Neal

On the E46 swapped the left fold down rear seat for one with ski port through armrest. Transfered the leather seat cover and armrest from old to new. Thanks Allanw for pointing out that the sedan and coupe seats have same part numbers. Next job car stereo.

Tell me about it ! shows the affordability of BMW's At 20 years of age in 1987 I brought my first BMW an E21 323i with 90,000 kms for $22k The M3 was $130k at the time . Inflation adjusted thats $41k or enough good example E46 M3 price in todays terms. The dollar goes far these days. Would have been great to have an M3 when younger when my reaction times were quicker At 18 I had a 10 speed !

He's getting around ! seen again yesterday

I got the only one. Had to sell a bunch of sheep to get it. Joking aside we probably talking a couple of hundred. Your doing well to have had 3 BMWs by the age of 18 !

Was quite a fan of the EV02 a while back. Wife was lent a C180 a while back. Very comfie ride. http://www.supercars.net/Pics?v=y&s=c&...volutionII3.jpg

Cheers for the replies and will check out the toyo. I think Bridgstone missed the standard E36 trye size when going from GIII to Re001 to Re002 Wife is an accountant so replacing rims on her car isn't really an option. Would love to put a set of those LM copies on otherwise.

Was about to replace the wifes standard 328i tyres with re002's , but bridgstone NZ don't bring them in 205/60/16's. Was running GIII's before which were fine for grip / wear / wet weather. Being the family car I don't want crap tyres. What do you recommend ?

Can't be changed without considerable cost http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=18977

Yep , got this on a few parts imports for 1960's mini & car audio bits. Worst it seems to be with DHL where I even needed some special import thing when the value was over $1000 NZ. (Re-11's from tyrerack) Would have worked out far cheaper to source NZ if Bridgstone NZ carried E46 M3 sizes Tend to split orders up now. Better to have 3 items sent via 3 lots with individual items under $400 than trying to combine and save a few % on combined postage.

+1 Last saw that black 325i 4 sale at the local challenge garage a few years back

Video to help

Ever wonder how car wrapping is done ?

Still a higher spec than my orginal E21 323i. Some people may have dreamt about owning a new BMW all there life. Remember the days before Jap imports and how expensive new & second hand BMW's were ? I think this is similar to China at the moment. Just as well they don't import secondhand BMW's from Japan. Imagine what would happen here to prices if these dried up. edit , starting to sound like an old bugger eh

Used STP on E30 & E36 , biggest difference noticed on E30 323i. Would gain around 25 - 30 km on a tank of gas. Stats based on 600,000 km of commuting with av speed of 52.4 kmh (Sad ah). Commute was 64 km per day in varying driving. 100kmh to crawl so mainly low rpm. Bigger diff on unleaded petrol suggesting that the 95 octine had more crap in it compared to leaded. 98 seemed cleaner when that became available , didn't notice any diff running 98 after injector clean.

Try these guys http://www.jbinsurance.com/AonWeb/jsp/John...ntroduction.jsp They have our motorcycle insurance. Covered my Ducati which has about $20k of engine mods by the pervious owner. I spoke with John when I first got insurance. He was driving an M5 at the time.

He loves his BMW's like the rest of us. But yes a big hit. Mind you, how many 410kw cars of this age with 10,000 kms and this level of refinement could you get for the price he's asking ? Can't say I've been in a X5 , but I find the X6 has more room and sits higher than a 5 Series. If I wasn't married to an "expecting" accountant I'd be very tempted (and broke there after) Would make the ulitmate car in many respects, power , comfit , saftey. Anyway , have brought a lotto ticket, cross your fingers for me guys ! Otherwise , if your tempted , give him a call. He's one of the most fanantical petrol heads I know. The X6M is as new and he looks after new cars like no one else I've met.

Have you placed anything on the rear parcell shelf and covered up the gps antenna ? Sorry , not sure where it would be on Touring

I'd buy that example if I didn't already have a lower km version. Mind you at standard ride height I only just make it down my driveway with a couple of mm to spare.

This X6m is now for sale. This car has had one fastidious owner since he brought it and is in as new condition. Details here http://www.bmwclub.co.nz/marketplace/ads/bmw-x6m-2010/

Or a Ducati

Follow the youtube link and download the guy's mp3. It's a good track to check for rattles for the box and the car and tunning in the sub gains etc. Watch the volume though as at 600 rms you'll be pushing the DB's and don't want to run into clipping.

There's a number of BMW bike owners here ,secret is out now boys

I'm still bitter and twisted after seeing you could buy a new USA version for $52,000 NZD in Feb What is it with the price of rhd examples down under ?

Theory of the amps is interesting,(built a few mosfet based hifi amps over the years and repaired too many to remember) yet much of car audio amps are geared towards high current output stages rather than using more voltage and running hgher impedance drivers. Even BMW have been dropping 2 ohm mid bass drivers in the cars over the last decade. Doesn't pay to have online aurgments with 3 pedals as these are often very techincally sound( it's also easy to be taken out of context without writting a book rather than a quick post). But with car audio I've had 25 years of dropping sound systems into BMW's and a couple of SQ trophies to boot. What I've learnt has been through a quite a number of systems , some have been gear towards lots of $$$ other have been mates with modest budgets. What I've found with Sub bass is the driver has the largest factor in the quality of sub bass and the amplifier is of less importance. However , power corrupts and in my experence I've been getting the better reaults with high power class D amps running low impendance drivers than I did with mid powered class A/B amps running higher impedance drivers worth a few $k with exotic onboard componets. Be assured that you are on the right track with what you are doing. Neal PS , if anyone if after BMW size midbases I brought another pair of these recently. http://www.ebay.com/itm/PPI-355CS-PRECISIO...=item1c269ff104 These used to retail for around $1200 nz when they came out on the mid 2000's and still hold there own now.

Went the otherway from re001 to re11. Fantastic grip and roadholding and very predictatable on the edge of traction. (track day). Not as much comfit as Ps2 but better in every other regard. I can imagine that the Ps3 may close the gap between grip of re001 verse re11.