BMW E36 M3 Evo Coupe in Estoril Blue

[nickyd100]

Afternoon all, after a brief fling with a E36 328i Sport (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=581197&nmt='99%20BMW%20328i%20Sport) I finally got round to getting myself an E36 M3. I've been after one for a while now.

After looking at a few this was the best one I could find. Details are as follows;

Late 1996 BMW M3 Evo
Estoril Blue
Alacantra Interior
115,000 miles with full history, approx. 17 stamps in the book
VANOS replaced by BMW at 101,000 miles - Invoice showing this cost £2,600!

No real plans for it to be honest as I like it the way it is, i'm gonna change the plate back to an age-related one, fix the cracked fog light lense and demist the headlights. Thats it. Oh, and keep it clean!

[Rotary Madness]

Very tastey

Ive heard that a supersprint exhaust makes them sound worlds better.

[Altrezia]

Looks very clean. I still quite fancy one of these.

[V6]

Nice. Very nice!

I think the E36 is one of the best looking 3 series.

[minimatt1967]

Lovely very very tidy

Old faithful hengistbury head car park

[Sheriff JWPepper]

I think the E36 has gone through the awkward phase and is starting to look really good again.

[SarlechS]

very nice car mate, the sunflower alloys are one of my favourite on the E36. i've got the same steering wheel in my E36, it's so bloody big isn't it! nice clean example!

[gareth.e]

niiiiiiice

Looks like a very clean example

[Jimbomofo]

Lovely motor you've got there fella. Lovely clean car.

If you haven't already i'd sigh up to www.bmwowner.com. its full of loads of useful information, predominately on the e36.

Jim

[RDE]

minimatt1967 said:

Old faithful hengistbury head car park

I thought it was!

I really like those seats. They seem quite rare though, which is unfortunate as I think i'd prefer them to the all-leather ones.

[nickyd100]

Jimbomofo said:

Lovely motor you've got there fella. Lovely clean car.

If you haven't already i'd sigh up to www.bmwowner.com. its full of loads of useful information, predominately on the e36.

Jim

Hello mate, yes you pointed me in that direction when I posted pics of my old 328i Sport, I have joined up but I haven't been on there much, I need to have a proper browse of the forum.

[nickyd100]

RDE / MiniMatt - are you both Bournemouth chaps then? Don't seem to see many posters on here from Bournemouth way. If there's a few of us we should organise a Bournemouth Pistonheads meet!

Nick

[minimatt1967]

I'm from Bournemouth, try the south coast forum for more 'local' people
We should definitely have a Bournemouth meet soon

[coupeboy]

LUCKY GIT! saw this in the trader, Couldn't make it down to view the week it went in, I knew it wouldn't hang around though, so I resigned myself to the fact it wouldn't be mine. Good luck with it! looks a stunner!

[asbo]

nickyd100 said:

Afternoon all, after a brief fling with a E36 328i Sport (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=581197&nmt='99%20BMW%20328i%20Sport) I finally got round to getting myself an E36 M3. I've been after one for a while now.

After looking at a few this was the best one I could find. Details are as follows;

Late 1996 BMW M3 Evo
Estoril Blue
Alacantra Interior
115,000 miles with full history, approx. 17 stamps in the book
VANOS replaced by BMW at 101,000 miles - Invoice showing this cost £2,600!

No real plans for it to be honest as I like it the way it is, i'm gonna change the plate back to an age-related one, fix the cracked fog light lense and demist the headlights. Thats it. Oh, and keep it clean!

Every time I think I've put these cars behind me, a blinder comes up and makes me all dohey-eyed again.

I need one of these back in my life, I really do. I still miss my old one every day (now owed by fellow PHer wmg100)and cannot quite think what on earth possessed me to ever sell it.

Very nice car there fella.

I'm going to take a guess that the car is still on it's original suspension? It'll be tired by now so make that a priority to sort. They really can me made to handle exceptionally well, so any vagueness or boat-like handling should be banished with a nice set of coilovers.

Here was mine (please excuse the pic-whoring ):













Bought it with only 27k on the clock and sold it at 44k. Simply fabulous car

Edited by asbo on Monday 2nd February 08:48

[daz05]

You should never have sold yours Asbo, was a beauty!!

[Neil.D]

Without a spoiler it would be just about perfect...

[Scrotum]

Absolute stunner! Looks immaculate in the pics!

I have a 3.0 ltr convertible. Its not bad with 74k from new but i wish it was as nice as yours. Actually makes me think about selling mine and finding a better one. (again appologies for pic whoring!)

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Lucky you - that looks absolutely fantastic!

[nickyd100]

Thanks for all the comments guys.

ASBO - yours looks like a good example - like the mint interior a lot. Not so sure on the rear spoiler, is off a GT2?

Scrotum(?!) - Your convertible looks really tidy, again I like the leather interior a lot. Kind of wish I had leather in mine but at the mileage mine has done they tend to get a bit cracked.

Here's a couple of pics takin this morning in the snow.