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BMW E36.

  • 06-12-2010 6:15pm
    #1
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello.

    I was looking at a BMW E36 (98 318 TDS).

    It has 170k on the clock with no nct or battery. There is a wheel bearing gone in the back and the interior is very tatty. I have no idea what it would need to through the NCT.

    What would be a fair price for this car. Shes driving away ok though.

    I am giving my own Passat to a employee so I wont be doing that much driving.

    I know I am after coming down the car ladder in a year but I dont care.

    I have no link or pics.


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  • #2
    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Hello.What would be a fair price for this car.

    I'd want to be paid at least €2000 to take that dog off the previous owner!


  • #3
    Piri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭Piri


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Hello.

    I was looking at a BMW E36 (98 318 TDS).

    It has 170k on the clock with no nct or battery. There is a wheel bearing gone in the back and the interior is very tatty. I have no idea what it would need to through the NCT.

    What would be a fair price for this car. Shes driving away ok though.

    I am giving my own Passat to a employee so I wont be doing that much driving.

    I know I am after coming down the car ladder in a year but I dont care.

    I have no link or pics.

    This is a pig to drive , even when chipped
    Better to stay 316i


  • #4
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Piri wrote: »
    This is a pig to drive , even when chipped
    Better to stay 316i

    No petrol cars.


  • #5
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Stevie Dakota wrote: »
    I'd want to be paid at least €2000 to take that dog off the previous owner!

    Are they that bad?


  • #6
    Piri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 225 ✭✭Piri


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    No petrol cars.

    Ok I told


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  • #7
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Should I look for something else so???


  • #8
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Ah surely the bangernomics thread can help ya


  • #9
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    EPM wrote: »
    Ah surely the bangernomics thread can help ya

    I can buy it for 350 euro.


  • #10
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I reckon that navy e class diesel is worth serious looking into


  • #11
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,132 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Should I look for something else so???

    See the bangernomics thread. Plenty of cars for under a grand with a current NCT. Even nasty old school diesels ;)

    Lotus Elan turbo for sale:

    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lotus-elan-turbo/38336785

    My ads on adverts.ie:

    https://www.adverts.ie/member/5856/ads



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  • #12
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    unkel wrote: »
    See the bangernomics thread. Plenty of cars for under a grand with a current NCT. Even nasty old school diesels ;)

    I seen the Merc but the tax wouldnt make it viable. Are the 318 tds a ball of dung.


  • #13
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    I seen the Merc but the tax wouldnt make it viable. Are the 318 tds a ball of dung.
    I do not think they are bad. I was looking for one myself last year and I did some research. I viewed and drove one or two examples. The things that had put me off the car was not very good feedback about the fuel supply system (injection pumps leaking and some problems with fuel supply pumps). Nothing serious, but at the same time I accidentally came across an older Mercedes-Benz 190D and I bought it straight away, as I knew this is about the cheapest (and still comfortable) way of pleasant motoring. Since I bought the car we covered about 52k km and spend pennies on simple service (oil, filters, etc.). Another good advantage of the Benz is the fact that it will run on potato or carrot juice without any major hassle.
    All in all, if that TDS is good enough (the wheel bearing is nothing major), it may be worth taking it home, but make sure and check the car properly. You are not looking for any trouble with it I believe.

    Another car that I would buy is the C200 Diesel:
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1743148
    It has the same old good Diesel as the 190D (not to be mixed up with the C220 Diesel), but in a newer body. Yes, some will say it is a bit slow (who cares?), not as well built as the 190D (some quality savings that came up with that generation), but mechanically is fine, reliable and very cheap to run.


  • #14
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Cheers I think I will buy the Bimmer considering its so cheap.


  • #15
    kermitpwee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭kermitpwee


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Cheers I think I will buy the Bimmer considering its so cheap.
    Tell us how ya get on with the nct etc. If it has a wishbone suspension could be expensive to put thru the nct.

    Good luck.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    I seen the Merc but the tax wouldnt make it viable. Are the 318 tds a ball of dung.

    They are complete and utter dirt. Engine is dire even when it was new, the one you describe sounds a money pit.


  • #17
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    kermitpwee wrote: »
    Tell us how ya get on with the nct etc. If it has a wishbone suspension could be expensive to put thru the nct.

    Good luck.

    Cheers. I will post pics etc. I have had to down the ladder a lot but thats the recession for ya. I had a 07 Audi A8 last year but had to sell it. Hope good times come again..:)


  • #18
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    RoverJames wrote: »
    They are complete and utter dirt. Engine is dire even when it was new, the one you describe sounds a money pit.

    It isnt a bad I suppose. I always loved bangers when I was younger so I suppose you could call it a blast from the past..:cool:


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Cheers. I will post pics etc. I have had to down the ladder a lot but thats the recession for ya. I had a 07 Audi A8 last year but had to sell it. Hope good times come again..:)

    Fingers crossed they do, me thinks they will ;)

    Back to the Bimmer, it's not cheap, I reckon you won't have an NCT on her without throwing a good few hundred at it. And it will be a rotten yoke that you will hate. You'd be better off finding a tested E34 diesel for a grand.


  • #20
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Fingers crossed they do, me thinks they will ;)

    Back to the Bimmer, it's not cheap, I reckon you won't have an NCT on her without throwing a good few hundred at it. And it will be a rotten yoke that you will hate. You'd be better off finding a tested E34 diesel for a grand.

    True. They were a nice motor actually.


  • #21
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    RoverJames wrote: »
    You'd be better off finding a tested E34 diesel for a grand.
    The one you mentioned is the 525 TDS and the 2.5 TDS engine is one of the worst they ever made (reliability wise).


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Seweryn wrote: »
    The one you mentioned is the 525 TDS and the 2.5 TDS engine is one of the worst they ever made (reliability wise).

    Well a tested one that has gotten as far as 15 ish years old bought for a grand is a good enough bet. They also weren't that bad at all, the petrols were bulletproof so in comparison most yokes are not as reliable. The 1.7 e36 diesel was the biggest heap of sh1t they ever sold aside from the compacts.


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