E30 M3 prices

[Slippydiff]

generationx said:

Christian Loriaux is (or was) the technical director at M-Sport - the "works" Ford WRC and Bentley GT3 team. It's likely someone here will know it.

He has an ex-Bigazzi DTM car too ...

[houlbt]

Rich_W said:

Group A Interior?

cloth...I think

[sim16v]

houlbt said:

cloth...I think

The same early cloth door trim that was left in the GpA cars, but cut around the cage door bars.

[E30M3SE]

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

£49950

[200Plus Club]

Not much of a description lol but looks tidy from a distance

[Deptford Draylons]

I swear if I ever finish rebuilding my red M3, it will be the only one with satin painted sills. No shiney sills ever !

[helix402]

I remember the days of the 5k M3, wasn’t long ago. (Ok, it was really).

I had a boss many years ago who had one. He had a switch to turn the mileage input off to keep the miles down.

[e30m3Mark]

E30M3SE said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

£49950

Some pretty serious rust repairs probably deserve thorough inspection.

[200Plus Club]

helix402 said:

I remember the days of the 5k M3, wasn’t long ago. (Ok, it was really).

I had a boss many years ago who had one. He had a switch to turn the mileage input off to keep the miles down.

I was looking when they were £25-30k for an average car. Missed out on a decent one at £22k.

[Paracetamol]

e30m3Mark said:

Some pretty serious rust repairs probably deserve thorough inspection.

Please can you elaborate?

[Paracetamol]

Deptford Draylons said:

I swear if I ever finish rebuilding my red M3, it will be the only one with satin painted sills. No shiney sills ever !

I am torn on this one. I think my black car would look odd with satin sills..any idea why BMW did this?

[Schermerhorn]

200Plus Club said:

helix402 said:

I remember the days of the 5k M3, wasn’t long ago. (Ok, it was really).

I had a boss many years ago who had one. He had a switch to turn the mileage input off to keep the miles down.

I was looking when they were £25-30k for an average car. Missed out on a decent one at £22k.

Haha, I missed out on one close to home. It was only £6000. It was a complete dog of a car and I looked at it and thought "Who would be dumb enough to buy that?"

[silentbrown]

Paracetamol said:

e30m3Mark said:

Some pretty serious rust repairs probably deserve thorough inspection.

Please can you elaborate?

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

Multiple corrosion-related MOT failures. Fairly impressive deterioration considering it's only 100miles over the last 8 years!

[e30m3Mark]

Paracetamol said:

Deptford Draylons said:

I swear if I ever finish rebuilding my red M3, it will be the only one with satin painted sills. No shiney sills ever !

I am torn on this one. I think my black car would look odd with satin sills..any idea why BMW did this?

My 2nd diamond black M3 had the correct satin sills and it does actually work pretty well.

[Deptford Draylons]

e30m3Mark said:

Paracetamol said:

Deptford Draylons said:

I swear if I ever finish rebuilding my red M3, it will be the only one with satin painted sills. No shiny sills ever !

I am torn on this one. I think my black car would look odd with satin sills..any idea why BMW did this?

My 2nd diamond black M3 had the correct satin sills and it does actually work pretty well.

I like, just a looks thing I guess.


That red car also has annoyingly shiny black bumper tape too.

[e30m3Mark]

Deptford Draylons said:

That red car also has annoyingly shiny black bumper tape too.

Agree, that does look pretty nasty.

[George Smiley]

helix402 said:

I remember the days of the 5k M3, wasn’t long ago. (Ok, it was really).

I had a boss many years ago who had one. He had a switch to turn the mileage input off to keep the miles down.

2004 had the choice of a uk e30 for spare change, why would I want a crappy old 3 series when I could have a shiney new 350z for a lot more money?

At the same time i turned my nose up at a crappy old 993 and why would I even consider a nsx?

Still, the 350 was fun for a year :'(

[irish boy]

I had a 30k mile evo sport 2.5 around 2004 ish. Sold it the owner of the shell garage in my village for 12k which seemed like a fortune then.



He still has it. Only done about 5k miles since. Not sure he really realises what he has despite me hinting to it every time I fill up.

[Yil]

I am having my europameister 88 lightly restored. My sills should be satin shouldn't they.?
Good sources of parts would be greatly appreciated.

[helix402]

BMW have a classic spares dept.