fix, and the second where a pin dent from a door ended up with half the car being resprayed because the panel shop did such a hack job. The AA assessor was incredibly useless and as it turned out had signed off on payment to the panel shop before the job had even been done, so did everything he could to avoid getting the car correctly repaired elsewhere.

1 hour ago, Driftit said:

Finally got power to my new hoist.

Excitedly I chucked each car on it to have a look.  I think I was better off not knowing.

The old Daihatsu 4WD needs every bush.  Every single one.
The AMG's rear tyres are through to the wires.  Woops.  And the sump is leaking.
The 130 has an Exhaust leak.  And a new oil leak.
The S13 has many S13 issues.
I'm too scared to put the E34 on there.  It may never leave.

Oh and the low profile lift jack.... yeah not even close.  Going to modify that for sure.

But you have a hoist!! 

Buying something from TM that is described as could do with paint, when the reality is that the part is FUBAR'd. 

1 hour ago, Bandit said:

Just like to point out a) Today $40k ish is the market value for an E46 M3 and b) until a sale occurs lets forget about a potential 20k return on his investment, as, it is yet to be earned 😁

Could be, one blink and you have missed it Twistee...........

I don't ever begrudge anyone an honest living, but attempting to gouge across the board on a number of sales is a bit sad to look at - even the rims they are selling are cheaper with rubber brand new than what they are trying to get for them. 

At $40k that car is probably great buying, but based on the activity of that trader I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. I would sooner spend a bit more and buy from another member if I was in the hunt for one. 

I stand corrected, a quick google and opencorperates return later - they are not solely a used car stealer family, also have trade as electricians on the shore. So if ever you wanted to stereotype some stereotypes feel free - cause we all know that light switch was not $400. Although applying electrician math to the M3 you can see why it went from $40k to $60k  

Pretty sure looking at the other listings this is the same crowd that were trying to palm off the stuffed M5 a month ago. I recognise the candy red McLaren aftermarket rims in another listing, so clearly using multiple TM accounts to dupe people. This is just a dodgy used car dealer being a dodgy used car dealer.

So who is going to low ball an offer for shtz and giggles?

If anyone does manage to find a way through this I'm sure many of us will be very keen to follow the same path. I don't see why with the removal of ownership details that privacy comes into this, I'd be more than happy to pay a fee to cover the time. 

Should also add I got all the gear out to detail the interior of the M5 then jumped in my wife's car and had an aneurysm at the state of it. So to get to my happy place spent hours cleaning that instead, then did a half ass interior cleanup of the M5. FFS, how hard is it to keep it vaguely clean. Vented leather seats just love crud in all the holes, I discovered a kiwi shoe brush with the shop vac is amazing at moving almost everything without doing damage to interior trim. So that was a positive. 

The M5 got its annual done at BMWorkshop Botany, great service. No dramas, no issues with the wagon, captured some mid stream oil for me to send off for analysis. Having an independent workshop that you can trust makes the ownership experience much less stressful. 

https://youtu.be/Tc-DBS-htvE

Steve Dinan initially talks about the S85, then goes on to talk about products they have developed. Like listening to an excited 'Merican Gordon Murray.

Had to visit Botany Town Centre today, found it hard to argue with the stereotypes come from somewhere line - new blacked out X7, illegally parked, which even with every driving aid short of a direct connection to the brain still managed to nearly back into me at some speed. FFS!! 

Drunken neighbour (who everyone around here just loves) has builders in attempting to glue wood together with nails in the form of a deck - FFS sooooo over the hammering. My coping mechanism is banking this hate for the day I install a basketball and netball hoop / backboard - because building a deck from 7am for weeks on end is temporary, playing ball with my daughter will last a lifetime. So yeah, I can also make council approved noise and have a bunch of fun  

And when that fails, I can just idle my Subaru with the 3" exhaust cut out open - mmmm big cams. 

50km on a new set of Conti's, drove over a pair of nail clippers someone had dropped. 

13 hours ago, gjm said:

That's a Ford Mustang, why's it on a BMW forum 😁

Pretty sure that is Alex aka fred_'s wagon.

Might be keen, can you please flick through the model number for the pump. Thanks.

Thought I recognized the house in his other listings. It's the spot that hosted the influencer party during lockdown. 

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300434808/covid19-police-issue-six-infringement-notices-to-north-shore-partygoers

Probably a stand up member of society.