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shafiq
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Tue Mar 01, 2016 2:34 am

Hi guys,
I have a Brilaint red J reg 318is and was wondering how rare it is ? I've been told only 13 J reg 318is were made. Found it hard to beleive so I thought I'd ask you guys

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Tue Mar 01, 2016 2:14 pm

I believe there to be more than that. Probably as rare as any J Reg 2 door e30 I'd say.
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Tue Mar 01, 2016 2:37 pm

I think IS's are a bit rarer, according to CarCountUK there are 975 on the road still. Not sure what reg though.
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Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:31 pm

Sounds about right to me - a J plate 'loon is a rare beast. E30 Tourings and Convertibles were in production longer. Remember, the first E36s were on H plates. Blimey I'm getting old, where did the last 25 years go? :cry:
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Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:57 pm

The E30 318iS are generally on G or H plate and as far as I can see, the ETK only lists the 318iS until May 91 making the last on the H, but some could of been registered late making them early J plates.

Pop the ViN into one of the online ViN decoders should tell you what you've got.
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Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:14 am

It's defiantly an IS. I beleive its registered August 1991, any way I can find out how many were built or still around ?
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Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:00 am

Reg doesn't mean much. It could have sat around for a couple of years on a dealers lot for all you know.

Plug the chassis code into realoem and get the build date
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2.8 development thread http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=170822

m3.3.1 m20 thread - now running, chip needed - any volunteers?
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Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:34 pm

Either way it's as desirable as any other 318is, the reg makes no difference at this age. It's all about condition.
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Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:21 pm

Just checked it's production date was March 1991 a˜€
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