How many zoners use their E30 as a daily driver?..

[doughboy]

Mine's a daily driver, about 2.5 miles each way.(lazy git, I know) Never had an reliability issues, though I do service it every 3-4 months.

22mpg, but for 25 miles a week, who cares.

[fuzzy]

using upto £125 in a 7 day week for v-power fuel .............. cruising at 130 doesnt help either................. mine has let me down a couple of times with disintegrating clutches

None of which have much relevance to a 318 cab!

i know that but since when has relevance to the original thread stopped me from waffling cosworth before?

[fowler]

know that but since when has relevance to the original thread stopped me from waffling cosworth before?

This is very true fuzzy
i use my 1.8 turbo as my daily has not let me down yet (touch wood)

[rubber_duck89]

My 2 E30s are in daily use.The 2.7 has been running 400plus miles each week since the waether perked up enough to allow reasonable sailing.The 316 is covering about 200 miles each week.Both cars are serviced properly and have proved reliable.In more than three years of E30 owning I have never had to recover a car or had a 'roadside' problem.

no big truck with the flashing lights like the daimler in france then

[stonesie]

Mine gets used every day and the only thing thats gone while i have owned it is a fuel pipe split.... It's a 20 year old bit of rubber and cost peanuts to replace so im not upset at all, and it didn't leave the car stranded


On the other hand, i had a modern-ish ford escrote and it cost hundreds to keep it on the road in running repairs, it was slightly more economical on fuel but that was its only advantage..... E30 wins that contest hands down.

[MartC]

A lot of people look at NCAP crash ratings these days when considering a car, does this worry you at all? Modern small cars would way out perform an E30.

I love the shape of E30's and am currently considering selling my E46 daily driver and getting a 4 pot 2 door to run around in as the 2.7 only does 20mpg

[pete_e30]

my e30 is a daily driver its done 260miles + this week all with out problems after a bit of servicing

[doughboy]

A lot of people look at NCAP crash ratings these days when considering a car, does this worry you at all? Modern small cars would way out perform an E30.

Doesn't bother me. Been driving 15 years, never had an accident.

Went to our residents parking area. Every single car except mine was a fwd hatchback. I'd never noticed before, but I had to laugh. Seeing mine lurking in the back with its low ride & smoked lights looked mean. They may be safer, but christ they're lame

[harj]

Ermmm no mate NCAP crash ratings mean nothing me either..Like I said, the only element of worry when buying an E30 for me, is the whole reliability thing..other then that, I don't care about much else

[bss325i]

My sport was used daily up until i bought the S50 touring and now thats used daily. Both about 500-1000 miles a month. The sport never let me down at the side of the road but i did come out one morning to a knackered battery. The S50 has been totaly reliable in the 3000 miles/4 months i've had it including a trip to the ring for 12 laps.

Fuel as always is the biggest bugbear.

[march109]

I used to but then decided I like a bank balance in the black.

[agent006]

a nice 05 plate Corsa

There's no such thing as a nice Corsa.

[harj]

^^ lol

[StuBeeDoo]

Mine's a daily. In the last year I've done 14,350 in it and it's driven 365 days a year. 2 or 3 times a year it takes us on holiday and that is never less than 1500 miles in a week.
It's only let me down once in four and a half years. The CPS failed and the car had to be RAC'd home.
I bought it with 107k on and it's now got 163k.
Look after your E30 and it will look after you.


BTW, EuroNCAP means duck-all. I can't remember which car it was now, but one of the modern piles of sh**e that litter our roads was upped from 4-star to 5- purely because the manufacturer stuck a sticker on the door pillar informing the passenger that the car's fitted with airbags.

[ha22]

all my e30's have been daily drivers, with bit of tlc you can't go wrong..

[Silverfang]

I run mine day in, day out, doing about 300 miles a week to a tank (combined mileage since i do motorway and back roads to work ) I do service it fairly regularly, 2 weeks time is no exception with a refresh on wheel bearings, brake lines, fluids, steering rack to E36 and a normal service.

But that's cause it was a £400 car to begin with, but i still love it, its a interesting daily user and as yet, never let me down in getting me home and only once had an issue with restarting due to a dodgy earth lead. I've had it since 106,000 and it's now on 131,000 and still going strong

[harj]

Encouraging posts..keep em coming! Thanks to everyone whos posted btw

[doughboy]

BTW, EuroNCAP means duck-all. I can't remember which car it was now, but one of the modern piles of sh**e that litter our roads was upped from 4-star to 5- purely because the manufacturer stuck a sticker on the door pillar informing the passenger that the car's fitted with airbags.

If true, that's fucking disgusting. And also wouldn't surprise me at all what with all the half-witted suited twats running things these days.

[roley]

mines a daily i do about 350 miles per week no probs just regular maintanance and sevicing . go for it

[harry_p]

i used the m3 every day with no issues at all untill recently.

it got to the point where £100 of super unleaded a week on a journey thats not very exciting, coupled with seeing a car that was very tidy when i bought it starting to look a little worn, was too much so i decided to get something cheap and better on fuel.

i'm not sure i will ever understand the logic in spending several thousand pounds on something cheap to run, when you can buy a reasonably solid, tidy and reliable car for a grand these days which leaves a lot left over for a fun second car, of just to tuck away in case of emergency repairs.

buying a car just out of warranty is never a great idea. from experience, a 3 year warranty is a 3 year warranty for a good reason - things start going wrong at about 3 years 6 months

but please, if you do go for something a bit more modern, dull and sensible, find something a bit less shite than a corsa

[daimlerman]

My 2 E30s are in daily use.The 2.7 has been running 400plus miles each week since the waether perked up enough to allow reasonable sailing.The 316 is covering about 200 miles each week.Both cars are serviced properly and have proved reliable.In more than three years of E30 owning I have never had to recover a car or had a 'roadside' problem.

no big truck with the flashing lights like the daimler in france then

I should point out that my Daimler was used for a trip to Italy the following summer when she ran 3000 miles in 12 days in temperatures of up to 40c at an average of 28.7mpg without opening the toolkit.Even a 1963 car running stoneage ignition and fueling can be made reliable if enough effort is put in.

[harry_p]

BTW, EuroNCAP means duck-all. I can't remember which car it was now, but one of the modern piles of sh**e that litter our roads was upped from 4-star to 5- purely because the manufacturer stuck a sticker on the door pillar informing the passenger that the car's fitted with airbags.

never heard of that, but i do know that no matter how good they are in a crash, a car won't get 5 stars unless there is a seatbelt reminder

[harj]

you guys have swayed me big time!.. anyone selling a nice clean 318?

[darkchild]

My E36's are my daily drivers but my E30 has never let me down in 2.5 years and 11.5K miles. A bit of routine and, more importantly with an E30, preventive maintenance goes a long way. By todays standards they're a nuts and bolts car and simple to work on.

[e30_Turbo]

I use my ride everyday! it's my only car!

I do roughly 250 miles a week, 200 of them on the Afuckin14.

Next week it's going to do 1000miles+ as we're off to Devon for the week.

I wonder if I can retro-fit a A/C unit in the next seven days.................

[Morat]

Daily driver here too. BUT you don't get a reliable daily driver by buying a car and fixing stuff as it breaks. Budget for a complete service to replace all the nasties like cambelt, waterpump, brake lines, viscous clutch, and get it looked at by someone who knows E30s. They can tell what needs changing and once all that lot is done you'll have a car you can trust.

[harj]

^^ That's what I keep hearing..proactively look after it, and there should be no probs!

[papercutout]

Morat is right...
...but I've done the opposite, I got it serviced when I bought it, and since have done the work it needs as it needs is, admittedly I'm jobless atm and it did spend 3 weeks off the road, but thats mostly my own fault. I got it fixed in the end fine. (both inner rear CV joints, very rare!)


Its been fine for me besides that little problemo.

[AlexBaur325]

Mines a daily driver, but i do zero miles atm...just done a 400 round trip to pembrokshire....the petrol cost more than the beer and food for the weekend

[andyp]

how dare you use the word CORSA and E30 in the same sentence, you want a CHAV mobil or a CAR,

[Ziggy]

Depreciation. Does nobody consider this when saying that a modern car will be cheap to run?

[harj]

^^ nice loking motor ziggy. you got more pics? not seen many E30's with splits!

[robbo86]

i use mine daily to work and back (only about 4 miles a day mind) but it has taken much longer drives no problem....... now that the weather has improved i have taken to cycling and will try keep it up, and perhaps use my car as more of a habby now
mine is a 318 but i never bothered to work out the mpg as i reckon it would shock me

[johnny_boymk1]

M8 just gotta E30 with 140k 1990 H Reg £900. had it over a month now no probs what so ever starts 1st time never missed a beat. + 300 fully comp insurance with carol nash! As long as you buy rite it should be fine

[papercutout]

not seen many E30's with splits!

You've not been looking then! Look through http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j76/2 ... ?start=all there, there's enough!