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Oh, another one for the list; New angel eye bulbs. They're a little lopsided and very brown in colour.

My new 330i. More pics soon.

Its worth noting that the car is so nice to drive! 50:50 weight split and that brilliant 3L 6 with a relatively good box makes for some really nice squirts here and there. I'd always wanted a BMW and I probably would have liked one newer than this if I'm honest but with the k's and the condition of it with that service history it was hard to look beyond.

Hi All, This is going to be my restoration thread. It might turn into a build thread in the future if I get the car to a good place where I can start upgrading and not fixing. Last week I picked up my E90 330i with only 50,000k's on it. I'm totally in love with it but there are a number of things that need my attention. I haven't got many pics yet. The body and mechanical are immaculate. It has a solid service history from BMW and its only bits and pieces causing me grief. Here is my current list of things to fix; The seal/trim around the rear window has disintegrated The same around the windscreen also Both front door seals are falling apart The rear passenger window won't go up when put the whole way down - looks to be catching on something and triggering the anti-pinch Bluetooth not working (MULF) - i have bought a BT interface to use in the interim Headlight washers don't go the whole way in and the passenger fell out when I was looking at them the other day. I'm scared to use them in case it falls out on the road. Drivers side cup holder does not come out without some persuasion. Boot struts are gone (have already ordered new ones after almost being killed by my boot) The electric rear sunshade has broken in one of the arms. It looks like a big inflatable person when I put it up, limbs everywhere When I'm happy with those being fixed I'm going to consider; Wheels. Some M-Sport ones maybe. Mine are ok but a bit too tucked for my liking and I don't want to use spacers New sport front seats. The current seats are in great nic and do a good job but lacking a little in support. Something with iDrive. The screen is pretty nice but it does bugger all. Maybe an after market reverse cam or even a new interface or something. I believe the car was not used by passengers, or at least not regularly. The only floor mat missing from the car is the drivers one and the others look mint. The passenger seat was super hard like it hadn't been used and theres no evidence of the rear seats having much use either. This meant that the passenger seat belt was putrid with mould. It took lots of hot water, car wash and vinegar to get it looking presentable. The pics don't do it justice. It was thick enough to stop the belt bending properly.

Nice! I'm loving all the pics! to ! I think you need to start a build thread. I can move this to that section if you'd like?

Brilliant outcome! So good to see stuff being repaired and not replaced.

Hey @2_Liter_Turbo I've added temporary edit permissions to your account. Update in here when you're done. Christian

Hi Stan, Did you purchase something on this site or was it a club form? Christian

Looks super clean! Sounds like a great tourer!

Hey @StanP and welcome to ! Your car sounds fantastic! I love the reliability factor. Any pics of it?

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Looks great! Welcome to ! Thats a great car list, reminds me of mine; slow cars, diesel cars/4wd's, fast cars, expensive cars, money sinks, etc etc. I can't help with your requests though, sorry. (Stalling due to BOV maybe?)

Great review thanks. Sorry for resurrection of old thread but am thinking about one for my cx7. It's so God damn thirsty that I need an eco mode.

Both. Duh.

Hey @Ray_P358 welcome to ! Any more pics? I love a good Laurel! Lots of people and info on here for you.

Yeah this is a biggie with me. People merging onto the bridge every day overtaking over solid lines. Its easy to get angry at them for f**king up the flow, but I just don't think they know its not a legal move. Haha, then people might think we can't spell 'aus' Yeah, thats the taxi mentality. Because they're working they have access to laws not available to the rest of us. Nice cam btw - What is it?

Yeah, the lack of courtesy gets me. I let people in all the time and the amount of them that don't indicate and don't thank really get to me. We should start an SAU Courteous Drivers campaign! And yes, coming back into Sydney after driving out of the city is a rude awakening. She may have been overtaking. But, across double white lines? My dash cam is ok, but as you can see the quality isn't great. I'm just ready for that person that tries to blame me for going through a red light and caused the accident. It worries the hell out of me.

Good questions are absolutely a contribution!

Commuting every day in Sydney is trying at the best of times, the level of driver stupidity I see is mind boggling. Knowing that I'm capturing a lot on my dash cam is tempting to share and shame but I usually let it go. God knows even I make mistakes sometimes. This lady this morning was just cruising down the wrong side of the road in her E-Class. Absolutely stunning.

Wow, great post @ERO54N!

Thanks guys. Hey Pipey, I'll be in touch.

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