Any E36 M3 Convertibles for sale ?

[mboon]

No they cannot, he was going to register it as a Kit car or something. I cannot remember how he was going to do it but the car had to be taken over in bits to do what he wanted rather than as a whole, maybe avoid import tax or something. No idea. It is such a shame as he spent a fortune on it before he even shipped the car (genuine CSL wheels, big AP front brakes, evolve remap, exhaust, expensive induction etc)

[Paddymcc]

Total loss said:

Probably unfortunately not, having been watching the market for 3+ months now, I have seen 2 MOT'd fully working Evo convertibles for sale, sold, & within a week being broken for spares. With Evo engines fetching £3/3.5k you can see why £4/4.5k cars are worth more in parts

jeepers never realised the engines were worth that much!

I've an evo engine sitting in an e34 touring for sale with not a whole pile of interest at not much more than that price!

[Schermerhorn]

I have seen one for sale but has 13 owners to its name! Should I avoid or give it a chance?

[carreauchompeur]

Schermerhorn said:

I have seen one for sale but has 13 owners to its name! Should I avoid or give it a chance?

Not the greatest of histories. But not necessarily a deal breaker. It's not a techno violet s reg though is it?

[Schermerhorn]

carreauchompeur said:

Schermerhorn said:

I have seen one for sale but has 13 owners to its name! Should I avoid or give it a chance?

Not the greatest of histories. But not necessarily a deal breaker. It's not a techno violet s reg though is it?

No Estoril Blue. As we speak I am there now in Watford waiting for him at a petrol station to turn up.

What a stty journey here. Hope I never have to come back here!

[TheLordJohn]

Why aren't you at his house?
Best of luck, but sounds like I'd avoid like the bubonic...

[Vixpy1]

That might be the one thats been a track car and is missing the vanos..

[carreauchompeur]

Sounds like a clusterfk. If you buy, buy cheap, like my first one.

[Schermerhorn]

Had a look at the car.

Bought it on the VERY cheap.

Has some issues....thankfully VANOS is OK with no mechanical rattle etc. The issuss are all cheap to fix (some bulbs , drop link, brake pipe etc). Anything else and I'll get it on the ramps at work and have a nosey.

Got STACKS of paperwork with it which is nice to see. Needs a polish but no paint damage so I may end up keeping this if I end up liking it.

And now I have 4 cars....An Audi A4 B6 Avant, BMW M6 V10, A 600BHP Supra and now an M3 Evo convertible.

My wife is going to flip when she finds out.

[TheLordJohn]

If you can afford an M6 and 600 brake Supra, I'm sure the money to buy the parts you'll need won't even make a difference to your bank account! Lol,

Enjoy it!

[Schermerhorn]

TheLordJohn said:

If you can afford an M6 and 600 brake Supra, I'm sure the money to buy the parts you'll need won't even make a difference to your bank account! Lol,

Enjoy it!

I've parked (ie hidden) it at my mates house while I talk the missus around.

Will replace both lambda sensors as it came up on my diagnostic machine as it runs abit 'rich' at the moment.

Perhaps an oil service too.

The gearstick is abit floppy so I'll replace the linkage and maybe get a short shift set up fitted.

Other things like bulbs and links will get replaced at the same time.

The rear windscreen is plastic and quite badly faded so I may replace that or get it polished up.

Will swap to the regular 17" wheels as these Schnitzer wheels are very noisy at speed and transmit all sorts of bumps and rattles into the cabin.

Other than that - it's a beauty!



Such a simple peace of engineering compared to my M6.

[Shaoxter]

Looks nice, agree it would look better with some OEM Motorsport alloys.

Can you tell us how cheap is very cheap?

[Total loss]

Schermerhorn said:

Other than that - it's a beauty!



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Is that ## XYY or ## XXY ? something like that

[Schermerhorn]

Paid £3600 for it.

Got offered £6000 by mates neighbour.

If I put some time and money into it I could get a really decent return on it.

[carreauchompeur]

£3600 is cheap enough not to lose your shirt, well done.

Looks decent enough but needs some OEM wheels I reckon, should be able to sell those for a bit of cash.

[S3_Graham]

id agree with that. There was a thread on cutters last month where we were all chucking reg's into We buy any car, averaged £4-5000...

carreauchompeur, yours is incredibly nice. best colour combo! You shouldnt struggle to sell it!

[carreauchompeur]

S3_Graham said:

id agree with that. There was a thread on cutters last month where we were all chucking reg's into We buy any car, averaged £4-5000...

carreauchompeur, yours is incredibly nice. best colour combo! You shouldnt struggle to sell it!

Thanks so much... It's really nice and makes up for the thousands it's cost me. Seriously considering just storing it whilst I'm away... Think I might regret selling!

[S3_Graham]

carreauchompeur said:

S3_Graham said:

id agree with that. There was a thread on cutters last month where we were all chucking reg's into We buy any car, averaged £4-5000...

carreauchompeur, yours is incredibly nice. best colour combo! You shouldnt struggle to sell it!

Thanks so much... It's really nice and makes up for the thousands it's cost me. Seriously considering just storing it whilst I'm away... Think I might regret selling!

Have fired you a PM dude. Just wondering, what makes your car an Evolution II? over a straight evo?

[Vixpy1]

carreauchompeur said:

S3_Graham said:

id agree with that. There was a thread on cutters last month where we were all chucking reg's into We buy any car, averaged £4-5000...

carreauchompeur, yours is incredibly nice. best colour combo! You shouldnt struggle to sell it!

Thanks so much... It's really nice and makes up for the thousands it's cost me. Seriously considering just storing it whilst I'm away... Think I might regret selling!

Sure i saw the ad, now can't find the ad, give us a clue

[carreauchompeur]

S3_Graham said:

Have fired you a PM dude. Just wondering, what makes your car an Evolution II? over a straight evo?

Haven't got a clue to be honest! I'm sure it is on a document somewhere. Might just be a slight revision, it's a Sept 99 car which is one of the last ones.