E30 325i Rag-Top

Could be tempted to part with mine for the right price...

I love the way you not only start another thread on this but also ask a question, get an answer from another member (which by the way is actually correct) and then proceed to tell them they are wrong. Why ask if you know the answer??Oh, and welcome to the forum!

Easier (and better) to bump original post back to the top, rather than create a new topic and link to the old one.

The Ferrari boys in town obviously have a set route for their test drive, they come off the motorway at Mt Wellington then back up the on ramp. Quite often see and hear them giving it some beans back onto the motorway.

Any particular models you are after? Race cars, road cars, old cars, new cars?? What scale??

As some will know BMW have teamed up with the Mission Impossible series on the latest movie. From the photos it looks like they had to have a few takes on some of the action scenes... I wonder what will happen to those cars now., off to the recycling centre I think. What a shame, I'm sure I could save most of those. I'll try not to cry when I think of them when watching the film..

E92 Wagon would look pretty weird to start with, never seen a coupe Touring before... Putting my pedantic head to one side, stick them on there and try them, see what they look like. Personally I love the Evo sunflower rims, but not sure they would work on the later wagon.

Step in the right direction, I hope they didn't pay the asking price either...

SKF not got anything suitable?

I would expect a mechanic to road-test a car for any issues before a service, but 39km/h over the limit in town is not on. Watched an apprentice wheel spin my car most of the way from the car park into the service bay once. Cost the Service Manager a free service and two new tyres

The H50 based on the E46 was the 5.0 ltr V8 from the M5, it was the E90 version that had the V10.And this is an E30, so not really the same... Did that guy ever finish the V10 with twin turbos into the E30 M3 that was all over the interwebs a few years back?

Needs photos as per forum rules please.

Needs photos as per forum rules please.

Very weird spec, it has all the M-Sport options listed separately, 481, 704, etc. But not the M-Sport "pack", option code 336 or 337. That would be why there is no black headliner - code 775 as it is only available with the MSport pack. So technically NOT an M325, nice car though.

Very weird spec, it has all the M-Sport options listed separately, 481, 704, etc. But not the M-Sport "pack", option code 336 or 337. That would be why there is no black headliner - code 775 as it is only available with the MSport pack. So technically NOT an M325, nice car though.

So many people to swallow the "green" propaganda.. Back on topic... Heated seats on a bloody cold morning!!

I think the salesman may well have been using a bit of exaggeration there. Whilst the old 6 speed steptronic is not a bad box (as far as autos go), and you can shift it on the paddles or from the stick it is a long, long, way off of the 8 speed sports auto from the M235i.

Absolutely correct.But the conversation was about "nimble", not "fast".

There is a difference between a car being "fast" and a car being "nimble". Where there is pretty much no limit on power (as in the open A class) then power will win out. Key point is that the terms fast and nimble refer to different things in my book, what is in your book is anyone's guess Crunchy.

Steve you may have lost some weight out of your E34, but 1300kgs is still about 400kgs away from being a light car. As for selective reading, you're doing it yourself. Yes Dan's car is very fast, and thanks to the completely re-designed suspension it corners well. However, watch any race footage and you will see where others change direction better which is what I would relate to being nimble. Power to weight is important for acceleration yes, but that makes the car go forwards, not turn, unless you've lost the back end due to spinning up the wheels.

People who slam the bloody brakes on because they see a cop car or speed camera van... ...even though they aren't going over 100kph anyway. This zero tolerance bullshit is doing nothing to improve the piss poor driving standards in NZ!!

BHP does not have any effect on what I would term nimble, acceleration yes, but does not change second moment of inertia, or "turn in". I would always associate nimble with how quickly the car can change direction (in a controlled way), rather then how fast it can accelerate.

^^exactly, just because this guy drives the same brand of motor car as me does not embarass me in the slightest. It's only embarassing for me if I act in the same way as that tool, which I don't, well not that often.

Really Ron? I hadn't noticed that, you should have said.

I only did a quick check, and wasn't looking at the engine variants, but as it was only the later cars that had the DCT then that would make sense.