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nicey
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:08 pm

Trying to persuade an old friend to let me buy her m reg 318i tourer as she cant really afford to keep it properly and is using it as a cheap banger, got various problems (usual e30 stuff), paint work poor on roof and various scratches, engine seen better days....
I am trying to be honest with her about what it's worth but I do n't know what to offer her for it, I have told her I would find another tourer for her in better nick, but she say's she wants a astra or corsa....
I know M reg tourers are rare, does anyone know how many there are? What do you think I should pay if I have to get pound notes out?
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:12 pm

Its not rare enough to pay over the odds just for the plate!

Brianmoooore might like it though, he has a plate for it already.

as for value its worth whatever any touring in that condition is worth, at a guess given your piss poor description and no pictures £500-£900 after all it is an M40 turd.
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:18 pm

I've got a nice L plate touring in black which I paid £575 for 2 years ago, it's a cracking car.

Top end would be £700/800.
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:35 pm

Trouble is the later tourings seem to rust more than the early ones. There's no statistical proof but it seems to be a common tale.
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:37 pm

Morat wrote:Trouble is the later tourings seem to rust more than the early ones. There's no statistical proof but it seems to be a common tale.
+1

i broke a late L reg one and it was certainly the most rotten car ive seen. There was p40 over rust all over the place, 3 owners from new too and the guy i got if from only had it for a year or too :mad:

we also had a J reg touring that had a hole in the sillsand a drafty floor pan. and a hole in the inner arch on the front Had about 8 patches of welding 8O
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:03 pm

The Zone rules are that any M reg tourings should be offered to Brianmoooore first :)
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:20 pm

i bought a nice l plate touring for £200 it had 15" bbs but only a 1.6 lux

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Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:23 pm

@march109
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"325i Tech 1 replica Track prepared Touring for Sale PM me for details. Comes with spare seats and 12 a month ticket."

Just wondering, how many months you would be sending 12 spare seats for? winkeye

Pee pee poor description?, usual e30 problems - knackered drivers seat, rust, no temp gauge/rev counter, elec windows only work with door open,cracked dashboard, previous bodgers, being used as a banger etc etc
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:47 am

nicey wrote: Just wondering, how many months you would be sending 12 spare seats for? winkeye
I think he was just adding a little Italian passion
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:30 am

magpie wrote:i bought a nice l plate touring for £200 it had 15" bbs but only a 1.6 lux
If it was nice why did you break it :mad:
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:39 am

the price was nice,all the parts sold v,quickly which is nice.the shell itself after a poke around was not so nice,big holes under the rear seats above the tank ,strange place for rot8O inner rear arch rot,but a very clean sunroof panel winkeye
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:51 am

DanThe wrote:The Zone rules are that any M reg tourings should be offered to Brianmoooore first :)

And me second as I have an M reg private plate too :(
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:35 am

Sounds like a £250 hound ! :eek:
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