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Ahh, si, Manuel from Espana.

I'll play. Similar to a cardigan, overlarge with leather elbows. Usually dark blue, green or burgundy. Three overlarge buttons to the front. Shaggy wool construction, extremely warm and comfortable to wear. Slight dribble marks and some serious stain evidence to lower left front. Comes with a characteristic odour of old engine oil with a suggestion of WD40, and slight overlay of aged cask whisky or bourbon. Best removed before the aged aunt or grandmother visits as it may create an offence, causing the wearer to be written out of the will.

Unfortunately quite a few Christchurch BMW owners are not FB cognisant Gaz....

Because it's not a re-shell of an M325i into a 318i shell with the appropriate LVVTA plate, it's a concerted attempt to hide and obfuscate the cars history Sorry don't see any concerted attempt to hide and obfuscate the cars history at all. Both the seller, and a previous owner posting in the imgur link above are quite upfront and open about this car having been reshelled. There no suggestion at all to alleged "Ringing" Neil whatsoever. There is probably 3 or 400 Falcon Gt's, Holden Monaro's various Lotus Porsches Austin Healey's and dare I suggest several BMW E30 and E36 M3's on the road today in NZ that have been reshelled as this car might have been. And like this 325 they are registered and carry current WOF's The car is for sale on the open market, warts and all. As Leon F says above, caveat emptor, buyer beware. Given the reshell may have taken place some considerable time ago, before the sellers ownership, lets let the guy get on with his auction.

TBH not quite sure what all the fuss is about with this car. All the Lotus Cortina's and Ford Escorts that enjoyed successful race careers and probably 80% of the road cars here in NZ have all been rebodied, yet carry the original tags. Same with other brands too, Alfa Romeo, Austin Healey Jaguar and Porsche. Has it affected the values? Not one jot. Lets face it, none of the high km multi owner 325 MTech 1 or 2's will ever be collector cars, and this car falls into this category too, this is just the car for an enthusiast to acquire, and put his personal stamp on, as Sammo is doing with his. The seller is not trying to hide anything, and is making the sale as transparent as he can do, and kudos to him. $1 reserve, its on the market, put up or shut up 😉

FWIW It may well have had a new roof only.

M4 GT3 just landed...........

FWIW It may well have had a new roof only.

Thanks for the offer but no.

Just like to point out a) Today $40k ish is the market value for an E46 M3 and b) until a sale occurs lets forget about a potential 20k return on his investment, as, it is yet to be earned 😁 Could be, one blink and you have missed it Twistee...........

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1994-bmw-e36-m3-coupe-9

Expensive way to buy a car. Hammer price plus 15% plus GST on the 15% 😯 Most of the cars in Webbs current catalogue have been exposed to the marketplace for some time. Plus a few re-runs too.

Either/ or, when we bought the car in 2011 it had a promptly removed chrome buttoned Blaupunkt Modena fitted. Need something more kosher to fill the hole really. Never have the radio or stereo on anyway whilst driving. Thanks for the reply Dave

Given the amount of your "hard earned" invested in your project Sammo, you have to say what you have posted. 👍

There is a tremendous difference with all this hyperbole around "asking" price, "market" price, and nett received price. From memory the last 325MTech 2 to sell for strong money was the white coupe that hung around Auckland for ages ohh 18 months or two years ago, went down into the South Island, then came back up to Auckland, sold for the buy now $35k. And there was a lovely red Mtech2 in the Wellington region, low kms, owners and largely original sold for quite strong money, may have been just over 50k, think this car started all the chatter, and there was a cosmos black or delphin gray car too. Subsequent cars marketed on TradeMe are / have all fallen short of the sellers expectations, a classic example is the largely original 2 or three owner MTech 1 in silver that has sat at Arrow Toys for nearly a year, and slid in asking from $69990 down to $48950, still unsold. Of course there may be cars changing hands off market, we rarely hear about these. In the writers opinion the E30 is just not in 2022 worth anywhere the money that some of the posters above believe is "fair" market value. Within the BMW brand there are three or four models that, by comparison to the E30, give far more "bang" for your motoring buck. When I was growing up way down south, a well worn family saying, always directed to me because of my proliferate ways, (especially concerning fast cars) " A fool and his money are soon parted" And when I gaze at a E30 325i on the market at more than $20k, this always springs to mind 😉 Discuss.....

Tell me if you have either the radio and / or a set of staggered DS2's for sale. 029 777 4006 call or text or PM is good, thanks for reading.

We have a couple of these for sale, multipurpose fitments, for almost all cars trucks etc. Easy to fit, ideal for 1 or 1.5kg extinguishers. Perfect for our BMW's. Price $160 including tracked nationwide delivery, add $4.30 if you have a rural address. Christchurch buyers free delivery or pickup from 8083. Can supply 1kg extinguishers too $34.50. Email is good to wjc508@gmail or call / text to 029 777 4006. Counter_Stand_May_21_low_res.pdf

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/735i/listing/3634555753

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/alpina-coupe-s-looks-like-the-ultimate-trigger-for-purists-we-hope-it-comes-true-190922.html

Not actually BMW branding Dave, Smit Vehicle Engineering's Oletha, acknowledging the Z4/Z8

Doubt it. Just a silhouette car. Not even motorsport seats. And wheels sets are worth just what someone wants to pay. With rising costs and Arrow Wheels, and Elite wheels ( in Christchurch) now charging $1600 plus to refurb and repair sets, Apex and VMR direct out of the USA are a more cost efficent or economic option today.

Ohh of course, another free listing day on TradeMe .........I'm lost for words...........all dealer bolt on bits. Shame about the wheels a good set is worth more than the ask for car 😁

Nice, a great set of wheels ready for a winter refurb. Its very therapeutic both for the mind and the wallet. 😁

A corporate would have owned the car and sucked the depreciation quite happily. I'd be very surprised if an individual owned the car within the first 24 months

Glorious sounds here. . Followed by 13 more mundane "sniff" BMW engined cars. https://twitter.com/hjwakerley/status/152906539764