biglee

what you lovely people think about these motors??

i have a ST24 with 225hp at the min and had enuf of it

thinkin i want an M3 94-95 ish, drove my mates and it was superb...

Anonymous

not for a runaround mate!

volvo t5 for day-day :P

S3an

at that age it wont be a 3.2L one just the normal 3.0L one

jaiscossie

the 3.0 one is the one to go for as you dont have the vanos unit to worry about which always tend to fail on the evos

MILLSY-MAX

Solid, fun, good looking and really reliable if looked after. Aslong as you can afford the petrol, won't worry about leaving it parked places and can keep up the servicing then go for it.

biglee

yea, i wasnt looking for a 3.2 as they are a tad out of the price range...

but the 3.0 was the one i was thinkin of..

thanks for the advice people..

carlo

iTrader: (4)

I had one for a year and a half & put 23k on it with only routine servicing & tyres great car & the rear diff is amazing for a bit of fun..They are at a very affordable price now too

biglee

goin to look at one today....

4100 quid...

3 owners,91K , full service ect...1994.

DAKAR YELLOW......get in...

carlo

iTrader: (4)

They are good cars i work at a bmw dealership & most of them you see now are getting right rough but in i the west coast of scotland & being so close to the sea dosent help any car ..

smudgerz

I swoped my cossie (which wa my day to day driver) for my m3. Top cars. I have had it for nearly a year and a half and the only thing i have had to spend on it are servicing and back tyres! Great as a everyday car, fuel is around 20 mpg around town and 30+ on a long run.

If you need any more info, just ask!

Smudge

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Have an early m3 evo,as every day car,140k mls on the clock and mint,car looks 50k,never had vanos issues,would recomend to any body

cheeRS stu

Jim Galbally

i use mine as an everyday car and it doesnt really fit the role that well... lol

thirsty bastards thats for sure, and with the way it elivers it's pwer you really need to let it strech its legs to get the most out of it, and so anywhere in town you'll be wasting it, youd probably make quicker progress in a turbo derv with nice midrange torque.

i LOVE taking mine for a blast at weekends and getting to open her up a bit, but i when i'm stuck in a traffic jam i can't help thinking that there are much cheaper places to sit, plus it's depressing having all that potential in a car, and not getting to use it properly

essex_jamie

i have a m3 3.0 convertible everyday car done 105,000 miles a superb car feels solid looks good as standard and is quite quick, just service it and you'll be fine the 3.0ltr apparently is the one to go for but i only got the 3.0ltr as it come up at the right time!
Just make sure its a genuine m3 as alot of the 328 sports come with m-tec kits factory fitted!!

xr2i-carl

i looked at two e36 evos previously, both were dogs this was 12 month ago,

one was for 9k another 7k, wouldnt touch witha barge pole. were shitter than coupla saffs i saw the same week and we all know how old the saffs are

Jim Galbally

same with any car really tho carl

i looked at 2x 5k 3.0s, the one i bought, and anther one that was in "good" condition

xr2i-carl

yeah your right mate, i just honestly thought there would be many many good examples of these cars, how wrong i was...

essex_jamie

im sure theres planty of good ones and plenty of bad ones

COSSIE 1

My avus blue 95 ///m3 3.0ltr was a gorgous motor had the gt engine fitted,schnitzer cams,worked head,supersprint manifolds,full scorpion system with supersprint decat,custom mapped,gra a carbon fibre induction kit, put out around 326bhp..and the induction roar was awesome ....coilovers and 19"breyton visions...custom carbon fibre interior schnitzer carbon strutbraces front and rear,fully retrimmed interior and bmw rebuilt seats.......was absolutly mint..and i was turning into a bit of a cleanaholic id drive 10 miles and spend 3 days cleaning it ... never drove in the rain and never parked it anywhere was just always sat in the garage ..when i sold it the car had 26 layers of polish on it the bloke walked into the garage and said he'd buy it straightaway
...They are lovely cars that are very reliable and dont do that bad fuel wise 30mpg ish on a long run ....enjoy.....

xr2i-carl

love your old motor

COSSIE 1

cheers mate was a lovely car had it 3.5 years and spent £22k on it .....but had to move on as never drove it

Diamonds.

iTrader: (2)

love em

COMEDY DAN

Agreed.

Great words from someone with experience rather than guessing.

Thoms

As said, if you can afford the fuel and insurance they're a great everyday car

essex_jamie

there not expensive on fuel or insurance really fuel is pretty good if you not lead footed all the time
insurance is ok im 24 and its not bad at all cheaper then my cossie was

COMEDY DAN

PAULPALMEr lovin the front splitter on your car.

Where does it come from?

essex_jamie

Comedy Dan:
he has the evo lower lip with the GT spoiler on the front end!!
Its oem as its of the M3 GT edition quite a rare car

WD Pro

I liked mine but it gave me some grief

I have posted pictures on here in the past

xr2i-carl

what grief mate? more unreliable than the cossie?

WD Pro

I have had the cossie for 11 years, six of them it only came out a few times but the others it has been used daily (as it is now).

It now has 86k on it

Excluding modifying a few bits (exhaust, suspension etc) and maintenance items (in which I include batteries, tyres and brakes) it has needed :

• A front shaft.
• A front wheel bearing.
• New followers.

I had the M3 for 2.5 years and applying the same rules it had :

• Rear top mounts.
• Rear trailing arm bushes.
• Rear exhaust hangers.
• Small engine oil leak.
• Small power steering fluid leak.
• Heated mirror lenses (both).
• Vanos.

And then it snapped it cam needing around 8.5k (main stealer prices) to fix it - there are some photos on here of it.

The car had BMW warranty so it didn’t actually cost me but it would have killed me without it

Having said that I did really like the car (and was sad to see it go) but you would have needed deep pockets to run my particular example …

Perhaps I had a ‘bad’ one but you could never say it was a dog :









For reference (on its condition) I sold it in March 06 with 57K on the clock for 11K - to the first guy that viewed it

Would I have another ? Yes – but it would have to be cheap enough for me to take the risk of the big bills …

WD

Jim Galbally

same with anything soughtafter tho...

if you blow and engine ona 1.1HCS fiesta you can get an engine for 50quid from the scrapper

do an engine in a cossie or M3? get the credit card out

supply and demand....

WD Pro

True

The RS badge just gives the dealer an excuse to reach for the ky, the M badge means your getting it dry

xr2i-carl

PMSL

wot year was she? techno or daytona violet

WD Pro

R - 98 - Techno.

I 'Think' daytona was only on 3.0 and techno on the 3.2's

I looked for either techno or estoril both are