E30 Zone

sorry about the two treads mods

i`m looking at two sports at the mo, is there any one on here that knows anything about these two cars.

minor stuff i`m not to worried about as i know i only get what i pay for. Both on pistonheads.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1038936.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1150527.htm

Both under £3000 which is my budget, the top one i`m looking at in the morning.

The first one has sold on it

have you got it then ?

No the person has still got it, i contaced him when it was up for sale.

I wouldn't bother looking at either of them tbh
Neither advert is promising.
Did you not say you were a tech1 fan before?? If so go for a good tech1 as they are much more in your budget. Anyone selling a good tech2 will put a heftier price than £3000 on it, especially if they know their e30's.
I picked up my tech1 for just under 3k and all it needed was £500 of bodywork to get it faultless looks wise.(which I still havent done yet ) and mechanically it was A1!!

oakey wrote:I wouldn't bother looking at either of them tbh
Neither advert is promising.
Did you not say you were a tech1 fan before?? If so go for a good tech1 as they are much more in your budget. Anyone selling a good tech2 will put a heftier price than £3000 on it, especially if they know their e30's.
I picked up my tech1 for just under 3k and all it needed was £500 of bodywork to get it faultless looks wise.(which I still havent done yet ) and mechanically it was A1!!

they are both overpriced inmo, ive seen a lot better for 3k, check out autotrader theres loads of tech2's for that money that look better.Theres a nice tech1 in black for 3k, its got a tech2 wing and alpinas but it looks immaculate

Heres the one, i think it looks good
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

Cheapish tech2, me personaly wouldnt pay more than this, with a 3k budget you would have plenty left for the inevatable restoration....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

And another.....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

^TBH I wouldn't go and look at any of those either unless they were close.
The tech1 looks best but it has the wrong interior, wheels and bootlid but at least it has what appears to be the correct ride height.

oakey wrote:I wouldn't bother looking at either of them tbh
Neither advert is promising.
Did you not say you were a tech1 fan before?? If so go for a good tech1 as they are much more in your budget. Anyone selling a good tech2 will put a heftier price than £3000 on it, especially if they know their e30's.
I picked up my tech1 for just under 3k and all it needed was £500 of bodywork to get it faultless looks wise.(which I still havent done yet ) and mechanically it was A1!!

thanks for that, and yeah i would rather a tech 1, can i ask oakey why would you not look at them as some people are not into them as we all are on here and dont really know the true value of what they have, i have spoke to both persons and one is better then the other the top one ticks all my box's, yes it has a few little minor things with it but so did your tech 1 when you got it, he sent me 22 pictures of all the common rot places and there all clean. did hpi checks all clean i shell go and have a look in the morning and check the other common place and all paper work, so what would be the problem.


sorry to go on.

i like the first one, but what does he mean by "Alpina edition"? just Alpina reps?

they all look like toshed up turds tBH all lowered prob need all bushes doing prob need to spend 2k just for them to be a good drive

325isporttech1 wrote:Heres the one, i think it looks good
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

Cheapish tech2, me personaly wouldnt pay more than this, with a 3k budget you would have plenty left for the inevatable restoration....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

And another.....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

The black looks nice but 180,000 no thanks, as for the red one i rang him he had no history or any old mot`s for the car.

Baz666 wrote:

oakey wrote:I wouldn't bother looking at either of them tbh
Neither advert is promising.
Did you not say you were a tech1 fan before?? If so go for a good tech1 as they are much more in your budget. Anyone selling a good tech2 will put a heftier price than £3000 on it, especially if they know their e30's.
I picked up my tech1 for just under 3k and all it needed was £500 of bodywork to get it faultless looks wise.(which I still havent done yet ) and mechanically it was A1!!

thanks for that, and yeah i would rather a tech 1, can i ask oakey why would you not look at them as some people are not into them as we all are on here and dont really know the true value of what they have, i have spoke to both persons and one is better then the other the top one ticks all my box's, yes it has a few little minor things with it but so did your tech 1 when you got it, he sent me 22 pictures of all the common rot places and there all clean. did hpi checks all clean i shell go and have a look in the morning and check the other common place and all paper work, so what would be the problem.


sorry to go on.

If you have pictures of all the common places for rot and they are good then great! I was going on the adverts alone. Also I have got proper fussy recently
What puts me off is the very basic adverts. "rust on sunroof" and worn drivers bolster would make me think that the car hasn't been looked after 100%. If its got rust on the sunroof then I would automatically assume it had more. If I were to buy another sport now I would splash out and get a proper corker as it will cost more money to mint up just a "tidy one". But that's because I would want one of the best. If you just want a cool car to cruise around in then just a 'tidy one' will be great.
Have you got photos of the strut towers at the rear, behind the boot trim? Rear battery tray? behind the rear door cards? Sunroof tray? Front battery tray and behind fusebox?? These are the most expensive areas to repair rot.

Ask people like bss, who started off with a very very good car when he got it, how much it cost him to get it to be one of the best.

As I said before it depends whether you want a proper stunner or a nice and tidy useable sport

so out of the ones you guys have fund, how is this one any different, its seem more oem to me that whats been put to me. other than tinted windows which have now been taken out and a stainless exhaust. whats wrong with it, it hasn't been lowered its got standard BBS wheels its only had 4 owners

Not interested in this one?
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=141844
It appears to have had a good resto. Obviously it has too many council mods for the price but if you want a rust free shell (which everyone does!) this could be it if done to a high standard??

The 2nd car is in Ireland... and for sale by a car dealer / drifter hero...

Look at the car very carefully and make up your own mind buy on condition condition condition.

is 180k too much then baz? 23 years old and all that. i don't think there's many tech1s left, let alone low mileage ones.

325isporttech1 wrote:Heres the one, i think it looks good
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

Cheapish tech2, me personaly wouldnt pay more than this, with a 3k budget you would have plenty left for the inevatable restoration....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

And another.....
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... RegLetter=

The second one is a cat C and is also on ebay and he has advertised it a few times. First time he put on ebay a month ago he never said anything about it being hpi recorded, second time he listed it a few weeks ago he said in his ad that the car is cat D and now he has it listed on ebay saying it is a cat C.

what a toss3r , next week he might say it is a cat B

this is what he meant about the rust on the sunroof, but also comes with a freshly painted panel

i think the 180k is okay if its been looked after, mines done 147k but no history etc but the condition is way above average, so i wouldnt let the no history on a car this old put you of to much, as its obvious if a car has been looked aftr or not . I think the 1st one you put up with the standard bbs alloys looks the best but the rust on the sunroof would put me off, it may not be bad thow, if you look at it make sure you check the roof properly, could be a good excuse to offer him less for it, as 3k is a little to much id offer 2600-2800 if i was buying. If the 2nd one thats in ireland has been owned by a drifter stay way way clear

Ive just noticed them ones i put up are far from perfect especialy the red one, but for 2k not bad, the black tech2 has no MOT but id give him 2k And i didnt notice the 180k on the tech1 either but it looks a corker and you can see its had some money thrown at it.the spoiler & alloys would have to go thow
It all depends what you are after realy mate theres plenty of choice.

^^^i agree with you fella.

can i just add that i will also be getting a set+3 hartge alloys with car

I wouldn't worry about that little bit if the rest of the car is good. Easily replaced.
Hows the rest of the car? I take it you bought it?

Baz666 wrote:^^^i agree with you fella.

can i just add that i will also be getting a set+3 hartge alloys with car

Id go for it then, i didnt notice earlier either that it is £2800 could well be a good buy.Id go for a tech1 but im a bit biased as ive got one thats now sat in my garage gathering dust until december

well it`s sunday at 7.30am now getting ready to go, it`s about a hour1/2 from me so will see how it goes.

thanks guys be back later with it or without it

Baz666 wrote:well it`s sunday at 7.30am now getting ready to go, it`s about a hour1/2 from me so will see how it goes.

thanks guys be back later with it or without it

Did you buy it? I may have a TECH1 for sale very soon.

Is this the one in the photo gallery, that you say you brought for a bargain price?