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DaleR
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:53 pm

I'll start.

Ive owned.

1x e28 528i
1x e30 325i sport (Craig/Mason/Dominitrys current car, hope it gets fixed :()
1x e34 520i 12v (Dad now drives it)
1x e34 520i 24v
1x e31 850ci V12 rare 6 speed

And my fav bmw that I owned was a e3 3.0s, I gave it away 3 years ago, im soooo sorry that I did :(, not seen another on the road

Currently own a e36 m3, but that will be sold at the end of the week, and probably getting a e39 540i, and a e30/e28 track car.

Sorry I dont own a e30 atm, but i do love them and do lots of work on them so I hope im still welcome to be here lol :oops:
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:34 pm

Well I just acquired a 325i Touring.
BUT...

My dad owned a 325e (pre face lift)
635csi highline switchable auto in Delphin Grey ( HOT!!!!) (E24)
735i 3 models ago (E32?)
735il same again
318i x2 (1 auto 1 man)
and a 740il ( previous model E38??)

After a certain year, BMW only imported the il versions of the 7's
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:44 pm

Here's my lonley lot !!!

1 88 320i Zinnabar red (Pink)
1 90 325i diamnidscwarthz, current car
Pete don't care about colour, He would shag a rainbow if he could find the end of it....
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:46 pm

kam-325i wrote:Here's my lonley lot !!!

1 88 320i Zinnabar red (Pink)
1 90 325i diamnidscwarthz, current car
I love Zinnoberrot, and they always seem to go pink after a month of not polishing it
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:50 pm

I only have my 318i auto convertible

but get regular use of my dads e34 530i se
man that car is powerfull and comfortable
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:02 pm

Mine are as follows.

2X E21 316 AND 318I
6X E30 316,318IS,325I SE,325I CONVERTIBLE AND 325I MOTORSPORT CONVERTIBLE.
2X E34 525I AND 535I
3X E24 633,635CSI AND 635CSI HIGHLINE.
3X E32 735I,735 ALPINA B11 3,5 AND JUST BOUGHT A HREG 735I SE.

The car is miss the most would be my Highline 6 its up for sale on ebay its the lachs silver 1 in plymouth have offerd to buy it back but he wants loads more money for her now :cry:,closely followd by my lachs silver 325i se 2d sh1t is miss that car so much. :(

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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:02 pm

I own a 320i 1987, SORN just today (oh I am going to miss my baby :cry: :cry: :cry: ) so I can restore it and give it TLC

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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:06 pm

I have owned:

1987 E30 318i

I own;

1991 E30 325i Motorsport

2001 E46 316i Compact Individual
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:11 pm

DaleR wrote: I love Zinnoberrot, and they always seem to go pink after a month of not polishing it
That pink used to really do my friut and nut.........
The first time i saw it, i thought :wtf:
Pete don't care about colour, He would shag a rainbow if he could find the end of it....
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:27 pm

1. '92 316i Touring in alpine white 2.
2. '86/'87 325i 4 door red with chrome bumpers - scrapped for engine/gearbox/koni suspension/mongoose exhaust(went into sport)
3. '89 325i Sport in diamond black with parts from above car (converted from auto).
4. '88 325i Touring in diamond black. (Current car).
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:42 pm

currently have a 320i touring and a 525i e34 (for my dad, but registered in my name)

previously had an e34 525i auto-nice big ole bus but sorer on the juice than my 320 :cry:
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:52 pm

e21 323i in martini white - immaculate untill notorious worn bushes in trailing arms caused a lift oversteer moment resulting in write off and me being cut out of car by fire service

2002 tii - with full race engine - heini mader cylinder head with v.big valves (originally off a bmw f2 engine in a chevron)- something like a schrick 316? degree cam - converted to dellorto 48's v.trick hayward and scott exhaust. nothing at all below 4500 rpm - then round to 7500 rpm v.quick - sold to a cousin who has done nothing with it for years

currently e30 2.7 track car
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:00 pm

3 E34 M5's
1 E34 525i Auto Touring
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:02 pm

Ho boy. I've a fair few E30's in my time. I currently have the 2 in my sig, but i've had 5 M3's including a white Evo. I deeply, deeply regret selling that car, but i really wanted a cad. I've also owned several M-tech and Mortorsports cabs. Funny, cause apart from the M3's, i've never owned a tin top E30 :D I just love the cabs and i will always own one as far as i can see. winkeye
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:32 pm

Other than the 2 E30s I currently have I've owned:

2002 Ti (Racecar)
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E28 525i
E34 530i
E12 528
1987 Henna Rot M3 (was 195bhp CAT..now more and no cat)
2001 E46 330i SE Touring (manual)
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:42 pm

Countless e30 s

1x e36 328i

1x e34 m5 + 1 525 touring

3x e28 m535i + 1 m5 and 2x 528i

5x e21 323i + 1 316

2x 2002

1x 635 csi highline
and all sorts of 7 series. then theres also all the one's i buy and sell.
not to greedey am i.
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:12 pm

Ive only ever had E30s and Ive loved each one Ive had. Bought my first at 20 (325iSE) had a few then had a long break until 3 years ago when I bought my M3.

325iSE (Zinnober)
325i Sport (Dolphin)
318iS (Brilliant)
M3 (Brilliant)

I do love my M3 but cant beat the 6 pot 325s
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:13 pm

Currently own a 1987 325i SPORT M Tech 1

Have owned in the past 18 months:

1989 325i SPORT
1994 525i SE
1996 320i SE Auto
1994 525i SPORT
1995 325i SE M3 replica

My 1989 Sport and 320i SE Auto are my most favourites!

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Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:33 pm

1982 E21 320 from new sold in 1985
1985 E30 323iA from new to scrap yard in 2002 (270,000 miles)
1989 E30 325 Sport Auto from 2002 to date
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:53 pm

got the first when i was 18, now i'm 25 here goes
325i sport (phase one) dolphin grey
325i sport (phase one) dianond black
and then another one the same !!
325i sport (phase two) lachs silver
325i motorsport/alpina cabrio negaro silver
e30 m3 ceccotto macau blue with s50 3.0l RHD
currently
316i lux diamond black (daily driver)
635csi zinnobar red with black leather and chrome '86 version
(inherited from dad who bought it when it was a year old)
and the toy is a white e30 m3 3.5l turbo (curently SORN for winter rebuild)
all had or have a few mods apart from the 635.
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:04 pm

Not a list as such, i started of with my E34 535 which i robbed the engine from to go in to my E30 325 Touring, both cars are in my sig pic.
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:05 pm

I'm fairly new to the BMW world...

2004 E30 M3

2005 Z3M Coupe (Current Car)

Will buy another e30 m3 at some point in the future when I can afford to keep 2 cars!
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:10 pm

89 316i 2dr
e36 320i saloon
e36 325i coupe
e36 328 sport in techno violet
another 89 316i 2dr
e36 318 is
e36 320i coupe
89 635csi highline motorsport edition
89 M3 cecotto
all were good bar the e36 318is which was a pig of a car
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:28 pm

Kos wrote:got the first when i was 18, now i'm 25 here goes
325i sport (phase one) dolphin grey
325i sport (phase one) dianond black
and then another one the same !!
325i sport (phase two) lachs silver
325i motorsport/alpina cabrio negaro silver
e30 m3 ceccotto macau blue with s50 3.0l RHD
currently
316i lux diamond black (daily driver)
635csi zinnobar red with black leather and chrome '86 version
(inherited from dad who bought it when it was a year old)
and the toy is a white e30 m3 3.5l turbo (curently SORN for winter rebuild)
all had or have a few mods apart from the 635.
Sounds like his!!
At 20 years old
1986 'C' Reg but private plate 325i (full sport rep) black headlining and all
BM expert things it was wrote of when new, so owner put it back together as a full sport. It was fast too! I sold it to a man that had had five other real sports and he said it was faster than all of them!
Then a year later a real sport 1989 'G' Dolphin grey. Was nice but a week after I got it found water in the boot. Bad news was smacked in and repaired. Old biddy crashed into it about a year later. Put it into lock up while I drove around in a 323i 'B' reg. That was mint in silver!
Got people carrier because of kids.
Sold 323i and broken sport and bought an auto 325i sport 'G' Black
Mint aint the word but auto so I sold it and bought cab. Now im 26.
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:35 pm

im on my second bmw... the first was a g plate 320 touring that met an untimely end in a head on with a truck and my current 325 touring thats had a full cosworth conversion. hopefully this one will last a bit longer than the last :D
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:47 pm

e21 316 1978
e12 318 1979

some day: e46 m3
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:48 pm

In my BMW history files, I've owned the following...

'90 E30 320i Convertible
'87 E30 325i Sport (Tech 1)
'87 E28 518i Lux
'89 E30 325i Touring
'89 E30 320iS - awesome machine!
'90 E30 320i Convertible
'90 E30 325i Sport (Tech 2)
'90 E30 318iS track car
'85 E28 525e

And plenty more to come...!

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Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:23 pm

owned:

87 318i ... not much but a start!

own

87 E30 325sport
92 E30 320 cab
96 E39 528iA
03 E36/7 Z3 coupe 3.0

and counting!

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Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:48 pm

ok, owned:

E28 518 (scrapped for parts)
E28 520i (sold to buy next car)
1602 (Bough as project but discovered a whole world of rust that would have cost thousands to restore so broke for parts)
E32 730i (bough for the engine, ended up selling as a whole car)
E30 320i (totalled by fcuking yobs!)

Own

E28 M535i Auto (scrapping from accident damage and rust)
E30 320i (awaiting welding work to put her back on the road)
E28 M535i manual (also going off the road for welding and a respray to be my Nurburgring baby!)

190e. my daily driver - looking at trading it for an e36 316 or a mint facelift 316 e30 to make a more economical daily driver (any offers?!)

Jon :D
1986 e28 M535i (gone and missed)
1988 e30 320i cab (full resto STILL in progress)
1996 Volvo 850 T-5 estate (280bhp Turbo Nutter), T-5R (my precious)
1966 Fiat 850 saloon & 1970 Sport Coupe
C1 (go-kart)
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:06 am

I've had

E36 316i Compact
E30 325i Touring (now turning into my kit car)
E46 320Ci Coupe
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:47 am

The day of my driving test back in 1989 I bought an E28 528i (Before I had taken the test :lol:)

I used this as my main car but had a few others like a pickup and a Triumph Spitfire, all before I passed my test.

I then killed the 528i due to a headgasket going and sezing up.... ouch.

I then bought an E28 520i and used this until the water pump siezed and that died too... I was really young and didn't really care about maintenance etc :lol:

I then had a period of non BMW ownership until February of this year.

Plenty of wierd stuff in between though, including an old London black cab which was a great party wagon, an Early 70's Buick, again a great party wagon, numerous old Rover P6 V8's (Like Vinnie Jones in Lock stock).

The last time I counted I had owned over 150 cars, I'm not a scrapyeard altough most of them were fit for one :lol:
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:32 pm

Started a couple of years ago when I was given a C-reg e28 520i. From then I was hooked on BMW 6pots. After a year of running it into the ground picked up a pretty tidy 320i touring(I'd lusted after a touring for about 10 yrs) for 500quid. This lasted about 6 weeks before a small altercation in the wet with a signpost. By christ that thing was quick with a screaming exhaust, I swear it was quicker than my current car. It had had a replacement 65k mls engine put in not long before I bought it. Had a brief break from RWD before finding my current FSH NO rust minter for 800 quid.
Alpine White 325i touring
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:50 pm

Hi

I have owned BMW e21 323ix4, 320i X 1 320/6 x 1
Currently own
e21 323i (2.7)
e21 323i Baur
e21 320i group 1 race car
e28 M535i

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Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:58 pm

i have owned so far 89f 318i mint example untill it died in crash;( and my present day car 87 plate 325i cab both cars were black. next car m3 in black:) cheers b.
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:09 pm

e30 318i
e30 318iS-minter
e30 327i SPORT-animal still own
e34 M5 3.6-stripped for engine for car below (deceptively quick)
e30 318iS-minter project car still own
e30 325i tourer driftcar still own
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