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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

Yeah it would cost but so would buying all the parts. Last one I saw was 25k iirc but it had alot of work and upgrades. Asking vs sale price is a different story

Never made sense to me why you'd have a manual conversion kit and not get it converted. Better off the a real 535iS and all the extras this lacks.

Yeah general 130i's values combined with the mileage prejudice sucks. Would interesting to see what they would value it at if it only had 100,000km on the clock. My E46 owes me nearly 30k with a valuation of 18k and 322k on the clock,. I figure i could at least buy it back if written off and sell or use parts to offset that though. I may give them a look. Im canceling with Star at the end of the year as they seem overpriced for my usage.

Try putting some of these cars on a hoist when it automatically goes into park when you open the door. A mechanical key for ignition usually coincides with the lack of bs in general.

Haha owned

Very common situation. Unfortunately businesses or the customer don't usually want to wait so they overpay for the convivence.

New old stock GKN made in Germany CV boot kit. I think these were OE parts. Bought these decades ago but they didn't fit my 535i with a large case diff. Seems they were more from 3L and below engines. Kane Barrie says these also fit E30 inner CV's joints. You can check the part numbers etc. $100 + shipping

What engine? Scanning it would be the first step.

Should of read 'want' rather than like but either way paying a dealer premium on a unknown 25 year old import is heart over brain logic. Unlike the E36 i found no reference of these E46's ever having a factory fitted LSD. E36's had factory LSD's unlike the E46, only the M3's had them with their completely different subframe.

You'd have to really like them to pay M3 money for one. They seem to be sold for 20-30k overseas. Never heard of these having a factory LSD either.

Yeah pricing can be odd. I run 245/45R18 fronts cost about the same. PS5's retail fitted\balanced in 275/40R18 were $820 vs $589 for Potenza's. Trade on the PS5's was $570 by itself. Importer is probably the one making most of the money. Current advantage tyre retail Michelin pricing is a 20-30% markup on trade price all things being equal. I find a good special\sale seems bring the retail price to around the trade price lots of consumable items. The saving in trade is being about to fit them yourself and save $200 on a set, most places seem to charge $~50 per tyre for fitting and balancing.