E30 Zone

People, It will be a sad day this weekend! On Saturday (two days time!) I will no longer be a e30 owner! I am part Xing my 86 318i for a E36 M3 GT. Luckily my e30 is going to a friend as he is the one selling his GT so my e30 is going to a safe pair of hands!! But alas I will no longer be a e30 owne...

BMW OE thermostats have a habit of cracking through on one side of the bridge piece. For a sudden change in needle position, I'd first check the nut on the back of the cluster, and then check if the stat has broken. How do you get to the nut without taking the dash out!? A few weekends ago I took o...

On a motorway run I can get between 350 / 400 miles out of my tank!

Mind you I have a M10 318i!

But the last time I worked it out I was getting about 34 mpg on a run, around town a full tank is gone in 250 miles though

It was mostly French cars that I saw broken down!

Took my 318i M10 on a 800 mile round trip to Exeter and back to Norfolk over the bank hols weekend, so trip each way plus some driving about while there. Car ran perfectly, no over heating when stuck on M25 on outside lane with handbrake on and managed to average 35 mpg which impressed me! (admit im...

Next week I'm picking up a 1987 D with manual windows, non power steering, man sun roof and it's Chrometastic ! Are you stealing my car next week? , because my car is exactly as above :D I have a 86 D reg which has all of the above too! Chrome all the way!! you gotta love the way they sparkle in th...

whose rugbydave?!

and indeed my fan enquiry was merely a enquiry!

just out of interest how much for a new viscous fan and how easy a job to remove / replace?!

My temp guage sits around the half way, sometimes a little under sometime a little over and in stop start traffic will sit midway between half and 3/4. A little off topic but Its done that for a year so figure either the nut is loose on the back or its just what it does! Tried getting to the nut to ...

At the mo I have one and the missus has one! But want to add a 5 series and then a 2 seater soft top for summer fun (Cant stretch to a Z4 so Z3 is current thinking!) and then maybe a 4x4 at somepoint! (ol skool landrover maybe!) But at mo house only has parking for 3 cars max! So full fleet will hav...

I have my e30 for sharpe handling enjoyment of the B roads! 5 series is wanted as am in need of a lazy mile crunching machine! Plus as im nearly 30 its about time I started to put a fleet of cars together! :D The 328 is a baby M3 but I would always go for the M3 if running / maintaining costs were n...

The one im looking at is semi auto, but would get the gearbox oil and filter changed straight away! As ive read somewhere that even the lifetime oil should be replaced every 60k then the gearbox will last for lifetime of the car!..........famous last words! As for the pixel display, that has started...

As im going to need a motorway cruiser soon as dont fancy using my e30 up and down the country, I have been looking at 5 series and decided that a E39 528i would suit my needs very well. Does anyone have anytips or can guide me to a website like E30zone but for the E39?!?! Cheers! Ps - am well aware...

I think im gonna start haggling with the petrol station cashier, much like when visiting a market on holiday! Ã‚£50 of petrol in the car, will offer Ã‚£30 and go from there with it! Keep barttering until the cashier says take the petrol, pay what you want and get out!

It cant fail can it?!?!

I think from 2009 the goal posts on pre 2000 cars is moving again! to include older cars! Not sure to what age though!

Would like to think its because the gvnt realises that the e30 is a work of art and are 2 kool 4 skool!!

So are E30's exempt as they are 2 kool 4 skool, or more likely because they are too old for the new 2009 tax system?

Just been reading on pistonheads and other car sites while eating my sandwich about the new tax bands coming in from 2009 which includes older cars. None of the articles expand on the term older cars! Does anyone here know if thats cars from the 90's or 80's and 90's or 70's / 80's and 90's!??! If i...

I take my e30 to Thorpe End Garage, they specialise in bmw servicing and mine passed with no problems at all!!! Plus they are only 4 miles outside of Norwich City Centre! And they have a website! Link below!!

http://www.thorpeendgarage.co.uk/

318i will be far better imo, the 320 is a 6 pot so consumption will be higher! with performance not being that much different! Hopefully someone will back that up or tell me im wrong as dont know much about thew 320 lump!!!

Around town its not too good mpg wise not worked it out but probablt low 20's but on a run its alot better! the 318i has a 55 litre tank and if driven carefully, I can eek out 350 / 375 miles out of one tank! Which isnt too bad! :D A well maintained engine will return better mpg!! As for chipping, i...

Is tightinging the nut easy to do? As in easy to get to the back of the cluster!? And how tight would tight be?!

Just re-read the pistonheads ad again and there are a few things that would concern me if I were thinking of buying this car - "Some History" - If I was going to blow Ã‚£2800 on an E30 it would have to have very full and comprehensive history - "last serviced in October 2007" - So you'll want at le...

steve how are you fining the 318i - what are your thoughts on this engine - anything yuo should look out for in particular with this motor thanks johnny Johnny, Ive had my 1986 318i for 18 months now and she is a very reliable unit! Only just gone passed 94k! If you let the engine warm up properly ...

The M10 is a fine engine... Economy? depends on how you drive...anything between 20-40mpg It is possible to tune the M10 keeping standard or easily available replacement internals up to around 200bhp or over. The basic block was the basis of the 80s F1 turbo motor as used by Brabham with Nelson Piq...

While sitting in traffic today with the sunroof open enjoying the 'warm' sun, I noticed that when I moved the fan from setting 1 to 2 the temp guague moved from halfway and increased slightly, then it went up more when I moved the fan dial from 2 to 3 and again from 3 to 4. Then when I put the dial ...

I got a new replacement back box for my M10 for Ã‚£20 from a local comapny not afetrmarket but still better than normal, I replaced mine with the car up on a jack as secondary to an axle stand and it onyl took 5 mins, your best of putting the old one back on until yuo get sorted. Whats your plans f...

And that is a shame as its a proper old skool 4 pot engine!

Yeah a tad nuts not running around with a back box :mad: but I only do limited milage in her, has taken me 18 months of owning it to put 10k on clock! But decided with how much trouble it was to take off the box using a pit I didnt want to be using axle stands in a repeat performance at mine so put ...

I had the rare opportunity to use a pit on Saturday so gave my 318i a full underneth inspection (everything was fine!) but then decided to take the standard back box off while under the car as want to put a Stainless steel box on for looks and to have a bit more pep to the exhaust note!! Then drove ...

Aound town my 318i does about 130 miles to Ã‚£20 of juice at the mo, from a full tank on a proper run I can get 350 miles out of a tank!

Just ordered mine aswell from playtrade @ Ã‚£11.62!!

Mine a 1986 model!

standard 318i tank, so is that 55 litre tank?! Petrol was about 103p!!

I still daydream back to the days when I first got a car in the late 90's and petrol was 70p a litre!!

Im actually mid test on fuel consumption on my 86 318i. from empty fuel tank light being on it took Ã‚£48 to fill her up and im 100 miles into the tank and its hovering just above half a tank 8O am hoping I can stretch her out to 300 miles though!!! but its looking doubtfull!! Thats town driving as ...

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Only a matter of days til my e30 is no longer mine!

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