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Nice manual 540i you have there. I reckon it will be well worth bringing it back to its formal glory. Good luck!

I'll stick to my gas guzzling, high emissions 25 year-old 'dungers' me thinks 😉

I'm not sure that you will find a BMW/Mini garage/specialist in Whakatane. But... I travel regularly to Whakatane and last year I took my e31 fuel pump housing with me to try a local auto electrician. Long story but it had a dead pump and damaged housing wiring. After calling several businesses I decided to take it to Super Auto Electrical. They sourced and fitted an OE Bosch fuel pump, then repaired the wiring all for what I consider a reasonable cost (hundreds v thousands for a genuine complete unit). No-one in Wellington was even remotely interested in helping me out. Run by a husband and wife with a team of mechanics they gave great service. Len, the owner, says they do a lot of work on the local euro's, BMW, Porsche, VW etc. When I was there they had an X5 and a VW Toureg showed up. They are my first port of call if I need a garage when I'm there. Hope this helps.

This is cool, but not a huge fan of the red interior. Nothing that seat covers can't fix though!

Which one would be worth a gamble on? 😁 Timing chain guides and Valve seals an issue with the 4.8?

What about this one: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/2950894624?bof=YZ79LrrT Pretty rare?

Listed longer than the infamous P. North E39 540i ‘Schnitzer’ with low kms? The one that is slowly decaying on the dealers yard? It must be close 😁😁

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Found this to be informative and interesting...

The one that was listed on Trade Me over Xmas in the Hawkes Bay? If so was tempted myself as it seemed to be well looked after. And a good price too iirc. Congrats on the purchase!

Great stuff. Reminds me, i need to get my seats done 😁

It sure is @balancerider! It has a third more filling capacity than my HSV wagon, which has 1.7l more cc’s. Thats why this one hovers around the halfway full mark 😎. but the bigger tank is in line with its GT nature 😁

Drove it. One year and 2,500 kms of use, thought this was pretty cool...

Re-complied. WoF'd. New plates. Rego'd. Road legal. Yesss, today was a good day! 😊

Best thing about the video is the E30 M3 😊

By chance, do you have any left over 8er parts ? 😎

Stunning! Congrats on the sale as well!

This guy is highly skilled (for a ‘part timer’), informative and entertaining. I’m a fan and can’t wait till he starts the manual E60 M5 project!

^^ This ?

I need a couple if rear handbrake shoe springs for e31. See pic real oem - p/n 34419064029 - says also used in e32/34/36/39. Does anyone have some? Anyone local in welly area? Cheers!

Last one from me - My first V8, got it in 2005 - 1995 VR Series II HSV Senator ?.

Out of curiosity, what year?

So true @Olaf, post now fixed ?

E60 M5 ? but it went to the right person who is taking fantastic care of it! ? And not one of mine, but a family member had a late 70’s Toyota Corolla SR Coupe in the middle of the 80’s - now that would be a cool ‘Rolla to have today!

@BreakMyWindow thats an awesome ZR-4! @hqstu - wow what a collection of Monaro’s. And to own them at the same time, thats pretty amazing! Another one to pine for - 02 V2 Monaro 6spd as well. Why oh why did i give it away...