Hello, new memebr saying Hi

[MikeeMiracle]

Hi everyone.

I just picked up my 318is last night and thought I would post up to say hello to everyone. I've got a red one in original spec bar the addition of some Alpina replica's.

I will hopefully be meeting a few of you this saturday at the Ace's Cafe meet.


Mike

[cliffybabe]

Welcome to to zone mate, the 318is is a nice motor.

Hope u enjoy

Neil

[cliffybabe]

Hi everyone.

I just picked up my 318is last night and thought I would post up to say hello to everyone. I've got a red one in original spec bar the addition of some Alpina replica's.

I will hopefully be meeting a few of you this saturday at the Ace's Cafe meet.


Mike

sorry had to use this been waiting for ages



lol

[bmwe30mtech]

Welcome, the 318IS is a great car

[MikeeMiracle]

hehe...gimme a chance I only just picked it up yesterday

You can take a look from the advert on pistonheads.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/85166.htm

I think it's a pretty clean example though I have been told not to look in the for sale section on here by a friend in case mines not as good a deal as I think it is.

[bmwe30mtech]

Thats the higher end of the IS sale price, but the car look mint. Its worth spening on initial buying of the car, not buying a cr*p one and spending a lot on it.

Paul

[cliffybabe]

here ya go pic's

[cliffybabe]

hehe...gimme a chance I only just picked it up yesterday

You can take a look from the advert on pistonheads.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/85166.htm

I think it's a pretty clean example though I have been told not to look in the for sale section on here by a friend in case mines not as good a deal as I think it is.

I thought id help

[stuartgallafant]

looks good mike! i've also got an iS in diamond black.

where abouts you from in the country? fill out the info in your profile, let people know a bit more about you

nevertheless, welcome to the zone fella

[MikeeMiracle]

Thanks everyone

I knew it was at the higher end of things but as you mentioned, I think it's worth spending an extra few hundred quid and getting a good one.

Im based in North West London chaps. Quite looking forward to meeting up with a few fellow owners to go out driving with. I used to have a Civic Type-R which I sold in January for money reasons. Been driving a Volvo 440 for 7 months and have now decided to get something decent



Question: I normally use the username "Miracle" but it seems to be registed on here already with zero posts. I think it may have been me a while back. Who would I need to contact about possibly confirming this and getting me switched over? Thanks and sorry to ask silly questions.

[cliffybabe]

Question: I normally use the username "Miracle" but it seems to be registed on here already with zero posts. I think it may have been me a while back. Who would I need to contact about possibly confirming this and getting me switched over? Thanks and sorry to ask silly questions.

Ask one of the Mod's mate

[hammoj28]

Welcome. The IS is a great car. Seems a decent price that you bought it for aswel if its in good nick. looks good to me. Iv learned not to pay stupidly cheap prices as most of the time you end up with a banger so you are better paying a bit more to get a better car.

[e30bmlover]

welcome to the zone!!!!

[stuartgallafant]

mike, i had a similar problem. contact one of the mods, and they'll sort it out for ya. i think ant sorted mine out

theres a few of us zoners living in SE london, so maybe you could come to a few of the other meets too if you fancied it?

[MikeeMiracle]

theres a few of us zoners living in SE london, so maybe you could come to a few of the other meets too if you fancied it?

Possibly mate, depending how easy it is to get to.

[stuartgallafant]

take a look in the meets section and decide for yourself. there is so many of us so near london now, that we're thinking of starting another one soon anyway, we just havnt worked out where yet!!

[matttouring]

Nice motor bud looks like you got a good un there

Matt

[Pal318is]

Welcome to the Zone Buddy, very nice looking 318is you have there!! Especially as it's in RED !!
Looks like it was produced 145 cars before mine was made, as my Reg starts G567, it also had the SE Skirts fitted from Factory too.

Very Nice Example of a 318is!!

Pal

[MikeeMiracle]

it also had the SE Skirts fitted from Factory too.

Ahh cool, my mates have been trying to convince me to remove them to return it to the original condiion. I can tell him to fook off now

Can you say if the Alpina wheels would affect the handling? Mate's are saying it will handle better with the original wheel on it.

Thanks

[Pal318is]

it also had the SE Skirts fitted from Factory too.

Ahh cool, my mates have been trying to convince me to remove them to return it to the original condiion. I can tell him to fook off now

Can you say if the Alpina wheels would affect the handling? Mate's are saying it will handle better with the original wheel on it.

Thanks

If I had to make a choice in terms of which BBS wheels to use I would go for the 15" BBS, won't affect your ride and will also give better handling, 16" Alloys would also be fine. With a set of larger alloys (17"+) you tend to lose a little speed, touch of tramlining, but nothing serious. Ultimately the choice is up to you, it's all about what your personal prefrence is! If you wanna stay original then go for some 15" BBS but if you wanna go larger (i'm assuming the Alpina Reps are 17") the choice is up to you.
Glad to see you won't be taking of the SE Skirts, I personally think they look the Nuts and go well with the lines of the car.

HTH

Any other plans for the car??

Pal

[MikeeMiracle]

Any other plans for the car??

Quite possibly but not for a while, wanna make sure it's reliable first. Im happy with the handling at the moment, the suspension must have been changed as it's very tight......too tight for a car that's done 124k miles. Im a little dissapointed with the low end grunt and lack of it though.

I hear a induction kit and chip go a long way on these cars...take it upto around 150-155bhp odd......is that right?

[Pal318is]

Can do, depending on what you use. BMC do a decent air box, just remember that a cone filter will do nothing for your car, if anything it will make it slower, so it's better to have a cold air induction system running. There are various chips that can be had, Sal from the Zone shop or Ant are the chaps to talk to about this. You can get decent gains from using a cold air feed and chip, all depends on what you use..There's so many, have a nose and see what takes ya fancy...I would definately talk to either Sal or Ant regarding this.

HTH

Pal

[e30_Turbo]

Welcome