My NEW (to me) E91 320d

[1 Eyed Monkey]

Enjoyed reading this!!!

Conversion also looking good.

 

[Urban963]

@EATYOURVITAMIN5 do you live in JHB? I'm pretty sure I drove past you the other day.

 

[modocrat]

I almost cried when I started reading this..
Well done on getting it to where it is. Can't wait to see it completed.

 

[EATYOURVITAMIN5]

@EATYOURVITAMIN5 do you live in JHB? I'm pretty sure I drove past you the other day.

Yes sir. Born and raised. I am in the Edenvale side of the world.

 

[EATYOURVITAMIN5]

Fantastic escapades, I thoroughly enjoyed reading that, well done on your perseverance!

Have you seen the LCI E91 being stripped for parts in Durban? I swore I saw it on FBMP last week, cant seem to find it now. Maybe the boot is still available so you can get rid of the Nissan Primera rear lights...


True stories bro, I pity the men who moan about their wife moaning about their broken cars... Life is hard enough dealing with broken BMWs without having to then pacify a moaning wife

I didn't see that.. that is a brilliant recommendation though! Thank you, I will change my FBMP region and have a look for myself. As one might guess, E91s are hens teeth, so finding one that is stripping (LCI no less) is a really good lead. Thanks again

Totally agree - however, I also understand that life is one big lottery and some of us are lucky and others are not so fortunate when it comes to our spouses.

 

[EATYOURVITAMIN5]

As mentioned prior in the thread, I intended to install an M Sport steering wheel to replace the original silver trim and airbag that had seen better days. Today when I had a couple of minutes to spare, I quickly banged that out.







What an improvement its made. The old steering wheel airbag wasn't fitting snugly in into the internal clips and whenever you rotated the wheel to turn a corner or to manoeuvre, it would clunk and wiggle around - not so pleasant. Above all else, the badge looked horrendous for whatever reason.. it looked like it was taken off poorly and stuck back on because it was all kinked and creased. The leather was also a bit worse off for wear and the silver trim wasn't doing the look of the car any favours.

 

[NBN]

Did you get a good deal on this car because that's alot of time and money you have invested into this project.... Well done for your dedication and perseverance

 

[EATYOURVITAMIN5]

Did you get a good deal on this car because that's alot of time and money you have invested into this project.... Well done for your dedication and perseverance

Well, a “good deal” is subjective from person to person. Given that it’s far from the most expensive one on the market (R170k) and it was less than the first one I went to look at (R145k) and it being a very early model E91 so it has the M47 that is virtually indestructible and has just under 250 000km.

Given that:

• Interior and exterior wise, a solid 8/10
• Lowest mileage example I could find
• Specifically the diesel variant (a decent majority of the rare E91s I could find are 325i or 320i
• Decent spec on it - HiFi, PDC all round, full electric seats, xenons, headlight washers, cruise control, auto headlights etc.
• and purely the enjoyment I get out of driving it (when it’s working)

I would say I got a fair deal.