1990 BMW E30 318iS Manual Coupe SOLD

Listed for sale is my 1990 BMW 318iS in Brilliant red (brillantrot), with a very rare natur cream cloth sports interior. Always been covered in my ownership and similar care taken by previous owners. Stack of documented work carried out by previous owners which is detailed below. Car has never let me down and comes with a large folder full of history, manuals, original bill of sale and keys. Healthy engine that pulls as it should – no exhaust smoke, a testament to its fantastic service history. Original specification supplied from BMW UK as follows:
• Graduated Tinted Windscreen
• Electric Tilt and Slide Steel sunroof
• Electric Windows – Front
• Brilliant Red Exterior Paint
• Waring Triangle
• Sports Seats – Natur Cloth
• Exterior Temperature Display Onboard Computer
• GB Specification
• Additional Fuel for Export Vehicles
• Transport Protection

Brief history of this car:
The car was built week 23 June 1990 and first registered October 11th 1990 to Prophers Solihull Birmingham (now Sytner Solihull) for their use. It was then registered to a Mr D Hedgecox. In 1993 it was then traded in at BMW (now Sytner Oldbury) and sold to Mr Raymond Dalton on May 10th 1993 as a BMW approved used car. I have the bill of sale and approved used BMW booklet – he cheekily requested the high end Blaupunkt from another car to be included in the deal! The car was kept in his hands until 1997 where it was sold to a BMW enthusiast by the name Mr Priest and then on August 5th 2000 was sold to Mr A Layton of Kiddermister who loved and cherished the car for 15 years. In 2015 it was sold to the owner of an auto detailing business who enjoyed for a summer before being sold in 2016 to a jeweller from Birmingham – Coming full circle back to the city of registration. In late 2016 the previous owner, a Mr H Corder-Gill who thoroughly enjoyed it for 5 years till I purchased the car on the 15th of July 2021.
This car has cover 190, 000 miles (will go up slight as I'll still take it for a nice run once or twice a month) and is in fantastic condition with extensive work carried out over the years. Going over the masses of paperwork accumulated over the years, this car has been loved and cherished and always had pre-empted work carried out before there was any show of problems.

Recent major work includes:
2022- New cilinder head gasket. 4 new sparkplugs. Engine oil, coolent and break fluid.
2021 - Colour matched respray on front splitter (visible on the first photo but kept off the car so it doesn't get peppered with stone chips), New handbrake shoes, fuel tank, fuel pump, fuel filter, return and supply fuel hoses and clamps from new tank to hardlines, rubber pipe from filler neck to tank. New IMASAF OEM style exhaust front section with silencer (from header to the also replaced rear exhaust section), new sump + oil pan gasket, Underbody exhaust headshields stripped and repainted, rear axle mounting points stripped and repainted.
2020 - 16x new hydraulic cm lifters (no ticking top end as common with these cars), new timing chain tensioner (improved replacement from E36), checked cam, sprockets and timing chain for wear/ sack and all as should be. 15” BBS OEM basket weave wheels with new Nankang tires all round – repainted centre caps with new BMW roundel stickers, new power steering fluid reservoir and pump feed hose/ clamps. BMW parts.
2019 - Valve cover + spark plug wells gaskets, spark plugs, Brembo rear pads, gearbox oil change with GL-4 grade, new rear anti roll bar bushes and brackets, new OSF suspension arm.
2018 - New Klarius OEM style exhaust backbox and resonator, FEBI driveshaft flex coupling and centre support bearing, differential oil change with new fill plug + washer.
2017 - 2x new front wings with professional paint work blending into doors – bonnet and front bar also repainted at same time for better blending. New NSF front suspension arm/ bushes, new front anti roll bar link and brackets, 4x Bilstein sport B6 dampers and matching Eibach pro springs w/ full alignment, OSR wheel bearing. New front and rear 13cm Pioneers speakers until original panels.
2016 - front jacking points welded and resealed.
2015 - Cooling system overhaul: new water pump, belts, radiator, new breather pipe. Full underside waxoyl. Likely kept protected from new given underside condition.
2014 – complete rehall of rubber pipes associated with intake manifold – fiddly job that nobody wants to do if you know these cars.
2014 – 1990 – Various work receipts from BMW Rydale including clutch slave cylinder, full timing system and head gasket replacement and 1996 for the princely sum of £1054.

Honest negatives:
Small rust bubble forming on bottom of drivers door and under front window – only minor repair needed. Paint on mirrors is fading. NSF calliper was noted as grabbing slightly by previous owner, it has been freed off for now, but a calliper rebuild kit is included with sale. Small paint chips on rear lip spoiler. The car has been kept serviced and documents to prove it. Superficial scoring of rear tire from the seller of the 15” wheels trying to use them on his lowered E30. Not deep enough to be of concern and not a problem with the previous MOT tester.

MOT until March 2023 (I also have all the MOTs dating back to its very first in 1993).

I initially bought the car as a weekend car and a little run around as I was working from home, but due to getting a new job the car is no longer feasible to run as I'd cover over 17, 000 a year.

Any more questions or queries don't hesitate to contact me.

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