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If the battery is in the boot that's half of the work done right there. If you can replace the headunit and speakers I think you can do the amp too.

^ Thanks again Dan.

How much for the gear knob and boot? Also with regard to passenger door - shadow line or chrome?

Gone? First link now leads to search...

^ I'd just replace the head unit

^ So the first figure is the vehicle weigh and the difference is 200kgs of driver... No wonder they don't fit my size 32' trousers!

It's not the M3 badge that bugs me really - I mean EVERYONE knows you get an instant HP increase by slapping one of those on... What bugs me is the towbar

^ Very nice

I'm not saying it's the case with this car but in my personal experience cars get a full re-spray for only a few of reasons: 1. Following extensive damage repair... 2. When the kid with his cap on sideways wants something a little more 'dope'. 3. Full restoration - usually the same colour is used.

Nice car! Swap you for my e30 M325

Odd - but I kinda like it!

Looks angry

Wow it has a tape deck Might need that audio budget after all.

HTC for me. Samsung's stuff is all plastic and feels cheap - good features though. Don't like apple - handsets are too small and their business practices annoy me.

LOL!

^ Wow that does look so much better!

Wow this got long... To those that responded to the OP cheers. The answer does appear to be buy a nice auto car I like while leaving some money over for Ray to make it all better Manual vs. Auto - everyone is different and it would be kinda boring if that weren't the case. However I like driving my car. If something bad happens it's because I fu$ked up. Seems to me that people buying new cars these days want a 'bus ride' experience - auto, cruise control, auto braking based on car\pedestrian distance ahead, auto steering (Merc tech I saw in a doco somewhere), self parking, GPS and I'm sure things I haven't even considered. Sad really.

To be clear I'm not saying anything bad about auto boxes - I just don't want one.

^ I've scratched that itch ;-)

Ok so I kinda have a hankering for a 330i e46. Preferably a motorsport in blue with leather seats :-) But in 2 or so years of looking I don't think I have ever seen a factory manual... Why is that? Wikipedia says BMW did make some that way so how come we only have the auto boxes here?

I say do what you want - it's your car. Likely could use some suspension work anyway :-)

Calling Cousin It!

No tech 2 wheel? Type Value VIN WBAAB320702860525 Type code 1232 Type 325I (EUR) E series E30 () Series 3 Type LIM Steering RL Doors 2 Engine M20 Displacement 2.50 Power 0 Drive HECK Transmission MECH Colour LACHSSILBER METALLIC (203) Upholstery (0269) Prod.date 1987-10-09 OptionsCode Description (interface) Description (EPC) S209A SPERRDIFFERENTIAL 25% Differential lock 25% S215A SERVOLENKUNG, DREHZAHLABHAENGIG Power steering, engine-speed-dependent S288A LEICHTMETALLRAEDER BMW light alloy wheel, cross spoke 29 S311 ELEKTRISCHER BEIFAHRERSPIEGEL S334 M-TECHNIC SPORTPAKET OHNE SPOI S339A SHADOW LINE Shadow-Line S350A WAERMESCHUTZGLAS GRUEN, RUNDUM Therm.insulat.glass green S400A SCHIEBE-HEBEDACH, MECHANISCH Slide/tilt sunroof, manually operated S410A FENSTERHEBER, ELEKTRISCH VORN Window lifts, electric, front S481A SPORTSITZE FUER FAHRER/BEIFAHRER Sports seat S548A KILOMETERTACHO Kilometre speedo S562A KARTENLESELEUCHTE Reading light S675A BMW SOUND SYSTEM Sound system S682A RADIOANTENNE AUTOMATISCH Rear seat bench in fabric S687A RADIOVORBEREITUNG Radio preparation Code Description (interface) Description (EPC) S704A M SPORTFAHRWERK M Sports suspension S708A M SPORT-LEDERLENKRAD II M sports steering wheel leather S806A Neuseeland Ausfuehrung Third stoplamp S850A ZUSAETZL. TANKFUELLUNG EXPORT Additional Export tank filling

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Spotted Westy taking Alice for a drive yesterday heading north into some congestion...