Sammo

Haha, came here to post this - a boy racer giving enthusiasts a bad name. Now.... was the 'dream car' the E87 or SW20 🤔

E36 Coupe in profile has such perfect proportions

Three Tech Twos

Beautiful! Cirrusblau is such a gorgeous colour for a PFL with the chrome

Red one would be unique for sure, although I'm not sure about red on modern cars. Interlagos is a great colour (and track!) and although its not a 'colour' as such Space Grey is a much darker tone than Titan Silver.

Yeah, recognised Apex in background - would love to see it on Alpinas with some Gold Alpina pinstriping 😍

Could try @BMWRadios on Insta - he's in Estonia and restores and sells RDS radios with bluetooth / preouts etc - he may be open to shipping parts too. https://www.instagram.com/bmwradios/?hl=en I had a fantastic experience with my custom one for the E30.

Looks like a fabulous car and I'm not surprised its an amazing drive - light(ish) weight, top down, flat 6, mid engined - I also think the 987 exterior / interior was a big leap over the 986. And yes - Cayman S manual - DO IT *BRB, off to look at longhood 911s on Bring a Trailer*

Looks like a parts car

Whats a stock 325i without driver? 1250kg?

Congrats man - she is a beauty for sure - look forward to meeting you and chatting on Saturday with Jeremy (I'm Sam). Nice thing is almost all the mechanical components of an E30 are avaliable new, and being an M325i, your car already has most of the more desireable 'No longer Avaliable' goodies! RealOEM is a great source for finding the correct part numbers for your specifc car (need last 7 digits of your vin). Offshore parts (for quality new OEM at landed prices typically half of BMW NZ): FCP Euro / Schmeidmann / Ebay for odds and ends Local Parts Euro Italian on the North Shore - reasonable amount of E30 stock at good prices and quick shipping Speedfactor in Tauranga do shocks / springs / coilovers Aftermarket parts Turner Motorsport / ECS Tuning / Garagistic / Condor Speed Shop / Ireland Engineering / Demontweeks Local Workshops: Jackstands and Youtube or Apex Automotive in Wairau if I'm getting sick of breaking things haha

Swapped my springs out - looking for a slightly more age-appropriate (myself and the car) stance and comfort level. Replaced the ST Springs (50mm/40mm) with the popular H&R Sport 29664-1 springs (35mm/35mm). Really happy with them - have gained a very useful 10-15mm height all-round but car still looks great and sporty - ride quality is significantly improved as well (and I didn't feel the ST's were harsh). Possibly a slightly less performance orientated spring (?) but I already have larger sway bars and sticky tyres for fun stuff anyway.

Yeah $45k - hoping to meet up with the new owner for a Tech2 session soon

Yeah little steep but gotta start high! It’s similar money that absolutely lovely refurbished silver Tech2 M325i finally sold for.

Absolute stunner! https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/325i/listing/3853730653

I do love that colour on an E46 (moreso on a PFL but I think thats an M3 only thing). Market on these has been pretty stagnant the past year and I sold mine last December for $17,500. I'm yet to see one as nice come up for sale but plenty with higher asking prices.

Ahhh I’m such a numpty - saw the ‘csl’ plate and similar kms and assumed!

Not into 996's but yeah, that's definitely 911 money 😍

That same CSL was advertised for $229k last Monday (I think) by what appeared to be a private seller but was ‘sold pending payment’ by the following evening. Presume the dealer snapped it up quick for $200kish and is happy to sit on it a while to find the right buyer. Looks like a stunning car!

Thought this thread was about the CSL that sold in a day last week: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/m3/listing/3844764805 I know that sedan is a 3.2 but a couple of nice looking 3.0' coupes on TM for a a while now with lower kms and lower prices.

Hmmmm - I typically wait a minute for Spark, request a callback then they just call me back 15 minutes later?

Good power for a stock M52! Would hate to know how little mine makes now, although its still loads of fun - hopefully this time next year I'll be able to rebuild and stroke it with a mild cam - keep it very driveable. Love the Tech 1 wing - have been tempted to put one on mine at times but I will keep the chunky Tech2

Yeah I loved the low tech diagnostics on the fly!

Great episode on the late brake show - very cool car indeed!

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