where are the nice standard cars?

[brettski]

hi guys i've been looking for months now for a nice standard car with sensible miles and manual either a 325i sport, alpina c2 2.7 2 door or a motorsport convertible where are they all?! i know that they are rare cars but there used to be some cars for sale but now it just seems to be messed about rubbish left! sorry im airing my fustration plus seeing one of my old cars on here hasn't helped thanks csl! if anyone does knows of anything nice then please send me a pm thanks.

[bennydotc]

Had the same problem myself when I bought mine. It's very hard to find an original example without aftermarket parts slapped on. Nothing wrong with that if it's your thing but I wanted something as it came out of the factory.

[On_a_Roll]

They don't exist because everyone thinks they can make a better E30 than BMW by slamming the crap out of them, adding all kinds of smoked shite to the outside and chrome crap on the inside.

But hey - WE'D ALL BE SO DULL IF WE WERE THE SAME.

Yeah, but we'd have cars that actually look and drive great too. Everyone spends silly money molesting these cars just for us to find them and return them to original. If all this modded crap is sop great why is it the stuff that everyone wants and gets the biggest money is the CLEAN ORIGINAL STUFF.

This caps lock thing is necessary now and again.

[325isporttech1]

How come nearly all the nice ones i see are standard? I would say you need at least 4k for an original mint car

[gooner1]

They don't exist because everyone thinks they can make a better E30 than BMW by slamming the crap out of them, adding all kinds of smoked shite to the outside and chrome crap on the inside.

But hey - WE'D ALL BE SO DULL IF WE WERE THE SAME.

Yeah, but we'd have cars that actually look and drive great too. Everyone spends silly money molesting these cars just for us to find them and return them to original. If all this modded crap is sop great why is it the stuff that everyone wants and gets the biggest money is the CLEAN ORIGINAL STUFF.

This caps lock thing is necessary now and again.

You do have a point, BUT, while the car is in one,s ownership
and you want to put your own stamp on it, where,s the harm?
The trick is to make sure any mod,s you carry out are reversible.
I fully agree that CLEAN ORIGINAL STUFF will fetch a premium, but not everyone buys a car as an investment, or even with a thought of selling it on. Would you apply the same criteria to a house purchase?, for example

[brettski]

i agree the annoying thing is i sold my sport in january it had done 96000 miles full history and i mean every receipt and mot from new it was standard except a z3 short shift and i sold it in a moment of madness to a dealer. all of this because i wanted an m coupe which then went on to cost me thousands!

[Alex]

i was all up for selling my IS last week but when i started to look at stuff like you said its all crap, found a few nice ones but nothing that i loved

you need to play the waiting game, i'am crap at it

most the stuff on ebay is rubbish too

[fuzzy]

christ, do people still want original? i cant even imagine how tedious an e30 is with only 170bhp.
it would be more fun getting the bus.

[325isporttech1]

christ, do people still want original? i cant even imagine how tedious an e30 is with only 170bhp.
it would be more fun getting the bus.

+1

[csl]

seeing one of my old cars on here hasn't helped thanks csl!

Glad to help

[kieran325]

Ive searched high and low for clean unmolested examples and they are few and far between now

[davpkav]

I am in both camps on this one.

I have an E30 M3 which is totally original, spent thousands on it and I am prepared to spend thousands more keeping it that way because it deserves to be kept that way.

However, if I had an E30 which was not so special (well most of them actually, with a few exceptions; Alpinas, Sports and the like), I would get it straight down to Fritz Bits and have them put an E46 M3 engine (plus all the bits) in it and scare myself and pretty much everyone else who went in it to death.

But I'm with most of you with all the blingy Halfords add-ons, I think they look terrible on such a great looking car.

[Ollie_bwoii]

you need to play the waiting game

I played the waiting game, and still ended up with a rotten chrome turd!

Clean original cars, are most of the time highly priced, But every now and then there is a bargain to be had! Dealer trade ins that are shoved down the auctions can sometimes be a good buy!

[Alex]

you need to play the waiting game

I played the waiting game, and still ended up with a rotten chrome turd!

Clean original cars, are most of the time highly priced, But every now and then there is a bargain to be had! Dealer trade ins that are shoved down the auctions can sometimes be a good buy!

No you bought the first black chrome bumperd black e30 you seen

[Ollie_bwoii]

Nope saw a Black 318i chromie, white 316 chromie and black 316i facelift before I chose mine! All were in worse condition! Oh and I saw a calyspo 318i lux down the auctions but couldn't aford the insurance on it!

Still think I chose the best out of the lot! Apart from I would have loved the calypso 318!

[bennydotc]

christ, do people still want original? i cant even imagine how tedious an e30 is with only 170bhp.
it would be more fun getting the bus.

Not everyone wants or needs their E30 to be that quick. The 170 is plenty fun for me for my daily driver. 10x more fun in fact than the E46 330 that it replaced.

[armanib]

i have a nice standard car

[kieran325]

Ive seen some E30's around Manchester that have ram raided Halfords and look more like chav chariots than a good E30.

[GC318]

Mine is a totaly standard 318i LUX Tourer and I love it even with only a 4pot under the bonnet. Makes me smile every time I get in

[JWaller360]

My iS is fairly standard, apart from stereo and speakers & HID's. All original, and in quite good condition all round!

[armanib]

My Is only has better stereo and speakers

[JWaller360]

How many miles has yours done amanib?

just turned onto 86,700 here I think

[gazm3]

hi guys i've been looking for months now for a nice standard car with sensible miles and manual either a 325i sport, alpina c2 2.7 2 door or a motorsport convertible where are they all?! i know that they are rare cars but there used to be some cars for sale but now it just seems to be messed about rubbish left! sorry im airing my fustration plus seeing one of my old cars on here hasn't helped thanks csl! if anyone does knows of anything nice then please send me a pm thanks.

You had the chance of a nice Motorsport, a slightly deeper pocket and it was yours to drive away. Sadly long gone, probably got essex girls in the back round Romford way about now. Andrew had no problems flogging it.

[armanib]

How many miles has yours done amanib?

just turned onto 86,700 here I think

120k new pistons and gaskets all new fluids at 110k

[Felix79]

Armani how can you go on about having a nice standard car and yet in another thread you want to slamm your IS and throw a set of BK's on.

[armanib]

coz its standard atm

[JWaller360]

In all fairness, I'm looking at eibach springs and bilstein dampers, and some aftermarket wheels (15", not too bad) for mine, just because I think it'll look cool. All quite easily returnable to standard, and I'll probably keep all the bits (have done with mods done to my 106)

[armanib]

ill be keeping all original bits for when i go show turn up in original IS

[B7]

Andy P has a nice 325 manual convertible at the moment. Very straight, black leather, dechrome H plater. Saw it tonight and it looks every bit worth the £1995 asking price.

[march109]

Nothing standard over here.

[march109]

Armani how can you go on about having a nice standard car and yet in another thread you want to slamm your IS and throw a set of BK's on.

calm down dear who bought bk reps from me and has two aqua blue doors in my garage awaiting pickup ???


BMW made a good car in the e30 doesn't mean technology hasn't moved forward, especially suspension, engines and safety equipment.

Consider hids such a huge improvement over stock headlamps or 24valve conversions with the power and smoothness BMW gave to later models or 2.7 / 2.8 litre strokers the power torque and originality e30s deserved from the outset. Suspension (not slammed kits) is also greatly improved over the years!

Personally I wanted retro looks with classic undertones coupled with modern performance. So I built what I wanted, a stock e30 wouldn't do it for me!

[Felix79]

The doors are merly to get resprayed to preserve my alpina smart arse

I have no defence with the BK's other than I saw the light and got a staggered set of Alpina's to replace them :p

BTW Gaz are you still planning to travel at the end of the summer?

[march109]

The doors are safe regardless of what I get up to garage is bought and paid for!!

[Felix79]

Was a geniuine question mate. You've not called anyone a pennyless loser for some time so not heard about your latest antics

[mrLEE30]

as far as i am concerned there are no E30's in UK!! two weeks and almost 1000 miles the best i saw was a 318i neon green cab.

What i want to know is what do you call standard??? could mine be considered as standard??