Eagle

Waikato and other areas... right, and most of South Auckland are driving around on learners eh. People who drive around with no learners and no license don't care about it or the penalties (harsh or not), same with having wof\reg etc etc. I think i know what your solution would be. How's me being on a restricted for a little longer affecting road safety as opposed to having a full? Being old you know most of your generations full license consisted of doing jack sh*t compared to what it takes today. The test between restricted has hardly any practical benefit to being a better driver, time in the seat is what's suppose to do that .The main reason i see the restricted license existing is to discourage teenagers driving around with mates at nights etc upon first getting their own car. Restricted be automatically upgraded on a full after a certain period like i think it is in Aus?

Having a full license doesn't prove much. I was on my restricted for awhile because i had no use for a full license.

Lots of info on it over the internet but basically will loose torque in the mid range making the car less drivable for average use

Waikato covers quite a large area with lots of road variation, plenty of poor roads around, lots of rural areas etc. Auckland is just numbers game but im sure deaths are kept down by the shear traffic volume keeping you safe in gridlock. The consequence of technology is the dumbing down of everything

Wouldn't bother with EMP myself, not worth it when the OEM does the job fine and gives decent life. Wouldn't bother with M50 manifold atm either.

Good using kits like these where all components are designed to work together, sure it saves much time effort and money. What sort of tyres are you running? Always make a huge difference

2.5-3k

Sucks. Im sure you could trace the problem back to cost cutting somewhere.

Yeah i found a few places in Europe that had it for around that but shipping times were 2-3 weeks and i needed it asap. The GST was the big hit as the valve its self was just over $400

Just replaced the parents one (again) which had the same issue, it was creating a small vacuum leak out the rear pipe fitting and the shitty flap was rattling as well. DISA prices keep increasing in price it seems, the last one years ago was $350 NZD, this one was over $600 with shipping and GST added.

Dealers will use the approved BMW fluids but that doesn't mean other independent garages don't use good quality and correct type oil. You gotta ask them what they are using. Correct grade quality full synthetic oil being changed more often > BMW oils BMW routine services have Inspection I and Inspection II, the latter is more intensive and costs more

Yeah think I used washers etc to match it up. May have been stock end links

Had a rear 20mm Whiteline bar in my old E34 with the same issue. Replaced them with some other links that i cant recall.

Ordered some parts for my parents from FCP Euro which totaled $500 NZD. Days later get contacted by UPS about paying the expected customs charges which are a crazy $140 ( $75 GST, $60 odd for custom clearance fee and the rest for admin fee) I haven't been hit with GST etc for ages but GST was always the bulk of the charge, so either UPS or NZ customs are out to make you pay

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Everything else would be easy and fairly cheap to sort but don't think id trust the engine given its been sitting around for a long time and the cost to repair them. You'd definitely want a good inspection and test of it.

Does it misfire when cold and hot? DISA valves can leak and act up Nothing beats a smoke machine for finding vac leaks

Regardless of what it is you'd be stupid not to replace both at the same time on these motors (im assuming there is no record of work done)

Not in the market for one atm but even the nice ones are usually lacking in one area or another

I clearly see who 's the target demographic for these high priced ~20 year old poverty spec'd cars with low k's.

Interior and exterior parts encompasses a huge selection. Your going to have to state what are the parts you require, you have the wording the wrong way around.

Blue gauges and the wood look odd to me

Yeah the V8 note is more obvious even more so on the M60 E38's. The V12 is all about the smooth torque wave at any rpm. Like Mercedes i think the BMW V12 is actually the more durable engine compared to the M62, obviously the general maintenance costs are higher with the added parts etc

^^ Agreed. Akin to townies moving to rural setting and crying about all sorts of sh*t.

Given this forum has reached retirement home status (has been for awhile) i wouldn't expect much.