Joined the OcUK BMW Club

DRZ · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:11

Today I picked up my shiny E36 325i

Doesn't have climate but has the 18-button OBC and is in pretty good nick!

Bargaintastic motoring at its best (until something breaks I suppose!)

I was going to do a ghetto Lopez-style audio install, but it already has some TOXIC 6x9s fitted so I don't feel like I need to do anything there

The Sony USB HU looks slightly out of place but I can live with it.

Pics will follow when Paradigm gets back from the boozer.

SB118 · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:23

You have my deepest sympathies.

Firestar_3x · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:34

he's on the way back home now, most impressed i must say, sport mode is nutz

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:35

SB118 said:
You have my deepest sympathies.

Don't be a **** its an awesome peice of bangernomics!

loltim · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:37

£475?

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:37

The random "zender" spoiler:

And then a few alongside my "///M"-kitted nail:

rG-tom · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:39

cannot deny how good a bargain these are for stop gaps!

MrSix · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:39

Seems to be the OcUK thang right now, buying an E36....

Come September, we'll see if I end up on that bandwagon

Lopéz · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:41

What a pair of smalltime drug dealers

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:43

Lopéz said:
What a pair of smalltime drug dealers

Aye, only on weekends for me

At least I'm a drug dealer that has no aversion for going sideways

Draeger · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:45

Cheap, bargain....but ugly and old looking....

Good luck with it.

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:46

Old "looking", its 17 years old, its going to look outdated!

Scuzi · 13 Apr 2008 at 22:51

It's nice to finally have a proper car, isn't it?

mjt · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:16

tempted to get an e36 323i or similar
are they worth buying as a long-term car, or are they too risky?
as i presume it's not cheap if they go bang..

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:19

Actually, they aren't that bad if they go seriously "bang", well the manuals aren't. A broken autobox could cost you a fair chunk!

A replacement 323/325/328 can be had for around £300-400, and its a doddle to swap them over.

I'd avoid the 323 though.

Jez · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:21

Good buy

Tom|Nbk · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:27

Look like good little stop gaps tbfh.

mjt · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:34

paradigm said:
I'd avoid the 323 though.

any particular reason? i'll probably import a car from germany, to tax and insure in belgium, registration tax depends on power output

annual road tax is based on CV (fiscal power) though, so 323/325 wouldn't make any difference in that respect

paradigm · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:37

The 325 and 328 are more likely to suffer problems than the 325, the 325 lump in the e36 was pre-vanos, so no issues there, and had no nikasil problems either. I'd only put up with the potential problems of the single-vanos M52 lump if I had the power of the 328.

Either way, if you get a 323 or 328, you want an intake manifold off the 325i anyway, as they release a further 20~ horsies.

gord · 13 Apr 2008 at 23:40

If we buy these are we officially Fox approved? Do we get a stamp?