E30 Zone

Japanese import.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LHD-Left-Hand ... 029wt_1334

There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

kolee wrote:There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

You'd be surprised. I've seen a number of cars there that are like that. It looks tired but its better then alot of rubbish in the UK.

Looks like a very straight and honest car - loving the proper chassis plate - none of this Nottingham kit car nonsense.

I thought they all drove on the same side as us?

skidsolo wrote:I thought they all drove on the same side as us?

They do, but it's extra kudos out there to be driving a European car with LHD

kolee wrote:There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

Contrary to what dealers that sell Jap imports may tell you, they are not all low mileage one owner minters !

pacerpete wrote:

kolee wrote:There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

Contrary to what dealers that sell Jap imports may tell you, they are not all low mileage one owner minters !

Most Jap imports have little in the way of rust prevention underneath - check out the underside of a Jap Import Mitsubishi - virtually no underseal or wax - just painted body colour

E34 B10 Bi turbo on at the moment...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-E34-BMW- ... 1e674d82ec

capri_rob wrote:

pacerpete wrote:

kolee wrote:There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

Contrary to what dealers that sell Jap imports may tell you, they are not all low mileage one owner minters !

Most Jap imports have little in the way of rust prevention underneath - check out the underside of a Jap Import Mitsubishi - virtually no underseal or wax - just painted body colour

That's because the climate is so mild - they don't need any more than that. BMW's for the jap market are German built and are properly finished. I had a 1993 E36 Coupe Nip Import 2-3 years ago and it was utterly mint underneath - you could literally wipe the dust off it to reveal an as new car.

It doesn't look like a lot of moneys worth to me!

pacerpete wrote:

kolee wrote:There is something really not right about this.

Japan has very strict laws about what can be run on the road and this does not look clean enough.

Contrary to what dealers that sell Jap imports may tell you, they are not all low mileage one owner minters !

Even though Bryn has 'gone straight' I'd have imagined he'd have been all over this in 08

Barx325i wrote:Even though Bryn has 'gone straight' I'd have imagined he'd have been all over this in 08

I don't know what any of that means???

Cheers,
Bryn.

Andy said you were winding down performance legends in favour of contracting especially after the winter we had last year.. It just surprised me this wasn't in your collection, with it being imported around the time you were bringing in stock, you were always keen on Buchloe cars..

Barx325i wrote:Andy said you were winding down performance legends in favour of contracting especially after the winter we had last year.. It just surprised me this wasn't in your collection, with it being imported around the time you were bringing in stock, you were always keen on Buchloe cars..

Yeah ignore Andy, he was probably annoyed because he couldn't charge me rent any more! I just moved premises that's all, indoor for this winter

I've seen countless B10 3.5 autos for sale in Japan over the years and guess how many I've bought... absolutely none. Nice cars but no market for them really. The B10 Bi-Turbo is more my kind of thing.

Cheers,
Bryn.

They're not my cup of tea, but then neither is the Bi-Turbo. I couldn't see you leaving it all behind. Andys' plot looked a bit bare, he probably misses the sea of executive barges & dismantled exotica, as well as the rent..

Yeah I guess when you've got £125k to spend a Bi-Turbo is probably a bit low rent

But seriously, anyone who doesn't appreciate them isn't really in to cars.

Cheers,
Bryn.

I appreciate the bi turbo, I also appreciate Jeremy Clarkson but he's not my cup of tea either.. The e34, or any 5 series come to think of it just don't do it for me

Andyboy wrote:

capri_rob wrote:

pacerpete wrote: Contrary to what dealers that sell Jap imports may tell you, they are not all low mileage one owner minters !

Most Jap imports have little in the way of rust prevention underneath - check out the underside of a Jap Import Mitsubishi - virtually no underseal or wax - just painted body colour

That's because the climate is so mild - they don't need any more than that. BMW's for the jap market are German built and are properly finished. I had a 1993 E36 Coupe Nip Import 2-3 years ago and it was utterly mint underneath - you could literally wipe the dust off it to reveal an as new car.

Alpina 2.5 24v by any chance?