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old skool Guest
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I spend a lot of time online at bimmerforums . Anyone else into BMWs? Here is my car:  (I'm in the process of refinishing the garage right now... You could say I've done some work to it ;)  |
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woo sau 3T WIS
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cat28.gifyer, i want a 323ci, bhp mods? me bro has a e320i, yo's look neet & sporty exo-, cars like watch need mods 4 fully 2 reach unlimitless potentialwatch2.gif! |
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IanM 3T WIS 
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Thanks to Woo for bringing this thread up again! Yep oldskllo - love 'em. I have had BMs for over 25 years now. Current one is a 1996 540i LE - it was my avatar for a while. Chipped to 250 kilowatts, 4.0 liter V8 M60 motor, 6-speed manual. M5 suspension, wheels and brakes. Very fast with the 2 x 3" one-muffler pipes. Headers are standard. :) There is a club here in Australia for LE owners - wanna link? I also do business in Malaysia, so I joined the Malaysian BMW forum too. Could probably remember a link if I look for it... Just lemme know. Others I have had (no longer have) include a 1973 2002 tii, a 323i, an old 528i, E34 520i, E34 530i, and a 5-speed E34 M5 3.8. The 540i LE is the pick of the bunch, though - it just does everything and comes back for more. One day - I will probably turn it into a competition car, but only when it reaches the end of its useful life as everyday transport. All of my cars get some form of "individualisation" - but I love the look of the dark tint out back and the lighter tint on the front windows on your 3 series. Looks like you put a lot of effort into it! Yes sir - looking good. I didn't realise that the thread was so old - do you still have it? That is a heck of a garage, by the way!! Cheers - IanM |
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old skool Guest
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Yep. I still have the car. You have an impressive list of vehicles. I would love a 540 touring. hearteyes.gif |
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IanM 3T WIS
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I am with you on that one! But there are very few 540 tourings in Australia. Germany also made an E34 M5 Touring - but we never got that one, sadly. Only trouble in Australia is the cost of replacement parts - catalytic converters for my 540i LE (OEM) are $4000 (nearly the same in USD) EACH! And the V8 takes two of them!! EDC III suspension is $2500 AUD per corner. Clutches here from the AD are $2000 plus fitting. The backing plate is additional... Needless to say, I have found a good supplier from the USA where parts prices (including shipping) are significantly less. You guys in the US have got it pretty good! Just read in a UK car magazine that the 2008/9 M3 is also available in a coupe/convertible - wouldn't that be a nice combination!!?? V8, convertible, BMW build quality - what a winner. Go Bimmer! hand6.gif |
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old skool Guest
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yikes!! I always buy that kind of stuff on bimmerforums.com. It saves me a bundle. Shipping to Australia might be a little more but it should be way less than the $5000. |
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IanM 3T WIS
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Yepper - absolutely correct. Here is one I did earlier (2 years ago). It is an M5 with blue leather interior, and a set of Hartge wheels. It was brilliant - before the thief ran it into a tree... my silver 540i LE replaced it. A pity - it was a helluva car. White looks so right on these BMs. Enjoy your day! Cheers - IanM  |
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old skool Guest
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NICE! |
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canadajo 3T WIS 
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I like your Beamer ...... I was always a VW guy myself with Scirroccos and VR6 Passats ...... Owning a used car lot, I seem to do real well with the 325's in the late 90's ....I had one last month I bought for 3500 and I had 2 people fighting over it for 5000 ! |
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canadajo wrote: I like your Beamer ...... I was always a VW guy myself with Scirroccos and VR6 Passats ...... Owning a used car lot, I seem to do real well with the 325's in the late 90's ....I had one last month I bought for 3500 and I had 2 people fighting over it for 5000 ! Here is my last VW:     |
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canadajo 3T WIS
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VR6 GOLF with aftermarket rims and tires ,Eh? That is a sweet ride ....acceleration handling and decent mpg to boot hand6.gif |
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Let's see, I had Euro headlights with projectors and HID bulbs with upgraded Hello euro bulbs. Hello aftermarket sidemarker lights. Color matched bumper reflectors that were disabled, switching running lights to the Euro citylights. I had an intake, chip, cams, TT catback with hidden muffler tips. Full H&R coilovers, upper and lower front and back strut bars. Upgraded sway bars front and back. Upgraded brakes, wheels, tires, spacers. Euro smoked tail lights with rear fog light rewire. VW rubber floor mats, trunk mat. Euro black headliner. Euro silver dash trim kit. Double short shift kit. lightweight flywheel and upgraded clutch. Tinted windows. Probably a few other things I just can't remember anymore. I almost bought a Quaife LSD. The car was like a go kart. |
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IanM 3T WIS
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Hey Jo and oldskool - great selections on the VWs. I had a 2.0 Passat Turbo for a while, but the build quality was shocking. We get certain VW cars here that are assembled in every place EXCEPT Germany... the V6s are so much more enjoyable than the 4-cylinder cars. But with petrol prices going the way they are maybe we should all be riding motorbikes!!?? There is talk of a new Sirocco - that looks good. And of course, I still get my subscriptions of e-magazines from the US - my favourite of which is "Winding Road" - do you both subscribe to that? If you have any interest in the Australian car scene (maybe you can see where your Ponitac G8s and GTOs originated, plus the whole retail market scene here) and some interesting Ford products - you can subscribe to: http://www.mellor.net/mellor/mellorweb.nsf/weben/E-news%20Subscription It pre-dates the Winding Road e-zine, but is still nowhere as upmarket as yours. Read it and be scared, very scared, of the prices - especially when the USD is almost the same as the AUD at the moment... If I relocate to the US - I am heading straight for the Audi dealer and getting myself an Audi S8 - no, not the V10, the superseded model, so I wont feel too bad doing some performance modifications to it... :). Then I am going to start looking for a second-hand Shelby GT500KR in all black - just for something to do... I can't afford the Shelby right now - but what a terrific goal-car. There are some interesting car shows coming to Perth, or being raced at Perth, soon. I will make sure to take photos and share. oldskool - that was a hefty modifications list - do you still have it , or what made you sell it? And canadajo - in my part of the world, we call that profit "watch money" yahoo.gif Cheers gentlemen and have a terrific weekend. Next Monday is a public holiday for us here - I hope to speak with you guys again soon. |
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I bought a Tropic Orange VR6 GLX GTI when they first came out. Barely started modding it when after a month of ownership someone ran a red light and totalled it. :( So I had to drive a Dodge Neon for several months while I looked for a replacement. They were very rare and hard to get at the time. I ended up with the matchstick red. I heavily modded it because I was into auto-x and track days and stuff... But it was leased. I had it for about 4 years, the car had lost significant value due to so many special models released: R32, 20th ani, a few more I can't remember now...so resale plumetted. Also, I was wanting something a little less front heavy and a little more nuetral. Plus the car payments and insurance were just too high to justify. I parted it out and sold it just barely. It was a learning experience. So I wanted a BMW. I was looking for an E30 (pre 1995?) as they were less expensive and very attractive. But a deal fell through and I ended up falling in love with the 328is. I had it for about a year with modest mods to it, and someone rear ended me on the highway. Didn't think that was possible. So I bought it back from insurance, and parted it out. Then I parted a couple other cars out. I took the car to bare metal, replaced the entire interior, the exterior trim, all the suspension, bushings, differential, cooling system, etc. Then I added a bunch of upgraded parts. All told I spent too much sadly. But it was well funded by the sale of car parts. Now I just don't drive it enough....VA is a bad place to have a nice car. No radar detectors, undercover cops, low speed limits, HUGE speeding tickets, etc. |
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IanM 3T WIS
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VA sounds like WA! (Western Australia!). New government wants to make us use trains and buses. Yeah, right... We have 12 points we can lose over a 3 year period for various offences on the road - more speed, more points lost. 3 points for using a mobile while driving. 9 points for running a red light. Instant loss for drink driving. New "hoon" (like racerboys, I guess - or young blokes driving hotted up cars loudly and spinniung their wheels, racing on the streets etc) under which you lose your licence and they crush your car. None of this would offend me if they were consistent in applying the law.... When I think back on it, the Bimmer straight six is still the silkiest motor I have ever driven. Pushed to their limits, they absolutely scream - but they still hold together. It is just such a pity that parts prices are such a gouge here. Research was done that showed that if you built a new car solely from the spare parts department of your local BMW dealer - your $40,000 3-series would cost you almost $400,000 in the parts you would have had to buy across the counter. Crazy. Our secondhand market is also dumba*s here - that S8 I was discussing would have cost over $220,000 AUD when new, and is still about $70,000 AUD now. In the US - same car, LHD, under $70,000 new and about $18,000 to $23,000 USD for a cracker. Life makes no sense, does it... Have a good one and enjoy the heck out of your 3 series, before they legislate to ban us from having any fun! IanMhand6.gif |
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canadajo 3T WIS
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That VW was a complete mod ...... I tricked out my Passatts and Scirrocco's, but not to that extent .... it is fun , but time consuming and expensive too .... I was lucky to be able to use radar and lazer protection |
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I remember now, the VW had the SKODA rear windshield wiper, black VW military badges front and back, euro headlight switch with rear fog position and city lights, the aluminum VW pedal kit, red LED Audi style center console illumination, probably still a few other little gadgets I can't remember... I was addicted. :D |
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IanM 3T WIS
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Nah - addiction is when you buy a watch with your car logo on it...  The white M5 above had a trick cam, was chipped, double plate racing clutch (sounds good, made it tricky to drive), those Hartge wheels were so big the fronts rubbed on full lock until I rebuilt the inner guards, had a short-shift kit, a twin 3" exhaust with no catalytic converters, and was the nastiest sounding 6 cylinder you have heard. The silver 540I has been chipped, needs a clutch, could do with new rotors and pads all round, and the suspension would be nice with rose-jointed Koni adjustables... hmmmm. Guess which car I have in the midst of my watch-buying spree... hehe. Have a good one fellas! |
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