E30 325i Rag-Top

The ad was a bit weird, but the guy seemed Ok when I went round and looked at the car...

True. The way some issues get bandied about you'd think that every car fitted with that particular speedo / gear-box / engine etc. was affected by the problem. So far I am one from three on the odometer issue.

That M3 is soooo tempting... shame the Mrs is getting lazy and wants an auto.

Sounds like a plan.

That's the point though... I can get to the beer fridge perfectly fine, from all points in the garage, without tripping over anything, so why do I need to shift stuff for other people??

Sound like a very good idea Jools. Not sure when they are going to arrive here though.. Just got the e-mail to say the DVD is on the way, Blu-Ray they don't expect to get in before Christmas.

Had to move the race car and the 'vert in the garage as part of a tidy up. Orders from the Boss to clear a path to the beer fridge so people can get to it without risk of injury. Bloody Christmas interfering with a Man's cave..

Lucky bugger, why do I never find anything as interesting as that??What sort of condition were they in, how complete were the engines?

Putting the right grade of oil, and a good quality oil, into the engine in the first place is much more important IMHO. Changing it every 5,000kms and putting cheap crap in it is going to do more damage than running for 25,000kms on the right stuff. 3pedals point about contaminants in the oil is a good one though, issues elsewhere can cause problems with the engine oil, so it's always a good idea to keep a close eye on it during those 25,000kms.

I don't know what they are, but I like them... are they still available anywhere's or only second-hand??

Pm'd

High Kms, non-msport, boring silver colour, auto. Price is about right I would say, lot of car for your money if it all checks out.

It's a tender.... you tell them what you are willing to pay, and the person that says the biggest number gets to buy the car. Bit of a strange way to sell the car, I would have thought an auction would be a better bet. Without looking to see how much damage has been done to the metal work beneath the plastic bumpers, etc it is hard to put a price on it. A good few hundred $$$s worth of parts there straight off without even thinking about it though so it won't be a steal.

Also has coffee machine....

It's not about members grumbling, it's in the forum rules for the for sale section, must have a photo and a price, please add them to your post. A few more descriptions might help.

Yeah, that does suck, can it be repaired or is it in a place that can't be?

Not the photo on it's own, more the lack of details - silver colour, which one? Interior - leather? Nav system? Which 18" wheels, what options fitted, etc. All quite important for someone looking at a premium used vehicle. Car may not be over priced, if it has a very good spec, lots of options and is in exceptionally good condition. However, when there are slightly older, but still LCI examples available for $30k less it is still going to be a hard sell... Plus the forum rules state a photo must be included... at least you have made it over the 10 post count now!!

Personally I would never use a water blaster or steam cleaner on an installed engine, I have seen too many problems caused by water getting into where it shouldn't. I would go Supercheap and get a big bundle of cans of degreaser and spray that onto the dirty areas. Depending how old the oil is on the engine and how clean you want it a stiff brush might come in handy as well.

Are you really surprised? You are trying to sell a high value vehicle and can't even be bothered to put up a photo of car. As a member of the forum you have made a grand total of 8 posts, so no-one knows you from a bar of soap. Without any further details price looks to be well above the market value for a UK import. Don't be upset if people aren't queuing up to throw 65k your way.

Not "today" as such but over the week-end... Drove the 320d Cleaned most of the kid's crap out of the 330d Pulled the brakes off the race car. Looked at the convertible wishing the weather was good enough to make it worth driving..

Nice car, great colour. But deserves to be burnt for the "//M" badge on the bootlid.

How did you manage that? Rolled the car over it, or a flat on the car... Either way it sounds like you need to use it more!

Thanks to the Apple technical bods no longer communicating with the outside world it is taking a lot longer to develop and test the adaptors for the new iPhones, especially when they change the connectors and all the various audio / video / telephone streams like they did with the 5. Previously the basic technical stuff was released before the phones came out so the adaptors werent too far behind, but that stopped with the 4S. Hence why the adaptor for the 5 took so long to come out. I have no idea if the 6 uses the same formats as the 5, or if it is all completely new once again, but it will take a little while to come to market. I will see if I can find out a release date.

You do seriously wonder how some of these drivers have a licence..

Next shipment should be arriving with the distributor early next week, just got an e-mail updating me. Might get it over the Christmas break depending on how good / bad the post is over the holidays.