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I rate Laufenn LK's in the upper echelons of budget type tyres Conti UC6\7 are usually reasonably priced and what we fit as our budget "performance' option. Maxxis are HP5 are another common one we fit but they are quiet noisy.

NZ being such a small market and us being great at lying down and taking it means they can ignore it for the most part. Lots of good will gestures too that NZ doesn't typically receive

I use this one for Mercedes. It seems have decent coverage for many thing though.

I found that out to recently also but its not exclusive to 130i's. At least the M52\M54's in E36\46\39\60's all had 45mm and 50mm (which went all the way to rear in E36 and E46 true twin pipe). Not exactly sure what the logic behind it is.

Personally i dont think so. At my old work we used to do plenty of WINZ quotes, the majority came down to general lack of financial sense with cars people in their position shouldnt even own ie BMW 118i's, 320i's, Falcondore V8's, various Audi etc etc. Naturally always in poor condition. Typically the more authentic quotes were those who owned smaller Japanese stuff which was their one and only car. The repairs costs on those were usually much less, no real surprise there.

Id be reporting them if it was they same place. I feel like Auckland would have its fair share of cowboy workshops getting away with stuff like that. Yep and you can pay it off $10 a week if your sob story is approved.

The same category of people that use the 'DM me for more details' after posting next to no information. At least tardme is generally better than FB besides the price gouging.

How to pass a WOF as cheap as possible. The real question is did the customer have any influence on the decision, may of been some collaboration going on given the rest of the car condition.

Fixed that for you

Its surprising easy to fail on panel damage due to structural requirements

Got one of these sitting around if its of any use.

That's really what it comes down to for me. I dont think ive seen any other E34 for sale that has been fully refreshed, you'd have dump a chunk of change into any of the 540i/6 ive seen for sale. If you have insurance on it then it's quite relevant.

Yeah performance wise its surprising poor, a E28\E34 535i is faster despite being older and heavier. That auto must really rob alot of power.

Ive driven 518i and 520i manual back in the day, both painfully slow but if you just puttering town in city traffic then they are probably fine. 20 year old tyres on it are the biggest concern. Prices are laughable as usual

I'm surprised he I'd selling after all that restoration work. One of a few older BMWs that is worth the asking