Show Us Your Motors!

Gibbo · 18 Aug 2018 at 23:59

Looks a very clean example indeed.

loltim · 19 Aug 2018 at 08:38

Looks good! Ditch wind deflectors and RS grille badge.

Conscript · 19 Aug 2018 at 09:11

Out even earlier today, 5.30AM. Just a couple of low-res phone pictures taken on the way home.

******* love this car :]

mjt · 19 Aug 2018 at 12:48

Are there any mods under the bonnet or is it still on stock power @Conscript?

Conscript · 19 Aug 2018 at 13:38

mjt said:
Are there any mods under the bonnet or is it still on stock power @Conscript?

It has an Ace CS400 exhaust manifold and a high flow sports cat mated with an Ecutek remap at the moment. Doesn't add much more power (about 10% over stock, peak) but it eliminates the big torque dip in the midrange which makes the engine much more flexible. No other mods planned at the moment. Thinking about upgrading the rest of the exhaust at some point, but I don't want anything too obnoxious

Dis86 · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:13

@Conscript do like the wheels. Don't tend to see them on them very often - at least not up here.

Conscript · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:19

Dis86 said:
@Conscript do like the wheels. Don't tend to see them on them very often - at least not up here.

Thanks, they're nothing special... they're just the stock diamond cut wheels, refurbished in one colour.

Tek81 · 19 Aug 2018 at 14:26

I love the look of the GT86. A guy in the village has one in white, but with gold alloys and some kind of up-rated exhaust that makes it sound superb. Only thing that puts me off is that they look as though they should be faster than they actually are.

mjt · 19 Aug 2018 at 19:42

tek81 said:
I love the look of the GT86. A guy in the village has one in white, but with gold alloys and some kind of up-rated exhaust that makes it sound superb. Only thing that puts me off is that they look as though they should be faster than they actually are.

TBH the early ones bounce around like nobody's business and the clock is straight out of the 1980s.
Bloody good fun, mind!

Diagro · 19 Aug 2018 at 22:08

[/url]

Fitted a new bonnet scoop. It has double the opening and I've already noticed a good 10+c reduction in Boost temps

geekman · 20 Aug 2018 at 00:38

Some light Sunday afternoon off roading.

Uncle_Gravy · 20 Aug 2018 at 11:34

Never knew there was a saloon version of the 350GT, they ever release it in a manual or purely a CVT box?

King4aDay · 20 Aug 2018 at 12:35

Uncle_Gravy said:
Never knew there was a saloon version of the 350GT, they ever release it in a manual or purely a CVT box?

Saloon was Japan only, also available in 6MT and 5AT flavours. The CVT was only available on the saloon.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 23 Aug 2018 at 14:12

Can we show off stock exhausts in here as well?

wedrum · 23 Aug 2018 at 14:14

needs more grunt

dacads · 23 Aug 2018 at 19:38

wedrum said:
needs more grunt

Stock is usually so restricted, especially nowadays.

Old school AMGs do it right

rare · 23 Aug 2018 at 20:41

Recently purchased this 97’ E36 328i Sport with 71k. Haven’t got round to taking my own pictures yet.

Have since changed the wing mirrors to stock E36 coupe mirrors as per factory.

Must be one of the nicest 328i sports in the country and I’m not exaggerating!

geekman · 23 Aug 2018 at 20:59

So good to see one in that condition, becoming very rare nowadays.

Akagi · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:00

Hnnnnnnnng

Very nice that.

I've been offered a 328i sport as a swap for my Corolla, but it's an auto, and convertible.

rare · 23 Aug 2018 at 21:05

Very rare indeed, there’s probably more tidy E30 325i sports around than genuine 328 sports left!

The market didn’t appreciate them for so long that most ended up as drift cars or just wrecked.

This is one of the few to have survived. It drives like a new car. The smoothness of it overal was surprising. I owned one in the exact same specification apart from the rear spoiler about 12 years ago. When I saw this I had to have it. Is kept garaged and will only be used on nice days.

It’s rare enough now that I’ve had a few people comment on it on the few occasions it’s been out and about. A great era for BMW when they were still genuinely desirable in a way that I don’t think they are any more. (That’s not to say they make bad cars now - they don’t...)