E30 325i Rag-Top

Not all sales of these models are through TradeMe so don't use that as a true gauge of the market and sales. In my opinion TradeMe is the last place cars like the ones you have listed should be sold, especially good examples that would be worth a price premium. Many of those cars are a worldwide commodity and shipping around the world is both cheap and easy from NZ, whereas TM is basically only a NZ market place which is a very small pond of buyers at the best of times. What that does mean though, is that some of the best examples of those cars have gone overseas from NZ which is a shame.

The one on TradeMe was just a look-a-like, had the rear wing and the decals and that was it. Not a true “lightweight” version, which is why it never sold for the $35k asking price IIRC.

Prices on all the other E30 M3s on trademe have started to tumble (well, come down a bit). Oh goody... only another few decades and I might be able to buy one without feeling guilty.

Not aware of much of a following for the E12, so not much demand would suggest not a great value.. but you only need one! @Hotwire is a wealth of knowledge on the E12, pretty sure he has a few in his back paddock.

Must... Not... Buy... More wheels...

Chucked the battery from the race car into the vert and she started first pop, so that confirms my thoughts on where the problem lay. Took her for a run to work as weather was mint. Realised how poor the boot space is for large parts. Got home and into garage with no issues so will call that a win!

Wow is that your old car Dan, looks better in the pictures than I remember - but could be different in real life. Life is a bitch in that the right car is never there at the right time... cash was all in the racercar 4 years ago. Always wanted a 325i Sport, had to decide between buying the vert, a 325i sport and a slightly rough M3 back in the day... And my comment about “well looked after” may need to be reviewed!!

Yup, that has been seriously abused and mucked about with. List of problems is laughable for a $3k car let alone 7k!! Now THAT is seriously nice. Looks well looked after and in good nick. Luckily it’s in Wanaka so I can’t be tempted!

You just can't beat a 5+ years thread dig for a "is this still available?" in the For Sale section.

Wow, those are absolutely awesome prints. Those all framed up and mounted together would look spectacular. What a great neighbour.

Good car, some nice options on there, the Individual Leather is good, and the Sky Lounge is not often ordered. Shame it doesn't have the 3rd row of seats or a factory tow bar - they are the two most sought after options in NZ so that will hurt your RV some sale time, but not as much as registering it in December as a used import. Did they manage to get your connect drive services working for you?

Yeah no worries, they’re not going anywhere soon. Let me know when you’re up this way, if I head down to CHCH before, I’ll let you know.

I'm happy to sell you whatever you want and i wouldn't want much for them, they are just sitting around in my garage gathering dust. The only issue is that you are in CHCH and I'm up in Aucks so postage would probably be a few $$$s. I could probably get them down to the dealership for free, but not sure they would be too happy for me to be competing with their parts department, plus I'm not due to fly down and visit for a few weeks and I guess you want them ASAP?

Sounds like the Thais are better at screwing things together than the Aussies then. The BAII Falcon I had as a company car was always going back for repair, and the bosses' Territory was even worse - best one was when the driver's window just dropped down into the door as he was heading to the airport... in the rain!

Which car are the bolts for M3AN I have heaps from E30 and E46, including a set locking wheel bolts with key.

Like any industry there are good and bad, unfortunately the car industry seems to attract more than it's fair share of pond life. Happy to order you a car from BMW Munich Dan - mates rates too!

Now it's all good to go and legal the 'vert has had a hissy fit and decided not start. Took it to work the other day for the first run out this year, got home, went to put it away in the garage, no start. Absolutely nothing, no clicking solenoid, squat. A week on charge (with a good quality intelligent charger) and it's telling me it's fully charged - but still nothing. Uh-oh, starter...? Immobiliser...? Something else..? Whacking starter with hammer, made no difference. Really felt like taking to the car with the hammer, but just stopped myself. Another week or so on charge, using the "refurb" mode and I've not got a clicking relay, but nothing else. Fingers crossed a bit more time on the charger will bring it back to life, if not, it looks like new battery time. Remind me again why I 'like" classic cars...??

Not sure what you mean by "bench mark", it's certainly not the highest price reached, but for what it was the price would seem to be in-line with the world wide market. There have been a number of over-priced examples on TradeMe for a while, which have started to have their asking prices dropped. It's a buyer's market at the moment on E30 M3s!!

There appears to be one pending, but nothing that's gone live in the recent past that I know of.

Not sure where you are looking but only the 320d xDrive is EU5, and I think it is still running SCR so is EU5+. Both the 330d xDrive and M340i XDrive are EU6.

So after what feels like weeks of cutting, grinding, filing and shaping the replacement section finally fits in the hole and is ready for gluing into place.

There's quite a few cool Bimmers in and around Napier. Where abouts is your folks place in Napier Dan? Mine are out on the new sub-division at Poraiti.

Yours Graham? Looks like an inlet manifold for twin side-draft carbs onto an M10 (?) engine - would be a pretty sweet set up. Howard Wood runs this on his 2002 racer, works very well. A lot to be said for old skool technology in many cases, very little to go wrong, just need to get the rubber hose out and balance the jets now and again!

Losing a 10mm socked in an engine bay I can understand... but an 11mm double ended spanner - that's a good effort! Got six months rego for the 'vert to be legal over summer, $57 and change inc GST - nice. Even if I only do the same 350 odd miles as last year that works out to be less than 33c per mile for both WoF and Rego for the summer. And hoping to do a good few more miles this year!!

BMW NZ have brought in more than the one B7, plus a number of people have bought new cars direct from the Alpina factory. Still very rare here though. As for the particular E46 vert model referenced, I have not seen or heard of any and it would probably have popped up by now if it were here.