E30 Zone

If I decide to invest I wil be using it regularly. Is this a good idea or is it a strictly weekend car? I will have a van aswell so will use that in the rain.

well mine's a daily driver. parked on ther street. Use it in all weathers (snow was fun). Sure it's not a modern car, but it's not that bad either.
LHD is not a problem IMO,

Go for it!

i use mine everyday and i love it driving in snow was fun but going out to your m3 every morning turn the key and to hear that engine no better way to start the day if you ask me

I use mine every day, absolutely no probs at all, its a bit more difficult to drive than some cars due to the lack of torque in the low revs but other than that iv never had any probs driving it around.

Do be prepaired for the questions "are you selling that mate" "is it a 325" and "what body kit is that" though!

m3ben05 wrote:I use mine every day, absolutely no probs at all, its a bit more difficult to drive than some cars due to the lack of torque in the low revs but other than that iv never had any probs driving it around.

Do be prepaired for the questions "are you selling that mate" "is it a 325" and "what body kit is that" though!

Is it quite flat in low revs mate? I need to have a drive/ride in one to see what its like.

I have just a hill climbing video of one and its got me all excited!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3103&q=evo

There've been two threads about this before that might be of help:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15839

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... pic&t=5776

Zayyan wrote:There've been two threads about this before that might be of help:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15839

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... pic&t=5776

Thanks for the links mate. Appreciate it.

Are there any decent technicians in the midlands area that I can trust? I dont like dealers and I dont like cowboys and iindians.

are e30 m3s that bloody quick

beemertom wrote:are e30 m3s that bloody quick

Its a hill climbing m3 mate.

beemertom wrote:are e30 m3s that bloody quick

With a good few tune up's yer
The road M3 is standard with 215bhp.........correct me if i'm wrong lad's (Not an M3 owner)

the range from 195BHP up to about 230BHP iirc

e30m3lover wrote:

Zayyan wrote:There've been two threads about this before that might be of help:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15839

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... pic&t=5776

Thanks for the links mate. Appreciate it.

Are there any decent technicians in the midlands area that I can trust? I dont like dealers and I dont like cowboys and iindians.

Nigel Moseley, comes very highly recomended, especially when the E30 M3 is concerned...

http://www.moseleymotorsport.com/

This is about the best guide there is to engine powers, and differences between models etc...

http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=8

Simon wrote:

e30m3lover wrote:

Zayyan wrote:There've been two threads about this before that might be of help:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=15839

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... pic&t=5776

Thanks for the links mate. Appreciate it.

Are there any decent technicians in the midlands area that I can trust? I dont like dealers and I dont like cowboys and iindians.

Nigel Moseley, comes very highly recomended, especially when the E30 M3 is concerned...

http://www.moseleymotorsport.com/

thanks mate!

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... lzimm3.htm

e30m3lover wrote:
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... lzimm3.htm

Yeah that is one sweeeeeeeeeeet M3

m3ben05 wrote:I use mine every day, absolutely no probs at all, its a bit more difficult to drive than some cars due to the lack of torque in the low revs but other than that iv never had any probs driving it around.

Do be prepaired for the questions "are you selling that mate" "is it a 325" and "what body kit is that" though!

Mines doesnt suffer from any loss of lbft low down.

Andrew

maxfield wrote:

e30m3lover wrote:
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... lzimm3.htm

Yeah that is one sweeeeeeeeeeet M3

I notice your quite local to me. Are there any meets at all as I would like to see one from an enthusiast rather than just a sales person.

i used my m3 cab every day for two years with no probs at all and some weeks i was doing 700 miles in it, infact it was cheaper than my 3dr cossie on fuel

e30m3lover wrote:

maxfield wrote:

e30m3lover wrote:
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... lzimm3.htm

Yeah that is one sweeeeeeeeeeet M3

I notice your quite local to me. Are there any meets at all as I would like to see one from an enthusiast rather than just a sales person.

I dont own an M3 yet but my does altho he lives in essex and is up here pretty often. But the cars being pretty much rebuilt at the moment

Think you will find you need to work the g/box a bit more around town but generally no problem
cheers
Andy

I think it will have to be either grey or dark blue.

When i said it lacks low down torque i only ment that it kickes at around 5k revs, am i alone with this?

Silver is a pretty common colour, you should be able to find one easily, dark blue is rare, they only made macau M3's as evo 2's or cecotto's

m3ben05 wrote:When i said it lacks low down torque i only ment that it kickes at around 5k revs, am i alone with this?

Yep agreed thats why i mentioned you need to work the g.box
They don't like pulling from low revs in a high gear , but keep them on the power band and
cheers
Andy

Must be just me then, i dont find it any worse than a 325i or anyother car. I dont have to work the gears at all, infact it pulls much better lower down than my 318is and a few 325i ive driven.

Im going to a rolling road day in a few weeks so maybe the graph will help with some info.

Andrew

Agree with Andrew... even my 320iS had more low end grunt than my 318iS... and it was much more driveable.