charles28

Yeah, it would be good for that, no sunroof = more structural rigidity, no ABS etc. = Lighter, in a way it annoyed me that my 325i had sunroof and ABS, as they were features I didn't really need/want. Although you would want to change to 51mm front struts, diff etc, but no doubt you have already thought about all that stuff. Just send me a PM for my details if the car doesn't sell via trademe, I could hold off relisting it until you have had a look, no pressure though, not desperate to move it on as such cheers.

These are one piece from what I can tell, they are factory motorsport wheels from a UK E30, which is why they came in the 15" size, its fitted with 205/60/15 tyres instead of 205/55/15 which does put the speedo out slightly. Assuming I still have the car then your welcome to have a look when your up in Christchurch. I looked at 8 E30's when buying this one and it was the best condition E30 I could find in Christchurch (in my price range), at the time it was my 1st E30 and I didn't know much about them, I soon discovered that my ideal E30 was a 325i in Manual, which I did end up with, but sold again due to the fact it was a UK import and had rust problems, this car doesn't seem to have any problems with the bodywork. I wanted to convert this car to manual transmisson and 325i spec, however my focus is now on saving to buy a house, so have had to put that first, which is hard when your a car nut . Cheers, Charles

Put a buynow price up. Added pics of some of the reciepts etc, totalling $6000.. not that it means alot now, just shows that its been looked after.

The bodys alot better then the UK import one I had, no signs of any rust. Interior is good, but dash cracked, front seats no rips and look perfect, back seat back cusion looks a little worn.. Carpet is good too. Price.. well.. seeing what interest I get to start with.. reserve is set at $2500 on trademe currently, no rush to sell as havn't found a replacement car for the missus yet. Cheers This one might be a bit closer to home for you http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-294552737.htm

Pics added to trademe

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=294038616 The auto 320i is now going under the hammer, the best part is the 15" basket weaves, but these aint exactly easy to find either. Have had it over a year, has been a good runner mostly. Remote central locking via remote. A/C Regassed (But it kills any acceleration it had).

Am considering this car as a Work runabout.. the CRX is rather..girly.. Then again this is auto.. but it should go better then my 320i at least. What would be a fair price for this car? considering cambelt is due for change, bonnet needs a respray etc. It would inherit the 15" factory basketweaves I have, bonnet respray, and below the bumper, colour coding of side trim perhaps.. or not.. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=292787081 Cheers

E36 only gets 1.5 Stars out of 5 on EURONCAP http://www.euroncap.com/tests/bmw_3_series_1997/15.aspx according to them you are basically stuffed if your the driver and you crash. If an E30 was tested this way it would probably get 0/5 stars.. Cars only started doing well on crash tests after 2002 pretty much.. but even then.. the tests are only done at low speeds, I don't think it would matter what car your in at the speeds depicted on the video

Yes. but I want something super cheap that I have to tidy up thats a bit rough around the edges.. ie http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=289398605 So it depends what comes up.. My Missus works for a panel beaters, bmw specialist one.. so bodywork repairs aint too much trouble (minor stuff that is)

I've noticed these can be had for very little cash (in automatic form). I used to have a manual E30 325i and still have my auto E30 320i (gutless) how much better to drive would a E36 325i in auto be to drive? I took the auto e30 320i on a road trip to Nelson and back last weekend (800ks round trip) for an old car it did ok, but got kinda uncomfortable after a while, performance wise, handling was ok but performance for over taking is somewhat... lacking .

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...500&ed=true I need it out the way, so $1 res it is.. its a non runner, but someone might want it for parts. its pickup in CHCH only.

2x 10mm slip on spacers,2x 20mm bolt ons, H&R brand,were on 335i from 2006. light markings due to getting them off the hubs Selling on Behalf of a mate. Centre hole is 72mm SOLD pending payment etc to Silverfox $250

Have an offer of $5500, said I'd take it, so its sold maybe.. if they ring back.. I'm tempted to buy that old 528i with 535i engine

Thats a pretty cool car, am tempted to buy it if my E30 ends up selling, had a bit of interest in it today.. so anythings possible

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.as...059&ed=true Cars now sold.. took the $5500 offer.

I might keep an eye on this auction, looks like a good daily driver replacement for my gutless e30 320i auto, I had one of these E36 320i's years ago, had more power then the E30 320i for sure, but mine was cursed with the Jatco Transmission, was this one changed over to a ZF?

All good.. have gone one now.. thanks to Don and Dean

It looks like another rusty UK Import to me hehe Its got worse sunroof rust then my UK import.. would want to check in all the problem areas thats for sure.. as it was in the UK for a while. 8 years infact.

I know how you feel.. my white car now owes me $8k and looks the same (except for the wheels) when I purchased it for 3k.. doh. BMW = Biggest Money Waster or Broke My Wallet No need to quote whole posts... just use the reply button at the very bottomof the page

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-268960338.htm Might be worth a look?

This will sound stupid, i put some fuel in it and now its fine.. It was down between emtpy and 1/4 a tank.. so should have been fine.. could this be fuel pump related? maybe fuel filter? Cheers

But now the cars not running well over 4000rpm under heavy acceleration, it hesitates and feels like its losing power. Its idling fine and running fine at low engine speeds (better then before). What have I done? lol

Yeah, been using it as the daily driver the last 2 weeks, yay someone saw me Its a bit of a beast really.. sounds "tough" due to the odd header configuration i think.. you probably noticed how black my white bumper is looking too.. Just recieved today: new Intake boot, Vac hoses, fuel filter, sparkplugs, valve cover gasket and having new valve stem seals fitted next week (carefully without removing head lol). Not sure if it was blowing smoke when you were following me.. only does it when cold as far as I can tell.. hence stem seals.

LOL I failed to look at the profile. All i know is that every car i've had without cat converter has had an annoying amount of black crap end up all over the back bumper (noticable on Light Coloured cars), but in this case I don't think its going to be a problem. This happened on all the cars i've owned (without cats), including my current white E30 325i, which was factory non cat version. These were not all old cars like my E30 either, some were low km's year 2000 + models. My mechanic mate claims its due to NZ"s crap fuel.. I think he's right too, as when I had AVGAS in the car for one tank fill I had no black carbon crap on the back bumper . (I wash it off often, this picture depicts 1 weeks driving).

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-267900335.htm I would be quite keen on this car if it had the traditional Twin Headlight Front like my old Golf GTI had. Always had a soft spot for Mk2 Golfs