I have just been offered a px for a R reg bmw "m3" for my Road legal quad, looks like an m3 but when I did a vehicle check it came back as being a 318is 1.9L. I said to the guy is it a replica and he said no its a 318is 1.9L M3 coupe.

I thought M3's were about 3.0L....

Is there such a thing as what he has?

Thanks Guys

 

No

 

it sounds like its a 318is with the M3 kit on..............

 

LINKY.....
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/2086256.htm

 

you can get a 318is msport had m sport steering wheel side skirts optional spoiler not bumbers though or seat although may of been an option only 3 litre or on a r could have been the newer one which i think is 3.2 mate

 

Quite a few E36 318is's did come with the full M3/M-tech kit, but no they are not a genuine M3.

 

ha ha its a rep mate, is it a 6 pot?

A good rep COULD have the vader seats i suppose, did it have the seats mate?

 

Thats not an M3 mate. 3 series with M bits on, it doesnt have the mirrors, seats 8.5" rear wheels

 

It's a 1896cc 318iS according to the numberplate!

 

they did a 318is that was basicly an m3 without the donkey! it had the lot , slip diff, brakes, interior, bodykit ect, but just not the engine

pete

 

nail on the head still not m3 though

 

it didnt have the M3 Vaders seats, or the wheels either

 

Lol

What do you guys recon its worth then? The only reason I was interested was to sell it on and make some pocket money.

Thank you all for the really fast help, its greatly appreciated!!!

 

Ł500 as a PX

 

M3 - 3.0

M3 EVO - 3.2

the M3 kit was an option though according to a mate who has a 325i, so maybe it had it fitted at the factory, apparently his was ?

 

not all M3's had vaders

 

You can order whatever bits you want when you buy a new bm, my mate had a black 318is that had just about everything M3 bar the engine, all from the factory. My Alpina had M3 mirrors and rear spoiler from the factory.

 

He said its got m3 interior with embrodiary (sp) saying m3... So the talk of vaders were they an option on a genuine m3?
It there anyway of telling if it has an lsd without seeing the car?

Thanks Grant

 

A LOT less than Ł2300 that's for sure!

 

The bloke selling that car sounds like a complete tosser, trying to pass a 318 off as M3.

M3 coupes came with vaders, saloons and convertibles didn't.

 

hahaha what a muppet, I can get a proper M3 for a couple hundred more with less miles on

 

Basically that guy doesn't know what he's got lmao Nice try though lol

 

vaders were fitted to coupes, not 4 door M3's, or cabbys

 

Right due to that and other posts after yours I will leave it, dammed shame it wasent a real one, would of made a heap of cash.
Thought I could still make some money, but probably more hastle trying to sell that on than the quad.

Thank you for your help Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Top effort
Grant

 

Don't bother mate, look shit IMO, the fact that its a rep makes it even worse.

Big-Dan.

 

wheels would worry me streight away

 

its not a rep though is it, all the parts will have been fitted from new.

 

so how does that not make it a rep then?

 

Because its not. Its just got a few items off the options list from new. Its a well speced smaller engined model.

 

If the advert stated m sport and not m3 sport then it would be right.

 

Are you feeling a bit dumb tonight.

It clearly says M3 in the advert NOT M SPORT.

if i buy a focus and ask ford to fit an RS kit on it at the factory for me does that make it an RS????

No

 

ahh you got there before me, Its just a slow night lol

 

Hence the reason I said IF

 

Yes you said IF when you realised you was wrong.

I agree if it said M sport and not M3 then you would be right However you didnt say that when you put this

its not a rep though is it, all the parts will have been fitted from new

 

I was not wrong, it is not a rep. It just had some M sport parts fitted from new.

 

who cares the lot of you stop arguing... lol

weve established that this is a 318is m-sport

we've established that a 318is M-Sport is not the same thing as an M3

what else do we need to discuss? lol

 

Yes Jim, but is it a replica?

 

if it is, it's a bad one... lol

 

Its a replica Jim but not as we know it.

 

it makes me laugh when you see a bmw that might have a set of M sport wheels on, then there is a M badge on the back. This makes me laugh so much. Its like having a 1.6l saff with cossie wheels on then putting a cossie badge on the back.