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Title: My New 318is
Post by: ajones13 on May 06, 2008, 06:08:42 AM
Just thought I would post up some Pics of my E30 318is. It's a Pre Production car which was owned by BMW Press Cars UK Ltd. I'm from Northern Ireland by the way. Love this site its great for diagnosing the famous idle problems.

Andrew

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ajones13_photo/DSCF3019.jpg)

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ajones13_photo/DSCF3020.jpg)
Title: My New 318is
Post by: swiss318is on May 06, 2008, 08:58:44 AM
hello and welcome to the forum! i have never seen such a nice and clean car! please dont touch this pre-production car!! please leave it like this, you own a piece of bmw history!!!i hope you think the same!!
Title: My New 318is
Post by: ajones13 on May 06, 2008, 10:03:04 AM
Hi swiss, this car will be staying completely standard and will only come out for shows.

Thanks

Andrew
Title: My New 318is
Post by: swiss318is on May 06, 2008, 11:54:54 AM
puhh... now i can sleep again!!!
Title: My New 318is
Post by: dude8383 on May 06, 2008, 10:08:36 PM
Very clean!

Welcome to the site :)
Title: My New 318is
Post by: FL318is on May 07, 2008, 01:57:39 PM
Welcome to the club.
Title: My New 318is
Post by: CePa318IS on May 07, 2008, 02:39:09 PM
Welcome and nice IS!  Treat her right!
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Letsplayskatch on May 07, 2008, 03:13:19 PM
Welcome from the UK :D
Looked to see if there was any Is's on PistonHeads.com today, and i found 4(!) after searching though 100 3-series pages, totalling about 1050 E30's and E36's! Our cars are getting silly rare in the UK - with the last count being about 900 actually registered on the road. In such a case - im glad youre keeping it as a garage queen, it will be a true collectors item if kept stock and mint!
Happy forum-ing! :D
Scott
Title: My New 318is
Post by: ajones13 on May 08, 2008, 05:23:30 AM
Hi letsplay,

I remember reading in BMW Car that the E30 318is was getting rather rare and increasing in value. I think what happened was when they became an 'old' car rather than future classic they dropped to a price level where the buyers tended to be 19-20 year olds with no appreciation for the cars. Alot where run into the ground with lack of maintenance due to cost while the rest ended up, upside down in fields or having their diffs explode in McDonalds Car parks. Not suggesting all 19-20 are like this though, mainly the citroen saxo/ rice boy brigade.
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Letsplayskatch on May 08, 2008, 07:51:59 AM
Hey!
Yeah, that would make sense alot I guess. I see a lot of E30 owners about, though very few IS ones (ive only ever seen a 320IS here in oxford) due to its rareity perhaps. But no young IS owners. Im 21 myself, very lucky to have the IS, but I dont treat it badly at all.
The E30 has a bit of a stigma of being a chav car, so the more I act sensibly the roads, the more I hope I people change their perception :)
Title: My New 318is
Post by: hoevesruperd on May 08, 2008, 08:16:43 AM
Quote from: ajones13;48919
the buyers tended to be 19-20 year olds with no appreciation for the cars.

ok, cool cause i'm 21 so i'm not part of them guys! haha

you say you're keeping it stock.. but is that an M-tech rear spoiler?
was it intended to be delivered with those?

very nice car by the way, i love that interior!!
Title: My New 318is
Post by: ajones13 on May 08, 2008, 01:30:43 PM
Hi Alex,

Unfortunately the MTECH spoiler was already fitted by a previous owner, I have sourced down an original so thats coming off, if anyone wants and MTECH 2 spoiler in Brilliant red let me know.
Title: My New 318is
Post by: ajones13 on May 08, 2008, 01:34:25 PM
I know what you mean about the Chav stigma, lots just want it for its car park drift abilities. Didn't mean to cause offence to anyone who is 19-20 it's just here in UK we have a group called Chavs who hang out in car parks with neon lights etc etc and alot of e30 is's fell into their hands.
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Letsplayskatch on May 08, 2008, 05:10:24 PM
Yeah, its hshame the E30 reputation has been crushed by the chavs. Hopefully they'll move onto the E36 :p

Did you guys get a different interior from europe? Here, we got this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/letsplayskatch/DSC00044.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/letsplayskatch/DSC00073.jpg)
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Saxbo on May 21, 2008, 03:52:59 PM
Really nice car, looks like new =) I could kill for those seats^^
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Letsplayskatch on May 21, 2008, 06:18:15 PM
Well Ill be selling them at some point so you might not need to! :)
Title: My New 318is
Post by: xwill112x on November 30, 2008, 12:00:04 PM
ahhh fkin spam!
Title: My New 318is
Post by: roundel318 on November 30, 2008, 07:46:13 PM
love the car, nice iS lip up front there, good score :)
How many miles/km on it? Stats, specs?
Title: My New 318is
Post by: Danny707 on November 30, 2008, 08:48:54 PM
Letsplay, will you take a picture of your shift knob for me?
Title: My New 318is
Post by: roundel318 on December 01, 2008, 11:46:21 PM
It looks like a OE leather with motorsport or m-technik oval, perhaps even the illumanted OE?
Title: My New 318is
Post by: P2YCHO on January 10, 2009, 06:58:31 AM
Hi, I'm new to this site just registered, I'm 18 and bought a 1990 alpine white iS of my dad a few weeks ago...I'm planning on changing a few things but keeping it subtle...not atal chavy!! (will post pictures when its on the road) Just wnated to say that I'm a young un who appreciates the e30 and inparticular the iS! And will be drivind it with pride and keeping it up together.. not running it into the ground
Cheers
Title: My New 318is
Post by: itstheislander on June 15, 2009, 01:50:37 PM
087
Title: My New 318is
Post by: carlos318is on June 15, 2009, 04:57:04 PM
Another welcome from the uk mate:)