new to V3M my little yellow 343

Post by **classicswede** » 07 Oct 2007 01:28 pm

The rust protection is well worth while and a must tbh. It sould be done very few years.

If all you want to do is lower it I see no problems there but the car is to good to drift

I personaly would be upset if it ended up being used for that and thats coming from someone who owns a drift car and has another one to start building.

Post by **Chris_C** » 07 Oct 2007 05:44 pm

Flipping heck. That car looked rough, yet I was still tempted by it. If it'd used those pics in the listing, I would have bid. Nice one, seems you are giving the attenion it deserves already.

These plans you mentioned you had... I have a really rough 1.7 if you want a straight swap

Post by **Ricatron** » 07 Oct 2007 07:32 pm

Chris_C wrote:These plans you mentioned you had... I have a really rough 1.7 if you want a straight swap

not on your life!

but as a question pm me some details about the 1.7

i have to ask a few questions it would be rude not too.

the car is way toooooooooo good! just been round north wales in it and it was great!!!

really smooth and flowed through the corners, i dont like to push the cash its a true cruiser

i have my e30 335i to horse about, Quakers as my girlfriend likes to call her is a car to be looked after.

i got a few pics today but my girlfriend was getting moody about me spending too much time with the car and not with her

Post by **Ricatron** » 07 Oct 2007 07:44 pm

classicswede wrote: If all you want to do is lower it I see no problems there but the car is to good to drift

I personaly would be upset if it ended up being used for that and thats coming from someone who owns a drift car and has another one to start building.

cool that you have drift cars! can you add some pics

dont worry i treat this car with utter respect! its a classic - not a drift car.
dont think i will lower her either its just not right.

here is a pic of my 335i

this one gets the beating not the retro volvo

Post by **classicswede** » 07 Oct 2007 08:19 pm

I'm glad you are going to keep it stock.

Do you fancy the drive down the A55 next weekend - that would add on a lot of milage compared to what it has though

I'll post some pics of the 360 drift car later

Post by **Ricatron** » 07 Oct 2007 09:13 pm

well i have done around 320 miles in it since i have had it - about 2/3 weeks

the 335 is off the road and i have needed to get out the city desperately! so the 343 has done me proud

the original plan was to get to holy head today so i would have passed by you.

i ended up by betws-y-ceod as we were going snowdonia way.

will drop by some time as we plan to get a ferry across to dublin sometime (£13 on hovercraft

) and going to snowdonia when the winter sets in

p.s i should have know it was a volvo drift car

Post by **foggyjames** » 07 Oct 2007 09:48 pm

I don't blame you for not wanting to mess with it...it's properly tidy

If you decide to sell it sometime, and Fume doesn't snap it up...

cheers

James

Post by **Ricatron** » 07 Oct 2007 11:25 pm

thing is i love it and i will keep it sweet - i will be getting the T-cut out to bring the paint up a bit as it has fadded slightly

but i can fix that

if i got the right offer i would part with it and get myself a town sl*g to horse about but i would have to know it was going to the right place
1: because i love it
2: because the old lady sold it to me and told me to look after her 'lady' as she called it. the lady was great she bought me oil, brake oil and gave me a works magazine the car was featured in

i should keep it as its a great car and the girlfriend my kick my behind if i sold it

Post by **Ronnie** » 08 Oct 2007 10:54 am

Yeah, chicks will love that one! Another good reason to keep hold of it

Post by **Ricatron** » 08 Oct 2007 11:06 am

i get plenty of attention in Quakers!

the girls love it

i get my aviators on

and it just adds to the retro look!

i just hope the yello doesnt get too much attention from the chav population

some people just dont understand.

Post by **Ronnie** » 08 Oct 2007 11:45 am

Tell me about it - by 3 door 360 was mint when I got it - but now has a nice collection of dints and scratches thanks to the local kids... To be honest, I can't be bothered to get upset about it any more

Post by **Ricatron** » 08 Oct 2007 01:49 pm

thats why my plan was to buy a dog and horse it everywhere and not care where its parked due to it being a bit rough.

if it got kicked i would be a bit miffed but just sort it out. may have even painted it matt black lowered it etc but i have bought a minter!!!!

so now i have to look after it! oh well plans change

Post by **Chris_C** » 08 Oct 2007 02:17 pm

Haha, I was only joking about the 1.7, it's my daily parts shed/rally beastie. Keep the car and enjoy it, as much as I like seeing cars at shows, I also reckon they should be used, and not bubble wrapped and put on a shelf

Post by **shimon340** » 09 Oct 2007 12:05 am

Hello

NICE 343!!

Im in manchester too! wanna meet up some point? There is also a 340 fan who lives near me... planning a gearbox swap on his car soon (4 speed to 5 speed)

Im in prestwich north manchester and work in stockport.

whereabouts in town are you?

Shimon

Post by **Ricatron** » 09 Oct 2007 09:09 am

i have just moved to manchester and live in the south side, student area im afraid.

Fallowfield.

my mate bough a house here to rent to student but now has me

and my 2 cars which i dont think he likes too much?

well i may go on the trip round wales on sunday???

im very interested in the gearbox change!!! is it a big job/is there any crazy parts you need? i dislike the 4 speed