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Take daughter to hospital on a Friday night, no pi$$ed people, no fight victims, no abusive addicts, no long queues. Great doctor works out her condition quickly , sorts breathing issues to manageable level and we get to take her home on the same evening.

True about the original m3 concept but I've always liked the Hartage 3.5s . Sure it becomes a fitting nightmare with another 50 kg up front. But also an easy 70 kW over the 2.5 or 20kw up on the works m3s

Not quite tradeMe but maybe something that Brent would build. I'd be keen to have one in the garage http://enthusiastauto.com/qsearch/?id=4844&form_display=51#.VUnqJJWJjIU

You could easily spent more than that on a doer upper 2002. Quite a unique car !

Silver ACS s3 e36 in Wellington today. Anyone from here ?

These are quite a decent head unit from a sound quality pov. Are you wanting something with carplay or similar ? Either way , you should be able to wire in the latest into your exiting setup.

Guidelines here, http://www.bmw-clubs-international.com/en/about_us/_shared/pdf/guideline_5_gestalltungsrichtlinien_auftritt.pdf I'd reckon the club would have sort permission to use it .

Remind me to park the M3 in the garage if either of these turn up on a track day.

Claims sound about right. just double check that they can dyno 135i. At a recent dyno day we saw issues trying to dyno a 335i wagon. The traction control wouldn't disengage regardless of settings. It limited the rpm to around 4000 rpm from memory. We did however see a 1M in the mid 400's and 550 nm of torque at the crank so the 3.0 turbo has tonnes of potential.

Pop a post up on bmwccnz Facebook site. think I remember these being available in the late 80s

Andy Was thinking more http://www1.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-871338684.htm than early e36 . Only M3s had higher interior spec. But your probably right about value / costs

Tough one really. My 2.5 year old girl has a BGR / White Mk1 mini at the moment. Her mother isn't keen on it but my thinking is in 13 years time we can trade it for a modern economical multi airbag safe hybrid car. If I were to get her a car now it would be a dual airbag e36 something or a z3 to get rid of the backseat so to speak. E36's are E30 money but are quite a jump in safety and don't have that wooden brake pedal or non abs of the E30 My wife is still with me because her e36 at the time did a great job at the time when it was involved in a major collision. This model BMW has my respect.

Exactly. Missed been blown up in London because I slept in a few years back. Brought a lotto ticket after and won exactly nothing ! Shortly after, on the tube system again, terrorist try again, but this time they get the mix wrong. Get caught on the other side of London which took the best part of the day to get home. Brought another lotto ticket....... Wtf , nothing again !

Wellington branch dented the bonnet when installing a front screen on my old e36 . Screen also looked like factory second and the window seal and fit was lopsided.. Rang the insurance company who didn't want to know and referred me back to the S&S Got third world customer service from S&S Couple years on, work colleague takes SUV in. In joking I said check your bonnet ....... guess what happens next. he gets SUV , bonnet dented , all denial by said company. I sincerely wish you good luck in getting it resolved.

Still like the 134 Judd v8 despite the tragedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lbxIJD3V8

Amps are late 2000s Soundstream stealth series, 640 4x 108 RMS into 4 ohms and 600d which is roughly 1x600 RMS into 2 ohms.

Finished the boot today part of the install today. Decided to leave the amps exposed rather than covered in. Less chance of thermal issues. Chrome trim on the amps a bit cheesy , but as they say .... if you can't hid it feature it. Subwoofer ski pass now covered , doesn't seem to reduce bass output and its rattle free beyond my self imposed SPL limit. Got one of Deon's 3d printed iphone 6 docks. Just a bit of minor modding to add analog audio jack and sanded for painting. More work to do on getting video out into board monitor. ( running VGA iphone dongle and converting to composite) Temporary mounting for DSP control. This is a source switch and overall system volume. Not too keen on the white lighting output. Will make some changes to make it amber to match.

Skyline r32 owner that nail it past a large children's park busy with families loading and unloading cars full of kids.

First work clear weekend since mid Feb, major task complete , get evenings back as well. 4 days family time to look forward to Drive home, low traffic , M3 Rasp 2.5 y/o girl seeing daddy arrive home , big smile and eyes brighter than the sun. Nice dinner washed down with red wine And it just gets better

If I was to buy an M3 now and had a family I'd get the e92 purely for the rear doors and factory Isofix including teather strap points. Both cars are great and either will put a big grin on your face so you can't go wrong. If I had more disposable income I'd put a e46 in the corner of the garage (Sunday car) and use a e9x as a daily.

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Actually, I'd say it's a good thing. Wife got me into motorbikes. She never once questioned the purchase of R model Ducatis and all the stuff you can by to make them go quicker. Getting her to agree to spend money on a car or TV / gadget on the other hand is just hard work.

Was the 323i gold ?

Re003 has been out for a few months. No doubt we'll see them here at some stage. I'll give these a miss but will try the re11 replacement Re71r if I can get hold of a set. Sounding like þhe F1s are excellent value for money.

Kibble was the name. Very modest person considering driving ability.