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tomo9992
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:34 pm

Just bought this the other day.

174000miles (barely run in with FSH :O)
MOT till end of year

few things wrong, sunroof siezed
ariel doesnt go up and down
and back light to computer not working.
thats it really

price paid £485

thoughts please,

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bpowell555
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:44 pm

The steering wheel is one fifth the value of the entire car :cool:
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She's a minter! Best 3 years of my life - bye bye baby :D
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tomo9992
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:47 pm

bpowell555 wrote:The steering wheel is one fifth the value of the entire car :cool:
you kidding me, thats why i bought it :P :wink:
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:49 pm

let's hope it's alot better than this 325ise
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Jonny_92
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:53 pm

daft question but whats that part called between the to front airducts? :P
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:53 pm

A proper e30....325i
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:57 pm

Jonny_92 wrote:daft question but whats that part called between the to front airducts? :P
on a 325i it's an oil cooler grill,on every-thing else it's a blank plate.

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you don't need an oil cooler to fit one winkeye
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:57 pm

What a bargain :cool:
They don't make bm's like this anymore!..They should.
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Jonny_92
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:58 pm

haha thanks, looks much better then a blank one imo
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Jonny_92
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:00 pm

how much do they cost?
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:01 pm

pm sweep he may have one,though they are around £20 from the dealer or so i'm told
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:28 pm

You've done well, was watching this one on ebay, has a few other issues trim missing of front lower spoiler and it seems to have it's headlights stuck on winkeye
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:32 pm

Good buy!!! You could get the deeper iS front lip!!
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matto
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:23 pm

tomo9992 wrote: thoughts please,
a LHD boot badge :D
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Paul325ITouring
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:31 pm

Hi where can you get deep is lips from the touring I have had one, a year ago, b4 I got it, would like to replace it.
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Was the previous owner left handed?
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enjoy
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Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:39 pm

Bargain there mate. :cool:
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:51 am

Nice bargain, was it out of the local newspaper?

Bodywork looks great
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tomo9992
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:14 am

cheers guys. yeh was thinkin deep lips but im not made up if i like them yet.

it was off ebay...

pick it up on sunday so ill do some better pics and list the real problems.

thanke for your comments :D
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:14 pm

Wow what a bargain, good find mate enjoy! :D
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tomo9992
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:48 pm

Alex wrote:
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Was the previous owner left handed?
what you mean? because of the badge? (thats coming off)
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tomo9992 wrote:
Alex wrote:
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Was the previous owner left handed?
what you mean? because of the exhaust?
I think they mean the badge is on the wrong side
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tomo9992
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Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:57 pm

thats what i said winkeye :wink: lol that'll be coming off anyway
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tomo9992
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Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:57 pm

where would i find the centre caps for the wheels? and what wheels are they? thanks :)
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Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:06 pm

tomo9992 wrote:where would i find the centre caps for the wheels? and what wheels are they? thanks :)
Look like 14" BBS to me
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Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:33 am

I take it he'll remove the auction once you pay up on Saturday 8O

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1991-BMW-325I-SE- ... 0561874462
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tomo9992
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Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:19 pm

8O 8O 8O lol, emailed....
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Look like 14 inch bbs to me.....
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Did you get it then ? :roll:
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