E30 M3 Vs Mercedes 190 Cosworth

[maxfield]

New cars - I dont see how people can buy a 45k M3 outright. Im guessing most get loans/ finance. Saying that my girlfriends dad just bought a brand new 911 turbo outright!

lucky for some!!!!!!! i wouldnt be able to sleep at night if i owe that much on finance. i dont have finance.

Yeah but the next morning when you get in it. You wouldn't care with the smile it would put on your face.

[e30bmlover]

you own a cecotto m3, wasnt the other r... something? whats the differences between the two?

[maxfield]

Me or ben My dad owns the cars not me i wish

[e30bmlover]

Yeah but the next morning when you get in it. You wouldn't care with the smile it would put on your face.

true, very true. then i would become obsessed about some asshole stealing it! i would be a mess!

[m3ben05]

you own a cecotto m3, wasnt the other r... something? whats the differences between the two?

Not sure what you mean mate?

Do you mean me or maxfield?

[e30bmlover]

you. they bought out 2 limited edition m3's to celebrate the winning of the dtm or something, named after the drivers.... cecotto and r>>> i know his name begins with r. what are the differences between the 2 editions?

[maxfield]

ravagali. Nothing.

[m3ben05]

ravaglia

Exactly the same cars, they made 480 cecottos and 25 ravaglia's, these were for the UK market and the cecottos were for europe.

[e30bmlover]

25 ravaglia's!!! they must be like rocking hourse shit!

[m3ben05]

well theres definately less than that now, my dad wrote one off at silverstone in 1998

[e30bmlover]

lol, fair enough. i bet he was a broken man after that!

[m3ben05]

kind of but that was when e30 M3's were at their bottom value, it was just a track toy. I wont even tell you how much he bought the car for!!!

[maxfield]

They only came in red which went orange aswell

[e30bmlover]

They only came in red which went orange aswell

well thats no good, she would have had the respray.
go on how much?

[maxfield]

You've lost me

[e30bmlover]

if you bought one , you would have to have it resprayed to bring her back to her former glory.

[maxfield]

Probably if some colout restorer didn't work

[m3ben05]

They certainly did go orange!

You wouldnt believe me if i told you the price!

[e30bmlover]

is that ur dads m3 in your sig?

[e30bmlover]

They certainly did go orange!

You wouldnt believe me if i told you the price!

go for it!

[m3ben05]

£3800

[maxfield]

Yes

[e30bmlover]

£3800

lol, i wish the prices would drop again.
maxfield.... she looks a gooden.

[m3ben05]

I dont think they will - certainly not by much.

It wasnt a dog either - it was owned by Alex Elliott who at the time was the head mechanic at Munich Legends. It was pushing out over 250bhp and was obviously fully serviced by him.

My dads known him for years, he sold it to help start his own business.

[steerfromtherear]

I have owned the MB 2.3 16v (Cossie) for 2 years and absolutely loved it.

twas a quick old motor that.

Aye about the same as a 327 (was it a h27?) iirc lol.

I don't like the look of that rep. Front and rear kit looks very poorly fitted imo but mileage is tempting.

There used to be a very good replica evo2 in Street Somerset.
Always lusted after it, next best thing if you can't afford the 15k + a real one sells for

[e30bmlover]

christ. he got a good buy then.

[maxfield]

Shes ok i suppose. with diesel in.

















Amazing with petrol in.
£3800 when was this?

[m3ben05]

1998. It was an amazing buy even back then.

It had been used and abused, did on average 15 track days a year when alex owned it but that was ok, he serviced it after each one!

He also bored the engine and blueprinted the whole thing!

The shell was totally written off, flipped at stowe corner. The engine is still around tho, its currently in a group N race car.

[maxfield]

I think my dad bought his in 1999 for 12k that was from sytners tho

[m3ben05]

sorry, was written off in 98, he bought it in 96

[e30bmlover]

12k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats allot!

[maxfield]

Was mint tho. and it's a cecotto aswell

[e30bmlover]

when hes driveing her about, does he get many people flash there lights?? out of respect for the car i mean.

[zakh]

thats one way of looking at it maxfield!
ive seen an Evo II for £30,000...cheapest ive seen is £23,000...

they are very nice cars...all round self levelling...4 doors, comfort etc...i love the M3 but the rear seats are shocking IMO!

[m3ben05]

I get that a lot, even from cars much nicer than mine. Iv lost count of the number of times iv had people in 911's and ferarri's etc compliment the car when iv been at petrol stations etc.