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The car was originally a genuine Alpina C1 2.3.

That was my mates dads car when I went to school when it was new! Numberplate was RANGI

Hey isn't that Emmas old car? had some 17 or 18 inch wheels on it?

I've had a few W124's and they have been the best cars I have ever owned. Much better than a 2001 W210 I had. They are technically very similar to the 190e so far as chassis goes. I havent owned a facelift 1993/4+ model with the wiring harness, perhaps just assume it is good? Problems I had were stretched simplex timing chain, cheap replacement, later duplex unaffected. The gear shift linkage bushes wear but are cheap/free. As any larger car, suspension wears. Rear carrier (trailing??) arm bushes wear causing a squeak and forward/aft play. Front strut mounts wear. Centre cabin vent adjustment can break making it hard to open/ shut off air flow. I cant think of anything else, they are wickedly solid and really nice to drive.

Hey leave keri alone! haha. Down mums Dr alone there's a new S4, a new XJ, a new Gti, a Q7.... None of which i'm too keen on mind you. Back to theme of posts, yes stay BMW, second hand Audis can be a b*tch!

I think I saw the wagon of original post today at the supermarket in Keri!

Legally yep, danger to public safety

Great car, I prefer the bright highlight of original silver wheels on any car over black. Black to me looks cheap and tasteless.

Aaaactually upon reading a comment later than my last, a memory stirs of the 120i not being a practical car to 'zip' around in as you sort of wear it to an extent, with small glass areas and generally bad vision.

Years ago mum had an auto 120i, yip the only problem was mystery fluid leak onto exhaust which BMW at the time were stumped by. Handled really well and used piss all petrol.

Are those photos of your car or your house? Haha. Great buy, I think we all had that on our watchlist! The seats aren't normal cloth, notice the sides are cloth too, and the cloth is more luxurious, harder wearing E34 cloth.

Happy birthday dude

Just putting it out there, I would like a Fiji green 'ltd edition' 318iS sedan, I like the colour. Give me a bell if anyone has one for sale. Nathan

Mercedes used in certain E and S classes of the '90s a wiring loom with biodegradable insulation. It is O.K provided the climate is dry, as it is sealed from any rain. But the constant high humidity in that area got at it anyway, causing gremlins in the loom. Jaguar had something similar.

Arent S classes made in China too? 'Shouldn't affect design or quality of a vehicle, spec's and customer demands/expectations affect that. The Chrysler I would buy for grunt , however point made, it shouldn't be compared to a roller. 760iL; I cant count how many problems we used to see on new E65s (some hilarious) years ago when I was at Jerry Clayton, I can even remember the number plates of some that came in they were such frequent visitors! Every car has it's issues.

Where are they made? I have owned a few of the Mercedes' that the 300C is based on and loved the ride/drive so im sure the Chrysler is a good car to drive as well when fitted with a decent motor.

Golf GTI's look good in black and white, that car does not. Eurotrash.

That is off the hook cool! My family sold a bunch of land etc to those Goh's in the 90's, they also have a crazy big boat in auckland at the moment

Good work, nice catch! Took the boat out this evening mostly to air out the mattresses etc and have just finished filleting a few really nice snapper, little bit happy.

Good for-sale photos for a BS member for once, glws

re: the battery tray rust, I had the battery tray area on my last E30 completely cut out and rebuilt/sealed for under $1000 IIRC, including a firewall rust hole repair also.

I don't usually offer negative opinions, but $3k for a damaged auto SE... I had trouble selling a calypso SE manual sedan 325i with same km's for $2800

PFL Clubsport for sale on trademe To keep the OP on track, the red car has the sport kit which was available before Msport kit came out. A mate of mine (Hamish who used to have an M3 Evo on here) had a manual 328i Sport as pictured, when we were students in Duds. It met a remarkably similar fate.

At the risk of derailing a thread for good (sorry OP, clean this up if necc!) this is what we in NZ as a clubsport: Most were in Estoril ish blue, and a similar shade of purple/violet

^Weren't the clubsports the last E46 coupes with facelift headlights etc and sport kit, jazzy paint, M5 style wheels and a boot spoiler?