E30 325i Rag-Top

Many reasons, but cars are much less "desirable" once they are over 3 or 4 years old. Only 1 in five new vehicles sold in the UK goes to a private buyer, the rest are lease / hire / company cars which get flicked every 12months, or 3 years tops.Also contributes to the flood of older imports into NZ.. the average age of the NZ fleet would be approx. twice that of the UK or most EU countries. Lots of well kept older models if you know where to look, not used so much as daily drivers though, more sunny Sunday drivers, which given the weather is why they don't come out that often !!

Yup, provided the car has not been registered in NZ or overseas the car is still a "new vehicle" by definition.The Australian rule is an interesting one, especially when in another thread people were arguing that UK-Imports which had been registered in the Uk and had done "delivery miles" should still be classed as a "new" car. Those Rovers that had sat in a warehouse for 5 years would probably still have been a better buy than the Chinese built Utes that are currently in an Auckland panel shop for rust repairs - and they only rolled off the boat a couple of weeks ago and haven't made it onto the road yet !!

Hmm, not a bad price - slightly more than I would have expected. Just think where it would have got to if it was an E30 325i in that condition.... half of Bimmersport would have been falling overthemselves to buy it

I voted 17"s as that's what are on my 'vert in the sig below. Not saying mine is the ultimate, in fact there are many better looking E30s / wheel combos out there but most of those are 17s or even 18s A lot depends on the drop as well as the wheel / tyre size for it all to look right.

Search the forum for threads about 'what is an M' or 'how to spot a genuine M-Sport' for more details on M cars. Don't put TRD badges on the Cruiser, John Deere would be more appropriate!!

Was it a factory upholstery, or had it been done aftermarket? M-Sport in E60 could be half leather from factory I think - with alcantara, could just be bad condition or treated with some odd conditioner?

That's the problem with spooning... it eventually leads to forking!!

Don't tempt me!!

Takapuna Panelbeaters - I'm sure Marty will look after your Audi as if it were a Bimmer!!

Hyundai adverts make me apoplectic with rage. I mean seriously 'world's most innovative car company'? What have they ever done that is innovative - copy other's car companies ideas in a new way is not innovation - grr!!

Looking very good. I can see where Andy is going with the Tech-1 wing, I am now in two minds as to whether my Tech-1 wing goes on the race car or the 'vert ??

Nowhere near the same sort of following for E21s as there is for the E30s, so I would be surprised if this goes for a huge sum, even a minter such as this one. Certainly a great example, the top model, good colour, etc. Interesting title for the thread, in the Uk the 323i was THE original yuppie mobile, I guess NZ was just a bit behind the times??

Shame the word "concept" is still in the description. It will be pretty close to that though ;-)

Good to hear the plugs have made a difference to how she's running.Mind you, I think it's your right foot that is the issue with the fuel economy, not the plugs..

Bugger, sorry to hear about the E30. Will certainly keep my eyes and ears peeled up this way for you.

Chris Amon has been a brand ambassador for Toyota since way back, including these editions. Not sure he ever worked in factory "hand building" these cars though as the seller suggests??

Doh! Couldn't read the writing on the box when viewed on my phone - sorry, makes more sense when looking on the PC. What size and profile tyres did were you running on them, just out of interest?

What make are they? Also width and offset? Are they staggered? Which E46 were they on, coupe, sedan, wagon, M3? Any fouling on bodywork?

Everything is possible with enough time and effort. Question is why bother - if you want facelift, buy a facelift.?

Yes those numbers are correct for those cars. But The 335d is the old-model, E90 with previous generation common rail, whilst the 335i is the latest and greatest petrol technology. If you compare against the F30 330d consumption is 4.9l/100km which is the difference the new diesel technology has in economy. The new 335d is only available as xDrive, but even that still has 5.4l/100km with all the extra 4wd gubbins and extra power. Having been lucky enough to drive both a 335i and a 330d on a road-trip I would take the diesel everything, but then I do have a bit of bias towards the diesels.

I think you should ban yourself for posting that..

You been upsetting people again Geoff?? Ps. I thought that was a pic of you? No..?

Are those gearbox mounts suitable for a Getrag 265/5 in an E30? I have no clue..

I thought the new wheels were for the track, not daily use?? You would certainly feel the benefit of the lighter wheel & less un-sprung weight on the track... ;-)

Wow, that is one way to take the first corner in a 24hr race! Could so easily have turned very ugly when he span back across the track, amazing there wasn't more any contact!