Tristan

When the missus tells you to get a sensible car that's when you realise you're really married and go ahead and purchase something ridiculous

Cheers. Glenn or anyone else able to do this?

A question most probably answerable by Glenn: This may seem petty but is it very easy to switch the steptronic from pushing it forward to shift up to pulling it back to shift up? It's nothing major but if it's a simple solution like inverting fuses (my basic mind at work) then I'll probably do it.

Odd that tuning option doesn't work for me

I believe in different countries there are different names for the cars, so a Corolla in Singapore may be named differently to a Corolla in Taiwan, Japan etc.

Haha it was worth it! Congrats on the purchase and yes, pictures please!

Hands-free but it is apparently legal to call *555 whilst driving?@Resident I concur. @Zenetti Wow, unbelievable.

Maybe just a bit

He wasn't young either, some old guy with his middy.

Driving along Tamaki Dr. this afternoon heading home from town I see a Toyota Cielo weaving between traffic without indicating where there are 2 lanes. I ended up ahead of him when we got the the single lane from the new Okahu Marina I chucked on cruise control going 50km/h, roads still wet and slippery from the day's rain. Anyway this impatient retard tries to overtake me down the middle but sees a traffic island in the way so pulls back in, tries again and there is on-coming traffic so I'm like wtf at this stage already then this f*cking dumbass tries to undertake (terminology?) me on my left despite a corner coming up in 100 metres, by which time I'm getting f*cked off at this impatient idiot. He then pulls a u-turn and goes back the other way. Yes, in retrospect I could've pulled over and let him pass but I didn't but his reaction to someone going the speed limit, despite the poor conditions was appalling.

Wow, does look pretty good - but I would be wanting 18 or 19" ... Could be a bit harder to attain. EDIT: *Drool?* http://www.ecstuning.com/Flyer-Genuine_BMW...vent/ES1928240/

As much as I like basketweaves, I'm not so much a fan on newer cars, if anybody can photoshop me some onto this it would be appreciated, some coloured centres would be nice too

1) Approx. how much would this mod cost me? 2) I notice you have the same stereo as me, do you know if it has a world tuner and if it does how to access it?

Don't know about spacers but from your signature your car sounds mint. Can we see some photos please?

Thanks, and yeh - can you elaborate on the kerosene wash, please?

I'll save it for another weekend, or maybe Mother's Day

Welcome to the forum and best of luck with your project.

Looks great! Beautiful car, even more so with your cleaning. I want to clean Mum's car as well but being a 4WD it seems like too epic of a job to clay bar haha.

Happy birthday! Glad you enjoyed it

After buying it a nice surprise was that it was chipped and re-mapped (I assume) to 500bhp

Parked on the left as you're going down?

Thanks all! Regarding the lights, yes I will ask the importer for the factory clears as I know for sure he has them. I'm sure many of you will have seen the other white 530i on TradeMe. Nicely ACSd up, I bought from the same guy. Great service, very helpful. Regarding the wheels, I agree I like they way they look but yes they are a bit small I'm thinking 18" black wheels, chrome lip - I like how it looks, maybe it's because of my age because my dad doesn't agree but when I'm paying for it what difference does it make ae? But in saying that I need to earn a bit more before I can move onto wheels but they are right up there on the list of upgrades. EDIT: One of Dad's Fathers' Day gifts I like how you can see the clouds in the reflection of this one.

Yes, lights were on car when I got it and will stay that way until I clear some funds. I spent today doing dad's car as a father's day gift (I actually forgot it was fathers day until after I did it haha) before he gets back from overseas tomorrow morning. Pics to come whn I get home from dinner but it looks great; colour is amazing, it's like a Mirror.

Got no idea, was expecting them to come off at compliance but they didn't. They are LED I believe, single ring angel eyes. They need to be re-adjusted and the importer is sorting that within the week.

I think the Kidney grilles came out looking good and personally I like the way they look on the car. I used 600 grit sandpaper, several light coats of primer and the same for the paint then left overnight to dry. Still to come is tinting by Seth@Carfolie.