What would you do.....

[Greeny]

if you came into about £10,000.

Keep your current car and spend a load of money on it ie. respray, wheels, brakes, suspension and get your cabby how you relly would like it or......

sell your cabby and buy an mint E30 M3?

As you might be able to tell I'm going to be coming into some money

What a dilema hey.

[eko]

Id buy a scrap M3 or M5 and build another E30

[orangecurry]

M3 - and it will go up in price if you leave it alone.

No car is worth spending 10k on.

[89-325isport]

M3 M3 M3 all day long... i fail to see the dilema lol

[OllieB]

F*ck the E30 off altogether......



Just a thought

[Greeny]

I don't really have the facillities to be able to store or build another car (unfortunately).

[billgatese30]

put it into some ISA's

[M5pilot]

Late E34 M5 3.8 6 speed with the 4 pot calipers and 345mm discs.

Phenominal machine.

[tylerma]

I am quite the opposite
I would pile it all into the cab

but thats just me

[Speedtouch]

I'd be tempted by a Porker 911, though an M3 would of course be marvellous.

[JohnnyThunders]

I would keep the 10k in the bank




Greeny get your mitts of my M3 to be!

[munky30]

Id buy a scrap M3 or M5 and build another E30

what he said.

[Greeny]

Oh forgot to mention the car is going to have to be my daily driver and will have to commute from North Wales to North Yorkshire every weekend.

[orangecurry]

Oh forgot to mention the car is going to have to be my daily driver and will have to commute from North Wales to North Yorkshire every weekend.

well in that case, a Subaru P1

[Greeny]

I would keep the 10k in the bank




Greeny get your mitts of my M3 to be!

You'd better be quick, first come first served LOL

I won't be getting the money for a couple of months so your safe (for now)

[Greeny]

Oh forgot to mention the car is going to have to be my daily driver and will have to commute from North Wales to North Yorkshire every weekend.

well in that case, a Subaru P1

I used to have a 250bhp Legacy RS Turbo and that put me off Subaru's for life i'm afraid.

[orangecurry]

shame - why, may I ask?

[aceraf]

I'd buy the e30 M3 and hten keep it for life!

[Greeny]

shame - why, may I ask?

I only used to get 160 miles out of a tank full of go go juice when I gave it some stick and only about 250 miles when driving steady. It ate front tyres for breakfast, it cost a fortune to insure, the gearbox went down from 5 speed to 3 speed and the pulley on the end of the crank fell off and buggered the crank.

I still keep in touch with the new owner and it's on it's 4th engine in 4 years.

Summed up EXPENSIVE to run! A bit of a shame really as it went like fook!

[JohnnyThunders]

shame - why, may I ask?

I only used to get 160 miles out of a tank full of go go juice when I gave it some stick and only about 250 miles when driving steady. It ate front tyres for breakfast, it cost a fortune to insure, the gearbox went down from 5 speed to 3 speed and the pulley on the end of the crank fell off and buggered the crank.

I still keep in touch with the new owner and it's on it's 4th engine in 4 years.

Summed up EXPENSIVE to run! A bit of a shame really as it went like fook!

I used to regularly get overtaken by a green one of these on the a59 (north yorks ) it went like the proverbial off a shovel, my GTI couldnt touch it.

[Greeny]

shame - why, may I ask?

I only used to get 160 miles out of a tank full of go go juice when I gave it some stick and only about 250 miles when driving steady. It ate front tyres for breakfast, it cost a fortune to insure, the gearbox went down from 5 speed to 3 speed and the pulley on the end of the crank fell off and buggered the crank.

I still keep in touch with the new owner and it's on it's 4th engine in 4 years.

Summed up EXPENSIVE to run! A bit of a shame really as it went like fook!

I used to regularly get overtaken by a green one of these on the a59 (north yorks ) it went like the proverbial off a shovel, my GTI couldnt touch it.

Proper street sleeper. I used to get asked by Impreza owners 'what cars that mate?' after i'd pissed all over them. Someone once said to me 'that goes well for a Rover 400' HA HA HA

[Cotty]

sell your cabby and buy an mint E30 M3?
.

How about an M3 cabby?

[Greeny]

sell your cabby and buy an mint E30 M3?
.

How about an M3 cabby?

I had thought about that, but the M3 was built to handle well so the cabby version is a bit pointless. Looks stunning tho.
Plus i've only seen one for sale rescently and it was up for £11,000! I'd rather not spend all the money on just a car.

[Cotty]

[! I'd rather not spend all the money on just a car.

Do up the cab and invest the rest

[m-dtech]

id buy a new fireblade

[Greeny]

id buy a new fireblade

Already got a 2005 CBR600RR. My second love

[m-dtech]

i test drove the new fireblade and the new cbr600rr last week.............

you so so so so so want a fireblade

[Greeny]

The CBR is plenty quick enough for me.

All tho I have booked a test ride on the new K7 gixer thou (just because it'd free).

[m3ben05]

You sound like you have your heart set on an M3, with that in mind i would do this -

Put around 8k into a decent M3, dont be fooled by the limited editions, they really dont justify the premiums IMO. Also, there is no such thing as a perfect M3 at the 10k price range, but there are some very tidy machines at the 8k mark that wont take much to be made near perfect.

Sell the cab and put the remaining money into a practical saloon such as a merc or audi that you can drive every day so the M3 can be kept for those 'special occasions'

[m-dtech]

The CBR is plenty quick enough for me.

All tho I have booked a test ride on the new K7 gixer thou (just because it'd free).

my honda dealer is a new one and was itching for a sale lol

i had an hour on both, the cbr600 is a beast, but the fireblade is so much more comfortable, easier to ride and although its heavier feels lighter.

[Pal318is]

You won't need to spend 10k on your car to get it looking how you want it?

Spend some money on it, for sure, but invest the rest in some ISA's or something...

Pal

[Greeny]

You sound like you have your heart set on an M3, with that in mind i would do this -

Put around 8k into a decent M3, dont be fooled by the limited editions, they really dont justify the premiums IMO. Also, there is no such thing as a perfect M3 at the 10k price range, but there are some very tidy machines at the 8k mark that wont take much to be made near perfect.

Sell the cab and put the remaining money into a practical saloon such as a merc or audi that you can drive every day so the M3 can be kept for those 'special occasions'

I think you just hit the nail on the head. I just have to have an M3. The only problem i'll have is storing the M3 during the week when it's not being used, but i'm sure I could sort something.

[Greeny]

The CBR is plenty quick enough for me.

All tho I have booked a test ride on the new K7 gixer thou (just because it's free).

my honda dealer is a new one and was itching for a sale lol

i had an hour on both, the cbr600 is a beast, but the fireblade is so much more comfortable, easier to ride and although its heavier feels lighter.

Might have to try one, I used to have a '98 blade and it was a bit to much for me (10 stone and only 5'7" tall (short). It used to try and kill me at every opportunity.

[m3ben05]

Buy an outdoor carcoon, mine has been stored in the indoor version for the best part of a year with absolutely no adverse effects.

You can get some really nice 'everyday' cars for 4k ish (5 series, mercs, audis etc) that will get you about in comfort and style, while keeping the miles on the M3 down

Win-win IMO

[Greeny]

You won't need to spend 10k on your car to get it looking how you want it?

Spend some money on it, for sure, but invest the rest in some ISA's or something...

Pal

Another very good point. Oh BUGGER! What to do!

I never thought spending money would be so difficult. I might just give it away to charity. (NOT!)