New Car and some good luck!

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:37 pm

Picked up a 318i touring at weekend as a run around until the Sports finished. Nice little motor, needs a couple bits and pieces doing but nothing major - all in all, Im happy with it. The one thing I didnt like was the 14" bottletops, but they were round and did the job.

Now for the good luck.

My Dad trailered home a fairly rusty and battered E30 on Monday night, which his boss had arranged to be scrapped for one of his customers - it was knackered. Luckily I saw it and rang my Dads boss to ask if I could have the wheels because they would fit my Sport and then I could get my 15" BBS's refurbed. He said "yeah fine, let me have Ã‚£20 when I next see you"

Result - 4 15" BBS cross spokes (could also do with a refurb) with caps and nearly new tyres for Ã‚£20

Heres the touring after a little wash and polish...

I keep telling myself 'its only a run around', but Im finding it very hard to resist the temptation of dropping my Sport engine, box and LSD into it

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:07 pm

Never, Sports are at the top in the E30 world!

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:10 pm

Is that including the M3

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:14 pm

maxfield wrote:Is that including the M3

HELLLLLLL NO!!!!

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:20 pm

Well done James its about time you had some good luck. I hope she sees you through till the completition of the beast. I bet its tempting to drop that 2.5 in there, but do that if the other one breaks, seems a shame otherwise to take out a perfectly good engine.

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:21 pm

James, touring looks great!

is it a coincidence that its red too?

go for it, drop in the sport motor, it will be a piece of piss after the S50 conversion.

ps. do you live on a farm? seems like a load of grass in both pics!

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:44 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:Well done James its about time you had some good luck.

Cheers Jon, Im hoping things are starting to look up - possibility of a new job too, no more working nights

seems a shame otherwise to take out a perfectly good engine.

Normally Id agree with you, but thats exactly what I did with the Sport to fit the S50

bigpimpin wrote:James, touring looks great!

is it a coincidence that its red too?

ps. do you live on a farm? seems like a load of grass in both pics!

I always said I would never buy a red car and then I bought the Sport. Then I said Id never buy another red car - oh well

Not a farm, just in the middle of no where - its the field behind my house.

Post Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:19 pm

Looks good

I like a nice tourer me

Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:11 pm

welcome to the touring massiv

looks a clean lil thing.

you now have to take over the mantle of the "mad red tourings" ie karan adn davetouring.

get the sports engine in there

Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:22 pm

looks great, RED is the best color eva!!

Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:19 pm

320Touring wrote:you now have to take over the mantle of the "mad red tourings" ie karan adn davetouring.

get the sports engine in there

I dont think the 1.8 will do much in terms of 'karan and dave mad' :lol:

Now the 2.5 on the other hand.....

I only got the touring to get me by but I may end up keeping it, so who knows what will happen