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Cheers Scotty, that's reassuring!

Great to hear. Thanks for that!

Cheers! The car is a fresh Japanese import, a 1996 328i. Currently awaiting pics from the seller. I haven't put down a deposit yet, have been thinking about it but didn't want to before I saw the pics. Will be doing so if it checks out though. The main item I'd want to get checked is the Jatco gearbox - whether it has the 'Jatco Jerk', etc. Thanks for the tip on getting them to quote prices, great point Cheers Braeden. I have heard good things about Jeff Grey in Palmy. But I have seen posts about Jeff Grey in Wellington that say they aren't that great because although the name has changed, they still have the old management of Shelley... not sure eh? Agree on AA, they are fairly comprehensive and still a good option if I couldn't get a BMW shop to do it. I will definitely want a compression test done. Thanks kiwi535. Yep I'd rather they be super nitpicky, then I can decide whether the issues are serious. Price sounds reasonable, I just found an old post that says Team McMillan was $140ish so it should be in that region. Many thanks to everyone who replied. At this point it seems Page European or Jeff Gray are fine, I'll discuss with the seller to see which one is more convenient and also give Page a call to see how much they charge. Cheers!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-123377059.htm "The price is ONLY TODAY: $17.000" Hurry up guys... would have snagged it for myself if I had the cash. Seriously though... if you're running a scam at least be a little more realistic.

I see lots of views but barely any posts... Even the tiniest bit of info would be appreciated guys! Cheers.

Wow Ashkan $70 is quite the deal, that was nice of them. Hope it comes out as good as it was before... pics after it's back!

I am not sure how true this is but I have heard that constantly changing gears from D to N will also wear out some other bits in the gearbox. IMO the car would have been designed from the factory to run in D for short stops so I wouldn't worry but no doubt that it will be easier on the engine and gearbox if put into N. Should save some petrol but should be negligible.

Sounds awesome, look forward to the photos!

I've heard that before too, entscheidend posted here awhile back about his experience with them. Personally though I have gone through a pre-purchase inspection with AA in the North Shore and the inspector didn't seem biased, aside from mentioning little things like steering rack fluid weep which I'm told is a common E36 item. Probably down to luck whether you get a biased inspector.

Fast wagons are soooo cool.

Trying to imagine what you mean Alex, perhaps post a pic?

Ooh... we need some pics mate! I love how the R33 looks, tough. And is Kaiju its name?

They're lock bolts so you only need 1 per wheel! The other 4 will be your normal ones. Looks like the 2nd set is for 7mm spacers which is what come with ACS wheels.

The car's looking good

Thanks Jochen, will check them out. kiwi535: Thanks for that, may I know how much you paid at the time?

I wouldn't worry too much - definitely looks like it can be fixed. Let us know how you go with the PDR people

Hey guys, I may be buying an E36 sight unseen from Wellington, and would like to get a very thorough pre-purchase inspection done on it. Although I could go with the standard AA inspection, am I right in thinking that a BMW specialist would do a better job? If so, which specialist do you recommend (I have only found one name from past posts and that is Page European), or maybe I should be going straight to Jeff Gray? Also I don't think I can find the time to go down to drive the car up, so I'm thinking about getting a transport company to bring it up to Auckland. Have any of you done this before - I have no idea who to go to other than 'Captain Transporter' and 'CourierConnect' which I found from Google. Cheers.

Hmm, yeah, might do

Careful with getting new doors btw... paint might not match perfectly.

Holy crap, haters alright. I feel for you man. Do you have insurance on the car? Probably won't be worth it but would be an option. If there's no damage try getting the paintless dent removal guys to have a look at it. I saw somewhere that they charge $99 a panel, so hopefully that's considered 2 panels.

Good point, totally missed that! What I said doesn't apply then...

So hot!

Seriously??? I'm going to verify this later tonight. Someone take a picture of a jap car's fuel gauge please.

Thanks for posting, really enjoyed watching it. Well made video...

Your car looks really tidy, love the colour.