E28E30 334 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sammo said: Yeah, looks pretty good - been in NZ most it’s life with dealer servicing - if you’re still in AKL, do you do pre purchase inspections? Do you need cruise Sam @Sammo? Can’t see closely enough but it may not have it, just a speed limiter? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2476 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, E28E30 said: Do you need cruise Sam @Sammo? Can’t see closely enough but it may not have it, just a speed limiter? Would expect cruise to be standard TBH - its something I use once in a while. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E28E30 334 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 Japan market BMWs up to this era often miss cruise. A transitionary period as some do and some don’t, particularly in 1 and 3 series. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balancerider 702 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 Great spot @E28E30 - speed limiter only on this one. Ironic given the later Jap F3x’s often had adaptive cruise. @Sammo it’s not a particularly difficult retrofit, just need to buy the steering wheel buttons and get someone with ISTA to code 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2914 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Sammo said: Would expect cruise to be standard TBH - its something I use once in a while. Yeah I was surprised by that as well, thought at least basic cruise was factory standard - too used to NZ specs! Weird that it has no cruise but has the bigger screen Professional Navigation which is a much more expensive option… 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2914 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 My daily update of new BMW TradeMe listings has 3 x 320d Tourings on today, hardly ever see them come up. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E28E30 334 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, balancerider said: Great spot @E28E30 - speed limiter only on this one. Ironic given the later Jap F3x’s often had adaptive cruise. @Sammo it’s not a particularly difficult retrofit, just need to buy the steering wheel buttons and get someone with ISTA to code Easy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3236 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/1/2022 at 9:32 PM, balancerider said: $80 I believe, but should be $54 if you buy between late April and late July. As long as you swear you're not a fat-cat capitalist trying to gain advantage of the system designed to provide a tax break to poor socialists scraping by on 1000km top-ups of their RUCs. If you're found to be "gaming the system" by the monitoring cabal Department of Approved Utes, they'll come after you for the savings you originally banked and bill you for the difference. Surely this insane system will cost more to implement and monitor/police than it will claw back for the govt coffers? https://www.newsroom.co.nz/government-relying-on-diesel-honesty I bought 15k RUCs for my little oil-burner soon after buying it. I think I've done a little over 5k kms in that time - diesel has gone from under $1.60/litre to over $2.30/litre in these ~6 months so the gubbermit has already increased their tax take from me dieseling my way around our fair land. I'm doing fewer kms than I had reasonably expected to, as we're still mired in Covid-land panic. Anyone rational will buy (anything they use regularly) in bulk to acheive a reasonable saving, given available funding and consideration of the opportunity cost. However this Transport Minister and his apparatchiks want to actively discourage responsible behaviour by vehicle operators, and reduce transactional efficiency (the operator's time and the licensing authority's) by forcing more frequent and smaller purchases of vehicle licensing. Let's not forget the LTNZ have recently proposed increasing charges for these very services. If I take advantage of the reduction in RUC price and buy another 10k kms now to cover the year's running, I risk a slap on the wrist if they perceive I had an ulterior motive and was not buying fairly and squarely. Is this New Zealand we're talking out, or am I in fact driving a Lada and drinking Vodka in a large northern hemisphere country in the 1980's? Scene: Interrogation Centre, Wellington, 2022. Olaf is getting a grilling about his RUC purchase. "why did you buy those RUCs?" "Because I expected to use them, did not want to risk running out. You put them on sale, I bought. Is that illegal?" "yes! you had plenty when you bought, you clearly didn't need more. Off to the gulag with you, fool! You cannot game our system." "I manage efficiently one transaction per year and not worrying about RUCs improves my productivity, provides more time for me to bill more and pay more tax! The project I bought the RUCs for was canned." "This is rubbish, we will change your behaviours through our clever controls. And while we're at it, that's not an approved ute. You are a BMW-driving capitalist! You really should drive Chinese - they're more proletarian, mate." "errr, your govt car is a BMW. Unless it's an Audi e-Tron. How did you sneak those in to the fleet?". "Room 101 for you!. And we're fining you $300 tax difference" "You've cost the country $7000 in lost productivity while you investigated this". /rant 2 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3236 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 On 4/3/2022 at 5:21 PM, balancerider said: @qube suspension even more likely to be dead at 100k km on an f25. 1820kg for a 20d model... Happy (surprised) to note that this varies. I drove one with 138k kms (F25 30D) and the rear shock were stuffed. Bought another F25 30D Msport, at 146k kms and all the shocks (non msport) are very good, and they're original. I think they'll be good for another 20k kms. My car was Msport though optioned with standard suspension. SI dealers felt msport suspension too harsh for NZ roads; this car is firm enough! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balancerider 702 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Olaf said: Surely this insane system will cost more to implement and monitor/police than it will claw back for the govt coffers? This is absolutely mental. I buy mine 20k km at a time and I'm due for some more shortly. Actually I'm surprised they haven't fined me already for buying 20k last time at $68/1000 - I've clearly deprived them of $60 of extra tax Edited April 5, 2022 by balancerider 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2476 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Why wouldn’t you buy annually? Probably targeting commercial users buying 100’s ? Edited April 5, 2022 by Sammo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1870 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Olaf said: Happy (surprised) to note that this varies. I drove one with 138k kms (F25 30D) and the rear shock were stuffed. Bought another F25 30D Msport, at 146k kms and all the shocks (non msport) are very good, and they're original. I think they'll be good for another 20k kms. My car was Msport though optioned with standard suspension. SI dealers felt msport suspension too harsh for NZ roads; this car is firm enough! Has yours got run flats? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2914 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Sammo said: Why wouldn’t you buy annually? Probably targeting commercial users buying 100’s ? Are the commercial RUCs being reduced as well? People moan about RUC on a car, but HT charges on truck AND trailer are enormous. I was involved in a court case where the RUC category was in question and the difference in charges was over $1 million for a year. Not the total RUC, just the difference from one class of HT to another. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3236 Report post Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, BreakMyWindow said: Has yours got run flats? mosdef. I went with factory spec off-the-shelf BMW part. Dunlops. I've not owned runflats before, and after years with Goodyears, switched to Bridgestones about ten years ago. The Dunlops have taken a bit of getting used to, I'm now very happy with them. Given no provision for a spare or a jack in the F25, I view non-RFT as unworkable. PS: the other option was the Pirelli P-Zero on BMW parts system. I understand they're very good, though wear quite handily on NZ's sh!t roads. My Scottish genes - along with advice from the dealer that he preferred the Dunlops on his X3s - dictated the Dunlops 😁 Edited April 5, 2022 by Olaf PS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMTHUG 942 Report post Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 2:14 PM, Sammo said: Yeah, looks pretty good - been in NZ most it’s life with dealer servicing - if you’re still in AKL, do you do pre purchase inspections? will be in Auckland for the rest of this year! of course I do brother. give me a yell 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2476 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Hadn't planned on it, but bought one today, will pick up next week. Spent a little over budget but it was by far the nicest we saw, condition and driving wise, and kind of spoke to us much more than the others. Looked at a few that were a bit cheaper with higher kms but they felt it. Little clean car rebate won't hurt either. Mainly I am stoked I convinced the wife into a white one (BMW wagon to boot!), she is a black car nut and I'm not a fan of trying to care for them. 2014, 75km but looks and feels much lower km - immaculate inside and out, M Performance front splitter + 19" wheels (guessing replicas of a late model ///M wheel??? with new cheap tyres but fitment is great). Autosure extreme warranty, hopefully won't need it. Will be putting on a Euro plate / Black Grille / Carplay and see how we go. A great partner for the M325i. Edited April 9, 2022 by Sammo 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
