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How many do you see a week?

0 - 5.
28
53%
5 - 10.
25
47%
 
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:51 pm

I travel about 400 miles a week and its ocurred to me over the last few weeks how few E30's i see. So this week I counted them...I didn't see one until wednesday and now at the end of my working week I have seen only 4 other E30's.

Do you think this is unusual or am I going blind ? My eyes always spot the unmistakeable lines from a distance.

I am gonna count again next week.

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Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:52 pm

alot of estates/tourings...couple of saloons/2 doors, very few cabs
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:54 pm

I see almost as many e30s as the number of times you posted this thread! :roll:
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:58 pm

I see alot but i don't drive and always pay attention to what cars are on the road.
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:13 pm

ive started to see a lot more than i normally do recently,its quite a small town that i live in and never used to see any but theres now 3 or 4 locally.i see a few in edinburgh but theyre usually bog standard rough ones driven by old people with beards.ive never managed to bump into(not litterally) any of the 3 or 4 local cars yet to chat to the owners so i dont know if theyre fellow zoners or not but when i do ill spread the word of the zone winkeye
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:22 pm

Other than my ones, I see about 1 reguarly, its a tech 2 sport in grey, driven by a lady. Want to say hello, and try and buy the car on the cheap..
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:28 pm

i see loads a day... possibly up to about 15 a day
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:30 pm

quite a few round here
sadly usualy driven by coffin dodgers :roll:

gorgeous cabby up the road again driven by grandma tho

did see a few times now a realy nice lhd lachs silver 325 flying round but only ever see it from a distance

ill get close one day tho winkeye
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:56 pm

there are quite a few down my way suprisingly not many good 1s tho most are buckets lol
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:00 pm

i see a fair few pass along the main london road through Brighton, most of them are alright
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:15 pm

i see about ten a day

3 are mine, the rest belong to dips !!!!
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:20 pm

I probably see 5 a day out on the roads, at least half in well cared for fettle.
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:25 pm

took my new touring out today saw other 2 tourings with in a mile, both driven by old biddies gutted :(
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:26 pm

took my new touring out today saw other 2 tourings with in a mile, both driven by old biddies gutted :(
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:28 pm

mattG wrote:took my new touring out today saw other 2 tourings with in a mile, both driven by old biddies gutted :(
A few round here like that,real minters too, but they are just keeping them warm until they pop their clogs so we can buy them... :twisted:

I see a 318i at work, a very battered M3 that lives nearby, a few tourings, a couple of 318is that I see on my way to work most days...
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:29 pm

Didnt seem to see many about a year or 2 ago round my way but now there seem to be loads about.
White cab 3 doors away, red 318 other end of the street parked round the back of a house, been there for about 8 months now with moss growing on it and a mint 4 door 325 at the end of my street.
seem to be seeing alot more on the way to work these days as well, how come there all coming out of the woodwork?
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:41 pm

i live 30 miles north of london and where i live there are lots about and i think the nearer london you go the more there are.
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:56 pm

Varies for me, sometimes dont see any for ages, then i start seeing quite a few in a day. Theres two guys at work who have them and one of them is a zoner ! Theres an oldish guy who lives near my work with a minter of a 325 cab also. Apart from that i dont see many.
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:01 pm

there are 4 on my road! 2 are mine though and third one i used to own lol. but to be fair there are a good few chugging around my way, tourings, cabs and saloon of all engine sizes. I see alot in good weather and these must be toys in the garage most of the time me thinks
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:58 pm

jon_pure_british wrote:i see loads a day... possibly up to about 15 a day
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:05 pm

steve

wheres that. the job centre car park...

that figures.

you really dont see many around my way. most that you do see are standard examples, or crome turds mored up with police aware stickers.
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:06 pm

e30cossie wrote:i live 30 miles north of london and where i live there are lots about and i think the nearer london you go the more there are.
Similarly when I was living as a student in Coventry I didn't see a whole lot but when I moved back home to London I see them all the time. Think a lot of them must be cast offs from the city boys splashing their cash during the 80's economic boom :bling:
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:08 pm

jonb wrote: you really dont see many around my way. most that you do see are standard examples, or crome turds mored up with police aware stickers.
You had best move them Jon, police don't take nicely to people leaving turds lying around!

Look in your back garden, You see them all there! :mad:
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Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:27 pm

i dont see many about here, maybe one or two a week, there is a red m tec 2 about here( looks like a 318is ) and a silver 325i sport. i dont see them very often. if i see any e30's i flash the lights at em.
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:04 am

Kos wrote:i see about ten a day

3 are mine, the rest belong to dips !!!!
:lol:

Well apart from my one and my mates, 5 a week on average.
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:06 am

none,i see only mine,and maybe 1 a month
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:53 am

Seem to be a fair few around here, there are even at least two Baur convertibles! (no idea if they're all that rare though)
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Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:49 am

Just comeback from East Africa, saw about 15 overall in 3 weeks, which is quite a lot for the amount of cars!

Most were in Nairobi / Mombasa, inbetween all the high spec Landcruisers (there is some real money there!) a couple were taxi's!
Most seamed to be UK or SA spec (they drive on the left), but there was at least one US spec dive-board bumper one!

Did see a few in the "wilds" as well. One chrome m20 that have over heated on (probably a cracked head!) a ""road"" towards the Masai Maara. This road was majorlly potholed, most of the time the viechle I ws in was driving on the dusty verge as it was a little smother.

Also I think it was an m10 on the Tanzanian border! Was a least 2hours away from the nearest (potholled) road. Shows the e30's off road ability!

Sadly I didn't get any photo's, when ever I had my camera ready, I didn't see any...


Oh were I live in East London I know of at least 6 that are parked within a 2 mins walk a me and only 1 is mine!
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Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:47 am

Um, probably 20-30 a week. At least.
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Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:56 pm

CiLK_WuRM wrote:Um, probably 20-30 a week. At least.
Crikey ! you obviously see my share aswell then.

So far this week I have seen 3.

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Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:57 pm

:lol:

Well apart from my one and my mates, 5 a week on average.[/quote]

Thats about the same as me.
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Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:08 pm

fuzzy wrote:ive started to see a lot more than i normally do recently,its quite a small town that i live in and never used to see any but theres now 3 or 4 locally.i see a few in edinburgh but theyre usually bog standard rough ones driven by old people with beards.ive never managed to bump into(not litterally) any of the 3 or 4 local cars yet to chat to the owners so i dont know if theyre fellow zoners or not but when i do ill spread the word of the zone winkeye
I live near the bypass in liberton but it of the road at the moment.
Do you see a gold 320i full of cubbly toys and an old couple driving, its got what looks like M-tech 1 replica/close custom kit on it rest standard. See it alot round where i am.
Theres also a M3 cab (replica i think, only see it from the bus) in yellow/gold around town.
Theres also a work in progress 325i slammed on the black stuff around.
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Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:16 pm

I see quite alot here in dublin alot though are mine and friends
e30 m3 mine
alpina c2 mine
convertible 318i mine (well i bought it for the girlfriend )
325ix my bro has 2
318is my dad's
325is my bro in law
325is my mate
but at the same time i would see at least 5 to 10 other ones during the week(they are very pop here)
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Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:52 pm

i see quite a few but nothing special

there's a couple of sports around and a couple of nice cabs
but they're driven by older generation..... well seeing as im 20 thats not hard.

but the majority are ones that look like thy are just bought as a runabout :(

with loadsa work crap in them :roll:
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