RE: SOTW: BMW 325i Touring

[wid77]

B'stard Child said:

Doesn't look good

The vehicle details for F56 NCE are:
Date of Liability 22 06 2011
Date of First Registration 10 08 1988
Year of Manufacture 1988
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2494cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker Y
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
This vehicle can be licensed at a DVLA Local Office without the V5C Registration Certificate
Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle

ETA - didn't spot the export marker so I'd guess it's probably making curly marks in T junctions across the other side of the muddy ditch

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 22 June 20:45

Thanks for checking. Excuse my ignorance but does that mean it's been exported then?

[405dogvan]

This thread reminded me that a nice E30 has always been on my list of cars I'd like to own and as values will now be climbing I can't afford to wait much longer.

So I did a search and I found this

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3729182.htm

yes that

and also this

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3948883.htm

I mean...

and then there's

http://pistonheads.com/sales/3986624.htm

Palm Face Interface??

erm - otherwise there's a lot of molested cars - some seriously molested cabrios and - erm - oh dear...

[Bogracer]

Cool eurolook car, like want

[Hellbound]

georgezippy said:

B'stard Child said:

The vehicle details for F905 NNJ are:
Date of Liability 21 09 2009
Date of First Registration 26 05 1989
Year of Manufacture 1989
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2494cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker Y
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 22 June 20:45

I used to own F905NNJ too. Nice rapid thing but I bought it for whizzing up motorways and found it undergeared and consequently a bit thirsty. It pulled the same revs at 70 as my 1.5 Mk1 Golf with less than half the power.
That's the second car in a row I've sold that's ended up exported, before that I had a Sierra 2.0iS that went to Ireland. Is it the rear drive thing?
Am considering an E36 328i touring as I think thay have a taller final drive + more efficient engine.
....or a Jaaaaaaag....

Here she is being picked up. From what I know they either didn't sell the E30 325i Touring in HK or they're very rare, hence why mine was bought along with another chaps Touring on the E30Zone.



I'm looking at E36 328i Touring's too, but recently a neighbour bought an E46 330i Sport Touring and it sounds great. I'm not a fan of the E46 (apart from the M3), but his car has slowly grown on me.

Edited by Hellbound on Saturday 23 June 01:21

[will261058]

Great old car and that M20 is as sweet as they come. Always thought the Touring looked particularly good too!

[Kawasicki]

300bhp/ton said:

Kawasicki said:

semi trailing rear suspension....death on a stick

Only if you can't drive for toffee.

i read about it in evo, it must be true

[Bezza1969]

Sorry, these are too old now, my £750 would go on an E36 328i, which is a far superior and more modern car IMHO - and there are quite a few around just now, tempting me very much!!

[Bmw325i]

Ran one of these for about 5 years, longest i've ever kept a car. Loved it, but it was a diamond black manual, low miler with black leather, sports seats & a/c. K539SKK where are you now?
TOP SHED!!

[B'stard Child]

wid77 said:

B'stard Child said:

Doesn't look good

The vehicle details for F56 NCE are:
Date of Liability 22 06 2011
Date of First Registration 10 08 1988
Year of Manufacture 1988
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2494cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker Y
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
This vehicle can be licensed at a DVLA Local Office without the V5C Registration Certificate
Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle

ETA - didn't spot the export marker so I'd guess it's probably making curly marks in T junctions across the other side of the muddy ditch

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 22 June 20:45

Thanks for checking. Excuse my ignorance but does that mean it's been exported then?

It's left the country - being RWD and cheap - Southern Ireland would be a good guess although it could have gone anywhere in the world

[s m]

Bezza1969 said:

Sorry, these are too old now, my £750 would go on an E36 328i, which is a far superior and more modern car IMHO - and there are quite a few around just now, tempting me very much!!

Certainly go well and even quicker for another 20bhp!

[wid77]

B'stard Child said:

It's left the country - being RWD and cheap - Southern Ireland would be a good guess although it could have gone anywhere in the world

Where I used to live their we're quite a few eastern Europeans especially Polish who used to ask me if I was selling so maybe it's headed that way?

[B'stard Child]

wid77 said:

B'stard Child said:

It's left the country - being RWD and cheap - Southern Ireland would be a good guess although it could have gone anywhere in the world

Where I used to live their we're quite a few eastern Europeans especially Polish who used to ask me if I was selling so maybe it's headed that way?

Yep either way it's left the building

[405dogvan]

Hellbound said:

Have you posted that in the number plate thread - probably the best plate on a recovery vehicle EVER!?

[castex]

Great cars!

[Hellbound]

405dogvan said:

Hellbound said:

Have you posted that in the number plate thread - probably the best plate on a recovery vehicle EVER!?

Feel free to put it up. I remember the driver telling me he'd just come back from Holland where he'd dropped off an AC Cobra. Guess my little touring wasn't that exciting.

[Contigo]

I really don't see the fascination with an old BMW that just looks so bad. If I asked the Mrs to drive one of these should would throw a proper strop. I like old cars and that but this has the styling of a shed and I suppose it fits the title of this thread.

[HeatonNorris]

Bezza1969 said:

Sorry, these are too old now, my £750 would go on an E36 328i, which is a far superior and more modern car IMHO - and there are quite a few around just now, tempting me very much!!

E36s were the low point for BMW.

Shoddy build, poor quality materials and rusted like an Ford.

I'd have an E30 over an E36 every time.

[thirsty]

Good one. Pricey parts though when something goes wrong

[interloper]

Contigo said:

I really don't see the fascination with an old BMW that just looks so bad. If I asked the Mrs to drive one of these should would throw a proper strop. I like old cars and that but this has the styling of a shed and I suppose it fits the title of this thread.

I guess they sit in that awkward space looking a bit old, rather than properly old fashioned, personally I like the boxy looks but each to there own. The real fascination with old BMWs revolves around how they drive and in my case how easy they are to work on. An Eighties six cylinder BMW is a completely different animal to a hot hatch from the same period, not better or worse per se but different and different is good!

[DaveL485]

NickGibbs said:

SprintSpeciale said:

For £750 you could probably get an hour (possibly two, if you haggle) with one of Max Moseley's special friends. You get to choose the time and place of the event, your instrument of choice, and the scars will heal in a week or so.

Clearly, some people reach the stage where that type of masochism is too safe and predictable - they need their pain to arrive unexpectedly, in an unforeseen manner, and to leave a lasting legacy of hurt. But they don't want to spend more than a grand.

For them, there's Shed.

Arf!

As a Renault Turbo fan, I relate to this