The worst BMW’s ever......

Dbanbery, trust me...IVE SHOPPED AROUND! EVERYWHERE! haha.

I have no idea what you found under the rear parcel shelf.....small rodents? ancient manuscript? Alpine badges? (Now i'm just being sarcastic)

Dont know, tell me

yeh ill look into donnington... although if its a track day its not really worth taking my e30..... unless i get the taste for some RWD sideways action!!

scott... ill try that autosol stuff, and ill get you the number fro the insurance..... the best thing to do tho is to shop around............ when i was looking at insurance i bought a max power (i know) and went through the insurance section, starting on the big adverts and goin down in siz like that.... you find the smaller ad insuracne companies tend to better the price you got before, and if you play a couple off against each other, you come out on top.....

the only things im doin to mine as far as modification goes is to rip out the leccy windows and central lockin out of an e30 at a scrappy and put it in mine, along with foglights and maybe a little black std spoiler...... all you can see stereowise in my car is the set of alpine 6x9s on the back..... ill give you 3 guesses what i found underneath the parcel shelf when i was fitting them......... go on............... gimme a guess....

both mine and my mothers still has the full tool kit etc, but the torches got used for other stuff...maybe like walking the dog! Idiots! I can appriciate and respect your situation with an '86 BMW.......to find one in Original condition, unmolested is a miracle, let alone a rareity, so lots of respect to you for keeping the look of the car true to the designers artwork!!!!

I cant say ANYTHING regarding the sound system - im looking to put Alpine stuff in my BMW - Head unit, multichanger, and new speakers coz the 15 year old ones in mine have seen MUCH better days!... i only have one baseball cap too, and i only wear that when i play golf!

Mine will end up mint too and i'll keep any parts i change, coz if i die or whatever (it happens) the next owner might want it with original 15" cross spokes instead of 17" Alpinas (as example). The engine is also mint and sounds purrrfect.

I agree with the 'pimp wagon' comments....all that chrome! Try a product called "Autosol"....brings up chrome fantastically- use it on the bumpers of my dads 1975 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 - chrome EVERYWHERE!

I dont agree with the move to a 535, but thats just my personal taste, but respect to you for having your own opinion. Could I be cheekey and ask if you could send those company names with an internet website name or phone number please? coz if the company that did your insurance does the same to mine, i will be a VERY, VERY, VERY happy bunny!

im restoring mine.... its got FSH but the last 4 years the owners let it slip a bit.... it still has the full BMW tool kit  in it tho!!!! i dont wanna do anythin to it in the way of mods cos it will fetch more without (you dont get many 1986 bmws anymore) plus the fact it has aircon and leather... which are rare attributes.... i have put a stereo in it tho....... got given a pioneer head unit with 6disk changer and flip down pull off face... also given a kenwood 10' sub with port...... i know i know its really for the corsa boys... but the sound is quality.... and i dont wear baseball caps......very often...... mines gonna end up as close to mint as i can get it without spending stupid money..... the engines mint with no rattles or clatters.... the drivetrain is good too, altho i think i may need some rear axle bushes soon...... it would spoil the look of it if i was to stick huge alloys on it etc.... its a classic with all the chrome... my friends call it "the pimp wagon" its only been mine for 2 months... hopefully my next one is a M535i or a 323i.... that would be proper bo... also... my quote with adrian flux was £1700.... i then went to DNA and got them down to 1600... then sharp (who aparrently are 19yr old specialists) which is what im with now..... £400 deposit and then £129.80 a month or summat silly... im hopin next year it will drop quite sharply, assuming i get my NCB

tooooooooooooooo long

I'm in South-West Wales (Carmarthen, end of the M4 plus 13 miles). Ive literally JUST GOT the car. This is my first E30 too, but my mother has a 318 and ive driven that loads before. I was supposed to have that 318 when i passed my test because it was promised to me when i was 9 years old (yes i have been serious about E30's since then!)

£1550 for TPFT with no NCB is pretty good! Tesco's quoted me £1894 for this 325i SE with no mods on my own name Full Comp with 1.5yrs NCB, but i have mods (even though they are slight-Spax Adjustables,which lowers the car about 15mm....15mm!!!!! doesnt look any different to me! but it does handle better-VERY STIFF! and a Green Air Intake which takes the car to 191bhp) so I need to try elsewhere. When you re-new your insurance try a link from THIS WEB SITE... Adrian Flux....they told me my insurance would be closer to £1300-1400 WITH MODS DECLAIRED! RESULT!!!!

Have you done much to the car? My beloved Beemer wont have a bodykit unless it adds aerodynamic advantage or makes it handle better. Since my Beemer is NOT an F16 fighter plane, i figure it doesnt need a huge wing,  nor afterburners (to light up the Combat-kitted-Corsa that scrapes the floor behind me at the traffic lights!) but i AM thinking about a set of Alpinas with 205/40/17 rubber because they are true BMW alloys and they do look SO, SO FINE! 

Would be nice to hear another 'youngsters' future plans for the car-of-choice, as most of my friends dont see the point of selling my current car to buy an older one. (I also have a 7 month old clio DCi, but i need something with a bigger boot......does anyone want a clio for their wife to do the shopping in????)

dbanbery, its ME thats the 19 yr old, not sohlman. not being picky or pedantic, but just to let you know.

Nice to meet you too by the way!!!!

(E30 1989 325i SE 2door, Dolphin Grey, 205/50/15....no leather though!....... "Dear Santa........! "   )

SCOTT325SE wrote: As a 19 year old, i find myself constantly (and unfairly) associated with the Nova/Corsa/Renault 5 brigade........      I would therefore like to appologise for the visual pollution that my fellow youth create for all other road users to see (like 2-foot high rear wings, 6-inch exhaust systems that deafen passing dogs, and RIDICULOUS body kits that create so much drag that they suck your jacket off your back at 40 yards)   - clowns! Please accept my appologies and total embarrassment  on behalf of the guilty parties as they cast a shadow of shame over all young,honest enthusiasts like myself.

Amen

Found this web site that was listed in another forum, which list BMW mistakes.  I hope that no one from here has there car featured. Some are amusing, others will make you cry.

http://www.jimmy540i.com/bmwnightmare.htm

Some truly funny BMW and BMW wanabee's