My BMW 325ti

[stepmeek]

Recently decided I wanted a cheap weekend car, I have a family car and a van I drive regularly so all I was after was something fun, reasonably cheap to run and cheap to buy. I initially looked at EP3 type r's and clio 182's but the clio didn't really do it for me and as much as I like the type R it was difficult to find a good one for under 4-5 grand.

Came across the 325 compact on here and after reading into them it seemed to fit the bill. I had been looking online for a while and had went and looked at one which turned out to be a bit of a mess. After posting on the 325ti thread on here I was contacted by another member (thanks Ken) who knew someone who was thinking of selling. The car was only 40 mins from me so I went and had a look and liked it, it does need a fair bit of tidying up and the service history isn't what I would usually go for in a car but the mileage is low and the seller seemed honest, he carried out a lot of servicing himself so hopefully the car proves to be reliable. Spec wise its an M sport model with a 5 speed manual gearbox. It has cruise control, xenons, heated seats, sunroof, leather interior, parking sensors and auto dimming mirror, not a bad spec list for a car that cost me just over 2 grand. The interior is in good condition and the car drives well, the engine is a peach.

Things I plan to do: paint the front bumper, new licence plates, new badges, new tyres and wheel refurb, vanos kit replacement, fit updated rear lights, have a look at parking sensor fault (beep constantly when in reverse), new stereo (current one has a terrible radio signal). Here's some pictures, will update as I get things done but progress will be slow!

[stepmeek]

Thanks. They seem t be flavour of the month on here at the minute, just noticed the top three of four threads are 325ti's!

[stepmeek]

Hi Ken, yes to be fair I have got a bit of a bargain, they are hard to come by especially with that mileage. Already spent a few hundred today booked into the bodyshop and updated rear lights picked up. Tell him thanks again, its a great car and I will look after it. He can have a look on here in a few months and see how its getting on.

Cheers

[stepmeek]

Very nice mate, I have never liked red cars but it suits the shape of the compact I think. Thanks for the info, I'll have a look at the aerial. Got a few things I want to work through anyway, it seems to judder in lower gears which may be the vanos from what I have read. Going to order a repair kit and will be my first job when I return from work.

[stepmeek]

I'm really not sure to be honest. it does say "business" on the stereo, is yours the same? Not quite got my head round the auto dimming mirror either. Does anyone know how to check the spec/history of your car through BMW? I am sure I have seen a link before that gave you details of who built it, exact spec etc?

[stepmeek]

that's exactly what I was after, thanks

[stepmeek]

The only extra I can see is "S676 HiFi speaker system" I assume its some sort of speaker upgrade as mentioned before. Will get out and test it with a CD when I am home, but it definitely seems like the original owner didn't hold back with the upgrades

[stepmeek]

it Does seem strange having the upgraded speakers but not the cd changer, I will most likely change the head unit anyway so not a big issue.

I have just received my new set of wheels so if anyone is interested send me a PM, the 17" original alloys you can see in the picture are for sale.

This is my current project which is keeping me from the BMW; an 18 cylinder twin turbo lump with approx 7000 bhp!

Edited by stepmeek on Monday 7th September 22:23

Edited by stepmeek on Monday 7th September 22:24