1985 e30 - i bought a BMW from the other side of the pond.

Haha, I found this guy who is localish to me. Has youtube as well.

My daily is getting a bit rusty and I either accept it will not do another MOT or remove all the rust before it turns to rot & I cba laying under it for a week getting rust in my eyes.

I don't actually know what the prices ae though

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Life has been really busy lately but i managed to find the time to go pick up the BBS RS.

so they are 16x8 but i will be rebuilding them all to be 16x8 and 16x9.

when i got there the seller advised me that he found another 16" BBS RS, this was a factory 16x9 and asked me if i wanted it, told him to chuck a number at me and i walked away with it for £250, its the best condition of the bunch too!! so now i have 5x BBS RS. will either leave the 5th as a garage decoration/ornament or build it to be a full size spare wheel and have it in the boot of the car.

but here are the photos.

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in the car they went

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I will say, i have a little VW Polo as a run around. 24 plate, only 3 months old. 1ltr 3 cyl turbo. its not the most fun to drive but, started the day with the fuel light. Went to the petrol station. Full tank was £48. drove to gloucestershire and back which was about 320 miles, came home with half a tank still saying i had 280 miles left. good little trooper.

ofcourse, i had to put them up next to the car. needed a little mid build mootivation.

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I have set saturday aside this week to get in the garage and try and hit the rest of that undercoat!! wish me luck.

not so fun fact. I said at the end of last year / start of this year i will not have a celebratory drink until all this damn undercoat was off the car.

I genuinely have not had a drop of alcohol this year. hopefully i can soon.

I have done some more grinding and scraping, its all the small hard to get to areas but we are getting close, real close now.

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and a little bit of a life update,

I sold another car, that now leaves me with the two daily drivers (mine and my wife) and the e30.

lox misses the audi, its concerning how fast he is growing up, he loves spending his time doing car stuff and being in the garage with me, and i love it too.

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i remember when i mentioned on here that we was expecting him and his introduction to the world on the RR forum. scary.

Work has given me this to drive around in the the last few months. 2024 JCW countryman. not very mini but it is actually a very nice daily driver with a bit of poke too.

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Was being followed by a bit of scrap the other day on my way home from work.

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Also, having a big tidy up of the containers on site and found a mixture of expensive SPAM FROM. so i decided, rather than throw them in the skip i should take them home. Yes, they fit in the "mini"

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I am not finished yet, but with a bit of paint and i had to build a boxing for the big drawers (not finished yet) but it is looking much cleaner and nicer place to be. Before i felt a bit cluttered and a mess.

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Believe i have £80 into the new garage renovation.

oh, i also accidently bought some more wheels on ebay.

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Another thing to add, i am about to leave to go on a 3 week holiday back to California with Nicholl and Loxley, Lox's first time on a plane!! Last time i went to California i bought this damn car, going to try not to buy another car this time... but we will see how that goes. i have already lined up picking up some parts.