Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Don't crash it, I'd reckon it would have a 1-2 star saftey rating! :hide:

Still safer than a bike when riding on a oil patch.

Ha ha ha **** off. =|

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Ha ha ha **** off. =|

Alternatively you could of said "On your bike." but I really doubt it would be forward thinking.

Omg ****ing leave it out! I only just got back on the road and you guys are cursing me already!

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Omg ****ing leave it out! I only just got back on the road and you guys are cursing me already!

I thought RM rode a bike too?

Hmm... I have a quad!



Edit: Or had. I sold it to buy my car. :P

4 Wheels are for pu**es!

Nice to see people are happy with blade's new purchase.

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

Nice to see people are happy with blade's new purchase.

His car, as long as he enjoys it who the hell are we to judge?

Quote from The General Lee :

The last of the E36 compact came fitted with the 1.9 8v engine.

Don't always believe the badge. The 323 is actually a de-restricted 2.5.

As a previous 316/318 owner (albeit a saloon) - I would highly recommend one. Best car I have ever driven. The build quality is amazing, the ride is a very comfortable one and the drive is superb. As someone stated, the rear suspension is the same as an e30, so bits are usually cheap and easy to find. Some parts are interchangeable throughout the range, such as the Z3. The E36 and Z3 are pretty much the same underneath. Nothing major tends to go wrong with these cars. But do check the rear arches for rust and the boot lid. The rear suspension turrets tend to rot, but with it being a low mileage late example, I don't think you need to worry. There are also a lot of BMW breakers and many a forum you can get help from.

The price is also very good, I would get in there quick because I promise, it won't be around for long. The car seems in a very good state with a few nice toys (PDC and electric windows/mirrors)

Comes highly recommended from me, nice choice.

Did you ever have any problems with the electric windows, as I know it's a common fault for the window to normally come off it's runners on the E36, something to do with that white circle thingy lol.

Quote from Bladerunner :

I will NEVER forget the time I overtook a BMW going up a hill....in my little Renault 5L (early model)

way to go...I'll try to get some space for this one in my sig. This quote's worth a lot to me. Congrats on the new car btw!

Quote from The General Lee :

The last of the E36 compact came fitted with the 1.9 8v engine.

Don't always believe the badge. The 323 is actually a de-restricted 2.5.

As a previous 316/318 owner (albeit a saloon) - I would highly recommend one. Best car I have ever driven. The build quality is amazing, the ride is a very comfortable one and the drive is superb.

You did kinda forget to mention you are only 18.

First piccy of the beast...RB4 anyone??

I don't want to offend you but.............that car looks really bad, it's on my "ugliest car..............................in the world" list.

Congratz though

EDIT: rb4? o_O

Looks like it's in nice condition for a 90's car. Sounds like a good spec too!

Wheels need a bit of attention, but overall looks alright

The wheels look fine. It's just the center caps which are knackered. Easily replaceable.

I like the earlier coupes to the newer ones.
One of my old bosses had one of these...
http://www.newtonnet.co.uk/coupe/coupe.jpg

It looked really nice, and i liked the alloys. They look similiar to Compomotive MO's

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

The wheels look fine. It's just the center caps which are knackered. Easily replaceable.

I like the earlier coupes to the newer ones.
One of my old bosses had one of these...
http://www.newtonnet.co.uk/coupe/coupe.jpg

It looked really nice, and i liked the alloys. They look similiar to Compomotive MO's

Sits nicely on those rims actually..

Quote from Jakg :

Seat Leon Cupra?

I'd put money on SEAT being far better value than practically any other car for the money. VW Engines and mostly VW/Audi parts, but at the same money as a lot of Fiats. Classic example of badge snobbery.

I say that as an owner of an 02 Cupra. Doubtful that you'd get a Cupra for under £2k, but any Leon would be a good buy IMO.

For more info about what to look out for etc when buying a SEAT take a look at this forum, it's full of useful information.

Quote from ajp71 :

Fat, ugly overpowered front wheel drive thing can't really compete with a proper car.

Proper car? Such as?? Unless you get a top of the range BMW they are fat overweight underpowered and massively overpriced in comparison with a lot of other alternatives.

I must admit to chuckling when I read such vehement hatred of FWD cars, as if 99% of the people who make such comments are actually good enough drivers to really be faster in a RWD car. I suspect nearly all such people don't like FWD purely because you can't piss about sliding the rear end for a laugh .

Does anyone else but me notice that BMW (etc) don't walk away with the manufacturers title when put up against FWD cars in the likes of Touring car series?? Where's your RWD superiority there then??

Simple fact of the matter is that you can prefer the RWD cars as much as you like, but at the end of the day unless you're talking poper sports cars being RWD doesn't necessarily make a car faster point to point or even any better handling. Sure ultimately RWD is the way to go for ultimate handling and race track pace, but as I a said above as far as road cars are concerned the vast majority of people will actually be just as fast, (if not faster), in a FWD car. Oh and don't bother throwing vehicle dynamics theory at me, I'm fully aware of the theoretical advantages of RWD. I'm stating the point that in practice RWD is very often absolutely no advantage over FWD. As any good engineer will tell you. Theory is all well and good but at the end of the day how well something works is as much about implimentation as it is about theory.

I'd take a well implimented FWD car over a badly implimented RWD one any day of the week.

Tbh I think it's bloody bollocks people hating on FWD. All these "go RWD" communists should be hung, dried and quartered. Who cares what wheels are being driven?!?

Quote from gezmoor :

*totally misses the point*

Who cares how fast a road car is from point to point? High power front wheel drive cars are cheap, very fast and generally extremely boring. Driving such a car quickly on the road results in silly speeds, far better IMO is a car that can entertain you at a more sensible pace on a back road.

When you go beyond driving quickly and begin to drive a car fast a rear wheel drive car rewards you there's nothing like throttle steer, the faster you drive the car the more precise your control over the car becomes and the more rewarding and satisfying it becomes. A front wheel drive car does not reward being driven fast in the same way, driving one fast requires skill but is mainly about planning in advanced and controlling understeer, the harder you push the less control you get.

hm... is it supposed to look like this?

Quote from ajp71 :

Who cares how fast a road car is from point to point? High power front wheel drive cars are cheap, very fast and generally extremely boring. Driving such a car quickly on the road results in silly speeds, far better IMO is a car that can entertain you at a more sensible pace on a back road.

When you go beyond driving quickly and begin to drive a car fast a rear wheel drive car rewards you there's nothing like throttle steer, the faster you drive the car the more precise your control over the car becomes and the more rewarding and satisfying it becomes. A front wheel drive car does not reward being driven fast in the same way, driving one fast requires skill but is mainly about planning in advanced and controlling understeer, the harder you push the less control you get.

Alex, you're a fool, how can you talk about entertainment and excitement and boring cars when you drive a Lada. Actions always speak louder than words Alex, why act one way and talk the other. You make no sense. I'd take a Golf GTi to a Lada Niva any day.......

Quote from BlueFlame :

Alex, you're a fool, how can you talk about entertainment and excitement and boring cars when you drive a Lada. Actions always speak louder than words Alex, why act one way and talk the other. You make no sense. I'd take a Golf GTi to a Lada Niva any day.......

It's a Riva not a Niva, and it's anything but boring driven quickly. It may be a lot slower than the Focus cross country but it is a hell of a lot more fun, even a car like the Focus is too capable to actually be driven fast on the road. It's not about driving a fast car it's about driving a car fast, and the slower the car the faster you can drive it safely on the road.