e30 attraction??

[pukar]

do e30 attract each other???

i bought my sport about 3 months ago having never seen one in the local area for YEARS, the a few weeks later, a nice dolphin grey cabby showed up owned by someone who must live just a few doors away....i regularly see a burgandy 4 door coming and going.....and last week, saw a silver m3 cab parked down the road!

[beemerbird]

It's either anodes or diodes at play here (can't remember), but the crux of it is that rust attracts rust

[steve_k]

i know what you mean. when i got my sport many moon's ago there none around my way at all then a few months later another one pop's up for sale & in the last few years i've seen 3 different e30 round here

[magpie]

yes.many people don't know what car they like until they see an e30.
when i lived down south i had the only e30 on the block.within 3 months 2 more appeared,a 2 dr 18i bogo and a 320i touring.there are far more in southampton/pompey etc than up here.

Geordie rust has big teeth.glad i bought mine from the south.

[Ranchero]

I think there might be something in this. Within days of buying mine a 318i started parking in the area, there's an E34 round the corner and I keep seeing a Baur in the local Tesco's carpark. Their all Alpine white like mine too. Spooky.

There's an Alpina parked nearby also but that one's grey.

[Gert_8]

Could it be that you've bought one because you like the shape etc, and now you're just noticing more?

I know it puts a smile on my face every time I see another cabby passing me. There's a really nice silver one that I've seen a couple of time going through the village.

[Gert_8]

Sorry, not just cabby's any e30

[pukar]

i'm on my 4th e30, so got the shape ingrained into my psyche......can spot one from the top of a hirschmann aerial.......can almost sense them.....

i dunno. haven't yet got a wave from another e30 owner on the street or waved myself. what's the etiquette......are we meant to wave? we're a pretty special breed after all. do we give each other the horn?..................... (you know what i mean)

[trebor69trebor]

Well iv just bought my convertable e30 not because iv seen any around just always wanted one but where 15k 10 years ago so put it out of my mind until this one poped up still like new with 63k on the clock and a steal at well under 2k got to love the recession for some things so we will see if this rings true if any more start poping up around my area i know there are none exept mine a moment i will report my finding as thy unfold yours faithfully SECRET SQUIRAL

[sarkie83]

now we've got one - even my mrs points them out when she see them

[Jim320i]

I have yet to see one since I have had mine... Even driving around all over Leicester... There is an old boy who has a 318 who comes to the allotment at the end of my road, but its a rust bag. Other than that, I dont see them while i'm out...

[Nay]

I'm seeing more and more nice E30's in Jersey.

I've always seen them, but most are beige and bronze, decked up on bottle tops and so much rusted chrome it looks like just drove out of the sea. Oh, and obviously the classic OAP behind the wheel.

But since I got mine, I see more sports/sport alikes around the place and generally clean E30's. I even found an iX, I know where an M3 cabby lives, and a potentially fake RHD M3 too.

[polsta]

Could it be that you've bought one because you like the shape etc, and now you're just noticing more?

think this is more the case, since i got mine in november i notice all e30s i pass or see parked up etc, seem to spot them from distance

was driving home from work the other night about 1/2am , and saw what i thought was one up ahead, and drove past and he was following me, red 318is possibly ? , VAH i think it was on the plate at the end

also saw a really nice looking red sport in the worthing area last week

[Ollie_bwoii]

I think you just notice them more.
I passed three today, a red 320i chromie, and me and the girl wave to each other every morning I then follwed a green touring, and then later passed a grey 325i. It was a good day for E30 spotting. A guy in an E32 waved at me as well.

[trebor69trebor]

oh i do so wish some body would wave at me

[gareth]

i usually wave at passing E30's. most of the local owners now humour me and wave back.
some just look at me wondering why the feck i'm waving at them!

[Simon13]

/\ i would

[gareth]

/\ i would

[pukar]

now we've got one - even my mrs points them out when she see them

my mrs definately recognizes them now, but because i'm so obsessed, she ignores them on purpose...ha! i secretly hope deep down she likes them too....

[trebor69trebor]

hi got waved and flashed at today in bath guy in blue cab me in silver cab blue roof it first time since 1990 when in the mg that any one has waved at me and iv had dozens of classics this bmw has restored my faith in the fact it all about the car and not how much more mine is worth thanks guys for making my day cheers Rob