treone

8 minutes ago, Jun said:

@treone your old E31 is still there at A1, Aaron still hasn’t sorted it yet

Haha - not a surprise at all, apparently its been there for a 'few years' lol. Took me down memory lane when I spotted it under all that dust. I knew straight away it was my 'first' one haha.

Reminds me, I need to get them to sort an airbag light on my green one!

Nice work on your M5 - have to admit, I've been getting the M5 itch again! 🤔 🤣

On 5/18/2023 at 9:50 AM, E63 said:

840ci?

Correct! 👍

I would reiterate too - blocked sunroof drains are an issue and will cause water ingress problems! 

Clear them now for relatively cheap $ and keep on top of them - this will save you $$$ when you have water soaked carpets and need to dry them. 

awesome car though and just enjoy it!

10 minutes ago, Kees said:

its a very love ir or hate it car haha.

Not another e30 bahaha 🤣

What about the moss on the pulsar that they moved onto the street lol

10 hours ago, jon dee said:

7.96 litres/100km or 35.49 mpg

Thats pretty impressive!

Hmmm, a 535i GT could be a viable replacement to take over long distance travel duties... 🤣

7 hours ago, GorGasm said:

His videos seem quite good but there's something about his face/voice/manner that throws me off.

Don’t disagree 😁.

Great way to showcase your fleet though!

1 hour ago, ookii said:

I rang BMW and they don't have it in stock and asked me to just buy one from Repco or Supercheap.

Is it just me that finds this advice coming from a stealership quite amusing 🤣

Will end up becoming a museum piece 😎

Thanks @akapjay 

I’ve been leaning towards this so will probably go with it

What else would you spend $8k on and get the same level of satisfaction 🤣

And let’s be honest - you will spend the $8k on something anyway haha!

Yeah, that sux big time!

Thanks for the suggestions so far - will look into them. 
 

edited the request to be a bit clearer, meaning , cheap a$$ and effective options/alternatives 😎

I'm keen to 'sound deaden' the cavity of the roof in my HSV station wagon, while I have the headliner out. As there is quite of bit of surface area, using Dynamat would be super expensive. So... what are the cheaper sound deadening options/alternatives?

TIA, Cheers

Nice colour combo. Pity that it is LHD ☹️.

Bump, Bump, Bump...

What! Miland were exceptional in service and parts availablity. Sad to hear if this is the case

Having own/ed both a 4l manual and a 4.4l auto e31, my preference would be... the auto, which I think it is suited to the GT nature of the e31 (or is it a stage of life thing haha).

Don't get me wrong, the manual is the 'bees knees' and is great fun to drive (even with tired suspension lol), but the tiptronic auto is well matched to the 4.4l, smooths out the experience and is no slouch either.

Also, don't believe what they say about the e31 being slow, dull and disappointing. I find it a pure pleasure to drive and won't embarrass itself, especially the CSI, against most of the modern 'unmodified' stuff today. And it looks way cooler than anything else out there haha!

I thought my manual one had the edge, performance, handling and comfort wise, over the V2 Monaro CV8 I had at the the same time.

@Kodachrome If your CSI went to Christchurch, I think it is soon to be 'back on the road' from what I've read in a post on the US forum ☺️.

Cheers

Can relate to recommissioning a ‘barn find’ 😎

The Rover SD1 Vitesse vid is a good watch too a thought these we sooo cool back in the day!

Quite enjoy these videos...

57 minutes ago, thorns said:

What is the US type TP's? 

You can tell US style FTPs as they have orange indicator lenses. The Euro style are ‘tinted’. As this is a NZ new it should have the euro style ones, which are way better IMO. 
Looks like the ones on this car maybe US type or are aftermarket - but I’m not aware that they are available as aftermarket.

Here’s a pic of a couple nz new examples for ref 😎

Thought that too - especially when its manually converted, wrong steering wheel and US type TP's. But those M-Pars are cool!

Have heard that the manually conversion was done properly though

Bump ☺️

@SmithyInWelly - completely forgot you have done the 3l beemer - doh!

Enjoy your new purrchase and hope to catch up again at one of the local events sometime

130i 🤣