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danr55 wrote:

WR1 Bro wrote:

Burbs wrote:I know and will post them up 2moro possibly. I have only taken a couple on my phone, feel a bit sad standing in the street taking photos of my car!!

POSSIBLY......?

HELLO..... Get them posted!

Would you prefer that we weren't interested?

also, PHONE? get a digital camera and get some semi-professional photos posted within the next 24hours please !

I have a digital camera and by this time 2moro they will be up. Its easier for older people to be out in the street taking photos of their cars and polishing it!!!

Hey and by the way, finally sorted out insurance today also.

Admiral pi$$ed all over every other quote i had. They wanted

Also any pics of Imogen would be nice

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:Also any pics of Imogen would be nice

Imogen??

True, sit her on the bonnet, take an example to ghplumb !

Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

321 is bang on the money mate,the difference is how its transferred to the road

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

WR1s only make 321bhp when it is minus 7 degrees!!

321 might be slightly ambitious for a 97 M3 Evo

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

321 is bang on the money mate,the difference is how its transferred to the road

I get you, so i take it an Evo and scooby would sht on me then

WR1 Bro wrote:

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

WR1s only make 321bhp when it is minus 7 degrees!!

321 might be slightly ambitious for a 97 M3 Evo

Probably, just what he told me. Its done 84,000 miles so no doubt it is a bit tired by now

Burbs wrote:

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

321 is bang on the money mate,the difference is how its transferred to the road

I get you, so i take it an Evo and scooby would sht on me then

Not with me driving around a corner

And i assume you meant Grace not Imogen earlier

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

321 is the normal power for that generation of M3. And 100bhp per litre for a normally aspirated engine is good.

It means it's an animal that is breathing very freely. And it should scream it out when you redline it

I don't think this type of car should be compared with the Evo or scoob though.

Yes, both are performance cars but it's comparing apples and lemons.

A scoob or Evo will shine on normal roads on a miserably wet autumn day. if you know how to make use of the 4WD, nothing will come close.

The beemer, just like the Merc AMG etc are made to eat hundreds of miles at 155 mph. You get out the other end and you'll be as fit as when you got in.

Burbs wrote:And i assume you meant Grace not Imogen earlier

NOPE!!!

Grace posh "bulldog lookin" totty!!! yuk!!

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:

Burbs wrote:And i assume you meant Grace not Imogen earlier

NOPE!!!

Grace posh "bulldog lookin" totty!!! yuk!!

No photos of Imogen mate, sorry

Torrekens wrote:

Burbs wrote:Guy at garage told me the car has 321 BHP, can someone tell me if in the sceheme of things that is good? As i have said i wont lie and say i know much about cars so a nudge from a car enthusiast would be appreciated. Is this way off the power of a WR1 and Evo?

321 is the normal power for that generation of M3. And 100bhp per litre for a normally aspirated engine is good.

It means it's an animal that is breathing very freely. And it should scream it out when you redline it

I don't think this type of car should be compared with the Evo or scoob though.

Yes, both are performance cars but it's comparing apples and lemons.

A scoob or Evo will shine on normal roads on a miserably wet autumn day. if you know how to make use of the 4WD, nothing will come close.

The beemer, just like the Merc AMG etc are made to eat hundreds of miles at 155 mph. You get out the other end and you'll be as fit as when you got in.

Thanks kind of get it now.

So are there any mods i should be saving up for? Never had a car worth touching before and dont know whether it is worth doing anything to this one?

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:Not with me driving around a corner

PMSL !!

I still remember Kevin's reaction when we met you on the track in Spa overtaking you... sideways !!

Torrekens wrote:

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:Not with me driving around a corner

PMSL !!

I still remember Kevin's reaction when we met you on the track in Spa overtaking you... sideways !!

You wer,nt sideways till you went past!! very

Burbs wrote:Thanks kind of get it now.

So are there any mods i should be saving up for? Never had a car worth touching before and dont know whether it is worth doing anything to this one?

I would be careful. To modify such car and do a proper job, it generally costs lots more money than to modify a turbo charged Jap machine that was developed in the first place to be tuned for rallydriving.

I would try to get her as original as possible.

IMHO cars like that shouldn't be modified as it makes them look like cheap 5th hand pimpmobiles. If someone touches it: Alpina.

Get it back to its new state and then ... Zymol

Ok, i will get pics up tommorrow and then you good people can cast the eyes over her.

Its techno violet which actually looks like blue in the daylight and black at night unless im colourblind!!!

One more question as im not sure if the dealer was taking me for a dick. He said that im lucky to have got a techno violet m3 so cheap as they are normally more expensive. He said they only released 3 colours for original m3's - estoril blue, techno violet and yellow?? True or false?

Burbs wrote:Ok, i will get pics up tommorrow and then you good people can cast the eyes over her.

Its techno violet which actually looks like blue in the daylight and black at night unless im colourblind!!!

One more question as im not sure if the dealer was taking me for a dick. He said that im lucky to have got a techno violet m3 so cheap as they are normally more expensive. He said they only released 3 colours for original m3's - estoril blue, techno violet and yellow?? True or false?

False. 10 years ago, when I was working as car journalist, I got that version of the M3 and, I know I am colourblind, but I am sure that one was silver.

Torrekens wrote:

Burbs wrote:Ok, i will get pics up tommorrow and then you good people can cast the eyes over her.

Its techno violet which actually looks like blue in the daylight and black at night unless im colourblind!!!

One more question as im not sure if the dealer was taking me for a dick. He said that im lucky to have got a techno violet m3 so cheap as they are normally more expensive. He said they only released 3 colours for original m3's - estoril blue, techno violet and yellow?? True or false?

False. 10 years ago, when I was working as car journalist, I got that version of the M3 and, I know I am colourblind, but I am sure that one was silver.

Glad someone has said that as on Autotrader there were a few silver M3 Evos so either they were all wrong or the dealer was bullshi$$ing me

Burbs wrote:Ok, i will get pics up tommorrow and then you good people can cast the eyes over her.

Its techno violet which actually looks like blue in the daylight and black at night unless im colourblind!!!

One more question as im not sure if the dealer was taking me for a dick. He said that im lucky to have got a techno violet m3 so cheap as they are normally more expensive. He said they only released 3 colours for original m3's - estoril blue, techno violet and yellow?? True or false?

BOLLOCKS

Original M3's or da M3 evo
M3' e 30 dont personally know bhp, but can find out, but most in LHD
M3' e36 done about 300 bhp 5 speed box
Evo M3 done 321bhp 6 speed box

black, silver, red, white, green, seen in M3's cos it's what I was after before the scoob not forgetting techno violet
only M3 special edition was a GT version very rare

WR 1mpostor (aka number 1 moderator) wrote:

Burbs wrote:Ok, i will get pics up tommorrow and then you good people can cast the eyes over her.

Its techno violet which actually looks like blue in the daylight and black at night unless im colourblind!!!

One more question as im not sure if the dealer was taking me for a dick. He said that im lucky to have got a techno violet m3 so cheap as they are normally more expensive. He said they only released 3 colours for original m3's - estoril blue, techno violet and yellow?? True or false?

BOLLOCKS

Original M3's or da M3 evo
M3' e 30 dont personally know bhp, but can find out, but most in LHD
M3' e36 done about 300 bhp 5 speed box
Evo M3 done 321bhp 6 speed box

black, silver, red, white, green, seen in M3's cos it's what I was after before the scoob not forgetting techno violet
only M3 special edition was a GT version very rare

Thanks for this, its no real big deal whether he was lying to me or not its just the fact that he tried to make me out to be a dick for questioning him.

He said yellow, estoril blue and techno violets were only 3 original m3 evo colours. I said i have seen a few silver on autotrader as i have been looking and he said they are fakes!!!

Strange guy that he was. The garage actually sells Ferraris and Bentleys and the like as well so its all a bit worrying if he actually thought he was really right!!

Original E30 started with 195 bhp out of a 2.3.

By the end of its career, it was at 238bhp out of a 2.5.

The E36 replaced it with a 3.0 6 cilinder that developed 286bhp.

Then came the 3.2 (321 bhp).

The same engine came to the last M3 with 343bhp.

Burbs wrote:
Thanks for this, its no real big deal whether he was lying to me or not its just the fact that he tried to make me out to be a dick for questioning him.

He said yellow, estoril blue and techno violets were only 3 original m3 evo colours. I said i have seen a few silver on autotrader as i have been looking and he said they are fakes!!!

Strange guy that he was. The garage actually sells Ferraris and Bentleys and the like as well so its all a bit worrying if he actually thought he was really right!!

right M3 evo's come in estoril blue, techno violet, black, silver, green or which ever bmw choose to do
the e36 original m3 did come in yellow (5 speed box) , but personally have not seen a yellow e36 evo in yellow, but could be mistaken...nah

I had an E 36 M3 evo Boston green for three years before the one !
Cant fault the car never let me down. And have seen a couple of them in Yellow !