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  1. The Monaro is a cool looking car but not that easy to live with. They are very easy to break into and quite noisy to drive on a long distance road trips. The wind noise from them is shocking. Even when they were new the magazines at the time commented on them being noisy.

    Just thought that a modern coupe would be cool to have. Mind you the Monaro is like having money in the bank. At least I can get some enjoyment from it.


  2. Had a look at the Dark green car today, WOW very tidy indeed. Even the hood lining is in great condition. No signs

    of sagging. You would have thought that it had done 100,000 kms less than its 144,00kms easy. It was the first BMW

    I have driven let alone an M3 so I can not comment on its performance compared to other ones.

    The clutch did work very well, a bit on the heavy side but no shudder or slip at all. These cars certainly have a solid feel to them and a very ridged chassis. Makes my old holden feel like you are driving a bendy green stick.

    I am very pleased that I got the opportunity to drive this car as it has made me rethink buying a M3.

    Unfortunately this sort of car is not for me. I had a lot of trouble with the narrow pedal spacing. Every time I went to push the clutch in the outside of my shoe would hit the foot rest by the tunnel. Also I was not happy with the lack

    of low down torque. Not the car that I would like to drive around town or to and from work, but it was never

    designed for that. Silly silly me for thinking I could do such a thing with so much of a car.

    This has not put me off buying a BMW thought as I'm sure there is a model out there that more suits my needs and wants.

    Now that I am not aloud to test drive other woman as my girlfriend does not like it, I will make test driving

    BMW's my new past time till I find the one that I like. (I was going to say the one I love but that sounds a bit of a gay thing to say in a car forum)

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=294632583


  3. Had a look at the Dark green car today, WOW very tidy indeed. Even the hood lining is in great condition. No signs

    of sagging. You would have thought that it had done 100,000 kms less than its 144,00kms easy. It was the first BMW

    I have driven let alone an M3 so I can not comment on its performance compared to other ones.

    The clutch did work very well, a bit on the heavy side but no shudder or slip at all. These cars certainly have a solid feel to them and a very ridged chassis. Makes my old holden feel like you are driving a bendy green stick.

    I am very pleased that I got the opportunity to drive this car as it has made me rethink buying a M3.

    Unfortunately this sort of car is not for me. I had a lot of trouble with the narrow pedal spacing. Every time I went to push the clutch in the outside of my shoe would hit the foot rest by the tunnel. Also I was not happy with the lack

    of low down torque. Not the car that I would like to drive around town or to and from work, but it was never

    designed for that. Silly silly me for thinking I could do such a thing with so much of a car.


  4. I had a look at this car today. It had the factory M3 hand book in the glove box and it said the compression was 10.8.

    It is a honest car but the poor old thing has lived outside for a few years. Needs a new paint job to bring it

    back to its former glory. Had damp carpet and that wet smell that they get. Suspect that the windows are leaking as

    the sunroof looks OK. Also had a cracked induction pipe that goes between the intake manifold and the air cleaner.

    Would definitely need to be fixed before it was driven to far.

    I think it would make a fantastic targa car, would have brought it myself but already have to many other projects

    on the go.

    At this stage I am just looking for a nice fun car to drive to work that does not need a lot of work doing to it.

    Think a 325 or 328 manual coupé will do just fine, although I'm off to look at the dark green M3 tomorrow.

    http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=294632583

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