cleanish_e46

Good buying if you’re in that neck of the woods. I viewed one locally and was pleasantly surprised after taking it for a spin. Good thing I picked up the X5 at the weekend, the baby showed up last night!

Fresh WoF and an oil filter housing leak delete by @BMTHUG at Apex. I can’t recommend enough, great service.

Sorted now, but thanks. They go alright these.

Viewed and test drove a E39 530i Touring, paint was bad too!

He had quite the collection, and the condition of everything spoke volumes. Notably, a Boston Green E36 M3 and a 911. German, and an engineer by profession for what it’s worth!

Thanks for the heads-up Scott, I actually ended up buying the higher mileage one. It was in better condition, drove nicer and had more history with it than anything else I'd looked at. Plus the previous owner was great to deal with.

Performance not great but reasonably economical to fix and run. I drove a E39 530i wagon last week, they do go better in those for sure!

Budget: $5k cash give or take and... ... Boris could potentially be negotiated for the right car / deal. Family first and all that. 1995 New Zealand new Hellrot 328i. 167***KMs, known ownership trail and service history. Expectations are realistic, but something that can be relied upon daily, and capable and safe enough for the family. Facelift, M57 and 6-speed ideally if Boris has to go. I would be particularly keen to see service history on anything else. I missed out on a low spec, but low KMs and tidy pre-facelift M54 one this morning for $4500, someting like that would be fine. Thank you for any advice or leads, Josh

E46, E90, E91, E39, E60, E61, E53, E83, or what have you got for a family of four plus the dog? Budget: $5k give or take. Expectations are realistic, but something that can be relied upon daily, and capable and safe enough to chauffeur the family when needed. Pic for attention:

New job and commute is much further than the previous five minutes down the road, but thankfully against the traffic. Still daily driving this, and it’s still great. Not sure I’ve had a car that handles better…

What is this? 😍

Does anyone local (North Shore, Auckland) have this trim piece going spare? I’ve ordered one but keen to keep it covered in the meantime. Cheers.

Let’s fix the window, it’ll only take a couple of hours… Easy enough, let’s replace the door lock actuator while we’re at it… everything working on the test fit. Closed and locked my door, unlocked it and the mechanism jammed. Door wouldn’t unlatch. All of the above work is less fun to do crouched in the drivers footwell, but I did become somewhat of an expert on E36 door locks, sing out if you’re ever in the same situation! I ended up having to punch through the case and pick the lock. Shout out to @HELLBM for sourcing a replacement door lock, great to deal with as always. Good to have everything working as it should again!