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Wife used to do this for a hobby / sport. Have done a number of jumps myself, but not really my thing. In terms of jumps there are three main types you can do as first timers. 9000 -12,000 ft jump strapped to a jump master (Typically they have done 1000's of jumps and have quals match) This is normally a quick turn up and jump process. 9000 - 12,000 ft Excelerated free fall. You go through training , get to jump out at 9-12,000 ft and you will have two jump masters follow you down to the point of chute deployment (this is normally the most expensive) 3,500 Static line jump. Typically a morning of training , you jump out of the plane by yourself , your rip cord is attached to the plan and the first chute will deploy within about 3 seconds. Should you have trouble with the first chute you are trained in how to cut away and deploy the second. btw , first time jumper and student rigs have a device that will deploy the emerengcy chute should the first chute fail or your unable to deploy the first one for some reason. The thing I like about sky diving is the saftey regs and the disipline that's used in the sport. It's not without risk but in my opinion is better regulated and safer that bungy jumping or bridge swinging and it's one of the biggest buzz's you have in your life. I wouldn't be too worried about who you choose as you'll enjoy it regardless and the regs in NZ mean that the jumpmasters are quality operators with a tonne of experence.

Yes but to be 100 % checkout your anntenna amplifier part no.

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/lofive...php/t18977.html Above should give you the answer + how to set up the new key.

Rather than re-furbish one of my front rims does anyone have a M3 18x8 inch rim without curbing that they want to sell ? looks like this

Sorry about your car, I hate it when vanvictive pr!cks do stuff like that. Agree with huff3 as that is what I'd expect from full cover. Be firm with your insurance company and don't let them negotiate your claim down in price. (get a quote from a couple of pannel beaters to be sure)

How much have you dropped the car ? Love the colour / wheel combo.

A number of tuners had stroker engines before vanos and the 3.0 M3 had surfaced.

Welcome and IMBO the best colour for the e46. Let us know about your audio notes / plans.

The more I learn about the electronics around the e46 NAV/ICE systems the more I marvel about how much thought has gone into it. In contrast the speaker system using rare metric speaker sizes and narrow depth front door enclosuers and balanaced audio outputs on the BM53/4 which have variable loudness built in is a right pain in the backside for upgrades.

Should be able to get the loom adaptors and aerial adaptor off ebay (Or maybe super cheap) One thing to note is that the e46 mid basses are 2ohm which may not suit the headunit if you are pushing the volume . If you do push the volume and the circuit design is good then it will either take the load or shutdown rather than taking out the output stage IC's.

Whats the sound quality like via RCA's on these units ? (Given CD or lossess media)

Foot on brake grab the gear stick unlock button and pull lever away from Console. gently accelerate

Spent a similar amount with similar kms a few months back. These guys deal with lots of M3's both NZ and Imported and know the cars and market well. You can pay less , but upside of lower KM car is you'll get a few more years before changing car. ($10k doesn't seem much of a premium if you get another 3 years out of it) In terms of SMG , I wouldn't go back to manual now , Runs as an auto for the commute, In both auto and manual modes you can select settings between softer gear changes and very quick manual changes. I love the full throttle gear changes for swift and safe overtaking in manual mode and matched rev downshifts. The 18's will also give a greater range of tyre choices in NZ , Many people say that the car rides and handles better than the OEM 19" wheels(Bar lightweight CSL rim). I haven't tried 19" rimmed M3 so can't comment for sure.

great pics, photo shop or B&W on the first one ?

Seems to be a great year for Motorsport doco's. Hopefully will have the Bluray version of this sitting in the collection soon. Fav so far has been "Close to the Edge" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698010/

Go for a HSV 6.0 Ls2 Converson. Nice low V8, lighter than BMW 4.4 V8.

Pretty sure it's ok under club sport regs. Just need fire exh and helment / suit. Doing similar in my Mini (Carpet to lessen sound of sccr box and drop gears) Not worried about weight as can up the boost to compensate.

Looks like the screen that goes with this is missing. It would not have been fitted as standard and would have run in addition to your BMW audio system. If anything the audio from it mave have plugged trough a cassette adaptor into the BMW system. Intergrating this into a BMW system might not be that cost effective compared to buying the all in one systems that are on here. (swauto). I suspect that getting NZ maps for the panasonic unit could be problematic as well,but it does sound like it could play DVD's in which case you could probably add a screen.

So the CS's are quite a nice upgrade over a standard M3 in terms of performance, but without the extra CSL airbox , bodywork changes and stripped out interior. I had read in a M3 forum somewhere that the CS also had the CSL springs as did the last of the M3's. Would there be any truth to this ?

Bring back the Wellington street race ...... I'm on the path to being an old f@rt A day of Motorsport on TV ..... Priceless

Other than the steering wheel , what else does the Clubsport have over this ?

Careful not to hex his birthday .... Have a good on Jochen , learnt heaps about sat nav / ibus reading your posts on various forums. Helping my understanding heaps with incar pc project.

Now we're talking , wack in a music server with lossless audio content and you'll never go back (or lossess format on iphone otherwise music will sound very average)

Concure with 3pedals , With most amps is safe to go up in speaker ohms rating. Have done similar with my PC music system based on an a yamaha DVD ht unit. Running 8ohm speaker where the factories where 6ohm. The 8ohm speakers where more effiectent drives so the sound output is about the same. Are you ex Wellington BTW , We may have meet if you dropped off a panasonic dvd in a x5 3.0d a few years back.

They are adjustable and will probably go another 25 cm wider than the E30 rails. Just had a look in the garage and need to find one of the brackets to complete .Will try and find them over the weekend and they are yours.