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A mate of mine had an e30 325is ex SA. 2.7 litre parts bin special comprised of Alpina engine parts, M3 suspension and Aluminium Doors and bonnet. An absolute hoot to drive, combined with sharp handling. I wouldn't knock SA perfomance models.

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This one's better http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-845600805.htm

Wants $13.5k for an E30, puts up 6 photos, one of which is a rusty sun-roof. Way to sell a car! As an M325i it could be worth the 13.5k asking, but needs to be much better presented and marketed to get up to that price I would suggest. Mtech I > Mtech II anyways!

Schmiedmann.com have oem lips for $225NZ incl. shipping at the moment. Usually takes 6-8 days Part #51 71 1 968 488

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2158839-M73-w-crossram-ITB-s-and-standalone-ECU Epic build!

pretty amazing engineering

Wow didn't know we had any of those here. Someone buy this!!! Then bring it to a meet so I can see it :-) Not sure about the Fast and Furious title quote though.

Looks odd with the late kit on an early girl...

Thanks. Its an xsi with an s16 engine swap gone from 80hp 8v to 155hp 16v heaps of fun.. heres engine pre install and car as she sits now

Damn that 333i is something else!

See you tomorrow Kyu. Don't worry man we will scan the sh*t out that Merc lol

I'm sure people would love to spend 3k on a stock standard 525e with springs that will give it a pink sticker. try selling it for a grand with stock suspension and sell the wheels separately.

It was good that you changed that transmission oil, mine was dirty as too. 10,000k later and its still working fine too, some people say that servicing it can cause it to fail, but I suspect that's unusual. I think I'll get it done every 60,000k, if I keep the car that long, i've got a bit of a history.

Before you go replacing things left right and centre- give the brakes a thrash. Find a nice quiet road and do 4 or 5 emergency stops. Then see what happens. My E39 had the symptoms that you are describing, and I cured it with this medicine.

Guess I am not a true BMW devotee as I struggle to see why people pay so much for E30's but I suppose its just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions.....

So my used pzeros and contis are not worth switching to from my re002s?

Its all moot anyway- It would need Senna driving it to be competitive

Looking at the sequence (Sat afternoon) it looks like a very civilised detour.

Once the car has been run in the 2K cup then it can be on-sold for whatever price - the new price often reflects money spent on safety gear or maintainance. 2K refers to the original purchase price of a new entry into the field. Often the cars bought for 2K are in dire need of maintainance and replacement of brakes, wheels tyres etc. This sale price simply reflects the some of those costs.

E30's never fail to surprise me with their asking prices... If only there was such a demand for E36's But either way agreed, stunning car. Just right.

Be hoping for a bit more than bushies lol.

Sharp cold chisel bro. Dont forget the hammer ahem.

I had a similar project last year: a PFL 325 auto that I converted to a manual. I converted the engine from Motronic 1.0 to 1.3 which allowed me to get rid of the bellhousing sensors, among other things. It was pretty straightforward. E30zone has a page that tells you everything you need to know about it.

if that was me driving, i would feel a little uncomfy about that gun pointing at the back of my skull

Pretty sure they are Singaporean SPGs that they bring over to Waiouru for live firing

My fetish is bass. And if my car falls apart before I reach my content level, I cry. My trip to and from work each day in the Schnizzer is almost like bass suicide. Doors rattle before the speakers do

Coffee and Cars at Smales farm is a good relaxed melting pot of different scenes.......next one is Feb 22.

From the hundred lot of people doing photos, I've found merely one proper shot of the ECC lot. And that was only because it was requested. People tell me there is no divided line between JDM/American and Euro, but it was proven by 99% of photographers there, ignoring our cars pointblank. When you see an album of 650 photos pop up on Facebook of the day, you sort of hope it might of ended in there, like the 250 others cars that were shot, sh*t box or not. Yeah I understand it was Euros in the wrong scene, but we were invited and told to come along as it was open to all grade cars. Meh. And this is why I started Euro Specific events, and next time the JDM bunch cry and wine about how they are left out, will remind them of our sour experience at an event told to be aimed at 'all' makes, yeah right.

Long time no update! Probably because there is nothing really to update. I got a company car a few months ago and free gas keeps me out of the BMW most days but it was long overdue a clean so thought I'd bring it into work for the day. After driving a Toyota Corolla for 3 months it's nice to sit in a real car again.