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 heliosphan
Senior User  Location: UK Registered: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 949 Status: Offline |
Post #26
webster wrote: Sold the 6 and bought a bmw recently, will never look back. Yeah but an E92(?) is hardly a comparison for a 90's hatchback is it? If I hopped in to a DB9 I'd also be tempted not to look back. If, however, I had an E36 I'd be very tempted to look back. I'd look back longingly infact. I'd probably buy the 306 flowers and say 'I'm sorry'. Nothing screams council estate quite like an E36. |
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro  Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #27
tompaltridge wrote: webster wrote: Sold the 6 and bought a bmw recently, will never look back. Yeah but an E92(?) is hardly a comparison for a 90's hatchback is it? If I hopped in to a DB9 I'd also be tempted not to look back. If, however, I had an E36 I'd be very tempted to look back. I'd look back longingly infact. I'd probably buy the 306 flowers and say 'I'm sorry'. Nothing screams council estate quite like an E36. Well yeah that's kind of my point. I'm comparing £1500ish E36s and E46s to a similarly valued 306, obviously I'd rather have a brand new M3 but unless I was renting one for the weekend I don't think I could get one for that somehow. ________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 31st Mar 2013 at 15:06
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chrisd306
Seasoned Pro  Location: Perth Scotland Registered: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 10,061 Status: Offline |
Post #28
I find it funny how people say that a BMW won't be as much fun to drive as the 306 currently I have a high boost Rallye and an e46 m3 and I'd say the BM is deff better fun than the Rallye, I had an e36 3.0 m3 before I bought and charged the Rallye and to be fair I wish I had never ploughed all that money into the 306 don't get me wrong it's truly awesome but I'd take the m3 out over Rallye any day!! Also your clearly not trying hard enough if you think the BMW is slower round the twisties you just need to grow a set!________________________________________ In my garage just now2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull & Audi Q5 S Line AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what! |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 07:12
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chrisd306
Seasoned Pro Location: Perth Scotland Registered: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 10,061 Status: Offline |
Post #29
£2500 would get you a 3.0 e36 M3 ________________________________________ In my garage just now2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull & Audi Q5 S Line AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what! |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 07:13
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #30
they are silly cheap now but knowing how much they cost to run is the funny part  ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 08:27
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #31
At 2500 I'd be tempted to buy one and run it as long as I could without having to spend a pound on it. Which going by your tyre wear calculator Rikky - I think I'd have a good weekend with one.________________________________________  |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 09:00
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mik
Seasoned Pro  Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
Post #32
I'd buy a E30, E46 or E90 but not a E36. Thought they were ugly the day they were launched and I still do. Running costs with any car this age is all about history - a clean one owned by some old bloke who got it serviced on time and is up to date will cost little to run. On the other hand a car a bit frayed around the edges that has been thrashed about on a shoestring without any money spent on it for ages will cost plenty, especially when you are doing maintenance deferred by the previous owner. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 10:00
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #33
mik wrote: I'd buy a E30, E46 or E90 but not a E36. Thought they were ugly the day they were launched and I still do. Running costs with any car this age is all about history - a clean one owned by some old bloke who got it serviced on time and is up to date will cost little to run. On the other hand a car a bit frayed around the edges that has been thrashed about on a shoestring without any money spent on it for ages will cost plenty, especially when you are doing maintenance deferred by the previous owner. I'm looking at ones with a FSH that seem cared for. There are a surprising amount of them around for £1000 to £2000ish. chrisd306 wrote: £2500 would get you a 3.0 e36 M3 I'm sure it would, but when I bought my 306 (now written off by some idiot woman) it was pretty much the best thing I could afford. I have recently found that some 3-series can be had for similar money, and was wondering how those compared to the '6 at the same price. Even if I could find an extra £1000 to buy an M3, there's no way I'd be able to afford to insure one given my age. ________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 19:00
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chrisd306
Seasoned Pro Location: Perth Scotland Registered: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 10,061 Status: Offline |
Post #34
How old are you? I had my first m3 when I was 20 I'm now 27 and on my 2nd________________________________________ In my garage just now2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull & Audi Q5 S Line AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what! |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 20:42
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pebbles167
Seasoned Pro  Location: Melksham. Wiltshire. Registered: 08 Dec 2009 Posts: 2,516 Status: Offline |
Post #35
chrisd306 wrote: How old are you? I had my first m3 when I was 20 I'm now 27 and on my 2nd He's right, insurance shouldn't be that much of an issue, I've been running a 6 fully comp since 18, and had an EVO III at 21. None of this broke the bank. M3 is easily achievable if you want it, just gotta find the right deal.  ________________________________________ 2005 Peugeot 206 GTI 1802008 BMW K1200R |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 21:26
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,817 Status: Offline |
Post #36
one persons broke the bank is quite different from another  ________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 21:41
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AndyJ
Seasoned Pro  Location: Birmingham Registered: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 5,894 Status: Offline |
Post #37
This is bey true. ^^^ plus, as already said, any M3 will cost a small fortune to run. ________________________________________ For we are many.PS£ ID: Monkey369 |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 22:05
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #38
pebbles167 wrote: chrisd306 wrote: How old are you? I had my first m3 when I was 20 I'm now 27 and on my 2nd He's right, insurance shouldn't be that much of an issue, I've been running a 6 fully comp since 18, and had an EVO III at 21. None of this broke the bank. M3 is easily achievable if you want it, just gotta find the right deal. I'm 21, but I got my license in Germany. I had to swap it for a UK license, but when insurers ask I have to disclose that I haven't always been living in the UK (premium increase), I'm a student (premium increase), and only have 1 year's ncb despite having had my license for 3 years this month, as my first year and a bit was a named driver abroad which counts for nothing, second year was driving in the UK with no claims, and then I used my 1 year's ncb and being 21 to get insured on a '6 which was still really rather expensive. Even if insurance would be reasonable (which it almost definitely wouldn't be given that admiral's quotes on normal 3 series tend to be higher than my '6s one), I don't have an extra £1000 to buy an M3. I'll just wait until I leave university and have a job (I hope) and I'll be nearly 23 with more ncb hopefully, which should allow me to insure and afford something nice. welshpug! wrote: one persons broke the bank is quite different from another Pretty much, also my atypical insurance details usually lead to insurers disliking me. Suffice to say, buying and insuring my 306 was at the absolute upper limit of my budget, and was probably the best car I could get for that money as well in terms of fun. I was wondering if a similarly-priced 3 series would be as interesting as a replacement, seeing as how decent 306s are a bit scarce, especially at the price I paid. I've found a local crash repairs company that I'll be asking for a quote to fix my 306 though, and probably dicking about with it a bit more myself as well. ________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 22:06
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chrisd306
Seasoned Pro Location: Perth Scotland Registered: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 10,061 Status: Offline |
Post #39
How much you pay to insure your 6 then?________________________________________ In my garage just now2003 BMW M3 & 2009 L200 Raging Bull & Audi Q5 S Line AX stock rod & Saxo Stock rod Sold the bike an charged rallye an bought a caravan, midlife crisis or what! |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 22:29
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #40
chrisd306 wrote: How much you pay to insure your 6 then? Around £1200ish fully comp for this year for the Ph.2, Ph.1 is cheaper to insure. Most "normal" 1.6L cars like focuses were around £900ish so the way I see it is that it's an extra £300 to drive I car I love ________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 4th Apr 2013 at 23:56
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #41
the m3's will bite you big time if you try to run them on a budget too, i bought my blue e36 3.2 m3 evo for ~9k in 2006 and spent a fortune on it and considering it was a VGC example with excellent history i dread to think what a cheap example would have cost meinsurance was about £2k on it when i first got it but dropped by the 4th year of owning it to about £1200. likewise my e46 m3 was about £1200 but a much newer car and worth a lot more i still pay £600 on a 306 hdi  so insurance has always been an issue here, but that's life________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 09:09
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #42
rikky wrote: the m3's will bite you big time if you try to run them on a budget too, i bought my blue e36 3.2 m3 evo for ~9k in 2006 and spent a fortune on it and considering it was a VGC example with excellent history i dread to think what a cheap example would have cost me insurance was about £2k on it when i first got it but dropped by the 4th year of owning it to about £1200. likewise my e46 m3 was about £1200 but a much newer car and worth a lot more i still pay £600 on a 306 hdi so insurance has always been an issue here, but that's life Everyone was quoting me 750-900 on my 1.1 106, 106 gtis were almost as much to insure as a 306 gti-6 and somehow it seems that 106 gtis are all advertised at way higher prices!________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 10:04
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #43
i'm in the process now of getting another car. well, it's purely for the mrs, because i don't need one for the week whereas she does. i'm going to try and squeeze 2 cars out of our budget and get exactly what i recommended to stay away from above - a cheap e36 m3 evo really miss my old estoril blue one. if i can get enough for her bmw part-ex'd against something else i'll do it and let you know when i'm bankrupt so you can say 'you told yourself so' ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 10:35
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RetroPug
Seasoned Pro Location: Leicestershire Registered: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 2,473 Status: Offline |
Post #44
rikky wrote: i'm in the process now of getting another car. well, it's purely for the mrs, because i don't need one for the week whereas she does. i'm going to try and squeeze 2 cars out of our budget and get exactly what i recommended to stay away from above - a cheap e36 m3 evo really miss my old estoril blue one. if i can get enough for her bmw part-ex'd against something else i'll do it and let you know when i'm bankrupt so you can say 'you told yourself so' It's not that I don't want an M3, it's that I'd also rather like to eat food and live in a house for the next year as well as owning a car. Good luck finding a nice one! ________________________________________ 61k miles Ph.1 Diablo '6 Project Thread |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 12:50
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AndyJ
Seasoned Pro Location: Birmingham Registered: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 5,894 Status: Offline |
Post #45
E30 m3. ________________________________________ For we are many.PS£ ID: Monkey369 |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 13:17
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ian7675
Techno Viking  Location: Gloucestershire Registered: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 6,068 Status: Offline |
Post #46
HE DOESN'T WANT AN M3!________________________________________ Less than 24 hours to go! |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 14:11
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #47
certainly not an e30 lefthooker either with 1980's engineering  ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 14:19
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ian7675
Techno Viking Location: Gloucestershire Registered: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 6,068 Status: Offline |
Post #48
I doubt £2k would get one of those anyway Edit: wrong thread, bo***cks. ________________________________________ Less than 24 hours to go! |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 14:21
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #49
i wonder if he has considered an alterntive to the 325i? like an m3?________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 14:22
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dangti6
aka JKshooter Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,305 Status: Offline |
Post #50
M5?________________________________________ |
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Posted 5th Apr 2013 at 14:28
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