Thanks for the detailed feedback, Some scary numbers there!. I fear my search may take some time to find a reasonable touring but it will be worth it in the end.

I will post whatever i find here...

Cheers
Daz

Thanks, that makes sense with regards the value. When things calm down and we are allowed to roam again i will be going to see as many as i can and get a feel for what's good and bad. The rust situation worries me as i assume there are a few known rust spots that are impossible to get to without dis...

Thanks for the kind welcome and the advice. I found a couple of E30 325 touring on a classics for sale site and they were clean, good runners, no rust :D mileage not too high but they wanted £7.5K and £8.5K. Is that the kind of money i will need to spend to get a touring with no rust and minimal wor...

Hi I am a 49 year old BMW fan. SInce my mark II Escort and Golf all my cars have been Beemers. An E36 saloon, E36 M3 evo, 523i SE and currently running a 320D ED Saloon. Never owned an E30 but my mate had a 325i and it was the tits. I have now reached my mid life crisis point and i want to chop in m...