Mike Rainbird

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Look at the sort of money good ones fetch !

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/514405.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/518733.htm

Dan

Stunning cars!

The Red one is the about the same value of his 3dr, just better looking and cleaner!

rssteve

are they actually sold at that price then?

Charlie Chalk

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LOL

I do love an E30 M3, See one the other day which was nice, In grey too

Kelv

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Stunning cars, and as youve highlighted - still demanding a healthy price tag if in top condition.

i wouldnt mind the red one

bud-weis

gorgeous gorgeous cars, but i can't help thinking at that price they'd be a let down

Porkie

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stunning looking, and always loved them from the touring car days...

Sean bought one and it somehow ended up that I had it for a few months.

it was PONY

I was gutted...

felt old slow and wank... looked cool though

xr4x4rs

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dont they have leather as standard, as the inside of that red one looks like a 318 interior could be wrong

i know the one my mate bought had full leather etc, some proper wide deep dish alloys, took some getting use to he said due to lhd and dog box, but still managed to get the car to perform, shame we sold it

carlo

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Have driven a few at work & they arent quick as lee said & very slow..Would have ryans 3 door 10 times over before i had one..If it had a E46 engine in it i might be tempted

Dan

I've seen them about with the E36 M3 Evo engine's in them too!

charlie luciano

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Sour crout crap, never been found of BM's


Luciano

carlo

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For a good ringtool i would have a ZMcoupe same rear end set up as the e30 bmw with a far better engine

Stavros

Like BM's but I thought every E30 M3 ive driven, inc 2 with aftermarket managment etc etc, sucked ball.

Well they didnt, but the way people wank all over them youd think theyd be super amazing. They not.

Prefer the E36 M3 TBH.

bud-weis

agree totally....they feel so so dated!!

E36 M3's are cheap as chips now, shame insurance is still a cunt otherwise they'd be a decent runaround.

Mike Rainbird

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The red one is sold .

Mike1

See quite a few round here because Moseleys is just down the road. I'd like one as a third car but after trying them I prefer the Sapphire.
My friend had one and tbh a 328i was nearly as quick

RC4

its not about speed in the e30 ,its a classic same as the mk2 rs2000,they will always fetch good money,reasonably fast car at the time they where launched my mate has this one

Kelv

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RC4 - your mate has a gorgeous looking example there

Porkie

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TOTALLY!

E36 M3 is a very underated car... and the E30 is soooooooooooo overated!

JonnyBravo

A friend of mine owns a nice M3 :











Sadly it got hit by a drink driver last year so its currently being rebuilt, it wasn't far off standard power but the handling was crisp, it has a 3.9:1 diff in it too which makes it feel much more lively.

lamb chops

very nice, was thinking of buying one when i got my first cossie, they have really gone up in value as 8K used to get you a real nice one!!

Steven_RW

If u had one with a touring car spec engine in it, I bet it would be amazing

RW

Ryan

cheers mike

awesome pieces of history, as everyone has said, very slow compared with what were used to, but very quick in there own right.

Can't believe some are the same value as my 3dr, with twice the mileage

they really do command strong money at the moment.

Deano

I cant believe how much they are selling for , and have been for such a long time now !

Nice cars with pedigree just like the RS500 but nowhere near as exclusive especially as you have the Cecotto , Ravaglia , EVO 1 , 2 and Sport variants .

Im sure the Red one with the Black rims is a Cecotto

Mr S1

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You can poke your E46's and CSL's - these are the only M3's to have.

Martin-Hadland

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Agreed !! I had a go in Seans car too, one of the slowest cars I have driven..

rapidcossie

Mike, if you got one you could get Alan to turbo it

Deano

Granted theyre going to be slow , a standard M3 was only 215 hp when new ! so what they are after 15 years is anyones guess , even the EVO Sport 2.5 was only 230 Hp .

But thats not why people buy these cars now is it ?

James-W

How do you come to that conclusion?
CSL's look better, are better handling, and a lot faster :S

Steven_RW

were they slow in full touring car spec?

RW

rapidcossie

heres one they made earlier albeit in a 5 series.

Deano

Well I think the RS500`s killed them everytime

Deano

Likewise , however I dont think they justify the price they seem to currently command nor do I think Intergrale EVOs are worth their current market value , these cars seem depreciation bomb proof .

And fuck knows whats going on with AE86 Corrolla`s ! Looking on piston heads those Irish lads must be joking !

I remember before they became known as drift icons you could buy them for sub Ł500 ! , nowadays your lucky if you spy one sub Ł5K

Steven_RW

U would hope so too with a muckle great big turbo on. I was wondering what bhp they made in race form, not a comparison to a totally different motor

RW

EIL132

The black one in the second ad is very similar to one I was offered 3 years ago.....for 5k

Agree about being over rated, but still a cool looking car.

turbotoaster

anywhere between 290-310 bhp depending on year, so a good 200bhp at least behind the rs500s

theres a white one with the number plate 'RINGTOY' with a 3.5 m5 engine with a supercharger on, now thats what id want if i went for something like an E30

JonnyBravo

That was at the ring when we were there a few weeks ago.

The DTM cars had 375hp from the 2.5 4 pot engine, I'm not sure if the same applied to the BTCC M3's or not though

Deano

Theres a pic of it in gracelands thread in photo section .

Barry_GTi

That's not the best advert there mate, I know Matt who owns that car and it's never out of AVA....... in the 4-5 years I have known him I have seen it on the road about 5 times, he bought a Skyline it was in the garage so much. Does go well when it goes though