Michael.

18 minutes ago, qube said:

try rockauto. they are really cheap for most parts.

their fedex shipping option is pretty cheap and takes around 5 days to arrive.

I had that the other day. 4 days 13 hours from order being submitted.

Amazing service! 

I've had local parcels take longer haha. 

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Good economic stimulus I guess. Mother nature will always keep us little people busy. 

I like how inconspicuous it is and no one would judge you for driving it. 

Occasional mistakes are one thing, but repeated errors are quite telling. 

Wow those batteries look to be in great condition considering they are 49 years old! Jk. 

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1 minute ago, Matth5 said:

I'm sure they've been logging that long before, although it's probably just recorded locally in the car.

My M4 is connected to the cellphone network and I can use an app to check its location, lock/unlock, start the aircon, flash the lights. I imagine the newer ones have more features...

It's interesting reading the fine print that represents these connectivity systems within cars. It can be a buyer beware situation. In most cases no one will care about it, but it can become an issue between law matters and insurance claims, particularly so if it's a situation you were naughty and the data is to be extracted and examined, things are likely not going to be in your favor. The fine print states they will pass it on in such circumstances. Hardly surprising though, things were always heading this way. It's not as wide spread in NZ just yet but been in practice in Euro, USA, Japan to name a few places. 

Torque for days wow 

Does it have 5G capability to report your location and speed back to BMW? 

3 hours ago, BM WORLD said:

any loose bolts on the oil pump ?

or rattling around in the pan?

 

Nothing at all, just clean oil. 

Removing the original bolts and putting in new thread seal / retorquing them of course.

2 hours ago, Autoglym said:

Great to hear you are using Autoglym!!

Absolutely, used it since 2010! 

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7 hours ago, Driftit said:

Appealing to those who don't care about what the CCP are doing around the world.  Which to be fair is most.

Hypocritically, the same buyers of such cars will probably go out of their way to buy ethically traded African coffee and coco products 

1 hour ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

that will annoy the ute driving farmers even more.

Ah god bless those ute driving people that get up at 4am to milk the cows, plow fields and send animals off to head to our dinner plates. Unsung heroes really, tough job, well it's not a job really - a way of life 

3 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

 

It's exactly this that should be cut down on IMHO (for road cars, not race cars so I'm clear - race cars don't do enough miles to make any impact) the number of "cat removed exhausts", "EGR delete", "ECU mapped" cars that are "it's all good for a WoF bro they never notice" is bloody ridiculous. There is a reason the manufacturer spend many thousands of dollars to get the factory tune into your vehicles, and yes it is easy to get "more power" but at what costs?

 

What about my 540i E34, it's factory spec didn't come with catalytic converters when sold new in NZ in 1994?

I agree there needs to be more done about general vehicles with poor maintenace burning oil because the rings are shot and the car is running poorly. 

Another issue no one talks about is most modern cars running on 91 when they should run on 95 or 98 fuel, the amount of variable vale timing higher compression cars around ping and knocking accelerating from a stop is so common, that scaled out to an entire country would make for a lot of wasted fuel, poorer fuel economy and more emissions. 

2 hours ago, Driftit said:

I was interested in the new Honda E.  But pretty average range and they are $64k for an ex demo....

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/honda/other/listing/3079178330?bof=Didrf8jt

Hmm I wonder if you can fudge the battery life details via programming.

Good lord $64k ex demo for that, considering it has the features, quality and appeal of their Honda Jazz models at around 30k it seems like a stretch.

I wonder if the 64k includes a free battery replacement in 10 years or so? For that money you'd hope so haha.

I was curious about range on a 1.5L 2021 Jazz, they get 5.8L per 100km and have a 40L tank, so a theoretical max range of 690km vs a maximum of 220km for the 64k Honda E. Of course most people dont do 220km+ in one trip but some do so means that car isn't an option. 

21 minutes ago, Driftit said:

It would mean the end to performance mods.

Just look what is happening in USA with the clean air act the EPA is going nuts on, fines for individuals doing mods and even shops selling ecus that could do away with the factory emissions systems, even race cars now have to meet the standard emissions levels if once a road going car with a VIN. The RPM act is trying to get traction to make race cars/off road use cars exempt from these crazy emissions standards. 

On 7/1/2021 at 3:15 PM, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

MTA SUGGESTS EMISSIONS TESTING, 

 

 

I've always wondered who pays for that then, a test would be expensive as hell. As would the equipment for that testing, training and other issues related to its implementation.

Then the is the issue of the remedy, telling a single mother with children that her 15 year old Toyota Camry is has slightly too high CO2 and NO emissions levels so can't be driven anymore unless it has a $1500 cat and $2000 PPF installed would be a disaster, especially if she can't afford to buy a new car with the govt approved emissions levels. 

If something like that went ahead it would financially ruin people so they can't even drive a car, probably the plan I imagine. They'd be told to ride a bike to pick up the kids from school and to go to work in the rain, or catch a crowded bus that takes them no where near their intended location. 

The other issue is peoples classic cars, you'd have to have a new exemption status created so old vehicles can continue to be used. 

Furthermore, I just saw this:

Dunedin protest becomes heated as teen blocks petrol cars - NZ Herald

haha, get ready for more of this, If viewed from facebook comments were some highly entertaining reading. 

On 7/1/2021 at 6:11 PM, Driftit said:

Scrappage Scheme.  Did not go so well in the US.

 

Hahah cash for clunkers, what a disaster. They had to put sodium silicate in the engine and blow them up so coolant, oil and other fluids leak out onto the ground and go into the soil or drain when the engines usually blew up, a lot of videos show this. 

Was a triumph for the environment. NOT

I recall around 750,000 cars were destroyed in this, a lot of good second hand cars too, no parts could be sold off them as well so it was a massive loss of the 2nd hand parts market. 

Ended up having people cash in and get a new big car, usually getting into debt in the process despite the scrap rebate. 

Haha, why does it even matter what is faster. An M5 E60 is a fast car by any standard, especially for a road car, way more than most people can handle. 

If we think a little outside the video topic, a 325i E30 for example would get thrashed by most BMWs cars, but it's one of BMWs most iconic models loved by so many. Looks, style, engine sound, simplicity, driving experience, history, the list goes on.

There is so much more to a car than just straight line performance.

Furthermore these new age BMWs have electronic telemetry that tracks GPS location, steering inputs, brake application and speeds that can paint a picture of your driving style, so if a situational arises insurance/police can use that data against you too, makes having such a fast car like a 440i seem nonsensical in this age of big brother. Read the fine print of these new incar data systems, it's really quite startling how much data the manufactures are collating from every parameter of the car. 

I think you can adjust the alignment on the wiper motor spindle, might help, from memory there are two adjustments? 

I had some what of an issue on one of my Soarers, ended up putting a washer spacer in the spring of the arm that provided more pressure on the window, seemed to help.

Will be a much classier car once your return it to a stock appearance. 

All the mods the prior owners did really reduce the quality look, especially as the add ons age, like the rear badge. 

Ah the joys of high tech - lower quality parts in modern cars. 

Sad what they have done to maximize their profits and build in obsolescence 

Manual certainly has it's appeal, especially with an aged SMG system.

Although while the intake induction is quite nice, I think the exhaust note the S85 makes is one of the most annoying rackets ever. Extremely overrated. Especially if you hear an Audi V10 exhaust note which is significantly different.