keep it auto or turn it to manual ???

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Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:18 pm

ive got a 325i sports auto and ive got it up for sale its a very clean car but not had a call or email on it do you all think its cus its an auto and do you think i should convert it to manual ??
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:40 pm

A lack of interest maybe down to price, however imo a manual 325 will always sell before an auto,
if you do convert then you'll need a box from a sport or a box from a 320, i maybe wrong regarding the 320 box but i'm sure that some one will correct me if wrong.
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:44 pm

it'll cost you the best part of a grand to do the conversion properly (gearbox, clutch, pedal box, master and slave cylinders and the auto stuff is not worth much for selling on.
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:08 pm

Topblag wrote:it'll cost you the best part of a grand to do the conversion properly (gearbox, clutch, pedal box, master and slave cylinders and the auto stuff is not worth much for selling on.

This. And then you will be competing against all the other manual sports out there. Autos are rare BUT there are people who like them and will seek them out.
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:40 pm

I would quite happily buy an auto over a manual any day. Having driven both a Manual and auto 325i I prefer the way the auto drives. I tend to waft about rather than kick the arse out of my cab.

It's probably an age thing and the lack of desire to go sideways in a cloud of smoke for me but the auto suits an e30 well.
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:00 pm

zimmerestate wrote:ive got a 325i sports auto and ive got it up for sale its a very clean car but not had a call or email on it do you all think its cus its an auto and do you think i should convert it to manual ??
Where have you got it for sale? It could be down to a number of factors. Crap advert, over optimistic pricing etc etc.

I always used to ignore autos, but now I'd rather have a solid shell than a manual gearbox. It would be a ball ache to convert to manual, but IMHO more attractive than trying to save a rotten turd. My current E30 is an auto and I don't really mind driving them.
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:06 pm

Topblag wrote:it'll cost you the best part of a grand to do the conversion properly (gearbox, clutch, pedal box, master and slave cylinders and the auto stuff is not worth much for selling on.
just done 2002 e46 330d sport conversion from an auto to 6 speed manual,cost me 405 quid (had to buy new propshaft coupling for 55 quid :cry: would have been 350 otherwise )
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Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:10 pm

And then you will be competing against all the other manual sports out there. Autos are rare BUT there are people who like them and will seek them out.
Not many auto' sports out there. Even better than 'ebay rare'.
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:11 am

i can get it converted for around £450 so im just not sure what to do the car is solid as a rock the car is in the for sale area if people wish to have a look
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:23 am

you should convert it and then keep it once you drive it with a proper manual box in you wont want to sell it! Thats what i think anyway. :wink:
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:39 am

vokietis wrote:
Topblag wrote:it'll cost you the best part of a grand to do the conversion properly (gearbox, clutch, pedal box, master and slave cylinders and the auto stuff is not worth much for selling on.
just done 2002 e46 330d sport conversion from an auto to 6 speed manual,cost me 405 quid (had to buy new propshaft coupling for 55 quid :cry: would have been 350 otherwise )
Ok, how relevant is that to this thread about converting E30s ?
1990 325i Cab auto in Alpine White II
1988 Alpina C2.5 moredoor in Black, 71k
1990 325ix, moredoor auto in Laser Blue. 51k
1984 Hartge H35 in Black
2004 996 C4S in Silver 43k manual
2006 Audi S6 V10 in Black 58k
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:45 am

zimmerestate wrote:i can get it converted for around £450
You'd best get it done then!
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Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:21 am

thats what im thinking i know ill love it more being manual plus e30`s dont seem to be selling very well at the mo
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