E30 Zone

Not my car but I thought a few of you might be interested in looking at it anyway.

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cf ... rID=566259

No, it's justa regular 318

No, just a 318.

Okey dokey, heres hoping she is clean as a whistle. Bear in mind I am in Ireland, what is a UK ballpark figure for a clean rust free, tidy rip free interior with a full BMW service history with say 130,000 on the clock, Ball park figure????? It's a diamond black 318, English import from about 10 yea...

I am going to look at a 1990 318 on Saturday, I am no mechanic, what should I be looking for.
I will get a mechanic to look over it but what are the initial things that I should be looking out for

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Just saw your pictures on the gallery section, WOW that is one fresh car, it looks brand new.

Cheers lads, I had hoped for a better reception, but what can you do eh?

Techno Voilet, where abouts are you in Meath? Are you going to Mondello on Saturday? EDIT, Sorry, should have read earlier posts, I'm in Ashbourne, will probably be going to Mondello on Sat, not driving, just taking a look.

Where do you get all the time to do this work? Just looking at the last pictures you posted, show the extremes you went to, to create this masterpiece.

SPEC: This car is the exact same as it was when it left the factory in Germany in 1991. Although it has 116,000 on the clock. Also has new Pioneer CD player, but thats about it. Oh, very close to having a very cool reg number aswell. 91 DL 3200 would have been better. http://img.photobucket.com/albu...

Yeah, I had a look at it last night, and will do some more research tonight. All good fun.

Where is the loom, I need to bypass my imobiliser, and was told that there should be 2 green wires near or under the loom and to cut them and to join either side together. Does this make sense to anyone???

Ok, I spoke to a supposedly expert here in Dublin. He said there should be two green wires coming from the loom, he said to cut these and join them together and this should by pass the imobiliser which seems to be my main problem, would that be correct? Secondly, coming from a pure electrical novice...

How easy is it to remove an alarm. Its a Cobra alarm and was on the car when I got it last year, probably installed since 1991. It's giving me lots of problems and I just want to rip out at the moment, but a bit fearfull of what might happen if I do??

I had the same problem, left car for 3 days while out of country. Came back and the battery was dead and the alarm was activated, lights weren't flashing but I could hear it ticking under the bonnet. I jumped the car the following day and the alarm hasn't worked since, but the battery is fine. So as...

Afternon all, I am having the same problem with my battery, car not driven for 3 days and the battery went dead, I had the altanator replaced two weeks ago, so thats not the problem. If you guys find your problem can you keep the rest of us informed, electronics not my strong point.

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Whats a DVM? Digital Voltage Meter??

Yeah thats what I thought it was as my alarm has been giving me a pain in the ass recently. Any quick fixes, I have already paid 250 euro for a replacement altanator and labour, don't want to pay much more.

I am having a problem with my battery. It is a quality Banner battery and only about 6 months old. Last week I tried to start the car and the battery failed. I jumped it and brought it to a garage and it turned out that the altanator wasn't charging the battery fully. I had the altanator changed and...

I have a 320i SE. 114,000 on the clock. Based on motorway driving, what sort of mileage should I be getting from a full tank

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Best is the way that people just look when you stop at the lights. People coming up to you in the street giving you their business cards offering to buy the car off you. Seeing the nose of the car rise as you acelerate. Older people looking and giving a nod of approval. These cars have it all!

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