Slight work needed for MOT. (M reg BMW 316i content)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Fucking hell!

 

Bought this for 50 quid yesterday for spares, and the MOT fail sheet ran into two pages. Anyone had a car more comprehensively fucked than this?

 

 

 

 

Nearside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.4.A.2h)

Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (3.4.1c)

Offside Front Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)

Front to rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)

Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)

Nearside Front sill Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Offside Front sill Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Nearside Rear sill Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Offside Rear sill Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Nearside Outer Rear shocker Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Nearside Inner Rear subframe Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Nearside Inner Front shocker Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Offside Inner Front shocker Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2)

Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Tyre worn below legal limit (4.1.E.1)

Offside Power steering ram(s) has seepage from a component (2.3.3b)

Play in steering rack inner joint(s)

Nearside Front Brake hose deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)

Offside Front Brake hose deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)

Nearside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement

Offside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement

 

Nearside Rear position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)

Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

 

Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive (7.3.D.4)

Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)

Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive (7.3.D.3)

Rear silencer and blowing Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated (7.1.1a)

Offside Inner Front strut housing Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

Nearside incorrect bulb fitted Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance (1.2.1d)

 

[Lacquer Peel]

That's quite impressive. How does it look, any pictures?

[beko1987]

So, rather than one or 2 bits wrong, everything is broken!

 

Not bad for £50. You gonna try and fix it up or weigh it straight in?

[EssDeeWon]

Blimey that is impressive.

 

What's right with it?

[Richard]

I had close to a full house on an Allegro I was given about 20 years ago. I fixed it too.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It drives really, really well. Suspension feels good, no clonks or wandering, brakes feel good and it goes well enough. But it is rotten - repaired before and now rotting around the repairs.

 

It's scrap but it hame with a bootfull of $$$$$$ spares that I should be able to make 3-400 out of plus the car will break to 3-400 quid as well.

 

For 50 quid and a train fare I did well. No way am I going to repair it though.

[BorniteIdentity]

What's right with it?

 

Well. First and foremost it's a BM....  oh.

 

an Allegro [sNIP] I fixed it too.

 

Oh. So it's your fault some of these still live.  EVERYONE - GET HIM!!!1!

[Richard]

I tried to give that car away more than once and it kept coming back. I still can't what happened to it in the end and I'm a bit concerned that I might still have it.

 

That BMW is an example of what happens if you don't keep on top of repairs. Most of that could have been dealt with fairly easy but it's too much to do all at once.

[Bren]

I sold a mk 1 essy to a relative - the MOT had long expired.

 

Relative took car in, tester said 10 mins into test that if he stopped at that point he could take car away with nothing to pay.

[Bren]

It sounds like a carcraft purchase.

 

What year is it?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It sounds like a carcraft purchase.

 

What year is it?

 

August 1994. It's done 215'000 miles so really, 21 years and 215k is a good innings. If all cars lasted this long you wouldn't really need a new one ever.

When it leaves this parish, it will be a well stripped hulk with everything of use/value removed. The engine and box are coming out for starters along with the diff, lights,  and enough parts to fill two of those blog blue storage boxes. When, like me you run a couple of old E36's as dailies, cars like this make running them very cheap indeed.

 

It had a nearly new Bosch blue battery that has already been commandeered for the 318Ti whose battery is absolutely shagged.

[Vince70]

Thats a fantastic price.. To think I paid half that amount last week for just a new glass cover for the headlight on my E36 Ti

[beko1987]

Just for the battery alone is good value! The previous owner of my zx put a £75 new one on 3 days before I picked it up! When I get a new car ill swap that over...

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It's all about value.