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Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:31 pm

I saw a particularly nice E30 in Port Rush - Northern Ireland at the weekend, lowered with Alpinas, very shiny paint, couldn't see a mark on it anywhere!

Number plate had UP.U (it may have been an english plate actually, so could have been visiting.
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:41 pm

wat colour was she man?

aload of nice sports kicking about at the mo, its great 2 see :cool:

you from about that direction?
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Ireland is full of mint sports as Jonny says. Its like their second home after Germany!
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:19 pm

It looked like a Dolphin Grey Sport.
I'm not from there, Brother in law moved there a few months ago so went out to see him.

I was hoping to get to the show and shine, but the wife wasn't too impressed so didn't go :cry:
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:22 pm

Adammcf wrote:Ireland is full of mint sports as Jonny says. Its like their second home after Germany!
we saw no sports in germany on the ring trip!!!
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:54 pm

Simon13 wrote:we saw no sports in germany on the ring trip!!!
8O 8O thats coz all us boys have them :D

@DemonDaz; Yeah i know the sport your talking about man she's not long outa the bodyshop for a re-spray. She looks amazing :cool: real tidy job
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JonnyBravo wrote:
Simon13 wrote:we saw no sports in germany on the ring trip!!!
8O 8O thats coz all us boys have them :D

@DemonDaz; Yeah i know the sport your talking about man she's not long outa the bodyshop for a re-spray. She looks amazing :cool: real tidy job
Was gonna say thats cos theyre probably all in Ireland now! LOL
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:04 pm

How come they're all in NI? I thought insurance was mega money out there?
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Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:09 pm

think alot of them have traders insurance not sure tho but i do know its a killer for me :( but its all worth it, just love tha E30
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It is but people are much more into performance cars in Ireland especially the north than they seem to be on the mainland UK.
You dont get half as many shitters on the roads over there.
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:07 pm

Insurance has come down a lot here in the last few years. They've stopped paying out huge claims, gone are the days of Ԛ£20k payout in whiplash claims. Max they're paying is Ԛ£4-6k now.

I saw a seriously nice E30 320i in black heading towards Holywood the other day, again an english reg, H-reg I think it was. Looked like it'd just come out of the showroom. 30-something bloke driving it, baby chairs in the back. :lol:
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Simon13 wrote:
Adammcf wrote:Ireland is full of mint sports as Jonny says. Its like their second home after Germany!
we saw no sports in germany on the ring trip!!!
Probably because the sport as we know it was a UK edition.
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:58 pm

JonnyBravo wrote:think alot of them have traders insurance not sure tho but i do know its a killer for me :( but its all worth it, just love tha E30
who you insured with jonny? its not costing me too much for insuring mine (when i get it) although i'm TPFT not Fully Comp, I'd rather save the extra Ԛ£1000 odd extra a year.
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Simon wrote:
Simon13 wrote:
Adammcf wrote:Ireland is full of mint sports as Jonny says. Its like their second home after Germany!
we saw no sports in germany on the ring trip!!!
Probably because the sport as we know it was a UK edition.
exactly, we in Holland also have no indications as sport, se stuff like that only the 318iS
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:12 pm

hughes and company man its the only company who was cheap and insure me coz im only 24, roll on 25!!!!
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:22 pm

did you try admiral? mines about Ԛ£1100 and i'm only 22 with 1 years no claims and 3 points!
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:30 pm

must try them coz my insurance is up in Dec. just hope it comes down a good bit
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:37 pm

i found a years no claims does wonders for your premium, i'll be driving for 5 years next month and i'll have another years no claims so next years insurance should lighten my pocket by a little less than last years!
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