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Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:51 pm

Have 1k to spend am i looking at a shed at this price? how reliable is the is engine?
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Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:01 pm

No - you should get a half decent one for that. Engine's are pretty reliable - just missing a couple of cylinders winkeye
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:13 pm

if you are patient you will get a cheap one enough, look out for ones that have been took in PX becuase half the time they dont know what they are, mine was £500 with 12 month Mot and 7 month tax, look at the pics in photogallery and tell me its a shed :wink:

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Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:57 pm

Some information on the engine in an IS from one of the stalwarts of the zone! (just becuase it makes me chuckle everytime I read it)
The M42 is forged on the thighs of a thousand virgins, of shavings from the gates of Hades. Zeus himself is responsible for the design, which its self is the result of Venus and Saturn having interplanetary sex. Many m42s were melted down and used by Saddam Hussein as WMD's. Indeed the Ark of The Covenant, which brought down the walls of Jericho, contained an M42. The Challenger shuttle was the only shuttle not to be powered by the m42, we all know how that ended. The magnetic wobble, experienced by Earth every few centuries is the result of some halfwit stalling a 318is. The 318is is galvanised with the skin of Jesus himself, making it impervious to friction, wind resistance and aerodynamic drag. When Jesus walked on water, he was actually driving a 318is.


There. The concise history of all things m42.
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:29 am

robbo86 wrote:Some information on the engine in an IS from one of the stalwarts of the zone! (just becuase it makes me chuckle everytime I read it)
The M42 is forged on the thighs of a thousand virgins, of shavings from the gates of Hades. Zeus himself is responsible for the design, which its self is the result of Venus and Saturn having interplanetary sex. Many m42s were melted down and used by Saddam Hussein as WMD's. Indeed the Ark of The Covenant, which brought down the walls of Jericho, contained an M42. The Challenger shuttle was the only shuttle not to be powered by the m42, we all know how that ended. The magnetic wobble, experienced by Earth every few centuries is the result of some halfwit stalling a 318is. The 318is is galvanised with the skin of Jesus himself, making it impervious to friction, wind resistance and aerodynamic drag. When Jesus walked on water, he was actually driving a 318is.


There. The concise history of all things m42.
Not seen that before :rofl:
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:51 am

^ rosco at his best :mad:
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:13 am

robbo86 wrote:Some information on the engine in an IS from one of the stalwarts of the zone! (just becuase it makes me chuckle everytime I read it)
The M42 is forged on the thighs of a thousand virgins, of shavings from the gates of Hades. Zeus himself is responsible for the design, which its self is the result of Venus and Saturn having interplanetary sex. Many m42s were melted down and used by Saddam Hussein as WMD's. Indeed the Ark of The Covenant, which brought down the walls of Jericho, contained an M42. The Challenger shuttle was the only shuttle not to be powered by the m42, we all know how that ended. The magnetic wobble, experienced by Earth every few centuries is the result of some halfwit stalling a 318is. The 318is is :chuckle: resistance and aerodynamic drag. When Jesus walked on water, he was actually driving a 318is.


There. The concise history of all things m42.
:chuckle: Brilliant! :chuckle:
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:10 pm

a guy who has spent over 40 years working on BMW's once said to me that the 318is "is a good car if you can keep an engine in it" that sums them up really If you have a grand to spend buy a 325.
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:54 pm

NayC wrote:
robbo86 wrote:Some information on the engine in an IS from one of the stalwarts of the zone! (just becuase it makes me chuckle everytime I read it)
The M42 is forged on the thighs of a thousand virgins, of shavings from the gates of Hades. Zeus himself is responsible for the design, which its self is the result of Venus and Saturn having interplanetary sex. Many m42s were melted down and used by Saddam Hussein as WMD's. Indeed the Ark of The Covenant, which brought down the walls of Jericho, contained an M42. The Challenger shuttle was the only shuttle not to be powered by the m42, we all know how that ended. The magnetic wobble, experienced by Earth every few centuries is the result of some halfwit stalling a 318is. The 318is is :chuckle: resistance and aerodynamic drag. When Jesus walked on water, he was actually driving a 318is.


There. The concise history of all things m42.
:chuckle: Brilliant! :chuckle:
still makes me giggle :teehee: :teehee: :snigger: :snigger: :giggle:
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:55 pm

:rofl: at that
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The M42 is forged on the thighs of a thousand virgins, of shavings from the gates of Hades. Zeus himself is responsible for the design, which its self is the result of Venus and Saturn having interplanetary sex. Many m42s were melted down and used by Saddam Hussein as WMD's. Indeed the Ark of The Covenant, which brought down the walls of Jericho, contained an M42. The Challenger shuttle was the only shuttle not to be powered by the m42, we all know how that ended. The magnetic wobble, experienced by Earth every few centuries is the result of some halfwit stalling a 318is. The 318is is galvanised with the skin of Jesus himself, making it impervious to friction, wind resistance and aerodynamic drag. When Jesus walked on water, he was actually driving a 318is.


There. The concise history of all things m42.
what an absolute load of rubbish!................everyone knows saddam hussein had no WMDs! winkeye
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:41 pm

go on mr T [well not proven] poss the only wmd was himself :D
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:32 pm

everyone knows saddam hussein had no WMDs!
Thats becuase he hid them under the bonnets of cars!!!
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