hi there new member with first bmw
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af1
- E30 Zone Newbie

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just traded in my pug306 diesel turbo for a e30 316 lux, the pug was an M reg and the bimmer is an H but with fsh! love the bimmer and picking it up on tuesday! really cant wait, am not loooking forward to the insurance as i am only 18 and currently between jobs although full time employment is on its way!!!
love ya all
Alan
love ya all
Alan
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bottlecapE30
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Congrats
let see some pics

1987 2.7l e30 m20b27 supercharging
1991 3.5l e30 m30b35 it is dead so sad
1985 3.5l e23 m30b35
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af1
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i wish i had some pics
so i could sit here at quarter to 4 am and stare at them
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bottlecapE30
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it late mate get some sleep 

1987 2.7l e30 m20b27 supercharging
1991 3.5l e30 m30b35 it is dead so sad
1985 3.5l e23 m30b35
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Rosc0PColtrane
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Welcome to the zone and the wonderful world of e30. Long may French engineering be consigned to the scrap heap!
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mrLEE30
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eye..... buy French buy twice!!!
welcome to the zone mate, and of course welcome to the world of BMW owning, you will not go for another marque so easily anymore (first BM in 1992, still dont own any other make of car!)
mrlee
welcome to the zone mate, and of course welcome to the world of BMW owning, you will not go for another marque so easily anymore (first BM in 1992, still dont own any other make of car!)
mrlee
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af1
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will miss my little derv pug... i dont know you know.. if someone came along and offered me a 205 gti 1.9 (see keeping the 80s theme) for my 316 id definatly say yes
god im hoping i can move to another marque easily as buying bmws before im 20 would end up costing me the earth
got my insurance sorted today
was £1600
the pug diesel was £1550
work that out eh!
only problem is i have lost my few months no claims and had to cancel my existing policy and take out a new one as adrian flux wanted £3000 to insure the bimmer!
god im hoping i can move to another marque easily as buying bmws before im 20 would end up costing me the earth
got my insurance sorted today
was £1600
the pug diesel was £1550
work that out eh!
only problem is i have lost my few months no claims and had to cancel my existing policy and take out a new one as adrian flux wanted £3000 to insure the bimmer!
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Cava
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Welcome to the zone - hope you find it useful! 
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e30bmlover
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IF I WERE YOU MATE I WOULD GO TO WWW.CONFUSED.COM I GOT MY FIRST BMW NEARLY A YEAR AGO(E30 320I SE ''h'' REG). IM A FIRST TIME DRIVER. IM 23. AND ITS £670 FULLY COMP.
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Rosc0PColtrane
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my 23yr old missus insured a fiesta si on her provisional licence for little over £500.
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mrLEE30
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MY GOD
forgot how much people pay for insurance in uk!!!!???? my first BM was a 318i on a C plate, 2 door and i paid 450squid TPFT, 150 excess in 1992(1991 memory a little fuzzy) i was 19/20 at the time.
you lot really get ripped off!!! 1 pound per litre and shagged on the insurance plus road tax and conjestion charges plus hilters running MOT stations and soon you will have to pay for the priverlidge of driving on the motorway if the gov gets their way (or at least they will charge you with speeding fines to make up the difference
life simple here, insurance dependant on how many doors the car has (TPFT) 325 sport about 300 quid, 320 cab 300 quid, 3.0 Z3 coupe 250quid fully comp???!!!, fuel is about 12p a litre, mot is easy as no rust, and only one speed camera on the island, and that is used to catch saudis who speed from Saudi to the local nightspots!!
happy days
mrlee
forgot how much people pay for insurance in uk!!!!???? my first BM was a 318i on a C plate, 2 door and i paid 450squid TPFT, 150 excess in 1992(1991 memory a little fuzzy) i was 19/20 at the time.
you lot really get ripped off!!! 1 pound per litre and shagged on the insurance plus road tax and conjestion charges plus hilters running MOT stations and soon you will have to pay for the priverlidge of driving on the motorway if the gov gets their way (or at least they will charge you with speeding fines to make up the difference
life simple here, insurance dependant on how many doors the car has (TPFT) 325 sport about 300 quid, 320 cab 300 quid, 3.0 Z3 coupe 250quid fully comp???!!!, fuel is about 12p a litre, mot is easy as no rust, and only one speed camera on the island, and that is used to catch saudis who speed from Saudi to the local nightspots!!
happy days
mrlee
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Rosc0PColtrane
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forgot how much people pay for insurance in uk!!!!???? my first BM was a 318i on a C plate, 2 door and i paid 450squid TPFT, 150 excess in 1992(1991 memory a little fuzzy) i was 19/20 at the time.
you lot really get ripped off!!! 1 pound per litre and shagged on the insurance plus road tax and conjestion charges plus hilters running MOT stations and soon you will have to pay for the priverlidge of driving on the motorway if the gov gets their way (or at least they will charge you with speeding fines to make up the difference![]()
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life simple here, insurance dependant on how many doors the car has (TPFT) 325 sport about 300 quid, 320 cab 300 quid, 3.0 Z3 coupe 250quid fully comp???!!!, fuel is about 12p a litre, mot is easy as no rust, and only one speed camera on the island, and that is used to catch saudis who speed from Saudi to the local nightspots!!
happy days
mrlee
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Wiggy
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UK might be a rip off but it's still better than Ireland (bar petrol costs
)even though it's still extortion!
Quinn Direct wouldn't insure me on my 325 cos I'm under 25 (not by much though, 24) even though I had 2 yrs no claims with them and 7 years incident free in total.
Then the b*stards refuse to transfer my policy for 16 hrs only so I could get the car home.
Thankfully it's a bit more reasonable over in Poland (£300) but they have no such thing as fire and theft policies as theft is so common.(huge premium and car can only be a certain number of years old to even have the option)
Only been here 8mths and 2 people I know have had their motors lifted, not covered and no interest by the cops. A case of Tough Sh*te!
That's why I've fitted an alarm
Quinn Direct wouldn't insure me on my 325 cos I'm under 25 (not by much though, 24) even though I had 2 yrs no claims with them and 7 years incident free in total.
Then the b*stards refuse to transfer my policy for 16 hrs only so I could get the car home.
Thankfully it's a bit more reasonable over in Poland (£300) but they have no such thing as fire and theft policies as theft is so common.(huge premium and car can only be a certain number of years old to even have the option)
Only been here 8mths and 2 people I know have had their motors lifted, not covered and no interest by the cops. A case of Tough Sh*te!
That's why I've fitted an alarm
60% of the time it works........every time !!!
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mrLEE30
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sorry rents here are extortionate, 400 squid a day!!You got a spare room to rent mate?
mrlee
ps af1 welcome the the thread hijackers!!!
