My 1990 318is Alpine White Showcar

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Post Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:47 pm

Alright all,

New to the world of E30.

Had a successession of Audi A3's, and finally bought a 123dM Sport 3 Door in March of this year. Sold it two months later to save some money and buy a credit crunch classic.

As a kid my mother had a 1987 2 door Brilliantrot 318i that myself and my bro adored, so its always been a car i've loved.

After much scouring of the interweb I found what I wanted : an M42 318is in excellent condition with low miles - 60'000 to be precise.

As you will see by the pics below this car has to be one of the finest in existence, and although it hasn't been involved in a show it would be a winner - I’m not really into that.

What a drive - having come from a few diesels recently, this thing is a riot, a real driving experience.

I can't see myself ever wanting to sell this and even when I buy a modern car again soon, its going to sit in my folks garage or the new Glasgow Transport Museum-!

I've done a few tweaks since purchasing, but of course retained the original parts.

-New 1990 M-Tech steering wheel (don't know why it didn't have that) OEM
-Replacement M-Tech gear stick OEM
-Wheels reconditioned (had to, slight corrosion) to exact BBS paint match.
-Analogue replaced with 8 button OBC (easier than 16 button)
-15" Toyos all round
-Possible period radio replacement but to be honest USB tracks are the way forward.


318is 140 BHP
60'000 miles
Alpine Weiss II/Anthracite Check Interior
15" BBS Crossspoke/Basketweave's
Steel windy sunroof
Front fogs
Original Pioneer speaker system (not too bad actually-!)
Original floor mats unblemished
Original Toolkit unused-!
Full receipts and service history

Regardez,

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Post Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:22 pm

Car looks great...unlike your parking :wink:
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Post Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:41 pm

Very nice. 8)

Is that the car that WLN were selling about a year ago? There can't be many 60k mile iS' with an SE wheel instead of the Tech I.
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Post Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:55 pm

nice one dude,
you have the wrong s/wheel :?

welcome aboard there are a few tidy white ones on here 8)
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Post Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:13 am

Looks tidy that! very nice :)
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Post Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:21 pm

Yeah, just fitted the M-Tech steering wheel - looks so much better.

Loving it.
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Post Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:48 pm

Where did you get that poster from? I've been wanting one for AGES!

Great looking car...!
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Post Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:13 pm

Its on google I think
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Post Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:21 pm

Looking :cool: :cool:

want mine to look like that.

Welcome BTW
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Post Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:30 pm

nice find mate. Nice photo too.
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Post Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:08 pm

Nice one mate.

Why not come to some meets have a look at http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_topics.asp?FID=21, for details.
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Post Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:46 pm

very nice clean car mate :)
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Post Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:47 pm

looks very tidy i wonder if this is the one wln had up for sale last year?
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Post Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:17 pm

Looks lovely,but all I can say is WAXOYL!!! get the thing waxed!! Even if you aren't going to use it every day protect your (substantial I suspect) investment!!! Other than that Lovely motor!! Enjoy
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Post Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:27 am

:cool:
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Post Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:20 pm

Passed its MOT and Service with nothing to report - chaps said its th ebest they have seen and they've had a few E30s in.

Rather happy about that

Met this red 316i in Glasgow - anyone know who it is?

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Post Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:38 pm

No one owned up?!
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Post Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:25 pm

looks real nice mate there are quite a few nice white is`s around and some crackers on here, that steering wheel looks wrong tho as said, what one have you fitted ? theres different types of m tech steering wheels, tech 1, tech 2, 385mm and 370mm
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Post Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:23 pm

looks really really nice, bit odd how it has the wrong steering wheel and i always assumed an electric sunroof was standard in a 318IS i may be wrong though.

You sure its a real IS and not just had an M42 engine put in??
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Post Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:21 pm

pac1982 wrote:looks really really nice, bit odd how it has the wrong steering wheel and i always assumed an electric sunroof was standard in a 318IS i may be wrong though.

You sure its a real IS and not just had an M42 engine put in??
leccy roof was an option

i'll need to look out for you, i'm in Glasgow quite a bit in my iS :) (ill be at Gartnavel hospital this Friday afternoon)
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Post Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:32 am

Nice tidy motor! 8)