E30 Zone

seriously though, i'd have thought the last person on earth who'd rather have a pinto in a bmw than a bmw engine probably died a long time ago :P i take it you dont agree with my cossie engine then as im sure the cossie was based on a pinto block :D odd conversion though for sure :mad: not true! :w...

i saw an m50 2.5 powered capri (unfinished, natch) on ebay a while back...spiritual swap? and this reminded me of a little picture i saw years ago (about 18 8O ) in "streetmachine" magazine (remember that?) of a mk4 cortina with BMW badges, quad lights, kidney grilles and so on...but where that is s...

i too believe that e12s are in general bin fodder (almost ANY e28 is better) but that white 530 thing with the stripes almost made me wee, it's effing lush

it's a four-pot on gas with lexus lights

how loud can you scream "cheapass"

if there was a chance of saving it, then count me in

rac spotter! :P it's been a few years but it came back to me E651 TKO Vehicle details Manufacturer ALFA ROMEO Model ALFA 90 GOLD CLOVERLEAF Body type 4 DOOR SALOON Colour SILVER Fuel type PETROL Date manufactured 31 December 1987 Number of previous owners 2 ner ner ner ner ner :skip:

An Alfa 90! :o I've only ever seen one of them, and i owned it :P the car in question was an E plate (i think!) 2.5 V6, with one former keeper, an old boy local to me. It popped up at an auction about 4 or 5 years ago and as the bids were struggling at Ãƒ”šÃ‚£100 i thought it would be rude not to ta...

IS bits then??? ...won't go anywhere near a G-plate, metal bumper cab! and the only "bit" is the lower chin spoiler thing, which my i.s is missing :( different shape front valance on your car m8, how about the tech-1 325 sport kit? straight on (valances anyway, side skirts might need a bit of frigg...

only one disagreement from me! for an engine to be in the peak of health it doesn't need to be minimal miles! quality stuff like bmw's are often better and quicker once they've loosened up a bit, and i'll stand by that to the death if necessary! :P i love high milers personally, if they still sound ...

um, when did speedometer readings become gospel? a 316i would be lucky to crack 110 - just cos it says 130 doesnt mean it's doing 130!

orangecurry wrote: 321BHP of evil, stab you in the back handling - he swopped ends in it constantly

i might be over-estimating my own driving abilities a bit, but that sounds like the car for me. want one! now preferably, but i don't mind waiting till they dip to four figures (have no choice actually lol)

it'd be a lot easier and quicker to swap engines than mix and match heads and stuff i reckon - more worthwhile too but you said you weren't going down the engine swap road so that's that :mad: stuff like the anti roll bars and whatever else you fancy off the i.s should go straight on - if the seats ...

they've got to dip under 10 grand at least in a couple of years, i bloody hope so as well!

mmm-coupe, waiting and drooling

a job doing what exactly? are there many opportunities for Sid James impersonators? :P back on topic, i'll be really sad to see TBMW go, it's the only magazine i've bought regularly for about 5 years :cry: it had a good mix of stuff, plenty of old-skool which is what i'm into (and why i rarely buy b...

expensive, and a bit pointless? surely the (insane) buyer of this car wouldn't want to drive it for fear of upping the miles or wearing and tearing - a 15k e30 shaped ornament! :eek: a scruffy 200k miler for a grand would be my choice, to get driven properly :twisted: and the change? 911 C2, E39 M5,...

okely dokely!

How about a nice 318is?

got my first one in 2001 (i think!) a black facelift 2 door 320 i had in part exchange for my carlton gsi, loved the way it drove but the head was cracked and i thought i was getting too old (22) to be putting water in every time i stopped so swapped it for an xr4i 2.8, but this was crap so i flogge...

if it's solid underneath, shiny on top and mechanically sound, and the 80k seems to be genuine, then yeah why not? tough car to value though, the 320i isn't a valuable model as such (though i dunno why, there's a lot to like about them) but that one sounds tidy and a nice spec. sounds worth it altho...

cracks in the dash are par for the course in e30's it seems, especially one as old as an '87. out of the 10 e30's i've had i'd say half of them had cracks! as long as it doesn't bother you then it's fine 8) as to whether it's worth Ã‚£500, well if it's in really nice condition and you're willing to ...

Hotbox that's the whole point of a show car mate. Pimp 1st comfort second. Besides you do thing's on a show car to show what can be done and not for practical reasons. I wear gloves to drive the Rieger in 100 degree temperatures cause i dont want to get my steering wheel dirty, but it looks pimp an...

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that looks awful sorry. and i reckon a steering wheel with piping round it will be horrible and uncomfortable to use too. fabulous workmanship tho

not hating the player, hating the game

urgh

not as bad as i expected to be honest! 8O the suicide rear doors are supahfly and something i'd like on my own car, i love the wire-spoke wheels (although not really working on that) and it's quite low on nasty additions - still don't work though :roll: the whole concept of pmruk doesn't work as far...

bless the old cav! can't fault 'em

same reason i keep a mondeo...the cars you don't give a shit about last the longest in my experience...cambelt's been loose for the last 3000 miles but fixing it would involve lifting the bonnet so naturally i can't be arsed

it's all festive here too, the car outside is fwd wrongness but it's got a handbrake

i sense a little excursion coming on

looks all blue to me

if you like what you've got, stick with it. uprate the suspension, and definately get an LSD under it. Sports? pah, money for nothing

it's probably just rotten old shit anyway

besides, red cars are always faster

if i didn't drive an e30, i'd drive this

oh wait, i don't drive an e30

Dominitry wrote:Most likely an Impreza

gay

that would look lush with gold stripes

and a few bits of gayness removed

top car, bet you're chuffed to bits, i would be

unless it's a black car, oh dear god noooooooooooo

colour coding the kidneys or painting them black is essential tho

used to be the first thing i'd do on acquiring a fresh ride, even before it's first wash

Got to be BBS, something that BMW got absolutely spot on. Cross-spokes on any BMW is a wise choice

The 325i sleeps tonight! Nah, it's only a little overgrown layby/track to nowhere, me and the missus pulled over for some "meaningful conversation" (roundabout the time a big rip appeared in me passenger seat, high heels lol :wink: ) anyway i get out to stretch the legs and i turn back and i think "...

Congratulations craig, bet you can't wait to drive it lol

There's nothing wrong with 320's they're a good fun car, enjoyed my last one so much I broke it

No snobbery from this 325 owner (on bottletops)

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