Acme [Akagi] bought a pink estate car - E30 325i project log!

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:02

Yeahhhhh thats mee.

Could have got a Tech 2 Sport for 10K.

But how much would one of those have cost me in work over 3 years of ownership? I bet it would have been a few grand.

But hey, custom Mora Metallic Individual E30 325i Touring w' Alpina C2 spec engine and E30 M3 LSD. Sounds pretty awesome to me. Maybe I'll get a "built not bought sticker"

wedrum · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:04

barmy

just buy that skoda off here and be done with it.

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:09

Nah this will be way cooler than that Skoda and for less than 1/4 of the price...

Another £5K and it could be faster (and much, much scarier...) than that Skoda too. :eek:

And someday it will be

Howard · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:14

That Skoda is more appealing to me in pretty much every single way I'm afraid

Sounds like you're enjoying this project though!

Cleisthenes · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:15

You're mental, but I very much look forward to seeing it done!

I'm sure you'll enjoy the process

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:16

Howard said:
That Skoda is more appealing to me in pretty much every single way I'm afraid

Sounds like you're enjoying this project though!

Different strokes for different folks! The Skoda is more reliable, more refined, no doubt much easier to drive, has more creature comforts etc. I can see why it would have appeal. Hell, it appeals to me! Just in a different way.

I like having an old car. I enjoy fixing its little niggles, the lumpy cold starts, giving the cluster a friendly tap to wake up the temperature gauge, the old car smell, the incredible noise it makes, the fact that it interests people in traffic and at the pumps, allows me to go to car shows and meets and be part of an awesome community of classic BMW owners. I just don't enjoy it looking like arse.

I am enjoying the project and I am stoked! Its basically going from looking like a dog, to being show and shine ready, in one simple (expensive) step.

acemastr · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:30

Could have bought an M3 for 10k and had a good car

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:30

acemastr said:
Could have bought an M3 for 10k and had a good car

Could have bought lots of awesome things for 10K.

And cars don't get much better than an E30 325i, snob.

grudas · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:31

could have a bought a mk1 eunos for 10k

Diddums · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:33

grudas said:
could have a bought a mk1 eunos for 10k

MX-5. It's called a Mazda MX-5. We're not in Japan.

acemastr · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:35

grudas said:
could have a bought a mk1 eunos for 10k

The slammed it on serious camber with a tail pipe that sticks up and wheels with tires that don't fit!

Close?

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:37

acemastr said:
The slammed it on serious camber with a tail pipe that sticks up and wheels with tires that don't fit!

Close?

Um, I hate to say it........ But I'm buying a MK1 Eunos too. And it won't have serious camber, but it will have wheels that don't fit, and tail pipes that stick up...

Going for the obvious choice of MX-5 for a daily driver, and BMW estate car for the weekends.

grudas · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:40

Diddums said:
MX-5. It's called a Mazda MX-5. We're not in Japan.

it's eunos!!! if the car is a jap import you sausage! fite me.

acme knows what's up!

stance for lyf.

Diddums · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:43

You keep talling yourself it's a Eunos, get dem street credz innit.

Meanwhile in the real world...

Hahaha

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:44

Its a Eunos Roadster, its not even technically a Mazda. Just cos it was registered incorrectly when it was imported doesn't mean anything

acemastr · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:45

You're so predictable it hurts lol

grudas · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:45

Acme said:
Its a Eunos Roadster, its not even technically a Mazda. Just cos it was registered incorrectly when it was imported doesn't mean anything

precisely

nowhere on my car does it say "MX-5" lol.

also depends where you look..

cazana -;

https://cazana.com/uk/car/EDD90K ! insurance companies often return eunos roadster.. not sure what info they base it on? maybe some have better logic behind.

if import = eunos roadster?! hell knows.

Diddums · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:48

Ah well, I guess it's safe to say I'll never find myself in a place where people call their MX-5s "Eunos" as they're quite possibly the only people on the face of the earth who call them that, the rest of the world just smiles at their stupid mannerisms.

grudas · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:51

Diddums said:
Ah well, I guess it's safe to say I'll never find myself in a place where people call their MX-5s "Eunos" as they're quite possibly the only people on the face of the earth who call them that, the rest of the world just smiles at their stupid mannerisms.

I dunno I prefer to call it for what it is lol. It's like calling opel a vauxhall, everyone knows it's an opel.. or is it a Chevrolet? eh.

Akagi · 22 Oct 2018 at 14:53

Technically Eunos is the manufacturer, if we wanted to call it by its correct name it would be "Roadster" because the manufacturer is "Eunos" (a subsidiary of Mazda) and the model is "Roadster".

So calling it a Eunos is like calling a UK one a Mazda.

So we're all wrong. Now what.

** Acme [Akagi] bought a pink estate car - E30 325i project log! **

Acme [Akagi] bought a pink estate car - E30 325i project log!