My brain and my hart are having a barney

[LeonNewton]

I don't know wot to do.
4 munths ago I was driving around very happaly in my track ish ready 318is. Though expensive by modern cars and very sparton and opresive inside I loved it.
Then someone got me this book about building your own car. You may know the book writen by criss gibbs or seen the first edition "build your own sports car for £250" witch had a live rear axel setup and was writen when a doner car cost £20. It was read within a day and within the week nearly I had started a build for my old m40 engion with the plan of puting the m42 in when it was on the road.
Soon after this my lass anonced she wanted a car. A tot scarey but a newish estate car. She hardley drives and wonts A LOT of time geting yoused to a famly car befor she has to transport a child. So naw I drive nearly everyware in a 04 passat tdi sport estate (the sport is fails advertising). It is fine and dam cheep to fule. I evern trailer the e30 to the track last time becaus it was cheeper an comfeyer.
Now my BMW is up for tax mot and inshorance. A lot to spend. Not that she needs work but it is still just befor crimbow. I have a daily. But. If I yous the is now for the build. Scrapping the rest and selling wot I can. I won't have my own car witch is dam fritaning. It seems a lot to shell out for a car that gets driven once a fortnight and tracked every two munths. I culd also put the car back to standard looking and sell with no tax and small mot but that seems like I will get penneys for it.
Wot to do?


I have not posted for a wile so for thows who have not read me befor. I am sory. I just canot spell.

[tunnyx]

lol leon - I gathered took me a while to read it properly.

You know what to do, you just want someone else to tell you! Put it in the garage & spend some time with her... then buy a scrapper for £100 and do that one up. Definately a no to messing up the IS

[E30Gheko]

just store the 318is until Spring, when presumably it will see a bit more action and slum it in the new car over the winter??

[LeonNewton]

That's not a bad plan rob. But the engion is going in at some point anyway. Culd get another summer out of hur next year though. The 7 will not be ready by then.

[e301988325i]

I have not posted for a wile so for thows who have not read me befor. I am sory. I just canot spell.

Good on you, most people who can't spell give up on writing!

[LeonNewton]

To mutch good information is shared threw text to give up on it. Having sead that. The old haynes exploding diagrams are a god send. Lol.
Tar bud

[320Touring]

Leon, I loved your iS when I saw it in wales!

And I fecking hate red e30's 2dr e30's and iS engines

[Duke137]

Leon, I loved your iS when I saw it in wales!

And I fecking hate red e30's 2dr e30's and iS engines

I have a red E30 2dr IS

I think it looks alright....

[LeonNewton]

Thanks. I love it to and have had a lot of fun with it. As I will in my new car witch is allready marked as the next home for that engion.
Huum.
I think I will put hur in the gardin. Think some moor and hope I don't get side tracked and let it rot.

[magpie]

leon do you sell ice creams?

or am i getting mixed up with another zoner who hasn't posted for a while

a car is meant to be enjoyed and not a burden.

circumstances sometimes dictate which way round this plays out.
ie up today-down tomorrow.

life eh!

[poolnoodle]

Good to see you back leon
Hide the iS away and never part with it

[LeonNewton]

Yep. I am or was the ice cream man. Got a proper job now. Welding and fabrecating big steel mainly for railways.
Picked up a car cover thismoorning. She will sleep tonight.

[DanThe]

Home made cars and live rear axles are a bad mix

Spend the time and money on the E30 and flog the frame as an unfinished project, some numpty will buy it

[LeonNewton]

I dan. I am building a IRS with duble wishbone.
I drove a 2.0 locost with live rear and it was fun. Wots so awfull with them aye.

[TheHeap]

You don't want to or can't mot an tax it because santa is coming to town. So why not park it up on sorn and wait till feb/march and do it then, that way you will never have this problem again.