Update, new engine 325i in courtesy of Barry, good to have it back on the road, finally had a bit of dry weather so i sorted out a few little problems and gave the new engine a clean n tidy up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/leosbrown/20140203_161640_zpsbf77caf7.jpg http://img.photobucket.co...

Big thank you on a full engine swap (320i to 325i), very pleased to get my car back better than ever, very thorough from beginning to end, comes very highly recommended from me.

South East, Kent.

I can't bring myself to part out the car, i like it and want to keep it, plus i know engine work is gonna cost a fair bit, so if i'm spending money, i'd like to end up with something better than i had before! Just wondering if a 325 swap is a worthwhile option, bearing in mind i'd be paying someone ...

Pretty sure my timing belt broke today, . I was travelling under 30mph when it happened, just wondering what sort of cost to sort or weather it would be worth just looking at replacing the engine, seems to be a few 325 engines for reasonable money, would that be a ridiculous idea?

Yeah, i got the optional cassette tape holder!
Which is a pain in the arse every time you rest your left arm there all the tape holders... full of no tapes... pop up and you have to push them all individually back.

sweet... i'm gonna check that out tomorrow.

I honestly don't know about the handbrake gaitor, i had a guy stop me at a petrol station a week ago and was running me through what options i had fitted to the car! He was a big 3series fan and was telling me he had a fully speced out E28! He also told me you can take your car to a bmw dealership a...

Thanks for the comments, fun bit of info about it, BMW fitted a new engine in it under warranty in 1997 as someone at the BMW dealership left the oil cap off on it's 100k service, so the engines quite new, relatively speaking! It runs nice and smooth and it's pretty quiet other than a small brushing...

Hi, I wanted to share some pics of my 320i. I've not had the car long, it was bought as a daily driver to work, automatic for the traffic jams, and a welcome relief after driving crappy small engined manuals. Not the most economical car ever but I finally enjoy my trip to and from work and pretty mu...