gjm

I think $12k is a lot to ask for an E30... At least, anything short of a M3.

Probably listed as 'tender' because Turners aren't allowed to say what the original purchase price was. A question though... Did Turners buy these ex-government and resell them, or did they sell on behalf? Probably the latter, I'd guess. (What happened to government auctions?) It would be interesting to see what they sold for, but it's likely most will have gone to dealers.

From the October 1991 issue of Road & Track. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a28954/european-supertest-german-thundercars/

I'd certainly not lower it as far as it has been in the pics. Not my 'thing.' If I get time I may try 'lifting' the car in the image slightly to see how things look then.

https://streetstandard.com/pandem-e30-bmw-rocket-bunny-kit-has-arrived-pandem-e30/

I doubt I had much input to this, but I have been pestering for an E30 kit...

I wasn't holding the phone to take the pic.

It's already nearer 301k !

I'll drop you a(nother) PM.

Kinda keen... And I'll be south of Greytown in a few days' time. just very unlikely to have space in the car for a set of rims, let alone a set with tyres on.

Ta.

This is the pic I saw... I like the look. Nicely understated.

Thanks Murray.

Great info - thanks. If this happens it'll primarily be a car for our daughter so a smaller engine is certainly preferred. Ron's comments about the Z4 are happily accepted - in a perfect world that might be the aim now. As it is, that'll have to wait for quite a bit later. Is there any sort of preventative fix that can reasonably be done to prevent the y-connector failure?

I can see that. I have half an eye on a 1.9 manual with a hard top, but wanted to learn more - as much as possible - before even thinking of going to look at it.

I need to come and eat at your house!The reason I was asking is because I've seen an E30 wearing them, and it looked very nice indeed. Leaving aside (for the moment) all the fun of a 5-stud swap, I wondered if the 7-series rims might be a little heavy for an E30.

Your experiences, from ownership or from driving. I'm sure there are many parallels in terms of running gear and especially engine/gearbox that can be drawn with contemporary models. Please though - no hearsay or conjecture!

They're a factory-fit on the E38, but maybe most people decided to go with something else?

Does anyone know what these weigh? Could even be a possible call to see if anyone has a set available. At some point. Maybe.

Had a 'proper' suspension alignment done on the 320d a few days ago. It seems it was going in a straight line more by luck than judgement, or by virtue of everything being wrong coincidentally pointing the car back in a more-or-less straight line.

That's really sad news. I've heard of three potentially relevant causes for valve spring failure: Over-revving (although I don't see how this would break a spring - maybe localised heat build-up?) Poor quality metal used in manufacture Rust on the spring (which can result in failure in the same way a stress fracture would) Could the spring have been exposed to damp while the engine was in pieces?

That looks like really good vfm. I was looking at a similar 4x100 set up on 300mm.de: 300x24 front and 294x19 rear using Porsche Boxster ATE calipers with all mounting kit supplied, but that's 50% more (before shipping).

US$100k, NZ$150k, give or take.