BMW E36 price check please!

Muffin` · 27 Feb 2010 at 18:33

[TW]Fox;16052061 said:
You should know what cheap but shiney e36s are like!

Totally awesome

Right?

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 18:33

[TW]Fox;16052048 said:
Given how much trouble you had driving a slow Rover on a motorway is a 200bhp bmw going to end in anything but tears?

Yeh theres a very simple solution to that. Don't drive after being up for 26hours

Muffin` · 27 Feb 2010 at 18:36

You're not allowed a BMW, go and sit with twoblacklines.

naefeart · 27 Feb 2010 at 18:37

Phate said:
So what's this issue mentioned with the engines?

Have a look at: http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/nikasil.htm

My old e36 was an M so I have no first hand experience/knowledge of the Nikasil issues. Not to worry though, BMW made sure we had other things to worry about (double vanos).

n

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:13

InvaderGIR said:
Yes, and the cabs I listed, what 2? were over £3k.

So whats this rubbish about it being well overpriced :confused:

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:21

[TW]Fox;16052400 said:
So whats this rubbish about it being well overpriced

So its not overpriced?

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:24

If its a decent one without major bills due then no, but then what are the chances of that on a car of that age...

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:27

[TW]Fox;16052488 said:
If its a decent one without major bills due then no, but then what are the chances of that on a car of that age...

Fair enough, if I decide to have it I'll do the standard BMW rule.

Keep a grand in the bank for the 'when it breaks' fund

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:30

Yes good idea, I am raiding my grand at the moment

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:31

[TW]Fox;16052548 said:
Yes good idea, I am raiding my grand at the moment

lol whats sploded this time?

Or is it for the steering wheel? Wood trim?

[TW]Fox · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:33

New steering wheel (fitted that yesterday to test it works, sending it off for re-trim next week), front bumper respray, Inspection II and some preventative maintenence in the form of replacement CCV + pipework and VANOS seals replacement.

Good job I love it

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:35

Ahhh BMW's...built to last

Joshy · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:40

naefeart said:
Have a look at: http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/nikasil.htm

My old e36 was an M so I have no first hand experience/knowledge of the Nikasil issues. Not to worry though, BMW made sure we had other things to worry about (double vanos).

n

I think that it is pretty well accepted that if a Nikasil engine has made it THIS far in its life then it is probably fine, but it is worth keeping an eye out for a dodgy idle.

£3,000 may seem a little rich for a N Reg BMW, but Cabs do retain their values rather well. What you really have to do is ask yourself if you really want a 328i cabriolet though, and for some reason I don't think that you are completely convinced, especially when it comes down to wanting a Manual box (which isn't really want you'd want in a cabbie)?

Phate · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:48

Why would you not want a manual just because its a vert? :confused:

And like I said it's just a contender for the next possible car. Also going to be trying Teg Type R's etc etc

Fuzz · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:51

Cabriolet - "bangin choons"... does not compute.

Forget trying to put a decent stereo in a cab, it'll sound ****e

InvaderGIR · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:40

[TW]Fox;16052400 said:
So whats this rubbish about it being well overpriced

Most are well below 3k. That's what. :confused:

benneh · 27 Feb 2010 at 22:16

Joshy said:
I think that it is pretty well accepted that if a Nikasil engine has made it THIS far in its life then it is probably fine, but it is worth keeping an eye out for a dodgy idle.

I lost a 328i to nakasil at 120k. I actually wrote it off, but it was well on it's way to the grave yard (diagnosed nakasil issue by a rather good local specialist)

s0ck · 28 Feb 2010 at 01:41

I'd buy another Rover before I bought a non ////////M3 E36

[TW]Fox · 28 Feb 2010 at 12:03

InvaderGIR said:
Most are well below 3k. That's what.

Well we all know what happened to you when you bought a cheapie, personally I dont think £3k is hugely overpriced for a CABRIO.

Joshy · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:17

Phate said:
Why would you not want a manual just because its a vert?

And like I said it's just a contender for the next possible car. Also going to be trying Teg Type R's etc etc

Just because it is a convertible? Having the roof chopped off usually changes the dynamics of a car completely, and a E36 is no exception. Removing the roof reeks havoc on the structural rigidity of the Chassis, that can be felt when you're giving it the beans, and you mentioning that it being an automatic is some sort of a "disadvantage" suggests to me that you do want to give it the beans (seeing as how a good automatic gearbox is superior in almost every other sense). Wanting a manual box (and short listing a Type R) suggests to me that you are after a "driver's car", in which case I would stay well away from a E36 cabriolet, or for that matter is a drop-top can that was not designed to be a cabriolet in the first place.