Attention all new Users - Quick question for you all

[Rob1959]

No problems at all.

[Tone]

What filter?

[curlysurfer]

needed reply to email sent at registration, then to post in newbie corner to have rest of forum tabs to reappear, still waiting, it's been at least 14 mins 21 secs...... have to go back to silent lurking maybe!

[SLAJ]

Re: Attention all new Users - Quick question for you all

I was caught when i signed up a few months ago, it got sorted out pretty quickly tho

[kolchy]

Yup - I got caught and called a bot. Thought I had more personality than that

[Timlin]

Hi

Yes, it was a laborious process to join, I can understand why this is though! Spammers and fishermen are getting smarter all the time. Once through, its all good. Its a once only process!

I'm a relatively new R36 owner. I was in the market for a new car after a bad accident and I was initially looking at the Tiguan. I took one for a spin and loved it, but fully optioned up it was over $60k... too much for me, so a friend suggested the Passat AllTrack as it has most of the options that I needed as standard. I can't live without SatVan, Bluetooth, a decent stereo, the stability options, leather etc, etc.

I work freelance in film/TV and I have to carry a fair bit of equipment with me when I work, so a wagon/SUV was essential. I priced up the AllTrack with what I wanted and it was high $50k. Then a friend who works in finance found my baby for me - a 2009 Icelandic Grey R36 wagon with every option available at the time. Evidently the previous owner paid close to $100k for it less than 3 years ago and I could have it for $45k... a no brainer really!

I took it for a test drive and wow! I had to have this car, right there and then!

The hard part was to try and stop salivating so I could haggle for a better deal!

The dealer knocked a grand off and had it serviced and also repaired the drivers seat leg cushion (R/H side). Evidently this is a common failure and I can see why, as to avoid squashing it on entry/exit, does take some manoeuvring.

I've since put some new matte-black 5 spoke alloys on it, a cold-air intake (supplied and fitted by BWA - huge difference) and had the darkest window tint allowed.

The R36 is a fantastic car, without doubt the best car I've ever owned!

Good to be here!


Rgd's



Andrew

[Joey]

No problems with joining.

Also a R36 owner and probably saw the one above for sale too when I was looking. I had a similar response when I test drove one.

Joey

[2PoloGuy]

Hi Aaron. Yep, I got caught - maybe Kiwis are persona non grata by default?

[thaidub]

Yes, it did.

[HMC]

no problems

[veedope]

Got caught when signing up 3 months ago. Account was sorted in 2 days.

[The_Hawk]

Hi Aaron. Yep, I got caught - maybe Kiwis are persona non grata by default?

Strangely it seems I was getting a few NZ members caught up in the filters... I have tweaked a few more bits to hopefully solve that problem.

[rollins]

All good here.

[$hitblast]

Yes, got stopped. Got a friendly mail explaining the situation, though, so I got back in again.

[pandas]

didn't have to validate from memory.