Just won this on ebay (UPDATE, cleaned and pics)

Post Thu May 19, 2011 7:02 am

Glad its a good'un - that's a lot of car for £750. Very economical motoring - these can get 40mpg on a run easily. Morea Green is a lovely colour that polishes up well and keeps clean easily.

Has it got the silver interior then?

Post Thu May 19, 2011 7:28 am

spook wrote:
Z3I wrote:Happy ending!

It will be when Jaymos gets the Cliffy CDs in the multichanger.

No multichanger

original tape deck, will have to dust the old cassettes down.

Post Thu May 19, 2011 7:29 am

darkchild wrote:Glad its a good'un - that's a lot of car for £750. Very economical motoring - these can get 40mpg on a run easily. Morea Green is a lovely colour that polishes up well and keeps clean easily.

Has it got the silver interior then?

no mate its green, not as loud as it looks in the pics so could live with it.

Post Thu May 19, 2011 9:01 am

MurphyE30 wrote:
jaymos wrote:Well went to look at the car and all I can say is that im well happy, the bodywork is mint and the interior is like new, had a good drive of it and it drove like a dream, heated up nicely and stayed dead centre.
The guy who im getting it from works at the dealers where the car was originally sold in 1995, it was traded in and he bought it for his mum after getting it checked over at the garage, he said the overall condition of the car is the reason he bought it and I dont blame him.
He is selling because his mum doesnt use it at all and that he would rather someone get the use out of it as he didnt want it just rotting away on her drive.
Hes even gonna check the database in work and print out all the info he can find on the car for me.
excellent news looks a nice tidy car

Reads like a nice,genuine seller!

All you need now is confirmation that the h/g has been changed....

Really,at that kind of money,you cannot grumble too much if you need to spend a little.
Good luck with it.

Post Thu May 19, 2011 9:08 am

daimlerman wrote:
MurphyE30 wrote:
jaymos wrote:Well went to look at the car and all I can say is that im well happy, the bodywork is mint and the interior is like new, had a good drive of it and it drove like a dream, heated up nicely and stayed dead centre.
The guy who im getting it from works at the dealers where the car was originally sold in 1995, it was traded in and he bought it for his mum after getting it checked over at the garage, he said the overall condition of the car is the reason he bought it and I dont blame him.
He is selling because his mum doesnt use it at all and that he would rather someone get the use out of it as he didnt want it just rotting away on her drive.
Hes even gonna check the database in work and print out all the info he can find on the car for me.
excellent news looks a nice tidy car
Reads like a nice,genuine seller!

All you need now is confirmation that the h/g has been changed....

Really,at that kind of money,you cannot grumble too much if you need to spend a little.
Good luck with it.

Ye tbf he was a real nice fella, asked him about the head gasket and he wasnt sure if it had been done, he said there was loads of paper work that he hadnt looked through, so hopefully there will be good news in there.

but like you say for the money I dont mind spending a few quid to sort it.

Post Thu May 19, 2011 11:05 pm

There's one near me available for around £400.

What do you reckon - worth a punt?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/270746777890?ru=h ... 3D1&_rdc=1

Post Thu May 19, 2011 11:27 pm

seems a bit pointless when you can buy reasonably tidy ones with tax and mot for £700.

£400 + a minimum of £150ish to mot and tax it so you can drive it, plus whatever else needs doing...

Post Thu May 19, 2011 11:55 pm

Cheers Harry - I'll probably give it a swerve then.

Post Fri May 20, 2011 7:46 am

Ok guys, drove the car back last night and got to say it was great, im well made up with it, the only issue I have is when I was looking in the boot I took the spare wheel out and noticed a bit of water underneath it, anyone know of any common places where they let water in? the carpet and tray where the first aid kit is are dry and it doesnt smell damp.

Post Fri May 20, 2011 8:27 am

Knackered boot seal? The one on my old 316i had perished after about 10-11 years. It normally results in a bit of rust/rot on the panel between the bootlid and bumper.

Post Fri May 20, 2011 8:43 am

darkchild wrote:Knackered boot seal? The one on my old 316i had perished after about 10-11 years. It normally results in a bit of rust/rot on the panel between the bootlid and bumper.

Ye possibly, no rust that I can see though, do the rear light clusters have seals around them, as on this there is just the black plastic surround with a tiny gap between that and the bodywork, could water get through there? or is the seal under the plastic?

Post Fri May 20, 2011 9:57 am

I can't remember off the top of my head. When I changed the rear light clusters on my saloon I think there was a black rubber seal glued around the actual cluster. I'm sure one of the E36 boys will be able to confirm.

Post Sat May 21, 2011 5:32 pm

Well after the rain yesterday I checked the boot and it was dry so its a mystery at the moment. Im loving the car though, ok so it aint the quickest thing in the world but it drives great and is so smooth and quiet, I let my brother have a drive and he thought it had stalled at the lights

he was impressed. Any way will give her a clean when it clears up and get some pics up.

Post Thu May 26, 2011 10:08 am

Well gave the car a clean when we had a dry spell and took a few pics.

Post Thu May 26, 2011 10:24 am

Still a lovely car for the money, interior and all.

Crazy to think that its worth around 5% of the new price

Post Thu May 26, 2011 10:34 am

Z3I wrote:Still a lovely car for the money, interior and all.

Crazy to think that its worth around 5% of the new price

I know mate, hard to believe what you can get for such little money.