christopher j

Hi guys. Have had my 2008 130i for just under a month now and am wondering how long it takes for the auto dimming interior rear view mirror to darken up. Should it be dark generally at night with cars behind? I have noticed it slightly darker than usual sometimes but not all. I have had Continental in Takapuna check it over and they seem to think it's working. Have also checked all fuses and all seem to be fine. Have tried shining a torch at the rear facing sensor as well which didn't really do anything.

I bought one from Wellington just under a month ago and drove it back up to Auckland. They are awesome cars and I use mine as a daily. Plenty of power when you want it and nice and comfortable and quiet when you don't.

Has the road code changed to now inculde "When entering Auckland's Victoria tunnel, stand on your brakes for no reason whatsoever"? I see this every time I ride/drive through it. I just don't get it.

As a motorcyclist I have to be well aware of what's going on around me. And I get to see a hell of a lot more nonsense than if I was in a car. So these are the things I would like to see people start using whilst driving. 1: Their indicators 2: Their mirrors 3: Their brains! I would also like to see people stop using these things. 1: Their phones. 2: Their god damned phones!!!

I followed a similar kind of person driving a similar kind of vehicle through the burbs towards Milford one morning. For about 2 kilometers they achieved a maximum speed of 25kph, and slowed at every intesection joining the main road we were on and all but stopped at one of them for no reason. Then when we arrive at a traffic light controlled main intesection severe indecision reigned surpeme. Finally a lane was selected and we progressed through. Heading out of this busy intersection and into the busy main street of Milford she starts veering to the right, so I assumed (wrongly) that she was going to turn right into a side road. How silly of me! She then drives up the wrong side of the road until she gets to the pedestrian crossing outside (with safety islands in the middle of the road) the New World. I'm now along side her giving it loads on the horn. She is now on the crossing and decides that maybe she hasn't quite got it right so then turns right angles to the road and drives across the crossing! Now she's behind me at the red lights. So I jumped out, ran up to her door, wrenched it open (much to her surprise) and give her a serious ear bashing. To which she replies "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry". My parting shot was "You need to pull your car over and stop driving right now, because you're sh*t!" I should have grabbed the keys and thrown them away.

Too true Jon. It's the inconsideration that sends me wild. I don't care if anyone wants to drive at 80 or 90 or whatever else they feel confident doing, just be condsiderate to everyone else. It's really not that difficult. I could write a whole book on this I think.

To add to the already miserable experience of using the motorways (ie complete and utter dribbling morons who sit in the right hand lane for no reason, usually doing 85 - 90 kph), 2nd on my list of pet peeves are people who either move in to the left most lane, or are already in it, just as an on ramp joins the motorway. And these total dildos carry on as if there are no cars trying to merge on to the motorway and are seemingly surprised to see said bunch of cars trying to merge quite normally. A lot of drivers seem to have no thought past the end of their own bonnets and this is a prime example.

You should have definitely kept it!I will never sell mine cause I know I would regret it. Mine used to have horrible steering. It was almost frightening, but a decent wheel alignment has made a huge improvement. And here's the 3. It's running a 3.5L Rover V8 and Toyota Supra 5 speed.

Thanks.Well, it was my first car. Had it for 17 years now. It's on its second rebuild since I've had it. It's fairly standard. Running the standard 2L Astron with a few fruity bits added. Slightly lower suspension and Simmons wheels as you can probably tell. It's a good fun car to drive but uses a fair bit of gas. Anything else you wanna know?

I had an E36 coupe headlining retrimmed at Vin Trim on the shore. Cost me $150 and they did it the same day.

Pretty sure that was built by a guy up the top end of albany. He's built quite a few different custom minis. One was the front half of one with the back half of a motorbike jammed up its arse to make it a trike. Another was a widened mini ute kinda thing with a hayabusa motor in it i think. Also had some 3 wheeled car that looked like an aeroplane also.

Picked this up from John last night. Is a beautiful car!