Recent content by ElliotG

Thanks! I'm 24, it came to around 1.5k without a black box. Would've ended up being 900 with one, but there was no way I was doing that haha. I imagine if I was 17 mine would be a ton more. There's always time 😆

Thanks again everyone! Thanks! The bodywork is already in fantastic shape amazingly, just has some scratches on the nose by the badge and one on the sil. I will get them done at some point though.

Thank you everyone, didn't expect so many responses! Thanks! Honestly I have no clue. My total for the car and parts to get running excluding the android unit and seats came to around 3.5k, I think a working one would probably be around 5.5k ISH (Mine is very base spec, dimming mirror, auto...

Thank you, I've always enjoyed fixing things, and on a budget often required haha. Though it definitely would've been a lot more challenging if my dad didn't help out with trailering it and having the equipment to do the job. I was thinking more along the line of LOADZ of oil leaks 😂

Thank you! It was a fun project, I was really hoping for a 30i when I was looking, got very lucky to find it. Just thankful my dad is very into cars too and had most the tools to be able to fix it!

Thank you! It started at about 100 miles while driving, I checked on flat ground before filling it with more though. I put in the last of the 4l jug bringing it to 8l total. It's not moved for a few hundred miles so it seems ok now thankfully. I was getting a dme oil level fault though, but...

Thanks both! I believe after the reverse gear went, the window was left slightly cracked without the guy realising, then the battery died and he left it haha. Next on the list is to replace the rear stock suspension with b8s and eibach springs to match the front. Very short on money after all...

Hello all Elliot here, Got a very long post, sorry about that! I recently decided to get my first car. I had a budget of 4k max, but ideally lower. Browsing autotrader I came across a 2010 Z4 30i for 2.5k, but it had a few advertised problems. The problems being, it didn't have a functional...