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Down to the lady Met my wifei in the 80s. Was driving an e21 323i at the time. In the days when BMWs were hens teeth and price wise second hand e90 M3 in today's money. She could understand why I'd spent so much money something that gets you from a to b ( she had an early Datsun 1600 then, had a 600cc motorcycle and sky dived on weekends) It took me 15 years before she owned one her self.We've been together 25. Moral of the story. Chics don't give an F about what you drive. If your impressed by her car then you might be limiting your field. A Ducati on the other hand ........

^^^^^^^^ Or stick with a manual if you can't cope with post 1980s technology .

Hired a new 206 5 door manual 1.4 in Italy way back. Was a great runabout and did about 1500 kms of driving. Used very little gas, was roomy for the size was quite nimble . Had no issue with constant 140 kmh - 170 kmh driving on autostrada and came into its own twisty back roads. Had no issues but being new I wouldn't have expected any . Small engined versions would make a great comuting car.

Stuarts probably thinking , wtf happened to my thread , asked a straight forward question and gets meaning of life So to summarise , get an M3 with SL1200 mk3 turntable retro fit, to be a man you need a left hand knob and then you can do skids. But to learn to drive you need to learn to ride. And Hondas are ghey. Or give Mike Eddie a call at BMW driver training and ask his opinion on DCT for track days. Btw , was that your lotus at the BMW Taupo drivers day a couple of years back.

Get the DCT. It's quicker on changes and enables betters balance when grabbing another gear on those full out 3rd to 4th sweepers. You can then get on with working on precession down change and braking points on the track. If you still like a knob to change with there's one on the left. Do allow about 6 months to get rid of your manual driving habbits such as lifting off on changes.

Dealer ? Had them re-flash my smg with the last revision of software (mcoupe I believe) couple of years back

Those springs are scarier than a walking dead episode. Glad nothing untoward happened at the drags ! Pervious owner would be up on murder charges. Great progress on raising the standard of your M3

Hit the 100,000 km mark of the E46 M3 SMG over the past week. It's been 52,000 kms of great motoring over the past 3 years. Have only had to sort rear view mirror and power steering hose. Quite good really for a 13 y/o

Drove the wife's e36 328 550 kms today. Nice to drive a car that can soak up the backroad bumps.

^^^^^^^^^^^^£^£ 1940s for the Supercharged Rolls Royce P v12s if I remember correctly.

Will be interesting to see Rossi give one a thrash.

Soft spot for the old minis

Use higher octane gas if topping the tank up. It lasts longer than 91 before going off. Either that, be prepared to drain the tank if leaving it for a couple of years. One a month pump the brake pedal a few times. Do the same with the clutch. Buy a trickle charger for the battery and leave it connected. i'd also look at starting the engine every few months so the cam belt isnt left in the same position and the cylinder bores / valve train gets lubicated as well. I do this for my Ducati which has done less the 20 kms in the past three years but never have any issues relating to sitting.

also loose gal . ( automatic stereo volume increase / decrease based on speed) Ike Nav display directions , speed warning ( eg 104 kmh) to name a few By the looks of the N6 you'll gain audio quality ( op amps are superior to circa 2000 studio quality opamps used in old system) , more recent apps , better mordern smart phone Intergration, better bluetooth , better id3 tag support for tack name etc.

End of the day it's only a car. Glad there was a happy ending for the driver.

Fav Jag, Need to mention the Lucas electrics as well. WD40 is an essential owners item, https://www.flickr.com/photos/querth/4703444269/

XJ12 coupe ?

Isn't a straight forward task of adding steering rack limiters to your rack ? ( nylon split washers into rack ends)

Isn't there also a silver 333i with a turbo conversion around Wellington way ?

Getting there then, I had similar hassles. Most people don't like going to court.

I'd go for the building company ,claim for $280 plus court costs , excess for insurance plus $70 per hour for your time.( small claims court) Give them the option of setting out of court.

Been looking at efihardware.com for a smaller scale project. Reckon they'd go well on a BMW engine. Prices are aren't too bad either.

^^^^^^^^ Picture at leadfoot or it didn't happen.

Had the wife e36 abs rebuilt and rewired. Quite a bit less than BMW nz retail price. Replacement has worked out well.