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Loved watching this. Took me back. Late 90s/early 00s was where I was hooked. Wish I could get some of my old cars back but they're all too expensive to get a hold of now.

Seller: "thank you, looks even better in person. sometimes i go into the garage just to look at the wheels lol" Those wheels are nasty. When the light catches them they look bright yellow. Nice car though (minus the wheels). Love the look of 19" LMs on E39. Don't mind gold on green. But not those. LM gold would look good on it.

Yea I've heard it can be rough ownership. I've always liked the 4.6is and wanted to own one some day for towing and some light off road duties. But not sure the headache is worth it.

A couple E53 X5 4.6is listed at the moment. Both in Estoril Blue. This one was listed yesterday by a private seller. Asking 12k. NZ new. Silver interior trim. Looks like it has good service history. It was offered to bimmersport members for 8.5k in 2022. 197km at that time and now has 214km on the clock. So it hasn't been sitting idle in a garage. The other is listed by a dealer at 10k. NZ new. Wood trim. 210km. Thoughts on these prices?

Yea Sulco. I can't remember how much they were (but can check the invoice if you wanna know). What did you do for the caster mod? I found a youtube clip where the guy just zip tied + 3M'd some to the bottom of the frame...

He doesn't look too stoked 😅

Looking at the original thread. It looks like the AI latched on to 2 comments and then made some generalised statements like "...with many customers complaining about...". Were other forums/reviews saying the same thing? Or is the AI actually using a couple comments (and one in particular) from this forum thread to decide that "many customers" have complained? Your screenshot only shows part of the screen. Were other sources referenced?

I don't use google at all so can't speak for its AI (assuming that's google). But with other search engines the AI will usually provide links to where it got the source information from that it used to generate the overview. If the opinions are honest and from real experience then it doesn't seem reasonable to remove them for the sake of AI. There should be links for people to validate the source information and form their own opinion. But I can see how it would suck to see something like that as a business showing up from AI. Especially if that experience came from a specific shop.

Was thinking this would be a nice parts car. Those seats look in good condition. If the dash isn't cracked that would be nice as well.

Ha yea I binged it last night and today.

Haha. Cracked up when I saw this. I've just finished season 7 of drive to survive tonight and realised I thought his name was Otto the whole time. Can't change the name now. Plus Toto reminds me of wizard of oz.

Nice. That was quick. I'm biased, but diamond black tech 1 has always been my favoirite E30.

Thanks. Yea love the combo for an E36. It's really tidy and in my favourite BMW blue as well. Seeing as I gave my E30 the name Wolf (Wolfgang) I decided to name this one Otto. Had to be a german name and I think the Mercedes F1 team principal's name is cool (Otto Wolf).

Avus blue? If that's the one you mean. Yea. It's my daily now.

'87 M325i https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/5204694115

Actually, just noticed now its an import. That could be miles and not kms.

Agree with this. K's don't always tell the full story. But there is one under those K's on TM atm. Been on there for a while. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/m3/listing/5198707979

Nah you can't. Which is convenient.

Now listed by Sunday drive on TM (assuming under consignment). Hopefully they at least mention the re-shell on viewing (doubt it though). Probably should mention the alpinas are reps as well. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/5200390090

Legend. Thanks.

Nice to see you landed one. Look forward to seeing the progress. If you don't mind me asking... What did the m52b28 set you back? I'm looking to get one at some point in the near future and keen to know what ballpark figure is to get one.

Nice. @HELLBM if you come across anymore (front or back) I'll be keen.

Finally got around to putting up the wall mounts. Definitely recommend them for saving space in the garage.

That front left wheel. Got a flat and that's the spare?

Usually the auto bit would be an issue for me. But not for one of these. Auto would be fine for how I would use this.