Sammo

Fantastic looking car - assuming a ‘who you know’ sale? Have not seen one of these up for sale for a while.

Good luck with the smoke! Whats the wiring issue? Something swap related? What are these seats like, I remember it having some buckets? I think Dark green would look better as Tech 1.

Not so sure about the recent trend of people asking $15-17K for their 320i sedans 🤣

Happy with Classic cover, agreed value of $15k on my non-classic E46, $250 excess, lowish premium and they asked for high resolution photos of the car which is encouraging. All modifications listed and no issue. Also paid out no questions asked on a brand new Msport bumper after a minor tussle with a curb.

I presume you're aware of these guys? https://racehead.com.au/product/bmw-m20-itb-kit-e30/

Yours has to be close to $20k? Only 24v E30 I've seen in ages was the white one Ghost Chip bought but I think that was a little more of a project car?

It probably is a $5k premium these days TBH (Coupe's any way) I track any *decent* manual 330ci's listed in case I have an insurance issue and they try to tell me my car is worth $7k... In last 6 months or so (yes, these are just asking prices but so is any price): $16,500 (dreamer but it appeared to sell) $13,500 (Beautiful car I've driven) $11,500 (High km average non Msport) $13,000 $15,000 (Imola 6 speed with heaps of work done) $13,000 (Nothing special car that sat on TM for a month) $13,000 (sold in a day or two) Most decent Msport autos list for $6-8k. But I agree, spending $7K plus on a manual swap isn't value for money, unless its a special example.

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/watch-trail-of-destruction-cars-in-north-shore-suburb-smashed-in-late-night-crime-spree/KC35WFIBIOLDXKOTGMXTWPTPVY/

With an Ivory leather interior 😍

Wagon seems like decent value, but you would need to want all the extras. Wonder what needs finishing / interior. Could look good sitting on some Alpina wheels.

Haha, this popped up in my youtube feed today too. Cleeeeeeaaan

Funny, I have a manual 330ci and am looking to get an E30 325i 2 door sometime. Finding a complete manual conversion is the hard part these days - I would expect to pay $2,000+ easy for a ZF Conversion - add a new clutch and flywheel and bits for another $1,000. Cert add $750. Workshop labour and coding, no idea - but I would factor on $5K plus to do it right. Make sure you also use an unmodified factory manual driveshaft too or you could need to add driveshaft hoops (like me 😭)

Not BMW specific but a great way to spend 45 minutes IMO!

Holy crap that is a lot of car for the money, an absolute neck breaker 😍

@the_bavarian_outlaw

Great stuff mate - guessing this is the white Coupe off Trade Me? Should go like stink once you sort a few niggles (hopefully just niggles).

Special place in hell for these cretins 😡

My E46 has been making a rear suspension noise coming out of my drive recently so jacked it up to have a looksee and found my rear sway bar had popped off the endlink bushing on the passenger side. New Lemforder endlinks from a few months ago. These are the ones that simply ‘pressure’ fit onto a rubber bushing - no buts and bolts etc Anyways, managed to get it back on, but it was weirdly easy and it moves relatively freely on the sway bar end now!? When installing I remember it wouldn’t budge at all. I did use some silicone grease on it to get back on as I thought it would be a real nightmare - did I make a mistake lubricating it? Why would it pop off in the first place? Unevenly loaded? Drove it around the block and clunk was gone but concerned it’s just going to pop off again….😑 IMG_2927.MOV

Jeez - is it as tidy on the outside as it looks?

@tman17 https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3170733580?bof=s8seJ75B This looks great IMO - not too ragged out and ruined like most E36's. Great colour combo, even if the seats are tatty - I would not expect it to hang around long.

Looks quite tasty IMO

Holy sh!t thats some torque! absolute tyre shredder

Heinous but a cool colour. Maybe it will look good in a few years -or in the flesh - as much as we like to talk crap about these new designs, they are made by professionals who 'know what they are doing' . Taillights sit way too low and headlights sit too high to my eyes. Weird.