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But it's horrible? It's an E90 with zero spec and cloth seats.

Do you want a nice car or do you just want a BMW badge?

BMW diesels are fine when somebody else foots the bill for it going wrong but when buying a cheap car it's just false economy, great so you save a bit of money fuel, you just end up putting it towards a turbo or something.

Buy a nice BMW and enjoy it or buy something else, I don't see the point in these 5 grand zero spec 320d's. If you want a cheap to run car a BMW isnt it, if you dont want a cheap to run car you don't need a 320d.

It's not even that great an engine - it's noisy, not very refined and totally breathless below about 2000rpm.
 
Got my car back "again" today, lets see if this latest attempt at fixing the seat lasts more than 60 minutes of driving.
 
DJMK4 said:
OK guys dont be harsh on me, any thoughts on these models?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...0_miles/radius/1500/price-from/4000?logcode=p

I am looking for a 3 Series of some sort, have up to 5, maybe 5.5k to spend, I was aiming at something with around 70k ish on the clock.

As I said, im just picking out models at the moment
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Voxination said:
You can have my 330Ci for £5k, although that's nearer the 95k on mileage...
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I'd rather yours (which is clearly a loved example of a nice motor) over that 320d which ultimately is an unknown prospect with an awful - by comparison - engine.

And why advertise a car with an apparent ABS sensor needing sorting? - If its that easy a fix, why isn't it already done?

More like some other fault with the ABS that will cost a lot more than a sensor!

Makes you wonder what else is scrimped on.....

Personally, I'd walk from that one.
 
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MORE SPEED said:
Am I right in saying that it's a Cat D as well?
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What makes you say that? Can't see anything in the advert which suggests it is?

** Edit ** yes well spotted! I've just noticed the "Category D" above the photos. Autotrader could certainly make that more obvious!!
 
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Yesterday I took a trip up to Aylesbury to visit Jack @ Royal Steering Wheels. Absolutely lovely bloke who knew his stuff, and the wheel has really lifted the interior.

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Wish I'd have done it all much sooner tbh, will be going back to him again if I have any more older cars. Need to do something about the plastic on the wheel however, shall get looking for some matte black wrap to keep it as stock as possible I think.
 
Did it go shiny pretty quickly? He said I should avoid leather cleaners and just use a mild soap and water mix for cleaning to keep it looking top notch.
 
How bad was your wheel before that? I think i must be less picky than a lot here as although some of my wheels are a bit shiny i am not sure i could ever justify getting the whole thing redone :eek:
 
I am imagining the process to be convoluted, though. Or am i wrong?

How does the process work and how hard is removing the wheel?
 
It wasn't terrible before (although very very far from mint), but for £100 I felt the difference was worth it.

You can do it all a few ways depending on how common the wheel you want done is. He does a lot of these for the E46/E39 so will happily get one made up from the old wheels he has in stock, then will either offer to post it to you for you to fit and then send your old one back to him (which he keeps and will refurb for the next person), or if you're willing to travel to him, he will fit it all for you for £15.

I went to him as I didn't fancy messing around with an airbag (and combined it with visiting some friends in his area) and the fitting didn't look too complicated and took him about 10 minutes, but he knew what he was doing.

For rarer wheels, he will either ask for a deposit to be paid upfront, or for you to send your own wheel to him to be refurbished (takes around a week I believe).
 
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