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- Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:21 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: What a bargain!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 796
Re: What a bargain!
£250 to be right, £400 top's if you want nice leather and a spare lump, not worth putting back on the road with it being a CAT-C though IMO
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:37 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: to scrap or not
- Replies: 20
- Views: 489
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Scrap job's buggered at the mo, most yards and collector's [including myself] are offering Free tip or collection only, some will still pay £10-£20 if you take it to them, best try it on fleabay as a last resort before givin it away mate
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:26 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Never save a parking space for the wife
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1166
Re: Never save a parking space for the wife
Women with car's are like monkey's with machine Gun's, I had a clever thought when my bird passed [so I thought], I gave her my pride and joy tonka toy, v6 shogun with Bull bar [It's a F**cking tank], my rekoning was anything she hits will come off worse, therefore preserving my car and wallet, plan...
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:39 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Its that S50'd chrome turd!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 929
Re: Its that S50'd chrome turd!
Also, in the side on photo, is that light just refecting on the door or is it light reflecting off a dent?? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/largepic.asp?i=764595&noPics=5&imgsrv=1¤t=4&make=BMW&model=m3 Have you ever seen a freshly laid turd without the odd crack or imperfection, I think not,...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:54 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
Fair play, you've got a good point, I myself have seen many nice car's spoiled by halfrauds wheels and cerial box bodykit's, covered with dogsh!t glitter paint, and most are around Brum [Birmingham], and a few around by me too, why don't these d!ckheads stick to corsa's and escorts and leave the cla...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:46 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Its that S50'd chrome turd!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 929
Re: Its that S50'd chrome turd!
It looks like something that's parked at McDonalds on saturday nights 10 spotty teenager's crammed in with that stoopid number plate, innit... And all that power in a skip, I bet it handles like a pig on a skateboard. £11k, Ha hem, think he slipped on the 0 button, lol, the sad thing is it's had a l...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1683
Re: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
Allow that man, everytime I have to park the Alpina with the roof down on a nice sunny day in a public place, I always take the steering wheel with me, I never leave it in, original steering wheel and it's a bast**d to remove and fit, but worth not getting the car nicked, of course, all this is on ...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:16 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Barn Find
- Replies: 58
- Views: 2387
Re: Barn Find
I must admit that when I opened this thread, saw the pics, and then your username, my first reaction was "there should be laws against this"! My apologies for misjudging you! haha thank you very much. I must admit Im a very rare breed of classic car lover/drifter LOL although I have a love for maki...
- Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:05 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1683
Re: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
Quick releases are a good deterent unless you're as dumb as some1 I knew, his car still got nicked, silly donut left the wheel under the seat, lol, the thieves must of took the gamble of it being in the car, a bit like the old snatch plate stereo's, thieves no you ain't gonna take it in the pub and ...
- Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:48 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1683
Re: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
sorry to hear , i aways take the fuel pump relay out if leaving some were for long period of town, cheapist alarm around, no fuel no go not much of a visible deterrant tho....... wat do you mean by that , alarm stickers are just added weight to me if thats wat u mean That would stop it going yeh, a...
- Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:37 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
It's on logbook mate, and not in biro, lol, If it wasn't on there I wouldn't say it was, I've been caught myself with them antics, bought a sierra cossy as it seemed cheap, but turned out to to be a re-shelled write off onto a standard GLS
- Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:04 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1683
Re: some b4stards trying to nick my car!!!
B*stards, by the looks of it though mate they were 1 step away from having it, would be harder to replace the car than a door and locks etc, you were lucky this time, I'd leave the door like it is for a bit but get an alarm fitted [silent pager alarm preferably] and set a trap for the b*stards, chan...
- Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:12 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: E30 in "The Business"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1516
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They stole 2 car's to do a Ram raid, a sierra and an E30 [looked like 316/318], 1 to Ram and 1 to escape, but then the police surround them and they crashed both and mangle themselves into the dash and screen, 2 people in each car, if I remember rightly [been 3 years since saw it], nevermind the ano...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:53 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: E30 in "The Business"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1516
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Thats kinda what I mean,it wasn't heavily promoted,but is one of those films that will be an appreciating classic,the nasty underbelly of South Wales. Another film with some good E30 moments is Shopping with Jude Law,a good chase scene with him driving a stolen Convertible,possibly a 325,been a lon...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:57 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
It makes no difference what I paid for it, if it's worth more or less to the man that buy's it that's what I'll get, I was just after ball park figures from people who have more knowledge than me on these car's, afterall I didn't go looking for this car particularly It got offered to me and I bought...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:28 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: E30 in "The Business"
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1516
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MINT FILM, SOUNDTRACK AND CAR'S! seen it few times and never get bored of it, in the same categorie as, lock stock, snatch, long good friday and get carter etc. Has anyone seen that cheap crappy film jude law did in 1993 called "SHOPPING", there's a few E30's in that, the scene where they nick the E...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:10 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
If you check my previous posts from when I joined here and first got the car you'll see my description of the car has been accurate from day 1, I knew the condition and work involved when I bought it [It's over 20 year old afterall] and this ain't Ebay mate, I don't expect anybody to buy it without ...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:12 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
The wheels do let it down, the bloke I had it off thought they were the dog's danglies and kept dronin on about them costing £600, He did'nt like it when I said they are £300 brand new in halfrauds, lol. I would prefer to sell it complete to a good home rather than break it, which is probably what I...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:31 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
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I'd be looking for about a monkey to be honest, just wondered what you lads thought, I wouldn't take less though, it needs work granted, but the paper's ain't full of them anymore, and it is a genuine sport.
will put it in for sale section officially soon and see what happens
will put it in for sale section officially soon and see what happens
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:10 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
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Keep it if you can. There is a whole load of bargains out there, including houses!!! It would be a shame to end up giving it away, but its normally items that are classed as luxuries that get affected first......I'm hoping to pick up a set of Pinas for no money whilt the market is depressed as it i...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
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Have i done this right?
ah, that's better, thanks for advice
ah, that's better, thanks for advice
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:57 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:16 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: £6500
- Replies: 23
- Views: 807
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Yeh, still Fountain lane as far as I know, they are expensive, but are worth every penny on the right car
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:06 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: £6500
- Replies: 23
- Views: 807
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Image Rims are the bollox, I must admit, 1 of the very few good things produced from Tipton, lol
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:23 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: £6500
- Replies: 23
- Views: 807
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ABSOLUTE BARGAIN, It's got 8 grands worth of p38 filler, 3 reliant robin's were sacrificed for the spare fibreglass, and not to mention it will most likely float on water incase you accidently drive into the canal while kroozin around innit. Joking aside it probably will appeal to some people, and i...
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:09 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: how to drive an e30 with no tax
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1787
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I'm in the motor trade lad's, and some policy's are anulled without an MOT, I know a few lad's who've got points for not having MOT, due to the court proving they weren't insured neither, it's a bit of a grey area, and is used a lot by insurance company's to riggle out of paying up in cases of theft...
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:46 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: E30 M3 (15 Year Old Being Chased)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 378
Re: E30 M3 (15 Year Old Being Chased)
Watched it a zillion times on them stupid yankee copper show's what are usually on when you stroll in from the pub, was a good advert for E30's though I must agree, I wonder how many people go on Ebay and type in E30 M3 everytime it's on telly? LOL
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:39 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: How much sport for 2k
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1235
Re: How much sport for 2k
Mine does need a bit of work, but won't be any where near that price when I finally manage to take some pics and offer it for sale, it is a tech1 though, which are better and rarer in my opinion. If an MOT and 2 days work will make it 2 grand+ I might knuckle down and don the old girl
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:32 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
What yoghurt though, would have to be muller lids? Still ain't managed to get pics yet, hope to get them on soon
- Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:49 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Re: Approx valuation help please?
How much did I pay for it then??? lol, Will take some pics as soon as i get chance, I can't see me finding time and money to do it anymore [don't fancy running a spare car at the mo], so would rather it go to someone who'll make good use of it and appreciate it
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:46 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Approx valuation help please?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1223
Approx valuation help please?
Hi all, I ain't been on for a few weeks, but some of you might remember me getting an 325i sport tech 1, due to financial demands with the business I might be forced to sell the beast, what do you think it's worth roughly, It needs tlc to get on the road, but in my opinion it's a good solid start fo...
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:15 am
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: overpriced e30s
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1248
Re: overpriced e30s
The one on pistonheads seems reasonable to me, a cheap old 170 brake RWD driftin toy with MOT for rusty fiesta money, not IMO
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:46 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Value of a car?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 621
Re: Value of a car?
Keep it if it's as clean as you say it is, sport's are gettin harder to find, and the value of your's will have a big dent in it due to being cat-c, so you're probably better off keeping and cherishing it mate
- Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:43 pm
- Forum: E30 BMW Chat
- Topic: Just what is it with E30's ? heart/soul/character ?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 711
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Because they're so old and sh*t, you actually have to drive them properly to get any sort of 'performance' out of them. Whereas most modern turds could out perform e30's in their sleep. That's good point actualy [could of been worded better though,lol], E30's have to be driven, unlike modern car's ...