4x4 " Flying Fish"

[KARZRTOYZ]

I sold my old 325 IX to my good friend Neil, who said he was gonna
take good care of the old car and restore it to its full potential. Here's
what he emailed me:

[march109]

Good Effort, plenty of style, landing perfect. Judges Score : 10.0

[punk_sy]

i like it lol

[Jon_Bmw]

Good air time/height!

[whipsey]

didn't think they would be able to handle that sort of abuse

[HowieE30]

hahahaha Laughing my ass off

[Ollie_bwoii]

HAHA Thats awesome!

[richard-the-nutter]

free willy e30 style

[Jhonno]

Seen these ages ago! Still awesome..

[Taz]

[motorsport786]

ermmmm yeah!!

[Rosc0PColtrane]

Excellent pics!!!

[sunnysr]

yyyyeeeee hhaaaaaa

[tom_johnston]

ala grand theft auto stylee...........

PERFECT INSANE STUNT BONUS $5000
FLIPS - 0 ROLLS - 0 DISTANCE 15 METRES
AND WHAT A GREAT LANDING!!!!

[E30Gheko]

OMG that's sooooooooooo funny!

[zimmer-320i]

after reading this

I sold my old 325 IX to my good friend Neil, who said he was gonna
take good care of the old car and restore it to its full potential. Here's
what he emailed me

and seeing the pics made me laugh, bet you sold it for silly money coz he said he would give it a good loving home, but thats awsome lol maybe make it higher and get some ride height on the thing

btw how is it 4x4?? is there a non bmw 4x4 engine/setup there?

[E30Gheko]

Just made this my desktop!

[ImysE30]

Awesome pics

[stu_316i]

seriously

[j9ayj]

ala grand theft auto stylee...........

PERFECT INSANE STUNT BONUS $5000
FLIPS - 0 ROLLS - 0 DISTANCE 15 METRES
AND WHAT A GREAT LANDING!!!!

lol

[zimmer-320i]

how is it 4x4?? is there a non bmw 4x4 engine/setup there?

[ImysE30]

The IX model is 4 wheel drive

[zimmer-320i]

ah i see, i take it thats a south african model, a bit like the 333 e30 which is a nice car, unsur why they got the decent e30's surely the germans would have had there own?

or are they just very rare in the uk?

[zimmer-320i]

bet it makes a awsome drift car!!

[ImysE30]

IIRC all IX models are LHD, apart from one i see on ebay recently that has said to be converted to RHD

[zimmer-320i]

not seen any on ebay now, but i keep looking,
is there any way of buying the 4x4 setup?

[ImysE30]

I posted a link to one i found (goes to search for it)
Don't know, best way would probably be to get the IX

[zimmer-320i]

what price they compare to normal 325's?

i dont think i could drive a left hooker, would feel really wierd and id proberly smash into every on coming car !!

[march109]

ah i see, i take it thats a south african model, a bit like the 333 e30 which is a nice car, unsur why they got the decent e30's surely the germans would have had there own?

or are they just very rare in the uk?

You'll have to search the forum myinformation is based on recolection of other threads, Tomson has a touring model here in the UK iirc.

Yeah they came in touring and 2/4 door varients, only avaiilable with the M20B25 though, geometry is completely out compared to normal E30's.

Were sold in Europe, North America, and Africa, not sure about Aus though, some even made it over here to the UK but in LHD form.

[zimmer-320i]

cool cheers,

searched ix on youtube, and got one doing power slides in the snow, looks so much more fun then a normal e30!!

[Nay]

Great use for the car. Awesome pics.

But they're rare cars. I'd look after one if i had it.

Theres a private one up for sale for around £3000 in Jersey. If i could afford it i'd consider it as it probably the only time i'll ever see or have a chance to own a minter one. too bad they're only LHD (apart from the odd few) as that is whats throwing me off taking a loan out. And i dont own a garage to store her in either

I'd love to do that in an E30 tho. They look good on roads, tracks and off roading. Next we need to find/make an E30 boat just to top it off

[KARZRTOYZ]

ah i see, i take it thats a south african model, a bit like the 333 e30 which is a nice car, unsur why they got the decent e30's surely the germans would have had there own?

or are they just very rare in the uk?

Its a 1988 USA model, BMW began sending 325IXs in 1988 to the USA and ended in 1991. The 1988 were all 2 doors- fully loaded ( leather heated sports seats, deluxe stereo system, Maplight mirror, Mtech1 steering wheel, power sunroof, etc. The 89 and up came in 4 and 2 door with various level of trim packages. They are rare now in the US because most of them were sent to cold and snowy places - all rusted to crap. The few that where not sent to the cold are gems but are rare. The car Neil is jumping in the air is a rust free car that I had bought in San Francisco.

Here's another friend of mine in a IX in Canada:

[bss325i]

ah i see, i take it thats a south african model, a bit like the 333 e30 which is a nice car, unsur why they got the decent e30's surely the germans would have had there own?

or are they just very rare in the uk?

325iX was available in LHD form ony and was sold in mainland Europe and the US.

SA never got this model.

[magpie]

love it

[Morat]

That is fantastic. Should have got the quad biker too for bonus points