The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)

[Output Flange]

Of the RHD cars, an Evo with decent spec will be the one to have (ignoring the Imola cars).

[melvster]

anonymous said:

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Just looked in my copy of this mag.....



3.0 is 29k units, 3.2 41k units.

[Justayellowbadge]

This has to be one of the most thread sales I can recall.

I think almost every fetish is covered.

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca-april-2015...

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Justayellowbadge said:

This has to be one of the most thread sales I can recall.

I think almost every fetish is covered.

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca-april-2015...

I am absolutely not, in any way, registered for that. Not me. Nope.

[L100NYY]

Not much is really jumping out at me in that auction tbh, the Barchetta could be interesting if it's cheap enough and the Williams looks okay.

[S3_Graham]

anonymous said:

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im laughing then

BK92 (ECE-spec convertible, RHD): 2,107 produced from 02/1996 through 07/1999

[bmthnick1981]

Be interesting to see if the written off and repaired 560 SEC with 140k makes up to £5k.

[sleep envy]

Is it just me or are used car prices holding firm?

Having been following stuff like S4 avant, 330/5 touring, cayenne, touareg, etc and there's no real softening in prices.

[W00DY]

sleep envy said:

Is it just me or are used car prices holding firm?

Having been following stuff like S4 avant, 330/5 touring, cayenne, touareg, etc and there's no real softening in prices.

£5-10k German stuff hasn't gone anywhere for quite a while. Where's my choice of decent £5k CLSs or a £3.5k 130i? How Audi A3 3.2s are still commanding as much as they do is anyone's guess.

[sleep envy]

All the good value £10-15k cars vanished in March.

[t4thomas]

W00DY said:

Loon doesn't have a patent on the Rallye love! I want one very badly and that looks ace.

Sssh... I bought this one!

[W00DY]

t4thomas said:

W00DY said:

Loon doesn't have a patent on the Rallye love! I want one very badly and that looks ace.

Sssh... I bought this one!

Congratulations.

[4941cc]

melvster said:

anonymous said:

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Just looked in my copy of this mag.....



3.0 is 29k units, 3.2 41k units.

Those totals include LHD North American M3s, cmoose quoted Euro spec LHD & RHD numbers. NA M3 3.0s feature the 240PS 3.0 version of the S50 and there were also some RHD Saffa ones built up from kits (to get around import taxes IIRC).

[t4thomas]

W00DY said:

Congratulations.

Thanks.

It wasn't as perfect as I had hoped, but it's an example worthy of sympathetic restoration. Has genuinely been in the same family all it's life, with paperwork to support servicing at the local Peugeot dealer for 22 years!

It's in the garage today for a cylinder head overhaul and cambelt renewal. Then it will be off to the bodyshop to tidy up the tailgate and drivers door, before refurb of steelies and a spot of home detailing.

I can't wait to errr... Drive it.

[4941cc]

Looking bloody lovely on the standard wheels: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

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4941cc said:

NA M3 3.0s feature the 240PS 3.0 version of the S50

That's generous. I'd call it a 240PS 3.0 version of the M52.

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L100NYY said:

Not much is really jumping out at me in that auction tbh, the Barchetta could be interesting if it's cheap enough and the Williams looks okay.

It interests me to see whether most of those cars make anywhere near their estimates. As said, there's nothing cheap listed, so I'm interested to see whether the market is where they think it is.

[4941cc]

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4941cc said:

NA M3 3.0s feature the 240PS 3.0 version of the S50

That's generous. I'd call it a 240PS 3.0 version of the M52.

There was an S52 for NA too, 3.2l but power unchanged at 240PS when in Europe the 3.0 (S50 B30) became the Evo (S50 B32), non?

All befuddling, the main point being that it was fairer to compare the relative rarities of ECE spec M3s rather than the overall totals which included the Septic anomalies.

[W00DY]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E36-M3-RARE-4-DOOR-S...

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I thought the same.