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hesnotthemessiah said:
The man's not wrong! 
Had mine for nearly eight years now. The next longest time for keeping a car was about 14 months (VR6 Corrado) and I've had many, many cars.
OP - Any ideas how much did it cost (just out of interest)?
Short story - back in 2002 I was on a train heading to St. Ives to look at an E36 M3 a dealer had for sale. The E36 was exactly what I was after - red with black leather. However, on arrival at the dealership I saw the E30 in the background and had one of those "I have to have it " moments. Paid £6,500 and drove it home.Had mine for nearly eight years now. The next longest time for keeping a car was about 14 months (VR6 Corrado) and I've had many, many cars.
OP - Any ideas how much did it cost (just out of interest)?
A few issues with cooling and the replacement of the timing chain sorted a few known gremlins.
Ran it for 2 years and sold it via trade for £5,000.
In truth the car needed some bodywork sorting - windscreen base (the bit by the wiper arms) had corroded quit badly and the near side front indicator kept shorting out.
I would love another one.
This would be perfect:
PS I have NO connection with 4 Star Classics - they happen to have cars for sale that I want!
RESSE said:
Short story - back in 2002 I was on a train heading to St. Ives to look at an E36 M3 a dealer had for sale. The E36 was exactly what I was after - red with black leather. However, on arrival at the dealership I saw the E30 in the background and had one of those "I have to have it " moments. Paid £6,500 and drove it home.
A few issues with cooling and the replacement of the timing chain sorted a few known gremlins.
Ran it for 2 years and sold it via trade for £5,000.
In truth the car needed some bodywork sorting - windscreen base (the bit by the wiper arms) had corroded quit badly and the near side front indicator kept shorting out.
I would love another one.
This would be perfect:
PS I have NO connection with 4 Star Classics - they happen to have cars for sale that I want!
Have you got a spare £60,000?A few issues with cooling and the replacement of the timing chain sorted a few known gremlins.
Ran it for 2 years and sold it via trade for £5,000.
In truth the car needed some bodywork sorting - windscreen base (the bit by the wiper arms) had corroded quit badly and the near side front indicator kept shorting out.
I would love another one.
This would be perfect:
PS I have NO connection with 4 Star Classics - they happen to have cars for sale that I want!
Marquis Rex said:
The most recent mod amongst the E30 community is to use the much quicker Z3 1.9 rack as the 325i E30 rack was always rather slow 
That sounds like a bloody good idea, would love to try a right hooker with that rack, would be great fun rowing her along with the dog leg box.I know people (purists and track day hero's) wouldn’t touch a RHD E30 M3 because of all the 'loss of steering feel' etc etc..... But for me, a normal road user whom likes a spirited drive every now and again, the only E30 M3 i would even consider would be a Birds converted RHD car. Hopefully that stigma that they seem to have would make it an E30 M3 that was sensibly priced too?
Thats a nice origional looking M3 you have there.
What year is it? looks like an early one without the wing repeaters.
I'd like to drive a converted one to compare with mine.
I used mine as a daily driver for a few years without any LHD issues appart from the severn bridge tolls, which was a bit awkward if you are on your own.
Look after it cos they're seriously increasing in value.
What year is it? looks like an early one without the wing repeaters.
I'd like to drive a converted one to compare with mine.
I used mine as a daily driver for a few years without any LHD issues appart from the severn bridge tolls, which was a bit awkward if you are on your own.
Look after it cos they're seriously increasing in value.
Pug 1 said:
From memory did the famous Jonny Cecotto ( dubious spelling) have a special M3 named after him?.
It was Johnny Cecotto (he was Venezualan) and there was a special version of the M3 named after him...Sold everywhere except in UK where the same car was called a Ravaglia (after Roberto Ravaglia...an Italian). A total of 505 of both cars were built...25 Ravaglias and the remainder Cecottos. Each has a numbered plaque on the centre console and were only available in 3 colours: Nogaro (silver), Misano (Red) Macao (dark Blue) and interiors were specially trimmed with leather bolsters over cloth or bison leather.
Effectively, they were the same as the 500 Evo2 models except for the interior trim the addition of a catalyst and the re-instatment of the front foglights instead of the brake cooling ducts on the Evo.
There are also an additional 80 (IIRC) Cecottos built for Switzerland that have slightly reduced power and the later Tech 2 steering wheel.
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