Mark

It has four doors. It is a 325i with a tech II kit not a motorsport. Which means it can't be an 85 unless the car has had the facelift kit retrofitted at great expense. I just think the seller has no idea what their car is...

It's not a direct swap... there are some modifications you'll have to make. Must say I've never heard it being done to a 323i before... only to 328i's. There are cheaper and easier ways to boostpower on a 323i.... namely replacing the restrictive exhaust system.

Cheers for the comments! It certainly is a car that I would keep original and as for keeping it.... well it failed a WOF yesterday morning due to a left front outer arm steering joint that needs replacing. It also has a habit of overheating every now and then causing coolant to piss out of the overflow hose on the expansion tank. I think I've traced that to the cap on the expansion tank which, when it loses it's pressure rating, will cause this to happen. So it's time to start spending money on it if I want to keep it on the road... which I guess means I've assumed unofficial ownership already! EDIT: With regard to your comments about originality Allan: I might have to change the wheels as they're still the original metric wheels shod with Michelin TRX's! Great tread on them for a while yet too!

As some of you know, I've sold my 325i and on the lookout for another BMW. In the meantime I'm borrowing my grandmother's E28 to get around in. Picked it up today, gave it a clean and I must say it is an incredibly nice car to drive. It just floats along unphased by any bumps in the road and the M30 has so much torque I haven't had to push it past 2500rpm around town. The car is a 1983 528i, originally registered in the UK in '83, my grandparents bought it on a holiday to England in 1987 and had it shipped over to NZ. Only 108,000 miles on the clock! Pretty good for a car that's as old as me! Don't mess with this car, the Metropolitan Police have it on file! It still has the original "running-in" sticker on the windscreen! This thing spent the whole way home beeping at me. Eventually I found out I had the speed limit warning set to 3.2km/h! I love all the original stickers on this car! Sweet! Grandma left me a free cheeseburger voucher! Oh bugger! Headlamp washers that still work! Just kidding... I don't think any of them do! Obviously it's not perfect... Paintwork needs a clay and some touchups, but it is completely free of rust and the brightwork is in excellent nick apart from the rear bumper which has had a couple of knocks. I'm beginning to really like this car, thinking I might buy it... hmmm.

Haha... he won't answer my question! Check this out: tmq.bmp

Imagine the practice he put in to get that good! Wonder how many cars he's stacked!

Doesn't look legit to me.... Only one photo, description in broken english, owner claims he's out of the country until the 19th... Hmmm. By all means someone go take a look... could be the bargain of the century if it checks out.

Yeah... it's like Crusty Demons but Top Gear-style.

I'm very tempted to make the trip up to see this show. I saw an article on the news about it that included a clip with Clarkson and Hammond racing E36 convertibles around the arena... looked quite exciting.

Watch out, they'll point the laser gun out the back window at you and give you a ticket!

It can be done but I've never seen it done and look genuine i.e: Like it's meant to be there from factory.

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! There are so many epic threads on that forum. When I first saw the link I thought it was the one about the guy who "accidentally" fellatioed a man and wanted to know if he was gay. Now that was funny!

...says the guy surfing Trademe!

Where is it?!... I can't see it, it's too stealth! (Until you open the door and see the red door jambs!)

Change the joke to "What is a hermaphrodite's favourite burger" and you have a deal.

Happy Birthday Glenn... cheers for all your help and advice!

That doesn't make sense. Fellatio is oral sex performed on a male. So either you need to change the joke to: "What is a gay man's favourite burger?" or What is a heterosexual female's favourite burger?" Alternatively you could continue to use the joke as long as the punch line was changed to a burger name that can be modified to include all or some of the word "cunnilingus" That's our first lesson in Deconstructing Comedy 101 with Mark... see you at tomorrow's lecture.

You lost a centrecap.

Ewwwwww! And the guys are ugly too!

Well according to this diagram on RealOEM yes... yes they are.

That's just the M3 bumper without the black lower lip. The M-Sport version has slats instead of the mesh.

What about an Audi A4 1.8t? There are some nice examples around for $7-9k. MK 3 Golf GTI? You'd pick one of those up for $5 or 6k And if you're buying an older Bimmer I'd definitely recommend buying a warranty. I'm so glad I had one on my E36. I added up how much I'd have had to spend on my car if it didn't have one... came to over $3000!!

There was a guy wrecking a Dakar yellow M3 Evo on trademe a while back... wouldn't know where to contact him though unless he re-lists the engine (which I believe he wanted about $9k for)

Not true. You can pay a higher premium and insure your car for an agreed value. EDIT: Mark247, where did you find this car? Is that the one for sale in Auck a while back? Looks mint!

Good call. Don't diss authority just because you can't be bothered following the rules.