Give me Calypso, give it to meeee!

[Shuriken]

As you all know I had my little incident a few wednesdays ago and wrote off my car. This afternoon I picked up a new one. :)

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Its a J Reg ('91) Calypso Red E36 316i with 96k on the clock. It's all in decent condition and drives nicely. It's got it's share of scratches and it look like a cat's had a dance on the bootlid but all-in-all, I'm happy! :D

So glad to be back in a BM now, didn't realise how lucky I was.

I got it for £1750 which my bro thinks is a bit high but its only 96k on the clock and all in good nick, so I'm happy with it. The interior is standard but I like the fact it is colour coded and I now have an electric sunroof. :) For a 14 year old car I can't complain. [ok

If you can ignore the hubcaps, you won't vomit. :o

Not sure what more too say other than; see you at South Mimms!!

Shuriken.

ps, CCFLs, evotechnik stickers and clear front indicators all coming soon hopefully :)

[Afif]

:cool: Congrats man. 17 and already on your second beemer. Thats how you do it :D.

...and its all about red :cool:.

[benny boy]

congrats nice car so what have you got planed for it

[Shuriken]

It's not RED though, it's quite subdued, it's growing on me the more I look at it. :)

May I add, second BM and second HUGE debt, hahaha. :o

Shuriken.

[Shuriken]

what have you got planed for it

CCFLs and clear front indicators at the moment. I really don't have a lot of money at the moment, keeping it running will be my main concern.

If I get a few sites done over the summer I might have some money, but that will pay off the debt. :( Anyway, I've got my BM back :D

Shuriken.

[sonny.j.h]

looking good dude, I noticed it still has the original stereo!

the 1.6 8v are a revvie car mate, of the line they aint that bad, just make shaw that the cam belt is new, or you will be paying out a lot of dosh for the valves to be replaced....this happend to my mate!!

btw I did not know you wrote your car off?

[Stock323iSaloon]

Nice car Sambo:) I almost bought a E30 in the same colour a while back!

Have u sorted everything out with your insurance company or are they still messing around with you?

[Ade]

WOW, what a great car as your 1st (Doh, 2nd!) car.. Much better than my brown vauxhall chevette saloon i had :o

Cheers

Ade

[Har5ha]

congrats on the new car...

[peppernick]

Glad you got things sorted so quickly [cool See you at South Mimms ;)

[Shuriken]

Cheers guys, sorry, forgot I didn't tell you all about the insurance. It's all sorted, got a cheque for £1155 on wednesday or thursday. They offered £1525 I think it was but 'cos of my age I have a huge excess and so it ended up at £1155. I was hoping for a grand so I was happy with that.

Thanks for the info on the cam belt, I've got my eye on it, it's got another 7 or 8k on it before it needs replacing I think.

Also, does anyone know anything about the alarm system on these cars? I'm thoroughly confused. I believe it has the BMW Anti Theft System, it's got a siren under the bonnet and what looks like an ultrasound motion sensor on my parcel shelf but I don't have remote central locking or a transponder or anything. How does it work? Does it just activate it when the key is turned or what? I'd like to how it works so I can check to see if it's working on not.

Also (..again :p), the stereo has a red flashing light on it when the cars locked, as it's the standard BMW stereo I'm thinking that may be linked but it might not, any ideas?

Cheers,

Shuriken.

[Raj]

Congrats on the new car mate. Nice and different with the colour [cool .
Can't really answer any of your questions, but I am sure someone will soon.

[adood84]

its very nice

[Nickleback]

Good to see your back on the road & with new wheels too !

[M5 SC]

at least you got some wheels now, and the main thing is they are BMW wheels!!!

[Shuriken]

Cheers guys, I've just picked up a set of standard bmw alloys of ebay for £20, what a bargain! Picking them up friday. Fortunately or unfortunately, this car has just had new tyres all round but when they need replacing, I'll stick the new wheels on and buy new tyres for them. Get rid of those "lovely" hubcaps. :)

Shuriken.

[lee330sport]

Congrats on the new car mate, got it soted pretty quick.

£20 is a bargain dude.:D