Starting to get really bored of my car.
I'm really not sure what to do with it.
It's very slow, it's rust and shite paint work. Interiors quite manky.
The only good thing going for it is the way it looks (From a distance) and handles. (Although looks poo without front spoiler)
I keep thinking about a new car but just the cost.
What can I do to my E30 with insurance or anything crippling me?
Jamie.
Bored of my car.
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nickso
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if its manky inside and out why dont you try and clean it up. a reasonable interior doesnt cost the earth and finding individual clean bits in a scrappy isnt hard either.maxfield wrote:Starting to get really bored of my car.
I'm really not sure what to do with it.
It's very slow, it's rust and shite paint work. Interiors quite manky.
The only good thing going for it is the way it looks (From a distance) and handles. (Although looks poo without front spoiler)
I keep thinking about a new car but just the cost.
What can I do to my E30 with insurance or anything crippling me?
Jamie.
wish i had an e30 when i was 18...i had a shitty ford onion!
maxfield wrote:It loses to a 1.3 Micra in a straight line...
A 320i with todays fuel prices
Get an 318is Max
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maxfield wrote:It loses to a 1.3 Micra in a straight line...
A 320i with todays fuel prices
my 316i used to leave a 1.3 fiesta for dead, i still recon it ran too well for a 316i i recon it had a 318i engine or chipped or something prehaps the cam is knackerd
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Especially with an extra 100 odd kg hanging over the arse endfuzzy wrote:looks like youve suddenly awakened to the fact that e30's arent as good as you used to thinkmaxfield wrote:It loses to a 1.3 Micra in a straight line...
A 320i with todays fuel prices
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Its been discussed on here quite a few times that Insurance on the two are classed the same.nickso wrote:insurance companies are not usually that stupid.e36boy wrote:
, Im pretty sure that 318is are classed the same as 318i for insurance
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ive had insurance quotes for a 318i and 318is and with most companys it comes out the same pricenickso wrote:insurance companies are not usually that stupid.e36boy wrote:
, Im pretty sure that 318is are classed the same as 318i for insurance
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i stand corrected, they are that stupid.Alex wrote:ive had insurance quotes for a 318i and 318is and with most companys it comes out the same pricenickso wrote:insurance companies are not usually that stupid.e36boy wrote:
, Im pretty sure that 318is are classed the same as 318i for insurance
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I was feeling exactly the same about my black 316i and then the head gasket wentmaxfield wrote:Starting to get really bored of my car.
I'm really not sure what to do with it.
It's very slow, it's rust and shite paint work. Interiors quite manky.
The only good thing going for it is the way it looks (From a distance) and handles. (Although looks poo without front spoiler)
I keep thinking about a new car but just the cost.
What can I do to my E30 with insurance or anything crippling me?
Jamie.
Then I got a 318i and soon got bored of that so I dropped a 320i engine in, the fuel prices were killing me and I got bored again so I scrapped that and now I have got a 325i cabby as a long term project
I have now realised that there's no point settling for second best, you might as well move on to the best e30 you can have i.e. a 318is or do what I'm doing and get a project so that by the time it's finished you can afford the insurance due to being older and also you will be happy with it
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E30BeemerLad
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MK2 Golf time? 
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E30BeemerLad
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or a square back polo 
There was a MK2 Golf around here that I wanted and never knew it was for sale or it would of been mine. High lift cam, coilovers, the lot. Went for £500 
Got to be RWD, drifting is too addicting.
Quote for E36 318iS... £2k, under my dad's name.
Got to be RWD, drifting is too addicting.
Quote for E36 318iS... £2k, under my dad's name.
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well you are very limited to anything RWD which is insurable and has any go to it
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for the power of cars you are able to insure, there's little point in RWD dedication.
Young max, try admiral, pretend you are 18 as I think you are still 17 at the moment and see what a s13 200sx comes out at.
For a mate who was 22 with no no claims but no points, convictions and a good postcode it came to £500. I thought that was pretty good, mainly because he is a fucking nutter and more high risk than you!
A chipped 200sx, and come on, how many are chipped and the 'owner doesn't realise' are quite a good weapon.
For a mate who was 22 with no no claims but no points, convictions and a good postcode it came to £500. I thought that was pretty good, mainly because he is a fucking nutter and more high risk than you!
A chipped 200sx, and come on, how many are chipped and the 'owner doesn't realise' are quite a good weapon.
When I was 18 Max I had a Sierra Saphire 1.8 glx, very nice inside, very cheap insurance, rear whell drive, and once u drop a 2.1 pinto in (which looks exactly the same, is cheap and is a very easy job) it will light up the rear all day long, most fun and reliability I ever had until I bought my baby.
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