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Great stuff, really excited to see this progress. Great that it’s staying original 😃

Last owner must have washed it with a breeze block😮

My 75 Connoisseur is on 226,000 miles. I wonder for how long I can continue to run it. M

Happy new year y’all. M

I literally have the exact same car, except csl wheels. Owned it for 8yrs now, it can be an emotional rollercoaster of spending and doing things but the sheer attachment I have developed for the car and the longest car by far I’ve ever owned tells you something.

I hate it, and everything stands for 😂 no rationale I just do. Great review, though. It's clearly a fantastic car, just not for me. 😄

Bavarian Mustard Works? Driven plenty of these. Saw many more get wrecked by spoiled rich kids whose parents forked out the money them in the first place. And yes I've stripped them and crushed them too. It's my Job 😋😉!

Hmmm ... harking back to the days when BMW made actual cars!😀

I had a BMW 140i five years ago, that had 350 ponies under the bonnet, bloody licence loser.

I had two E36 coupes, one in the same colour as your test car. They were great, regrettably I didn't have an M3, but 335D was an awesome bit of kit. Nearly as fast as an M3 in "real world" driving, but 55MPG without too much trouble. Amazing car.

Very nice looking car i think these look some how better than the newer model very fast car

As a former owner of an E46 330i, I only got a taste of the money I needed to pour into them to keep them running well. I’d hate to think of the cost of running an M3. Beautiful but expensive.

Id be happier with my 120d…………

Nice review, I'd never even driven a BMW till I was 60 nearly two years ago. I'd always loved the sound of the straight 6, so when a friend of mine offerred me his for a reasonable price just over a year ago I couldn't resist, as I saw it then , I'd be scratching an old itch. I still have mine and it's just the 320ci 2.2 but he vanos is great. These really are good fun driving cars but also really torquey daily drivers, not quite as fast or hooligan like my Alfa 145 Cloverleaf but it is back wheel drive. I have no plans to get rid soon, mine is the convertible type with 144k miles but with well documented history.

Excellent video Paul 🚗🚙🚘👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

Awesome review mate!

Nice car, love a BMW straight 6, especially the diesel. £30k.....good grief

They're beautiful but I think if I had to I'd have a 335d - almost as much power, twice as much fuel economy and cheaper insurance. Although the M3 does sound lovely.

We had a E46 320d SE and it was the best car ever

I drove a friends back from having it serviced, and I fell in love with it But I knew I couldn't afford one when I saw the cost of the service. But if you can afford the running cost then they'd be brilliant. It handled the twisty country roads with ease. I remember it egged me on to go faster which I had to refrain from as it wasn't mine. But I remember that exhaust tone.

Great car

O yes sir 👏 the only bmw worth having. Love the old e46 M3 and that sound 👌 😍

At last, the BMW content we've all been craving. BMW knew to tone the madness down for the 3 Series because that's where all the money was. I'm a big fan of the BMW 3 Series. I've had at least one of every generation up to the F30 so I'm very much looking forward to hearing all about how terrible they are in these comments 😀

Come to think about it holingworth lake i got my very first parking ticket back in 1988

Well, you probably know my opinion..nice Review to start the year off 👍

Nice car, once the clutch goes,have it replaced,get rid

Accord Coupe👌

About as good as it got for BMW

XTC Reference i see ;)

I totally agree that both the Allegro and the Marinas were very good cars - had a couple of each of them and i loved them - the working class people could not afford Jaguars etc would have one today just like the TR7s people who never drove one kicked the crap out of them but they were also really good cars to drive - most cars from the 70s rusted unfortunately 🥰

I’ve really enjoyed watching this year, Happy New Year to you and I look forward to more great videos in 2025 🎉

I'm not sure if it's possible but perhaps make a poll for subscribers to see what people would like to see more of. Personnally I was drawn to the channel because of MG Rovers and repair videos related to it. Buying unloved cars, fixing them up and selling them on is content I like to see. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind car reviews nor do i mind non MGR cars on the channel but I think there are plenty of other channels doing that already.

I wonder if BMW considered making a new-old 1100 like the Mini?

Good honest update Paul. Brace yourself, as you asked for this 😉 !… Project Nigel channel: it’s gotten stagnant. Clear the junk, make either lock up or storage a light clean studio space for filming and interviewing your guests and completing reviews. Fix those rovers in segments that are instructional and conclude with them totally completed. Get shot of those cars asap with raffles, paid prize give aways to members or more swaps to increase car turn over and generate viewer traffic. (Allegro man is an asset here as you both essentially have the same goal) Get Nigel on the road, tided up, looking good asap get him out and about it’s your core and needs to been seen. The cars are not the profit (especially sitting and rotting, just depressing) They are your props, everything is a byproduct you use to make a video to generate traffic, that is your profit. Your car reviews: segments need to be polished, have definition, on point scripting and tightly edited to about 10mins. People are drawn by a likeable person (you) and format that is informative and familiar. A regular theme and slick ident to catch the eye when scrolling will also help. (check out shooting cars) The collaborations: you do the all the work the others cling on. Boaty: has run its course in its present format, it’s a distraction and the rival content dilutes yours. Stick to a segment we’re he’s a guest once a month like “two tw@ts touring” where you drive your convertibles with the top down in all weathers to destinations for a chippy tea or road side cafe. Your capers can be fun but a phone stuck to a windscreen for 45mins talking Bo!!oxs is not entertainment. Steve Berrys Big in the 90s: is just that. Steve’s channel. you are producing and directing his channel draining your time and creativity. Drop the Steve berry part, he was big ish in the 90s as the annoying Top Gear presenter unfortunately his name carry’s little equity, figures show that. The big in the 90s part is an opportunity for you both as co presenters to explore that era; expand its scope, a clean, lit studio space will allow you both to review things other than just cars from that era and maybe interview big in the 90s people. 8000 people are attracted to your Chanel because they like you. You are the core don’t dilute it. I’ve suspect you could reach a much wider audience and I firmly believe you can make it by polishing the act and honing the craft. You are going professional as a RUclips ‘content’ creator, perhaps by accident but it’s happening so give it everything. Also think about your audience types: are they watching long vids once a week in bed or are they sitting on the loo with a short review??. So I’m sorry if my comment is full and brutal Simon cowell, I’ve worked in film and TV production for nearly 30 years it’s all pretty much the same trying to convince audiences to be interested in your shows. I vicariously live through you having a yard of cars I love and cool mates that drop by. It’s easy to be an armchair critic. I appreciate the already enormous amount of effort you make making the videos you currently do, i’ve already edited this comment 12 times. (I’m getting inspired to make and produce my own videos as I write this ⚽️ bashing critique of your excellent work 😆 ) Keep climbing Paul, 2025 is the year of the pro. Have a Happy new year.

I'm 31, my grandfather had a C reg Astra in poverty-spec white until he had to replace it with a Clio about a year or so before he died in '05, so these will always have a special place in my heart. He hated the Clio haha, anyway MK2 Astras are becoming quite rare nowadays, especially the earlier years. Also regarding your comment about when vauxhalls were vauxhalls and fords were fords, I think these were probably common when British roads were mainly full of Ford of Britain vehicles, Vauxhall, British Strikeland/Rover with the odd bits of some mainland Europe stuff

I,ll bare that in mind mate.Ive still got her!😊

Paul, what you are doing is fine, there's only so many nutters who will watch a northerner swapping and bodging old rovers with the odd appearance by the norths least known TG voice over and Les batersby impersonator, it's entertaining enough as it is, far better than anything the BBC can manage. Maybe you could go further into your bodges or aim for some 80s Rovers? Keep up the fight dude.

Messing about with old cars in the yard and low value swap deals/purchases are what you do best. For me personally car reviews are as dull as dishwasher. Keep up the great work and all the best for 2025.

The lower button on the steering wheel is for setting the speed in cruise control, not the dashboard lights

Plans? Schmans! 😄 Just go wherever the creative flow takes you! (but definitely don't Jeff-off Allegroman!)😸

I want Allegroman to Jeff all over me

Keep at it fella, take it on the chin

YES

More working on cars, learning and teaching by you maybe?

Love watching project nigel 😊

Is project nigels future in british steel ?

Looking forward to more content I 2025 great channel

All the best for 2025 🍀🙂👍

Good video Paul 🚗🚙🚘👍👍👍👏👏👏

Please pop that rear interior light back in. Very distracting and annoying and takes away from your in-car rambles/rants. And don't have Boaty on your main channel. His thoughts, questions and ideas aren't family friendly, so are most likely to lose you subscribers than grow your numbers.