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with this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Engine-BMW-X6-X5-X...c&vxp=mtrth

Depends on the car in my opinion. Had a e36 for 11 years or roughtly 1200000 kms. The car was roughly 400 - 600 per year on dealer servicing for 12000-14000 Kms per year. Over $100 of that being on good motor oil once per year. However in the last year at the 210,000 mark I spent around 3k on wear and tear items via the dealer. However that car was maintained regardless of cost and would probably be good for another 200,000km.

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Also straight through or null modem cable ? e.g. dce to dte = striaght cable , dte to dte requires cross cable

+ ONE. AMP Power one relays will be fine from 10 - 16 volts across the remote terminal. More recent (1999 +) amps have voltage sensors so will not power up below 11 volts (to protect amp PSU and to allow enough charge in battery to start car). You'll need to check in more detail why the HU is dropping voltage when switched to ACC etc Things to check 1, ACC connection getting partial ground through wiring 2, Power anttennia output is not going to ground 3, HU speaker outs arn'te going to ground ( causing over current and dropping remote output voltage) 4, HU chassis has proper ground 5, ACC connection from car when turned on is at same voltage as measured across battery terminals (if this is low then these is where your issue is coming from HU, double check all HU wiring)

It's great to see people do really cool stuff in their lives. This will be a great memory that you'll also look back fondly on. Kick ar$e yatch !

Great car those 540i's You could try this link for Lower South Island BMWCC club for an email contacts. Plenty of nice roads down your way. http://www.bmwclub.co.nz/regional-chapters...-region-events/

Looks like the wife is sucking the life out of one mans dream . Regardless of taste it is indeed a sad moment. No doubt he'll be nuted after kid number 2 , the MR2 will be replaced by a people mover and his childhood collection wheatbix cards will be sold on TM to the highest bidder. One minute silence guys for a fellow man that has his dream sold.

My e46 m3 has factory hid without the washer system but I don't believe the've been retrofitted. Excellent lighting btw.

Take her for a ride in a 330 with heated seats. She'll forgo the 318i after that.

I think of the m badge / accessory in context with the vehicle that it's on. For some it means a sporting improvement over the standard car, others it might only be the hand built e28 & e34 M5's . Others it's the ltd versions of M cars that where sold for racing for Group N / A. However the article misses M-power branding which seem to be the motorsport branding now of more recent years and the M badge being mainly sports model versions of road cars.

Tend to search by image more and more these days. Helps cut through the curd

Wouldn't expect a speaker wire to pick up that much emf from having path next to Battery cable. RCA links possbily Things to check with engine running. 1,(Check right speaker connections) Make sure that the speaker terminal / amp speaker terminals connections haven't been grounded if not then carry on with these steps 2( Determining if noise is on amp output or input stage), Swap left and right front speaker terminals. Does the noise swap channels ? if yes do the next test, if no possible speaker to chasis short elsewhere between amp and speaker or amp has right channel problem. 3,(Determinig if noise is RCA lead or head unit) Swap left front and right front RCA's , Does the noise swap channels ? if yes then your poblem is right channel RCA lead or head unit noise out of right channel.. 4,( Determing if noise is RCA lead or Head Unit output) Pop out head unit. Unplug right channel RCA. 5, Plug left channel RCA into head unit Front Right. If the sound is clean then it's your right RCA. If not it's coming fron the Head unit right channel pre-out. 6 , If it's the head unit then recheck all of your head unit wiring. If this is all ok then then noise supressors may help or rca line loop isolators. http://www.crutchfield.com/p_003S15A/Ameri...tt.html?tp=2653 http://www.crutchfield.com/p_127SNI1/PAC-SNI-1.html?tp=2653

Temp road repairs due to damage done by heatwave. (as on news tonight)

With all respect to people like yourself and people in the trade you'd know about the art of mixing paints and also the challenges matching some factory paint colours from various make (like current Kawasaki motorcycle paints with pearl effect for example). In my veiw the dealer sticks are cheap enough for touch ups and a bit safer than risking someone's version of a factory colour. I think it might have been under $50 last time.

Nice looking TV . I brought one a 200hz LCD a few year back and find they aren't cracked up to what they are hyped to motion wise. Suspect plasma would would also be better than lcd/led for less motion blur. Check your blu rays for thanks picture setup (Dark Knight etc) and set your your new tv up and save to one of it's colour presets. You might find that your redish blacks become darker after. http://www.thanks.com/consumer/home-entert...mizer-overview/ BTW, If you haven't already don't forget to run through your audio time alingnment on your home theater amp. Looks like your left front speaker is futher away from the TV than right front. Time alignment will have the effect of pulling the left speaker closer to the TV. Edit: Auto spell checker is changing "T H X" to "Thanks"

The dealer sells paint sticks in true BMW colours. There are a bit like using twink. Fine for stone chips.

Hold out for 4k TV . Plenty of movies being filmed on red one digital and the first of the TV's are appearing. http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/28/lg-unve...ringing-to-ces/

Nice ! Quite the BMW fan then

And your bike (s) ?

I spent some time up at the northern end in Sembawang. Every day , Sun out morning , midday / early afternoon all hell would let loose with tropical rain and electrical storms , Two hours later all dry and sun out. It's the Tropics. The car that spent it's time in mainly in a car port had an interior that was completely gone to the point where the frabic had rotted and the foam was showing everywhere , the car stunk and the plastics where stuffed and the dash plastic as falling apart. A walk around the neighbourhood confirmed that this was a comon issue. The car concern was less than 5 years old. Yes the cars are higher spec'd and plenty of BMW 2.0 cars or smaller normally had almost every extra and normally leather. Remember that tax on cars there means they pay 3 times more for a new car and a basic car will cost you $50k. Bling is everything if you can afford a car there. I might have considered one from there before staying there , but I wouldn't now. BTW , Watch the S series Jags from there as there are many singapore spec ones without a heater.

Not so sure about comparing Singapore humidity to Northland. Ive seen first hand cars only a few years old with interiors damaged beyond repair when staying with family up the northern end. Hate to think what happened to the electrics. Some of the cars a fine due to lives in air cond garages and parking buildings. But if it's spent a reasonable amount of time outside I wouldn't risk it.

Nothing like politics or religon to spark debate .... Bit like which is better , holden verse ford .... whoops that's right BMW site. um

You have my respect ! Hopefully you can save the old thing.

Have you considered someof those hotrod wiring kits on trademe. I thought about doing something similar on my mini. Looks to be cheaper than buying wire over the counter. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-...n-489443100.htm.