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Would be good to get one. Mine's in jap. Could I send you some virtual beers in the form of a deposit in you BC and money for postage ?

Any more shots of the E30 M3 ? Must be getting old .... I do mean the M3 Great to see so many iconic cars in such great condition. Went to the British car day in Wellington on the weekend. While not a concours event there would have been a number of contenders.

if the car has a tv it can be changed via the "set" menu. if not maybe navcoder software can do this ?

Some very narrow roads at the start there. Some great driving skills. Cheers for that did you see the 635 hillclimb run link on the refer ?

My old man would be turning in his grave if he new that the race was no longer. He put so much time into the use of the waterfront side of the race when it was under harbour board ownership.

The Race promoter company had cash flow issues and suppliers weren't getting paid in a timely manner. I’m not sure is this was poor money management or if the event provided marginal cashflow for the promoter. The company folded and people were left out of pocket (Excluding the entertainment and accommodation industries) Shop keepers where also complaining on loss of sales during race weekend as were a few local residence about the noise & road closures which put further pressure on future events The Wellington City Council weren't prepared to front the waterfront race financially and where hopping that the entertainment and accommodation trades would help finance the race. The council looked for another promoter for it to continue. They were however happy to assist where needed for roadwork’s and the like. The race used to bring $4 million in 1990 dollars into the Wellington economy on race weekends and the event was televised in many countries which were great advertising for Wellington.

There where some very dodgy practises going on around the time. There where a number of Mk1 RX7's cut in half and brought in under "parts" and welded back together in the late 80's only to be sold to unsuspecting car buyers. They where also selling for a premuim. I came across one at a large well known import dealer when looking for 12A Turbo Cosmos Coupe as was keen on the idea of a rotory tubro , fortunately brought a E21 323i instead and haven't looked back since. Import duty on secondhand cars ended up dropping to align with used parts

Managed to check the filter by accident when replacing the hedgehog looking resistor which was causing eratic blower function on the e36 328. By the condition of the filter BMW servicing had replaced it recently which is good considering the 1 to 1.5 hours per day spent in rush hour traffic. If you want to try being a contortionist try swaping the E36 hedgehog resistor thats on the passenger side up behind the console . Something best replaced by someone in there teens or early 20's. I'll never complain about doing up driveshaft CV' bolts on a old school mini again

I still use the BMW pads. I give the rims a good coat of car polish once a year which makes washing the stuff off easier. The dealer seems to also pressure wash the rims during servicing / warrants , but this ended up lifting the clear coat on my old Type 1's so wouldn't recomend doing this too often .(wife's car factory painted rims where fine with this)

on my E36 325i the most was $3800 on wear items at around 225k km including rotors,pads,sensors, front tyres and insecption II. Otherwise $400 -$600 roughly every 14,000km for BMW Dealer service including synth oil.

Sorry , just can't help myself .....

Get about 4 -5 weeks 1000-1200 kms with CRC wet look before I re-apply. Not sure on yoru other products

Was the engine supercharged in the past ? Other wise not sure why you engine would have an after market rising rate fuel regulator added. I have a fuel pressure gauge on my mini turbo engine. Handy for spot checks to make sure that fuel pressure is 4psi higher than boost pressure.

Used Brasso on restoring my 40 year plus taillights on the Mk1 Mini and many of the old plastic parts. Takes a while but the results where worth it.

check out the times for last year wallacville hillclimb. There was a tidy 318is coupe competing which shows performance and pace has a lot to do with a drivers ability. 0-100 km is nothing if you can't make it around the next corner. 318is performance is fine. http://triumph.net.nz/PDFs/Wallaceville%20...limb%202011.pdf btw , check out a collegues mini 1275 time. 110 hp max.

1, The factory speakers at either rated at 20 or 40 rms depending on model. I think the mid bass drivers can be replaced with 5.25 speakers. Depending on how much volume you like will be the factor in if they factory ones need replacing. You JBL would more than likely be capable of frying the factory speakers if you where to turn it up. 2, Line level conversion will work however , you'll loose some calirity by having two amplifiers in line. Jaycar is one place where you can get these. If your car has the sperate factory amp then the connection between the head unit and the AMP runs balanced audio. If your JBL supports balanced audio inputs you are in luck as you can take a cleaner noise few feed and bypass your fatcory amp. Jaycar also sell unblanced audio to RCA devices. These come in two channel mode only so two devices are needed. I haven't used these but did consider these instead of modifying the factory unit. Another option which I'm going to do is modify the factory unit and add unblanvced RCA output and bypass the balanced audio OPamps on the circuit board (in my case the factory tuner / pre-amp in the boot) 3, A few people can advise on ipod intergation devices that will use your factory head unit & steering wheel controls in lieu of a facotry CD changer.Dice is one brand that make devices to work with BMW sytems 4 , You'll only need to feed four channels into you amp (front and rear) e.g. no need to run a sub feed. You amp will do that.

I like the shots gained from the remote controlled car and the DSLR being carried by that small helicopter. Imagine the footage you could get for motorsport events at quite a low cost.

Great filming on this

Isn't the use of copper grease on the caliper side of the pad suposed to help eliminate pad rattle & squeak ?

Sounds like you have an an exceptional example. Was giving an indication of what a well looked after standard NZ e36 325i 5 speed eather coupe went for. Car had full dealer history and was garaged day & night. Price has nothing to do with engine technology, more to do with market reality. ( e.g. one of my Mk1 Mini's I brought at the same time for 10% of the BMW's price ended up being worth more ... which is the better car ?) Maybe my old E36 could have reached $5k. I wasn't too worried about the price as I'd had my use out of it and it had owed me nothing for quite some time. Mind you, if someone wants to give me $9K for the E36 328i they can have it tomorrow

Agree on price. Traded my 94 NZ 325i Coupe / leather / Type 1's /5 speed with 225k kms for $4000 Aug last year. Paint was in mint condition . Car dealer put it on trademe for $4000 and it sold within 24hrs.

My understanding is that when these where first released Honda wouldn't support getting parts or servcing to protect values for current owners for what was a top of the line offering. A well heeled friend of mine looked into importing one about a year after they came out and that is what a dealer told him. Mostly likely different now.

Birds London also did a number of Conversions. The NZ new ones where also largely converted to RHD. Not sure if they were done in NZ