E30 Zone

Thinking of getting a Bmw D3 !. I want a diesel with the good looks and power!. What you guys think!? For the budget of around £16ish..Bearing in mind im 21 so it has to be cheap for insurance and economy is also taken in mind!..What you guys think!?

the only d3 i know of is the alpina d3 which is superb but its expensive to buy and insure at 21 what about a 118d?

Nothing bad to say about it. Go for it.

I'm guessing you mean £16,000, which imo is not to high of a budget for one of these, so you will be looking at a 80k+ miler, so just be aware that this is the sort of mileage where stuff starts to go wrong.

But I'm sure you know what your looking at.

Oh BTW insurance will most definately kill the idea.

I don't think they're overly expensive to insure Ollie!!

I suppose as there probably just 2.0 (iirc) BMW 3 series diesels in there eyes.

i seen quite a few! but weird enough! i seen another 320D SE which is cheaper and can be re-mapped to 200bhp! so cheaper insurance i would have thought and its a sleeper! (i guess! ) what you lot think!? also i already had a 120D and wasnt really happy! abit boring and standard!

Not being funny. But 21 and D3 and £16k are not IMO ideal choices. You can get a much better car for less and save the money for the insurance.

they aren't that quick i've seen a couple off at the lights in my Alpina E30 2.7

TBH i think the Alpenis D3 is pointless.

You can get similar power from a 320d and a conservative remap. and theyre a fair bit cheaper.

Alpinas should be big engined, petrol powered and automatic IMO

But it does offer ride and handling superior to M sport 320d.

They're the entry level Alpina, they have the looks and a few bolt on mods, A bit like the C2.5

just buy a 320d, remap it and get some genuine alpina wheels you could probably do that under £10,000

But 320d's are dreadfully common. I'd say a 330d is a alternative to the Alpina as its in the same price bracket.


http://pistonheads.com/sales/1818640.htm

Alex wrote:They're the entry level Alpina, they have the looks and a few bolt on mods, A bit like the C2.5

just buy a 320d, remap it and get some genuine alpina wheels you could probably do that under £10,000

An extra turbo is a fairly substantial bolt on mod...

I'd go facelift E46 330d with a remap.

i've purchased a e90 320D (177bhp). Booked in for a remap next saturday!. Im stuck between the two alpina wheels!. I like the look of the e39 18" alpina split rim or the 19" alpinas you got on a D3!..thought i'd go for the cheaper option in the end as my insurance is only 1k! happy days!

If it was my 16k id be in this

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1746682.htm

e30shed wrote:

Alex wrote:They're the entry level Alpina, they have the looks and a few bolt on mods, A bit like the C2.5

just buy a 320d, remap it and get some genuine alpina wheels you could probably do that under £10,000

An extra turbo is a fairly substantial bolt on mod...

I'd go facelift E46 330d with a remap.

Only the face lift D3 and an extra turbo and thats way out of his price range.

gatesy23 wrote:If it was my 16k id be in this

http://pistonheads.com/sales/1746682.htm

3.0 litre! 85k! no way!..I do 2k miles a month! that would depreciate within a few months if i had that! lol. but thanks!

6 pot much better.

"Bearing in mind im 21 so it has to be cheap for insurance " and then you say your insuance is only 1k not my definition of cheap!

god-father88 wrote:
3.0 litre! 85k! no way!..I do 2k miles a month! that would depreciate within a few months if i had that! .. but thanks!

And a D3 wouldn't?

If you're bothered about depreciation you need to buy a cheap high miler thats already lost most of its value.

Rich_W seems as D3's hold the value! But i've purchased a 320D se ne way! Got it for a good price with low miles!..1k insurance for me is cheap!! i wish all my cars i drove where around the figure!..my sport quotes came in at 3k'ish!!..

god-father88 wrote:Im stuck between the two alpina wheels!. I like the look of the e39 18" alpina split rim or the 19" alpinas you got on a D3!..thought i'd go for the cheaper option in the end as my insurance is only 1k! happy days!

Doesn't matter if you opt for the 18's or 19's,you can wave goodbye to between £2200 & £2500ish(with tyres) or there abouts,and you'll most likely have a 4 week wait due them being on back order from Germany

BadDave wrote:

god-father88 wrote:Im stuck between the two alpina wheels!. I like the look of the e39 18" alpina split rim or the 19" alpinas you got on a D3!..thought i'd go for the cheaper option in the end as my insurance is only 1k! happy days!

Doesn't matter if you opt for the 18's or 19's,you can wave goodbye to between £2200 & £2500ish(with tyres) or there abouts,and you'll most likely have a 4 week wait due them being on back order from Germany

im looking at purchasing some second hand ones as i have no intentions of purchasing alloys at that price!..tbh the ones i want i checked with alloysdirect are £2880! without tyres!

The prices I listed were for the single piece staggered (8j &9J)softlines.
Splitties will of course be slightly more if you get them direct from Alpina through the UK dealer network