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trademe - otherwise someone here is bound to ave one for you.

do they make kits for right hand drive thouh? When I was researching turboing my M30 I found my main problem was that some parts (extractors and piping etc etc) would just have to be thrown out.

Plus your top speed will be lower. reason you will use more gas is your RPMs will be at a higher level if you drive in the exact same manner you drive now. In saying that you may find you are using higher gears than before.

its part of the CD changer cord - removed it myself and have confirmed it as I have borrowed a cord from an audio store. in saying that I may not need one anymore but if anyone can help.....

Hey guys... Anyone able to supply the following cable. I am told BMW does not list this as a part. It is the power cable (I think) that hooks up to the CD Changer in the back of my dads E38 750iL If I was to describe it: Round at one end with small female inlets (holes) swirling around the centre in a spiral Rectangular at the other end with two rows of pins the top row has more than the bottom and there should be a gap on the top row near the right where it looks like a pin should have been (but isn't supposed to be) pictures attached (hopefully)

So your point is that you cannot provide conclusive evidence of a vehicle smoking by eyesight? I suppose this is where trust and good judgement comes into play

yea I was thinking that too as they travel on the same "island to island" ticket - But your main concern is will they be able to be sent via NZ Post anyway - they have some maximum weight restrictions (even for courier). Id say your best bet would be to talk to main freight - They only charged me $50 for South Island to Wellington

Yes but loudness of our exhaust is on variable scale. Visible exhaust test is discrete - either YES I can see smoke coming from the exhaust or NO I cannot see any smoke.

Yup as long as they are fully packaged and shipping is paid for etc etc

ill be travelling wellington to hamilton to auckland to wellington. Leave Wellington 4th November midnightish. Be in hamilton most of day sunday 5th november, then auckland that night and back to wellington monday/tuesday

haha yea BCa major in Economics

Someone correct me if I am wrong as I am no expert: A Link replaces your current ECU and requries complete programming yet you can cater for all modifications you make to your engine. A piggy back system such as Unichip is installed between your ECU and your engine and alters the variables the ECU sends to the Engine in order to maximise performance - it can be thought of as a tuneable chip I suppose. Unichip is the only piggy back system I know of that allows you to tune timing and mixture. Basically every time you add a new modification you rock up to your installer and they tune the car with the unichip on the dyno. I was reading somewhere that the advantage over a link is that you can tune in much smaller incremements. However as its a piggyback, you cannot ditch AFM for MAP. If anyone can shed any further light on this I would be interested.

I agree, it would take a lot or petrol hiiking for me to give up my E28, yet I did buy a bike to save petrol and parking. And I do not drive my E28 unless I'm going up to Manfield. But you have to consider that this is a car forum, it is not a fair place to take a sample from especially on such a topic, so whats the use arguing as to how high petrol prices would have to be to give up driving our cars? I mean did anyone on this forum purchase their car with the first and most important requirement being its economy? (you're nto choosing only from BMWs - from all cars) A free market is all well said and done, it does provide an individually effecient outcome, however its not socially effecient. Car drivers do not take into account externalities imposed on the environment when they drive and when they purchase cars. They do not take into account noise disruptions when adding mufflers as it increases their own wellbeing etc etc the list goes on. How free do you want your market to be? If there is no regulation then there is complete anarchy. The concern here is to reduce greenhouse gas emmisions. Who when purchasing a car thinks about this minor fact? Nobody. So if a free market was the way to go you are effectively saying that grenhouse gas emmisions arent of concern. You, me and everyone else will act in their best interests yet the net outcome is that society will suffer (global warming etc). The net social benefit with these restrictions imposed is greater than without them. The reality is that without regulations such as these, humans will eventually drive themselves into extinction There is a loss in total surplus when imposing such regulations, however, it could be possible to reduce this loss. People are suggesting other methods of deeming cars are safe to drive and safe for the environment. WOF is a regulation to make sure cars are safe to drive as are the frontal impact laws. I don't know how frontal impact laws were derived from as they are generic for any import, however there could be a better solution. An example could be that government should deem safety of imports and even new cars by crash testing. Some cars which completely fail could not be allowed, some which are poor in a few areas could be allowed at a premium with compulsary full insurance. The premium could be built into registration or even as a direct tax built in with insurance companies. Furthermore, those that pass safely could be normally imported, and those which pass with flying colours could even perhaps be subsidised on registration. A scheme such as this could ensure more socially effecient decisions by individuals with the outcome that vehicles are safer on the road. What I just realised is that the age restriction is based on when Japanese imposed emmisions standards, not our own. Is this not of any concern to anyone or are Jap standards pretty strict? Everyone is questioning why the government is imposing generic regulations on imports instead of introducing emmissions testing perhaps into WOF or compliance. Cost vs Benefit scenario perhaps? Introducing emmisions testing would not be cheap in relation to the proposed scheme? Taking into account what hotwire said, I do believe the government is not consistent enough, and from what Ollie said that these are good steps to achieve certain measures. IMO the governemnt needs to start spending more money on public transport than current. Apparently NZ is one of only OECD countries to be pulling money out of public transport and spending more on roading where all other countries are doing it the other way around.

When considering a link you need to take some thought into actually what kind of modifications you plan to make. If you dont plan to go into the full on N/A side of things, running a piggy back like unichip may actually give you better advantages

This took me ages cause I deleted is half way through by mistake - sorry if it doesnt flow well! In the short run: Age restrictions will force importers to bid only on newer cars wheras economy restrictions will narrow the base even further to more economical cars (consumption and environmentally effecient is included in 'economy'). Let's assume that we are the only country introducing these regulations at this point of time and that we do import cars of similar stature currently (not just old uneconimical cars). With 100 countries already importing cars from Japan, and due to the relatively smaller size of New Zealand's economy and therefore demand, the impact of a change in the type of cars demanded by New Zealand on the worldwide market will be negligble. The type of imports coming into New Zealand is surely going to change - we will see newer and more economical cars, this doesn't mean their price is going to rise from what they currently sell for, in fact, one could argue that the price of newer imports will fall as there will be a greater supply of them relative to before. When considering the cars currently in New Zealand, Kerry is correct, vehicle prices will always depreciate (unless one is considered an absolute classic where over time it will appreciate). Age restrictions will mean that 'old cars' will now depreciate at a slower rate than before as they are now no longer available. Assuming that the population grows at a steady rate and a constant proportion of this population will demand an 'older' car for whatever reason, this increasing relative demand will offset depreciation - however this will be more apparent in older cars that are demanded due to tastes such as BMWs. In the long run: Oil prices will have a major influence in the market. Assuming the the supply of oil is diminishing, firstly this will increase importer costs and secondly increase running costs of vehicles. Import costs can be built into inflation as it will increase the cost of all imports not just older/newer ones. This means that due to the relative increase in price of imports, the relative demand for cars already in New Zealand will rise. However, this will only be noticeable when oil prices escalate beyond control. Due to the ever diminishing supply of oil, the cross elasticity of demand of cars w.r.t. petrol will be continually rising. This means that sooner or later it will not be viable to own a guzzler. So what defines a guzzler - whoever argues that your 4.0L V8 is more economical than his 2.0L japper as yours is maintained better is not comparing apples to apples. I think it is safe to expect that newer cars are more economical as are those with smaller engines. Manufacturers of supercars are always trying to go faster, with much attention being paid to economy at the moment with the introduction of hybrids etc, it is safe to assume that newer cars are more economical. Therefore your guzzler is going to depreciate faster than any japper in the long run when petrol prices have a larger influence on our tastes. Overall: The impact of this plan in the immediate short run will depend on the car you own or plan to buy. I am not sure what is and what isn't imported, but lets pay attention to E30s and E36s (catering to the majority of readers). Assuming E30s are no longer imported, it is unlikely that the restrictions will appreciate the value of your car as no supply is being hindered. Supply is fixed as to what is currently in the market. As for an E36, assuming they are currently imported, the supply of them will suddenly be cut short. Therefore, we could argue that you may face a small appreciation as enthusiasts or try to 'get in quick'. As for newer BMWs, well this is a more complicated case requiring many more assumptions. If we assume that there is a constant demand for imported european cars in whatever shape and form, this proportion will decrease after the imposition of new regulation. This is because the small pocket buyer will have to let go of his dream to own a euro and therefore buy a cheaper imported japper. Now assuming that suppliers react to demand not before it, Supply is now greater than demand and therefor prices of new imported BMWs will fall so the market can readjust. The same small pocket average joe is the one that will help reduce the rate of depreciation in your vehicle. In the long run, the value of your old BMW guzzler will depreciate quicker and quicker if we assume that the price of cars becomes more and more dependant on the price of petrol (cross elasticity of demand or correlation theories). cheers

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im getting Seasons 2 Episodes 3-7 tomorrow.... my mate who downloads them went back to chch now i got a new 'supplier'

you need a tool to remove headunit usually - kind of like another hurdle for thieves to cross. Pop down to any local car audio store and they should be able to pop it out for you - only a 2 second job

Its good for something: procrastination from doing uni assigments at early hours of the morning Check out the free game on the bottom LHS of www.turbonator.com my top score: 2536

saw that on tardme.... was looking at buying it but you withdrew?

i think he meant 'are' not 'ate'........ but ate is so much more badass

Hey guys... Need 2 tyres size as above. Anyone here work in a tyre shop able to hook me up? Not too fussed on brand let me know what you can do. Local hookup preferably to avoid shipping - but I'll take what I can get. Cheers

bet it pullls like a schoolboy

hey glenn, i may be very keen but need to check fitment on the front of the e28 - i was thinking it may be too wide. I live in churton park but am unfortunately not avaliable (car not running) till early november - when do you need to know by?

any modifications you plan to make? Perhaps full race cage, buckets harnesses, fullt weight reduction and turbo could be a small start.