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Don't worry, my last exam is on the 26th. Appologies in advance if im drunk!


Matt, thanks for the offer. I will definatly be contacting you once i know the extent of the rust :) .


Just thought that I would add for humour that I just went out for a few minutes of driving in the sport and I was physically laughing when I parked it up home again, love it!

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Where's the pics?! Would you not even consider selling your interior for a very good price and my mint cloth seats? If you still want leather you still have the M3 leather as well dont you?
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:58 pm

Hmmmm you drunk, wonder how much we can get you down in price :) :)
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bigdek wrote:couple of grand i would think at least
Cat D will knock 40% off market value. If it's got rust I'd say no more than a bag of sand.
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:34 pm

tristan325 wrote:
bigdek wrote:couple of grand i would think at least
Cat D will knock 40% off market value. If it's got rust I'd say no more than a bag of sand.
If you ever find a car with cat d and some rust i will trade a bag of sand for it then. Any catagory write off is bound to lower a cars value, however, your comment is fairly silly.


Max, i will have to hold off the drink the night before then :cry:
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:40 pm

No one is going to sell a car that is going to break to £2500 for a bag of sand tristan.

Paul, nice one mate i am looking forward to the pictures. Dolphin grey was my original favourite e30 colour before i owned my diamond black turd, i think dolphin grey is still the nicest. Pleased for you as I know how much you wanted one and its always going to be hard at 18/19? to fund one. Good effort mate.
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:51 pm

Thanks Jon, i will post up some pics some time soon. I love metallic black also, but now I have seen dolphin grey in the flesh it has really grown on me.

Im 18 mate, so the fact the car is a cat D write off made it affordable. At the end of the day the way i see it it's simply got a new wing fitted!

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So would you be interested in a deal on your seats then paul? As i said along with my mint cloth i would pay a very good price!
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:39 pm

Just a few pics, dont want to show much of it before I give it a good clean.

Seats as new condidion

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The worst rear arch

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Thats all for now, im not revealing this car yet!
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Sorry barry, i really cant sell these seats. If i see some mint ones i will let you know :cool:

The car isnt mint, but i havent seen many in better nick i guess. Will sort the rust issues asap.
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:51 pm

Paul,congratulations on the Sport mate :cool:
18 and you got Sport,lucky b4stard.

Best of luck with it mate!
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Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:01 pm

Cheers Tony. I worked hard for it!

Remember selling me an electric sunroof about a year ago? Well this one has one already lol.
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Gongrats mate, And in the best colour by far
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seats are a retrim
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Cheers Dave, the colour is growing on me more and more.

Helmet, im thinking that they are not a re-trim. Appologies for the bad pic, i didnt have the car keys with me to open the window! I will look through the recepits.
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Awesome mate!

Can't wait to see this in person!
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Can't wait for the proper pics mate..............come on get em up!
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bmwe30mtech wrote:
tristan325 wrote:
bigdek wrote:couple of grand i would think at least
Cat D will knock 40% off market value. If it's got rust I'd say no more than a bag of sand.
If you ever find a car with cat d and some rust i will trade a bag of sand for it then. Any catagory write off is bound to lower a cars value, however, your comment is fairly silly.


Max, i will have to hold off the drink the night before then :cry:
I work as a loss assesor in the motor insurance industry. My comment was far from silly. (bag of sand = grand as in £1000?!)

Whilst there is most likely nothing wrong with the car, it will always be difficult to sell and will never be worth as much as one that's not registered on v-car. Speak to Chris-w about recorded cars, he recently had to break a near enough mint sport, because no one wanted it.

And Jon you'll always get more if for a car if you break it yourself, than if you sell it for parts. Time effort etc.
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I didnt realise a bag of sand was 'a grand'. My bad, but they still break for 2k-2.5k. This one is far too good for that though.

I remember chris's car, was very nice. I think on ebay it would have made 2.5k, depending on the cat rating.

Either way i didn't buy my car to sell it on, just to enjoy :cool:

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Congratulations Paul, I know you've been looking for one for ages, Im glad you got sorted with one mate.
Im really pleased for you, And you got a nice colour aswell.

Enjoy it mate and be careful in the wet {You probably already know that though mate}
You cant beat that noise you get when the needle gets upto 4k revs :D

Anyway mate, enjoy your sport and once again im really pleased for you. I hope to see it in the flesh sometime, Maybe later this year at one of the shows.
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Well done fella, leather looks 8O :eek:

Looks like a nice find :D :cool:
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Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:51 pm

bmwe30mtech wrote:I didnt realise a bag of sand was 'a grand'. My bad, but they still break for 2k-2.5k. This one is far too good for that though.

I remember chris's car, was very nice. I think on ebay it would have made 2.5k, depending on the cat rating.

Either way i didn't buy my car to sell it on, just to enjoy :cool:

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That's cool, as long as you're aware of the issues that come with a recorded car.
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:53 pm

Thanks guys. :)

e36boy - I will be careful in the wet, im not a very agressive driver, take it easy most of the time to be honest.

I have already removed some bits and replaced them. I put my black parcel shelf I trimmed in the sport. It has replaced a heavy lump of wood, carpet and staples! Was very hard to get the old shelf out, it was so big that the rear seats couldnt be bolted in properly. Much neater now.

The seats are a re-trim (almost certain), but they have been done to a very high standard.

I will do pics in about a month when I have sorted the car out :cool: .
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bmwe30mtech wrote:Thanks guys. :)

e36boy - I will be careful in the wet, im not a very agressive driver, take it easy most of the time to be honest.
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whats that i smell........... BULLLSHITT! :D dude seriously, be careful, you dont have to be a agressive driver to get it out in the wet.

coming to guildford?? would be good to see actually, have two sports next to each other :cool:
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lol, i remember you telling me to slow down quite a bit, but I don't drive as fast as you!! Remember that night out in tunbridge wells with me and my mate? What could i smell...burning clutch and rubber!! Ahh i miss your 318is.

But seriously, I will be careful.

Exams over in just under 3 weeks, then i will deff come over guildford. I want to see you car :wink:
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the difference was when i drive fast its in better conditions, knowing whats around me as such,, you bombing it on bouncy suspension, and drum brakes at the rear is no good ;) lol

yeah i remember, was a laugh, summer round the corner, (my summers begun) enjoy :D
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dark_sounds wrote: coming to guildford?? would be good to see actually, have two sports next to each other :cool:
Have you got a sport as well?

Def come Guildford Paul! :cool:
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i do now :)
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Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:43 pm

Looks great Paul - congratulations!
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dark_sounds wrote:the difference was when i drive fast its in better conditions, knowing whats around me as such,, you bombing it on bouncy suspension, and drum brakes at the rear is no good ;) lol

yeah i remember, was a laugh, summer round the corner, (my summers begun) enjoy :D
WHAT!! I wont post on here but you know full well that you couldnt see arround some of those corners ;) My suspension was fine (lol), it was a wide road.

Bring on the summer, will have to do a few more eves out.

Cheers chris :)

Barry, will be down there in the summer, cant wait.
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dark_sounds wrote:i do now :)
Whats it like? Any pics?
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