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My quick eBay earlier showed they were £15k-ish which is ok imo for what it is but then a few years back were just about sub £10k. Maybe one to get, keep nice and watch the value climb?

E31’s are still in the reasonable price bracket too, ignoring 850csi manuals as they are silly money, one on eBay for £79k.

I don't have an outside tap so I use a little garden hand sprayer. Works really well. The only down side is the flow rate of water if you need to use a lot of water quickly for like getting under wheel arches etc. But I can rinse my E34 with 8ltr of water, although it is very rarely dirty to...

Did you use a DA to apply the Autoglym stuff? I’ve got a bottle of that too and only ever applied it by hand. I get it’s not a hobby for everyone, but that guy just annoys me. Yeah I’ve had a few people come up for a chat when I’ve been working on my E34.

Like this a lot. Wish I had space for another car to do this with. Maybe when my M140 is returned I will have another Ph1 to do something like this with as I rarely use a car anymore for commuting so it would be perfect! With the Menzerna polish, do you just use the heavy cut compound? I've...

It's a Metro, that came as standard. I had an identical Metro to this, but in white, several years ago as a stop gap. Bought for £150, someone went into the back of it and push the bumper mounting point back a bit. Fixed with a piece of wood and a sledge hammer. Claimed £150 cash off the other...

Bare with me on this one, but this Metro and Rover 214 The Metro has been around for a while where I live. It looked in great condition. Shame it’s not a 3 door as I would have put a note on it to buy it. Then it got damaged, not sure how. Bit of a shame. Then the 214 appears and it’s the same...

Sure I read somewhere that the estates created more downforce than the saloons. But then in the 1996 season they allowed boot spoilers but they weren’t allowed above the roof line so they couldn’t fit it to the estates so moved to the saloons. Can’t remember where I read that. But it also...

I feel the same when driving mine, it doesn't feel me with confidence plus there is a lot of money tied up I do not want to crash!! I would like to get it on an air field and go mad with it just to see how far is too far with little risk. There has been times when I have been surprised on what...

Nothing wrong with an E34 on Style 32's....that's what I have on mine! haha. But yes, the M5 looks a lot better on Throwing Stars, look more purposeful looking original.

Appartently this works http://bimmer.work/ but it won't do my E34. However https://www.mdecoder.com/ does....says I have a Diesel Particle Filter but it is a petrol.... Just need the last 7 digits of you VIN.

Just had a quick look at them and it initially looks like what I am after - like to re-dye those small patches. I will take a better look after work.

The seats in my E34 are in good condition but there is a slight wear in the driver’s side, which to be honest for a 30 year old car is good going! also some slight wear on the side of the seat base but hard to photograph. Is there anything that I can do to help prevent it getting worse? As...

I see your spreadsheet of fuel consumption...and raise it a web app I have written (mainly to learn some new stuff for my new job) This is for my auto M140i for nearly all of the fill ups I have done. Annoyingly I only tracked the MPG for the first few times but then started to note down...

200k miles is good. Its the age old argument of high miles means nothing if well looked after. I also wonder what miles you could get out of a new car, like what is the newest car that would reach +200k miles comfortably. I just have a feeling they are not built to last nowadays. My E34 has...

My MPSS on my M140i did some good off roading the other week when I got lost. Flooded roads covered in leaves and mud. Proper country lanes with grass running down the middle. Only when I got to a bit there it said "Horse drawn carriages only" I admitted defeat and turned back. Serves me right...

^^ This. The guy who sprayed my E34 manage to match 30 year old red paint, you wouldn't know where he painted. This does look smart now, looks a very good example of one. Like the simpleness of the engine bay, getting rid of the normal inlet makes a big difference! This is always fascinating...

Very smart. Looking at this reminds me I need to clean mine, it's filthy from all the awful weather we have had. Like your number plate on how simple it looks, need to get one sorted myself as I still have the dealer one on. What is worse is the numbers are like cracking where they have put the...

I rate these after owning my M140i for a year now. I wouldn’t say it’s a track car or such, but a very good GT car as it just eats the miles up. Great on the commute, now seeing over 32mpg after 9000miles. I thought the leg room in the back is better than most, I’ve got a three door but it is...

Don't tempt me....yet!! I know I would regret selling it, just as I did my old Ph1 despite that being ruined, but very well looked after. Is it yours by any chance? Some very nice looking Ph1's posted recently.

I do often question if I should sell my BMW E34 to fund another Ph1 and use the sale money to restore it to a good OEM+ condition, I am sure it would go a long way! Looking in this thread does not do me any good!

Just googled it and the first thing I saw on Wikipedia was "it was designed to resemble a mk2 Jag" based on a Micra. I don't feel as conned if they were intending to look like that.

Briefly caught a glimpse of this and thought that’s a Mk2 Jaguar, I’ll go take a proper look. I was seriously disappointed when it turned out to be Hideous. I think it’s a Micra that has been through the 1960’s badly.

Isn’t the knocking on breaking/accelerating the exhaust hitting the subframe? I’m sure I read that it’s common for this to happen. Definitely happened on my old one.

IIRC there are two "genuine" 850 BTCC replicas which were the press cars Volvo used for marketing and promo. Again if I remember right they were just running shells and had no engines in but identical to the ones they raced. About 10 years a go we nearly bought one with an aim to put an engine...

I went into the dealer when I bought mine, arrived the next day. Weirdly if you go phone up Renault in Gloucester for parts you go to the Renault dealership to collect, if you walk in to order they send you to the Ford dealer up the road to place the order. Strange.

Genuine Renault ones are good value and far superior in quality. I had a ECP one on my old Ph1 and it started to stick within a year or two. I swapped it for a genuine one and I think it was about £30 but can't remember. Another tip is I found it easier with the inlet manifold off to fit as...

Definately a downgrade from the E30 M3

Your Flamer is so tempting, I can't justify it now as I have nowhere to store it until I need it as I am not selling my E34 yet.

It was the first time I heard it this morning, so will see if it continues. Got to go to BMW this week anyway to pick stuff up for my E34 so might ask about it then.