Supra_Natural

it's on the classifieds, so this looks like a blatant plugging going on here.... much like we regularly do for the Z!

Thanks Madz, kept wanting to ask you about that, but forgot...

yeah, the 316 IS a bit slow.... i actually have my eye on a certain car with a bigger mill though

you might well be better off going for a K&N as a compromise..

lol that aint it mate... mini wouldnt be THAT obvious

thanks for the view miniace, was hoping you'd see and reply.... would it be possible to give the details of the reliable parts dealers if i drop you a mail?

Im certainly Not equating it to a jap econobox, just pointing out the generally held perspective... among the SL car buying public, the finer points of an E30 when compared to a jap clunker for the same money are usually completely lost.... btw, the AL forum search and it's inability to search for words less than four characters can often be a problem..... such as searching for "BMW E30"

I've always been a big fan of the 80's BMWs, liked them for their engines, construction quality, driving pleasure and a host of other things... My favourite model of the lot of them (In fact, i'd say my favourite BMW of the lot), is the E30 generation 3 series. In the current market situation decent examples can be picked up for reasonable money if you look hard enough, and Im now seriously thinking of looking at one. Now AFAIK I've mapped out what i see as the Pros and Cons of the Model... I'd like you guys to kindly add your opinions and experiences of the car Pros: Solidly put together, fun to drive, comfortable, refined, decent prices at the moment and supposedly bombproof if well looked after (which I dont entirely believe). People who have run them have also stated that maintainence is not quite the expensive nightmare that people imagine it to be. Cons: Its an old European car... The youngest examples are 17 years old, most have had several owners, quite a few have been put through the mill. It is a rather more complex machine than say a jap car of equal age/price and thus is going to need specialized attention. Parts are probably going to be on the costly side and difficult to source. And last but not least, although the four pots are quite economical, the otherwise desirable six pot cars are horrendously thirsty. If i do manage to land one it will be used on a daily driver basis, so if it's going to need constant tweaking thats not going to be very helpful. Certain of my mates think this is a very good idea, certain of them think i'm nuts to even consider it... so i'd like to have the opinions of you guys as well. any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated Thanks in Advance Cheers

many happy returns of the day brother! hope it's a superb one...

wow, many congrats! and I hope you're quite prepared to sneeze a lot... everytime the new owner remembers you with love and respect for taking care of the car so beautifully.... by the way, when I said nobody was going to buy that, i meant your picture "Nissan 350z engine luks like honda VTec engin!" if i remember the caption correctly.. and I dont think anybody actually did! as to your insinuation about my parentage, Im not going to even bother attempting to respond to that, because that would require me to bring myself down to YOUR level, which is something i'm patently NOT willing to do. Now kindly stop polluting this thread and go sniff some petrol or something.

slightly OT yes, but i think you're mistaken machan.... Devinda's Z is on a 301- Plate, and it was registered in '99

the plate is a 301- which means this was one of the earlier EK3's, not sure whether they came with airbags as standard... anyway i suppose the airbag would have been useless even if it had been there because the guy was not wearing his seatbelt edit: actually 301 means 1999... so it isnt an early example, unless of course it was a jap import. still not sure about airbags being standard though....

and what might the car be?

Wow... That's certainly a wake up call! Deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased, and to you for the loss of your friend machan Drive Safe guys... because no matter how great a driver one might be, there may arise a day we are faced with a situation to which we cannot respond in time, and something like this could be the result.

Thanks for the info... would you be willing to share the price you paid for it?

awesome looking machine you have there overdrive.... Congratulations! and it seems absolutely pristine as well.. If you dont mind my asking machan, whats the Y.O.M? and what kind of mileage has it done?

you go ahead and post machan

Bingo... take 10 points! yeah, i think it finally occurred to him that nobody was gonna buy that

I meant the phrase before enthusiast.... @ dilesh, looong story machan, just go through this thread from the beginning, see if you can pick up some clues

Yellow Coolant bottle remains in all it's glory though.... and notice the last line of the ad?

Digging this thread up for the second time... does anyone notice anything familiar about this ad? http://www.autolanka.com/ad.asp?ID=5497

Congrats Dillon, shes an absolute beaut!!

Floor is open for anyone who wants to post

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damn! i really am kicking myself for not staying a bit longer! was driving out just as the M3 was arriving but some things you just gotta do i guess..... Congrats MADZ on a really super event