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MrChips posted:No kidding, the E-Class Merc is the Crown Vic of Europe, from what I can tell. Cloth seats are so much better for track/autoX stuff too. I like my e36 m3 vaders, but the alcantara seats in my old ZHP were just so much better for holding you in place. The funny part is cloth stuff demands an absurd premium in NA, hurricane vader interiors can easily fetch 2k. Perforated e46 m3 cloth seats sell for close to 4k. I just hate leather in general. Yeah, it's easy to clean but it sucks in both hot and cold. It's slippery, and the softer leather used in the upscale/M cars wears badly.
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I could have sworn there were E38 740i Sport's trolling about in 1998-1999 or so with MT's. Not many but a few.
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My girlfriend hates my leather seats for the temperature reasons already described, but I think they're great. It was probably everything else about the car, but the last car I had, had cloth seats and I dunno, there's something about sitting in a seat for loooong drives (all drat day, I mean) that cloth seats just give me more discomfort than leather. My sister's Saturn has heated (leather) seats - the first winter after she bought it, she told me she would never again own a car that lacked this feature. As for transmissions, the rule I gleaned from this forum regarding Ze Germans is: BMW - very good manual, occassional weird automatics (iDrive is something I've never met in person, but I've seen mixed reviews) Mercedes - excellent automatics, nothing special about the manuals so might as well get the auto. Audi / VW - I've heard nothing either way, actually Porsche - FLAPPY PADDLES  With exceptions, obviously.
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VW/Audi... the other German car makers continue to ignore them.
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Porsche's PDK is pretty fantastic, and I say that as a person who vowed never to own an automatic as long as I have two working legs.
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May 2, 2013 07:38
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Would buying my e36 back and parting the m50 and 5speed be worth my time? Rear hit, the radiator and such ate it up front when I knocked the lady in front of me but I am suspecting drivetrain is solid. There's an M3 LSD back there, too. I don't know how to deal with junked cars, tow it home, yank the drivetrain and sell, then call scrappers? I don't want to piss off my neighbors TOO bad but if I can buy it back for a couple hundo and sell engine/trans for a bit more, that'd be cool. Just not sure how to go about it.
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I just got my oil changed and now the computer is saying 21000 miles until the next change is needed. Is that normal? It's always been 15000 the other times.
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I must have brain damage, I'm going to look at this as a DD: http://novascotia.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1991-BMW-3-Series-318is-Coupe-E30-W0QQAdIdZ480053442 I figure if I can get it for mid 2000s it'd be alright. If the paint really is toast I'd like to take a shot at plastidipping a car I don't care about. Jonny 290 posted:Would buying my e36 back and parting the m50 and 5speed be worth my time? Rear hit, the radiator and such ate it up front when I knocked the lady in front of me but I am suspecting drivetrain is solid. There's an M3 LSD back there, too. M50 might get you 400 if you're lucky, with m52 obd2 swaps feasible there isn't really much demand m50s these days. Might get 200 for the trans, 200 for the LSD? E36 stuff is so common these days its hard to get decent money out of them. I've had friends make money off e36 parts cars they picked up but they dismantled the entire car and had to deal with people showing up for 10 dollar trim pieces. And if you don't have access to an engine hoist that would cut into your profit. Any scrap company can haul away a car, but if its not a roller expect them to drag it across whatever it sits on. Crustashio fucked around with this message at 16:34 on May 2, 2013 |
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May 2, 2013 16:30
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Yeah, I don't want to go hog wild nickel and diming and having the neighbors call city code enforcement on me for running a scrapyard out of my home. Those numbers are lower than I expected but thanks for being honest. it sounds like it's really not worth it, especially since i'd have to be honest with an engine buyer and say that it needs a new vanos solenoid. And I'd have to grab a hoist etc and deal with spousal stress over the whole thing.... I'll see if i can hit the yard and maybe pry off her roundel for a souvenir or something.
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I'd only bother taking the differential and axles out. Dollar to effort ratio is much better than the engine or transmission. I think the c101 plug (might have that wrong) is usually in high demand for those who are swapping m5x motors into e30s and it is easy to cut out.
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Crustashio posted:Cloth seats are so much better for track/autoX stuff too. I like my e36 m3 vaders, but the alcantara seats in my old ZHP were just so much better for holding you in place. The funny part is cloth stuff demands an absurd premium in NA, hurricane vader interiors can easily fetch 2k. Perforated e46 m3 cloth seats sell for close to 4k. How or where are you even finding the cloth seats? Is it even possible to get a Beamer with cloth seats in the US? Apart from re-upholstering yourself.
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Tab8715 posted:How or where are you even finding the cloth seats? Yep, the 1, 3, and 5 series all have standard cloth seats. Not sure about the 7. The X1, X3, and X5 probably also have cloth seats for the base model.
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Jealous Cow posted:Yep, the 1, 3, and 5 series all have standard cloth seats. Not sure about the 7. The X1, X3, and X5 probably also have cloth seats for the base model. In the US all standard seats in everything except the 6/7 series are leatherette. No cloth at all. Guinness fucked around with this message at 21:14 on May 2, 2013 |
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Guinness posted:In the US all standard seats in everything except the 6/7 series are leatherette. No cloth at all. Not the M3 
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Lots of e30s and e36s had cloth seats, including sport seats. There were also a very small amount of NA spec e36 M3s with alcantara vaders. Then they kinda disappeared except for special models (ZHP, M3, etc). I know you can get e9x m3s with cloth sport seats.
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Crustashio posted:Lots of e30s and e36s had cloth seats, including sport seats. There were also a very small amount of NA spec e36 M3s with alcantara vaders. Then they kinda disappeared except for special models (ZHP, M3, etc). I know you can get e9x m3s with cloth sport seats. They're actually manual cloth sport-seats, upgrading to leather is $1400+ or included in premium.
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Our victim's been seen by the adjuster. Total has been declared; however no numbers yet because: a:Electrical's dead due to battery hit, and the wrecker guy wasn't there - no jump, no odometer b:They can't find a manual E36 sedan for sale in the lower 48. They're going back with a battery pack in the morning to get odo no matter what, but where do we go from here? If they can't find numbers, how do we settle on something? All of this smells like Reasonably Decent Sum to me, but this is my first rodeo, so I don't know much admittedly.
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Crustashio posted:I must have brain damage, I'm going to look at this as a DD: http://novascotia.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1991-BMW-3-Series-318is-Coupe-E30-W0QQAdIdZ480053442 Jonny 290 posted:b:They can't find a manual E36 sedan for sale in the lower 48.
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May 2, 2013 22:26
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It sounds weird, but I can't find any for sale on the more popular aggregators/search engines either. Not one moved on ebay motors in the last 90 days (or i might be bad at ebay search which is equally likely)
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ExecuDork posted:The Stanceworks sticker and the goofy wheels are a concern, but if you can get it for cheap why not? As you say, a shot at plastidipping an entire car is useful. Seriously. 88 Manual E36 Sedans on Cars.com.
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Oh wow, thanks. Much, much better.
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Got my shifter bits today!  As well as one of these also a good day to put the windows down and the sunroof back.  aaaand I filled up for the first time since I changed the injectors... 24mpg! Moxie Omen fucked around with this message at 02:32 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 3, 2013 02:30
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Looking studly 
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Moxie Omen posted:
Which steering wheel do you have? Looking to get one for E30 lemons car. 24mpg sounds about right!
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Moxie Omen posted:Got my shifter bits today! ZHP knob is the best knob. I almost regretted that I had to separate my original M-sport knob from the boot, but the ZHP knob feels so much nicer in hand.
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Putting a ZHP knob in my 330 was the best $60 I've ever spent on an automobile. It really is the best knob.
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Lightbulb Out posted:Which steering wheel do you have? Looking to get one for E30 lemons car. 24mpg sounds about right! 350mm diameter Momo Monte Carlo. So far I like it a lot better than the MTech1 I have in my other E30.
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Moxie Omen posted:350mm diameter Momo Monte Carlo. So far I like it a lot better than the MTech1 I have in my other E30. Yeah, the Mtech1s seem a little larger circumference. My dad has an '87 325is with Mtech1, and he was oogling my Mtech2.
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Guinness posted:Putting a ZHP knob in my 330 was the best $60 I've ever spent on an automobile. It really is the best knob. Hell yes, the stock shifters are so drat tall and goofy. I put one on my E46 330 right away (and wrapped the wood paneling)  BMW was even nice enough to include them on the current F10 535 as well. 
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...covering up woodgrain? I know not of these words you speak. I guess it makes more sense on the newer models, eh?
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I have blue leather/wood grain in the E34  I'd love to rip that all out and replace it with black sport.
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ZHP knob chat Before  After 
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Jonny 290 posted:...covering up woodgrain? I know not of these words you speak. Yeah, here is when I picked it up in late 2005. Meh. 
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Just got back from looking at that silver 2000 740iL. Didn't drive because The Main Guy wasn't in. What I know from talking to them: Trans is a used replacement done by the dealership clutch fan blew and made a tiny dent in hood (totally PDRable, or a new hood, big whoop) All front end suspension rubber is fresh What I saw on my walk-around: Looks sharp. Paint is all original, as is glass. Dash had zero dead pixels, and the cupholder was intact. I hear these failures are common. Engine bay was clean, and well maintained. Going to try to go back Mon/Tues to talk with the manager and take it for a drive. I am going to make sure to ask about: -Valley pan -Timing chain guides -Cats -Oil pump bolts If these aren't done, I will make attention to them a condition of the sale. If I'm going to pay a premium for not buying private party, I might as well leverage his shop to put a shine on this thing and forstall the known biggies.
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I wouldn't say that the the hood is "no big deal" to replace.
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Really? I suppose lining it up would be kind of troublesome, but I'm not scared of buying an insurance-quality silver hood off of car-part and putting it on myself, unless there's some weird poo poo I don't know about. I priced them already, not unreasonable to me, it's a big hood for a fancy car. At any rate, I forgot to look for the dent and it didn't catch my attention, but it's in my little things-to-check notebook for next week.
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Keyser S0ze posted:Yeah, here is when I picked it up in late 2005. Meh. Was your wood trim cracked? My trim pieces are cracked, so I'm thinking of wrapping them to make them look nicer.
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I just looked at a pretty cheap (for Seattle) 2002 and I'm torn. On the pro side it's mechanicals are pretty darn good and it was a blast to drive. On the con side it's got the common rust problems. Fender tops (by blinkers), floor pans, shock towers, spare tire well... you get the picture. If I get it, I have to be ready to weld, which I can do "ok". I don't know, what do you guys think? Is the shock tower repair a huge PITA on these things? Here is the ad for reference: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/3774021878.html
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Viper_3000 posted:Was your wood trim cracked? My trim pieces are cracked, so I'm thinking of wrapping them to make them look nicer. Nope, just wanted to update it mostly to keep myself entertained. The trim just pops right off and the carbon "fabric" is really easy to put on with just some 3M spray adhesive. The only tricky part is around the shifter and window switches. There are DIY's on Bimmerfest and E46fanatics.
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