Bought a new car! Well new to me!

[Widge]

Bought a touring on eBay today, having fancied one for a while.

I'm gonna be selling my '88 Coupe 325i SE Lachs silver.
Scruffy car, mechanically very sound and has Sport Leather
in Grey but I think I will sell them seperatly.

First job on the touring will be to sort the clutch which is easy as I have done it before, then get leather seats.

[Zayyan]

Is that royal blue?

Very nice

[Widge]

Don't know till I pick it up from Edninborough...ah speeling!
How much do you think I paid? No tax and short MOT. It's an '89 325.

[320Touring]

is that the one from edinburgh with the dodgy clutch cyl?

Just as well I didnt bid against you


enjoy it mate


and welcome to the touring club

[Widge]

I thought you'd say welcome to the club. I'm actually really looking forward to it.
Do you think I will ever find a grey leather interior? I've got grey now and really like it,
seems less common than the black and goes well with grey roof lining and carpets.
Yep it's the one with the dodgy clutch. I've had a chat to the guy and it sounds like
the master cylinder is buggered, which I had to fix on my bros cab in the summer as payment for driving it whilst it was sunny!
Little does my brother know the part was Ԛ£5 from the scrappy and not Ԛ£40 from ECP! And when you actually get down to it its a 20 min job.
The car was perfectly driveable without it fixed though...once you got used to it!
Three cheers for the touring club!

Oh sorry, eBay link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

[Zayyan]

How much do you think I paid?

About 367 quid I reckon.

[Andy335Touring]

Nice buy !

I hope it doesn't need much for the next MOT ?

[Widge]

OH yea of little faith!!!
Don't say stuff like that.
It'll need MOTing whilst I have my easter holidays, so any work that needs doing I will do my self, even if it does take 3 weeks!
Do all tourings have sport springs? or are they just stiffer and not lower like the sport? Also what's the chances of it haviong an LSD?
I'm gonna get a build sheet from BMW on monday.

[Andy335Touring]

It was only the 2.5 tourings that had the M-tec supension i was told.

Cross your fingers it might have an LSD but will most likeley have an open 3.91 dif.

[gazza]

good buy i dont think you can go wrong for that money

[Simon13]

Nice one widget! i'll have open diff!

do it up for mot like i did for my 325. It's the thrill of the chase and finding new faults with it as u go along!

[Widge]

Do you mean you want the open diff? Or is it a typo, as in It'll have an open diff.
I know what you mean mate, it'll be fun especially as I have wanted one for quite a while. Have to flog the coupe first, that'll be a challange. Just can't bring my self to break it cos it has 11 months MOT and is mechanically sound just scratched dented and has some cosmetic rust.

[dazleeds]

spot on mate

bring it by let me have a look on ya way home

i'm joining the touring club soon

[Cloggy Saint]

Looks like a bargain, despite the dog smell!

[Widge]

That'll dissappear pretty quickly, it'll gfet a FULL valet. Carpet shampoo, everything. Think I'll get a big rubber mat for the boot too, just incase i have to have our dogs in it. I like the fact it's got the load cover and dog guard.

[Widge]

He he, just took a detour to the BMW dealer with the reg number.
And.......it's got an LSD!!! whopee, I don't think I would have survived without one.

Also anyone have any idea why an '89 car had *****CATALYSER DELETE*** on the data base?

It's got full OBC too which I wasn't sure about, and the dog guard was in it from new......
Anyway I getting boring about my new toy... shut up Widge!

[Demlotcrew]

I like the colour!

Andrew

[Dan318-is]

ood news about the LSD mate

looks like you got a right bargain!

[Widge]

Well it may still be rusty, but hey what the heck, I don't gamble in the casino like my flat mate, I do it with cars far more fun!

I don't think I can really go wron for that money with all the toys it's got, cos if I had to break it I'd get Ԛ£250 for the diff!

I used to be a lachs silver man, but I'm blue now, any one know what the colour is?

[Herrity]

Widge you have PM

[Widge]

Cheers mate, PM replied.


Anyone anything know about the ****CATALYSER DELETE**** option?

[Morat]

ooh very nice buy!
I just bought an E reg 325 touring in white off ebay.. cost me Ԛ£1288

Still, its pretty low mileage - but no LSD.
Good news on the dog guard too, GF's dog is a real bastard for shedding hair on the front seats when you nip into a shop.

[Widge]

Little basta*ds... well and the big basta*ds always end up on the fron seats. Especially annoying as the big Labrador is confused bless him and normally moults for 11 months of the year.

[Kedge]

Looks like a nice buy there, another new member to the touring club

[JoeP]

Bargain. welcome to the club.

[Skip]

Total bargain!

Welcome to the 325 Touring fraternity!

[philn]

I think the delete catalyst is on all plastic bumper e30's. It certainly shows on my build sheet.

[gazza]

lots of cars post 87 start to show on the build sheet "catalyser prepared" i have always taken this to mean they were pre wired for the oxygen sensor but the cat was then only an option in uk, but was a legal requirement in other countries ie they had been out in the u.s. for years as it got closer to being a requirement as they were built (ie into the 90s) you had the option to not have the cat fitted (i can remember this being worrying because the price of replacing at cat was quite scary when they first came out)i remember getting a price for a volvo one for 1200 quid) so people opted out untill you had no choice in the matter

[Widge]

I thought it might be somthing like that.
Yep I recon I've got my self a bargin.
Just need to find som leather seats, all the ones for sale seem to be comfort leather which is a waste of time in my opinion, I think I may end up buying a set of touring comfort in black then having to find sport front ones in black to match and then sell the comfort frons....ahhhgggg

[Morat]

I'm interested that you're buying leather seats. My current 325 and my previous 318 tourers both have that grey velour, which is OK but a bit dull. What sort of prices are you looking at for a set of seats, assuming average luck? (Not the kind of luck that gets you the full car for Ԛ£360 you jammy git!)

[Widge]

Well my last set for the coupe I have got now were ... actually I'm not at liberty to disclose that as I will be selling them next week or the week after
But they look like this-

Come to think of it I am a jammy git, I have never paid more than Ԛ£400 for a car.

[dazleeds]

you jammy git an lsd too

your taking the pish lol

heres Ԛ£400 go get me one mate lol

once my two are done im def going for a touring next

[Widge]

He he, I nearly did a jig in the parts department when a read that one!!!
Any news on the leather DAZ, condition etc? - wot sort of price is he going to be asking?

Just been reading the V12 Touring thread and it gave me an idea, somthing no one has done before......... A V12 635! How cool would that be? Have to up grade the suspension though!

[dazleeds]

Dont get me started on 6s

not heard back from him yet mate

but tbh dnt think he's gonna budge much on the price
but will try for ya mate

i may be interested in your leathers in a couple weeks time
no chance yet as have spent a fortune recently getting stuff

do they charge for spec printouts??
could do with all mine checking lol

[Widge]

Nope no charge for the spec print out.
What was the price originally then?
Wasn't Ԛ£300 was it? Cos that's what I'd expect to pay for Sport seats not comfort.

Just imagine a 6 with a V12 sound track, and all the toys from a 750!!