so how much would you spend

[player6]

so how much would you spend on your e30 bmw or how much have you spent so far

[6potWil6pot]

Spent over Ԛ£1k on my old 318iS in about 9 months! I thought i was gonna keep the dammn 4 pot until this dammn car seduced me at Gaydon!
And on this ive spent about the same but i AM DEFINATELY keeping this one this time!

(I take it you mean on non maintenance stuff like ICE and mods anyway)

[Simon13]

i paid 4 for my sport and have spent another Ԛ£1500 on stuff maybe more. There's plenty more to do though! At least another Ԛ£2000 before i'll leave it alone

[tbmw]

includin all ice and essentially a brand enw engine have spent nearly 2k, have got a full respray to pay for yet as well, dread to think how much will be spent on this in the end

[Zayyan]

How much have *you* spent Scot?

Ԛ£18.49 on a pair of xenon headlight bulbs for me

I like it standard at the moment (read "I've got no money at the moment" )

[player6]

about Ԛ£12000 so far why

[Turbo-Brown]

I spent Ԛ£275 on the car originally.

Then Ԛ£109 on a set of MSW wheels for it
The engine rebuild's ongoing but will hopefully stop the clock at around Ԛ£1000
Then there's the Emerald engine management system for Ԛ£750
A pair of Garrett T25 turbos Ԛ£200
Two cossie intercoolers Ԛ£80ish
Wilwood 4pot Brake kit Ԛ£470
Some kind of suspension kit-----who knows how much but hopefully less than Ԛ£400
Tyres Ԛ£280
Close ratio Gearbox Ԛ£75

All adds up.........to: Ԛ£3639

And counting!

[Splondike]

I have spent Ԛ£1100 and counting - in 11 months.

[Zayyan]

why

Was just wondering....looks like a lot of money and effort have gone into your car that's all

[Dom]

have spent about Ԛ£250, intend to spend no more than a grand on this beast.

[Karan]

1.2k bodywork
250 brakes
700 manifold
160 diff
200 diff
150 gbox
100 cruise
500 ICE


theres some more suff too

all in 9 months,.,,,.

[Simon]

My old 316i lux I spent about 3k on.

Then along came the sport, afraid to count the receipts for that, but I would guess not far off 5k.

Touring, I've probably spent about 1k on it so far.

M3, I've spent about 1k on it already (had it 2 months so far) and that figure will double in the next month!!

[Simon]

My old 316i lux I spent about 3k on.

Then along came the sport, afraid to count the receipts for that, but I would guess not far off 5k.

Touring, I've probably spent about 1k on it so far.

M3, I've spent about 1k on it already (had it 2 months so far) and that figure will double in the next month!!

I forgot to add purchase prices...

I paid 2.5k for my 316i lux

Then 5k for my sport

1.2k for the touring

6k for the M3!

That's well over 20k on E30's in the past 6-7 years.

[Brianmoooore]

Plenty of people go out and spend Ԛ£X000s on a brand new Ford Focus or similar, which will be worth s*d all in seven years time.
My initial reaction to people spending mega money on an E30 is that they are nuts, but looked at in this way , and remembering that in seven years time the E30 will still hopefully be worth plenty, then it makes sense.
Which would you rather drive - the Ford Focus eurobox or the well sorted E30?

[Simon]

Totally agree Brian, the sport I bought for 5k I sold for 4.5k, the touring I bought for 1.2k will be worth hopefully double by the time I've finished with it, and the M3 should be worth hopefully about what I paid for it.
When I bought the 316i they were still pretty expensive cars then, and still coming down in value, and it went in part ex on my sport for 1k.

The E30 has hit the point where they don't loose value a long time ago now, so it really does make sense.

[Jesus325iTouring]

Not had to spend much on my old lady yet,not into the modding thing so that will save a small fortune,what money I do spend is on regular servicing.
Gonna splash out on a few bits this year to smarten up things,yup,I will get my crappy reg plates sorted and replace that broken fog,other than that she's tip top

At a guess,i've probably spent about Ԛ£500 quid in 2 1/2 years, and the inital purchase of Ԛ£1900,.
The last owner spent about Ԛ£18k on her,saved me a mint..............wooooo hoooo!

[CaesarBob]

Paid Ԛ£2k for my iS nearly 3yrs & 50k ago now and in that time spent about Ԛ£5k fixing and maintaining and fettling.

If you include all the other usual car expenses of insurance, fuel, tax, etc that figure's closer to Ԛ£12k.

But the cost per mile is less than 35p so i can still make a profit on business mileage claims.

[Jhonno]

Spent bout Ԛ£700 + the car so far..

Not to bad then.. Altho the spending is about to increase

[johnono]

car cost 4800. ..dont ask
belt change 220
service items( diy) 80
tyres X 1 100
div. "garnishes" 300

tot 5500

on the list

full scrub nԚ´ spray 700 ( dems is friend prices!)
refurb bbsԚ´s +tyres 150
new windscreen 150
sport seats 300 appx.
div "garnishes" 100,000

[placey]

hmmm

2.3k purchase
3k bodywork
2.5k ice
670 wheels
450 tyres
400 brakes
400 suspension
650 interior

??? servicing
??? fuel
??? vandalism costs (not inconsiderable)
1000 insurance (3 years worth)
18 repairs (thermostat)

of the above only the bodywork has any significant labour cost in it - most of it is my work.

and still to come:

? engine change
? gearbox/prop/diff
? rear trailing arms/disks

please don't anyone add this up or you'll see it in the for sale section.


at least nobody has yet written:

wife
job
home
reputation
etc etc

paul

[willow]

Here goes!

Spent so far:
car cost Ԛ£1850
full interior Ԛ£600
steering wheel Ԛ£90
M3 hand brake grip and gaitor Ԛ£50
Mtech 2 skirts Ԛ£30
New rad, vis. coupling, thermostat Ԛ£150

Near future:
Sort body work (new arches etc) (Ԛ£1300)
Mtech 2 Door Pods Sprayed Ԛ£200
Alloys Ԛ£500-Ԛ£700
Full stainless exhaust Ԛ£700
Possible 2.7 engine Ԛ£000

Projected total cost.... Ԛ£

[Daryll]

I paid just under grand more than the actual value of my car...it was up for Ԛ£2595 but got it for Ԛ£2400...but it was definately worth no more than Ԛ£1500.
Needs a lot of work doing but I loved the look despite not being the minter it was advertised as.

That was Saturday, bought some new alpinas Ԛ£550 now on car, Ԛ£138 worth of cooling parts & an ariel, number plate Ԛ£500, and a few other bits and pieces worth Ԛ£200.
Laying out another Ԛ£400 on indicators, dials, bulbs, steering wheel, gear knob etc today, plus hopefully going into garage tomorrow for the colling problem to be fixed.
So within 3 days of getting the car I have spent Ԛ£1800 on top of the Ԛ£2400 car and there's a hell of a lot more to go!



Well worth it though, I'd sell my houses if it meant my E30 would benefit.

[Darylzimm3]

I've had my car for nearly 4 years, everything i have ever spent on the car, including purchase, number plate, wheels, brakes, lights, engine rebuild, ice, alarm/tracker etc etc and much much more is just short of Ԛ£30k Before the engine rebuild(which was Ԛ£8.5k) i was offered Ԛ£18k from a chap i meet up at goodwood, it was a totally genuine offer he gave me his business card and told me to give him a ring if i wanted to take up his offer(i did'nt ring) a month later was at goodwood again, the chap had travelled down from the london area hoping to see me, which he did and made me another offer of Ԛ£20k, basically this guy had brought an E30 M3 brand new from a uk dealer back in "88", lachs silver same trim etc as mine, it was as he put it his "sunday toy" he had it for 9yrs, went on a business over nighter decided to take the M3 parked outside the hotel, next mornin it had gone tryed to replace it, but could not find another one to match at that time...
Good story for me... Was quite tempted with his offer, but what other car could i have brought for that money that was a better car than the ///M3 ?? (sorry for going off topic)

[Kedge]

Ԛ£1300 for the car
Ԛ£650 insurance
Ԛ£320 full stainless decat exhaust
Ԛ£60 braided brakelines
Ԛ£30 MOT
Roughly Ԛ£60 self service
Ԛ£104 front strut brace
Ԛ£49 fog lights
Ԛ£60 OBC
Ԛ£135 New Genuine wing
Ԛ£23.50 second hand bonnet
Ԛ£35 second hand bumper
Ԛ£300 leater sports seats
Ԛ£50 front spoiler clips, bonnet badge, bonnet lining
Ԛ£150 15" BBS crosspokes with new toyo tyres(won on ebay yesturaday)
Ԛ£500 today on new stereo equipment(bargain of the century which may go on ebay and double my money, AT LEAST, bloody tempting looking at this list)
Ԛ£300-Ԛ£400 when it goes in the bodyshop on the 30th for strainghtiening front panel, fitting and spraying bumper, wing, bonnet, respraying iS lip spoiler and wing mirrors.
Ԛ£55 on rocker cover and inlet manifold which is being sprayed
Ԛ£20-Ԛ£30 on new gaskets
Ԛ£165 on TAX
few quid here and there on stuff like bulbs, polish, leather care, and of course petrol

Bought it on 20.04.2004
Thank Fcuk nothing major has gone wrong on it!

Future plans:
Split rims, lowered, BBTB, chip, proper boot build using exitsing or new stereo equipment, alarm, private number plate, 2.7 rebuild(maybe not for this car though).

Good job i just started doing the lottery again!

[AARONM3]

Car was Ԛ£5,000 and I've spent about Ԛ£6,000 on it since I bought it 20 months ago. That's plus insurance and petrol!! And it's not even modified

[Jesus325iTouring]

hmmm




at least nobody has yet written:

wife
job
home
reputation
etc etc

paul

PMSL

Mind,missus has just called me obbsesive,spent six hours on Sunday making the car lovely,and I have just had to go out and wash it again 10 minutes ago due to one hours worth of rain ruining my hard work!

[320Touring]

so far have spent

car Ԛ£300
MOT Ԛ£150
Insurance Ԛ£710
Roadtax Ԛ£91
Krust/paint for stonechips Ԛ£10

oh, and Ԛ£120 on fuel in last 3 weeks! (did 950 miles tho)

future plans

Pagid fast road pads/zimmermen discs Ԛ£150 (plus new flexi pipes)
4x new tryes Ԛ£140ish
2x front wings and bonnet in fibreglass Ԛ£100ish
Fanbelt change Ԛ£30 and some sore fingers
New Oil/coolant Ԛ£50

Nothing too hairy-just want to get it into good all round condition (not mint), as dont have garage, or even tarmac to park the car on!

[placey]

errr i forgot a grand....

400 alarm/immobiliser
70 disklok
200 alternator (uprated for ice)
100 blasting and painting various parts
380 exhaust
65 induction kit

oops. car has come very very close to costing me my missus.

so i reckon the most expensive prize goes to zim daryl or bootyman ben.

paul

[BIGMRLEE]

not much, bout Ԛ£4500 so far inc tax n mot for 4 years, just put 2 nd half into engine but done most of the work miself

[Matt]

spent just over 500 on the car
owned it for about a month not changed anything yet as sill not passed my test but when i do lots will be spent on the car

[Splondike]

spent just over 500 on the car
owned it for about a month not changed anything yet as sill not passed my test but when i do lots will be spent on the car

Get it sorted Matt - you done the online test yet

[bootyman]

Ho boy. Where do i start Ok, here we go

Ԛ£6,000 - Original price of the car
Ԛ£1,600 - Paint and thinners etc from House of Kolor
Ԛ£2,000 - For respray
Ԛ£2,000 - Wheels
Ԛ£3,000 - Engine conversion
Ԛ£5,000 - Interio
Ԛ£2,000 - Head unit
Ԛ£5,000 - For the screens and rest of ICE
Ԛ£1,000 - Hardtop
Ԛ£500 - Engine bling bits
Ԛ£600 - Tyres
Ԛ£800 - FK coil-overs
Ԛ£300 - brakes
Ԛ£500 - chopping my spare wheel holder off to run twin exit exhausts
Ԛ£400 - Exhaust
Ԛ£300 - Angel eyes with HID look bulbs
Ԛ£600 - New front & rear bumper
Ԛ£250 - Rear lights
Ԛ£500(Aprox) - New rubbers and seals etc.

I believe that's a grand total of around Ԛ£32,350. I know i've spent more than that because there are lots of other small bits that i've had to buy, but havent put on here like a new windscreen, 2 new front windows, carpet, mats etc.

I'd like to think i'm done with spending money on her now, but i know it wont be the last. I'm thinking of a E36 M3 conversion and there are still a few things i have to do to make me happy, so i think i'll be spending a bit more before i'm done.