Having owned various 306's for about 4 years now i'm getting a small itch for something different, life is short and there are already mutterings of expensive things like mortgages and marriages from the other half.

I'm not really interested in much over 200bhp and would rather have a rewarding and engaging driving experience when driving down the favourite roads on a quiet Sunday morning.

I'm not much of a mechanic and it will be a daily driver so whatever I go for must be reliable. Budget is around £3k

E30 BMW - Undecided on 318is or 325i.
Pro's
- reliable?
- love the retro styling
- rwd (keen to see what all the fuss is about)
- easy to work on?
- will probably appreciate in value if I get a good one

Cons
- Old, I imagine a lot of money will need to be spent if it hasn't already on suspension + general wear and tear of a 22 year old car.
- Certain parts getting rare?
- 318is slightly underpowered

Integra DC2
Pro's
- lively engine
- reliable
- championed for handling
Con's
- ?

Looks like Integra is winning at the moment, but I do love the look of the E30. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers
Lewis

318is is meant to be the E30 bar an M3/320ish. 142 from the m42 isn't exactly mega, but not bad, should have an LSD as standard but a lot are missing them. They looks cool and drift well, i love E30's.

Integra's are a very good car, bomb proof, quick, awesome handling, not many downsides, bar it looks like a shoe.

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1999 Gaystone blue '6,
1990 sierra cosworth 4x2

The issue with doing that is they say the IS is the most balanced E30 due to the lighter engine up front, again, bar the M3/320IS, so you'd have to watch engine weights IMO. vauxhall LET would be a sweet conversion.

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1999 Gaystone blue '6,
1990 sierra cosworth 4x2

Obviously though you would do it all properly, Insuring to be intelligent about how its sprung etc.
Besides the suspension set up is the same as the m3 no?

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Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg

Boggo 320 with an S50B30 conversion

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Bring on the Trumpets.

If were talking about engine convo's in e30's, then heres a quick pick of mine

I saw the MPower thing and though hmm, then spotted the blower

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Bring on the Trumpets.

Doest this car belong to toby uminer it was in ppc a while ago?

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230bhp 205 gti6

ive owned a dc2 and wow what a car, handles amazingly well, but as someone said before it is a bit raw for every day use

for 3k you would get a dc2 that would need rebushing, your better off with the later 98 spec cause those are better equipped and look better

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205 gti6 now sold up, but gonna stick around and see whats what

Bet that is a bit of an animal!

are parts noticeably dearer than Peugeot?

Straight 6 FTW.

Miss my E34 535i Sport. LSD and lots of toys

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Senior Test Automation Engineer for the 306GTi6 Owners Club Forum

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isnt a good ae86 three times his budget?

I would just pick up an e30 with an engine swap already done. Theres plenty about

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Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg

As above.
Or the 2.3 in the M3

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Ex- Phase 3 China GTi-6 T-Reg