So... a couple of weeks back me and a friend saw an E36 for sale on ebay, with no reserve.
We put in a cheeky bid... and won it! It was down in Bathgate (just west of Edinburgh) but that's not too bad from Aberdeen.
It's a 1995 model 316i with 110k on the clocks and an MOT until December. Fully stamped service history, and it came with a DAB radio and two sets of wheels.
How much did we win it for? £191!
It had a couple of problem areas...
However, we fitted a new exhaust back box (£33.50 from Euro Car Parts!) on Saturday...
...and I'm picking it up this afternoon from getting the sill welded. 2 patches on the driver's side sill for £160! Not bad. It also has some fairly bad lacquer peel on the boot, but with the car being gloss white you don't notice it from a few feet away. Probably just going to leave that as it is.
We also fitted the proper wheels:
So the alloys are up for sale, if anybody wants them...
The alloys have 4 different brands of tyres, but the steelies have a full set of almost new Toyo Proxes on them! Score!
Some may say it's 'only a 316' but it's surprisingly fun to drive! It's properly poverty spec, thus lightweight, and zips along backroads nicely. It'll also comfortably do 'motorway speeds' with ease, and it's still very refined at those speeds too. Our plan is to lightly restore it back to as close to original spec as possible (including a crap cassette player) and take it to shows for a laugh. It's rarer than an E36 M3 though!
Some of you may know me from another forum, under the name Supernaut, we've added the appropriate sticker to the car already.
We put in a cheeky bid... and won it! It was down in Bathgate (just west of Edinburgh) but that's not too bad from Aberdeen.
It's a 1995 model 316i with 110k on the clocks and an MOT until December. Fully stamped service history, and it came with a DAB radio and two sets of wheels.
How much did we win it for? £191!
It had a couple of problem areas...
However, we fitted a new exhaust back box (£33.50 from Euro Car Parts!) on Saturday...
...and I'm picking it up this afternoon from getting the sill welded. 2 patches on the driver's side sill for £160! Not bad. It also has some fairly bad lacquer peel on the boot, but with the car being gloss white you don't notice it from a few feet away. Probably just going to leave that as it is.
We also fitted the proper wheels:
So the alloys are up for sale, if anybody wants them...
The alloys have 4 different brands of tyres, but the steelies have a full set of almost new Toyo Proxes on them! Score!
Some may say it's 'only a 316' but it's surprisingly fun to drive! It's properly poverty spec, thus lightweight, and zips along backroads nicely. It'll also comfortably do 'motorway speeds' with ease, and it's still very refined at those speeds too. Our plan is to lightly restore it back to as close to original spec as possible (including a crap cassette player) and take it to shows for a laugh. It's rarer than an E36 M3 though!
Some of you may know me from another forum, under the name Supernaut, we've added the appropriate sticker to the car already.
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