what you pay for your first e30?

[George_Of_The_Jungle]

yea still driving it around! The insurers wrote it off, gave me £2000 and the car. £63 and couple of hours work and it was back on the road. bit crinkle cut on the boot but drivable

[euan]

in march 1998 paid £3850 for my 87 325 i sport had it 8 years sold it 5 times bought it back 4 times
november 07 got h reg 316 free
last week bought h reg 325 for £ 275 needed water pump gets mot some time soon

[George_Of_The_Jungle]

recent pic....

[mineralblue]

Nice pic above.
swapped a packet of cheesy wotsits or my 1st '30 in 1994
Current one was obtained by letting the seller "fiddle" with the missus for 26 minutes.

[euan]

Nice pic above.
swapped a packet of cheesy wotsits or my 1st '30 in 1994
Current one was obtained by letting the seller "fiddle" with the missus for 26 minutes.

what a full 26 minutes !!!! lol

[patrick85]

316i in 2005 for 750 euro, sold it five months later for 1750.

318is in 2006 for £1500 sterling in London and drove it home to Ireland, then wrapped it round a pillar four months later.

316I 4DR in 2006 for 50 euro, it drove five miles home without water in it.

316i in 2006 for 600 euro and transferred everything from the crashed IS into it, it's currently in the process of getting an M50.

[e36boy]

I paid £3950 for my first and only e30............sold it for £4200
Hopefully buying another soon

[mineralblue]

I actually offered him half an hour...............

[jaffro]

I paid £3950 for my first and only e30............sold it for £4200
Hopefully buying another soon

what you after next ste

[e36boy]

Well it all depends on whether they give me a van at work when a guy leaves.......End of this month, If so then im going for another 325i sport or buy a 325i touring and have it as a little project. Id have to get rid of my golf oil burner aswel.

Hows the 335 beast coming along Carl, I'll bob round soon mate

[Gene_Genie]

Swapped a Sierra Sapphire 1.6 GL for my first E30, an 87 320i Chromie in Zinnobar red. All the BMW needed was an exhaust so i got a really good deal. Had e30's ever since, our current car is the 4th since 1999.

[jaffro]

the 335 is coming along nicely ive drove it a little bit just up a down my road but the neighbours wasn't impressed with the noise lol. need another starter now

[B7]

£2950 for my 325 cab in 2004

[munky30]

£240 for this innocent looking 316i touring....



9 months later and not much more spent, It is now this not so innocent 325i touring....

[Jesus325iTouring]

I paid £2400 for an 88 325iSE 4 door back in '96 with 140,000,sold it 3 years later for £1200.
Then bought an '84 318i chromie 2 door with 180,000 for £250 sold that a year later for £125.
And finally bought my Touring for £1900 which I've now had for just over 5 years.This had 154,000 miles and now currently has 239,000.

[tg318is]

i paid $7000 (aus) for a 318is. so thats bout 3000 pound yeah?

[zaust]

Was a 4 door 325ise Straight swap for a 1972 beetle 1303s Back in 1992.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

£3900

[BadgerSi]

I just paid £1100 for my 1986 Tech1 sport and it had just had a £1000 respray but needed about £400 spent to get it on the road. Still think it was a bargin

[hongkongfuey]

£125 for a e21 316 few years ago , £850 for a 88 325i 2dr

[delphincabby]

£1300 for my first e30 which was a touring, then £150 for my 4 door, then alot for my cabby and still on going

[gaszman]

1st e30 320i se touring 450 loverly
2nd e30 318i free scrapped
3rd 325i touring also a se scrapped 100
4th 316i breaking as we speek 200

[v_nitro]

£850 for 325i touring (http://www.v-a-l.co.uk/bmw/) then a £1500 to insure it and £200 in bills, only had it a month!

[bellers]

just bought a 1990 h plate sport t £3000

[Aleksandar]

6500 Deutche Marks in 2000. for a 320i.

[JohnnyBlazE]

I'm about to pay £1600 for a taxed n tested 318is... watch this space

[Adthelad]

I paid £900 for my 1st j plate 316i tourer 18 months ago and I'm hooked on E30, I've been into air cooled vw for years and love the flat 4 roar!! but it doesnt get near the sweet straight six, which i now have in my second a g plate 325i tourer which i won on ebay for £300

[fingerman]

1st - £250 1988 316 - sold for £350
2nd - £100 1990 316 - sold 2 weeks later for £300
3rd - £600 1990 320 - sold for £750
4th - £600 - and thinking about selling ! - somebody stop me

[Morat]

£800 for a nice straight 318i touring which had just had its head redone and a nice quiet top end. I got rid because the rear subframe bushes and fuel tank were at the "advisory" stage.

£1200 off ebay for a 325i touring which had a good shell and ran fine for a year. Its still a good shell but needs a bottom end and some crash damage fixed at the back.

[godstar]

paid £500 for my h reg 2.5 with 97000 miles on the clock 4 yrs ago,was in need of some tlc thou

[Sanchez]

750 for a breyton body kitted 318i
200 325i of ebay
an my 'is' for 750.

[mick_318is]

£3500 for my 1st 1990 320 2door 40k Miles back in 99
£800 for my 2nd 1989 320 4 door couple of years ago
£950 for my 3rd 318is spent a shed load more since buying this over a year ago.