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You chose Kickers, nice. Not that the brand defines a great outcome but judging by your  intense attention to detail I'm sure this will sound great. At the very least better than what you started with. 

I love watching your build threads, it helps me justify some of my insane decisions ( at least in my head ). 

That one is great, I found this last night. An E61 and the guy really straight lines it.

Just de-badge it, no one will look twice. 

When the MD gives you a wind up about not completing your security training, forgetting about the laptop that IT threw in the bin because he clicked that ransomware email link. FFS. Bean counters just love em. 

@AllanwI only just realized that my cheap Maker's Mark has no e, wtf didn't even know that was a thing. 

On a non car related tube channel, just got into whiskey tribe - didn't really need more of an excuse to want to collect beverages but why not.

Ice worked followed by a hot soapy carpet cleaner session to get the remaining goo out. Cheers.

How the f do I get chewing gum out of my interior carpet? FFS I'm pissed at having to waste time and money on doing this.

Seriously that inspector should be hand writing scripts for the local GP.

There are alternatives / clones, but my experience is that the adhesive lets them down. So if you do use a trademe alternative, (I'm a fan of the foam sound deadener) then possibly combo it with a reputable contact adhesive to avoid the pain of it coming free in a month. 

People confuse TM with Bringatrailer and think that NZ is a marketplace that has same population as the US and magically there will be price wars. 

My neighbor got beaten to within an inch of his life after being called to assist a woman who had been injured and required medical attention. He was off work for months and required significant surgery, the cops caught the person responsible and his sentence was handed out by the local iwi who made him apologise, but not to my neighbor who had no idea that any of this was going on and it wasn't being handled through the typical courts. FFS, hard to respect the law when the punishment is non existant. 

Good to know.

I hope it is a simple fix

Cheers, add that to the list of stupid things to deal with. Thanks VTNZ.

Nothing amazing to report as we've been dealing with very minor storm damage rather than playing cars. I did notice that the WOF expiry date was only 6 months from the date of issue, I thought for a 2008 car it was 12 months? The last WOF was 12 months on the car. Any ideas?

Watched that today over lunch, interesting to hear how the coupes were assembled. 

First world problems, drowned my cell so ordered a replacement ex AU a week ago - DHL has just processed it in Auckland, FFS 7 days from Brisbane to Auckland customs. Ordered a laptop for my daughter, two and a half weeks later and it's still sitting in Dunedin as Harvey Norman failed to request the stock transfer to Auckland. I did roast the Michelins through third today to blow off some steam.

3 hours ago, Neil McCauley said:

 

I guess the question is, what the F**K do I do with my record player now?!?!

The E61 in a dark colour with their kit is not the worst looking thing ever -

Solenoids installed and it sounds like it should, smoother idle and happy me. On the down side the original noise that it went in for before it threw codes is still around. I'm just happy to have it back and it got a ragging on the way home to make sure everything was done up nice and tight. So time to enjoy it until the clutch / flywheel get done in the near future. I was very happy that Autosure only charged the one excess for the job. 

So other than a small comms hick-up at the start of the year BM Workshop continue to provide me with great service.

Got a call this morning, waiting on the solenoids still. Possibly end of the week or next now. On the plus side I only have to pay one excess for the replacement of the two solenoids. Glad I had the AC sorted for summer..... As much fun as the 116i is to blast around in as a loan car, I do feel it's a bit down on the M5s power. It does throw just as many codes though which is a bit of a worry for a loaner. 

Pretty sure that all the mounting points were completely custom and had no relation to a road car, effectively they didn't lower the car they designed the ideal geometry and fabricated the chassis changes. 

There are four new safety cameras being installed out my way, can't wait for the additional safety that will bring to my daily life. 

I don't have much to add here other than to state the obvious, if fuel consumption is even vaguely on your radar then go and by a Mazda 3. If you want an E61 M5 then buy it, accept that you will spend eye watering amounts not just on gas for the experience but it will be worth it. I drive mine all the time, and I never get tired of looking at it either.

If this car does end up in the club it would be nice to get a photoshoot with the three tourings.