E30 Zone

had a quick browse on pistonheads and ebay and nearly all e30s are absolute dogs or is it just me

and everyone keeps breaking the good ones

i recon in 5 years time there wont be many left

depends on what your looking for. if you want showroom condition for scrapyard prices you wont have much luck.

Without thinking, while in conversation the other day,
I let out an exclamation of "people keep welding up the diffs"

i relise that, but there just does not seem to be any reasonable e30s for sub 1k they are all dogs rust and/or council spec'd

or is it just me

there's plenty of tidy examples about for cheap prices just lately but always miles away from me

To be fair I wouldn't expect much of any car for sub 1k......

h7fal wrote:To be fair I wouldn't expect much of any car for sub 1k......

me and my step dad have had a few e30s and we never baught one over 1k and they were all very tidy cars. and there were loads of similar e30s like that but thats thinking back to a year or two ago

you used to be able to get loads of really tidy e30s for sub 1k

youll get a decent car for a grand. my 80000 mile touring cost me £1200 from a dealer 3 years ago.

there just seems a lack of them at the moment, im not looking to buy one but just looking, as you do

Alex please edit your title and replace the word 'is' with 'are' there's a good chap

As for the lack of good e30's around yes they are drying-up a little but there are sttill some 'un-counciled examples out there you just have to be patient and look harder.

SPADGE wrote:Alex please edit your title and replace the word 'is' with 'are' there's a good chap

As for the lack of good e30's around yes they are drying-up a little but there are sttill some 'un-counciled examples out there you just have to be patient and look harder.

happy

my grammer aint the best in the world

im not saying there aint any there, just like you said they seem to be drying up a bit lately

there's plenty around down here.

Alex wrote:

SPADGE wrote:Alex please edit your title and replace the word 'is' with 'are' there's a good chap

As for the lack of good e30's around yes they are drying-up a little but there are sttill some 'un-counciled examples out there you just have to be patient and look harder.

happy

With the title yes thank you

pirate952 wrote:there's plenty around down here.

must just be me then

There are not many tidy E30's about now for 1k, I was looking for a cheep 2 door pre face 325 for a long time, to reshell mine, but i didnt have any luck, then all of a sudden i see a Y reg 323i 2 door E30 with only 49k and 2 pre owners and had been garaged for 12 years, on ebay for sale, cheep too, so i bought it to put all my stuff on it off mine, now im being told by d6dph, if i molest it by putting my stuff on it, he will post poo through my letterbox lol, but they are out there, you just have to look harder lol.

ive seen about 5 nice clean examples round my way in leicester this week,and they look better than mine,
i keep seeing more and more every week
INDY

vinni wrote:There are not many tidy E30's about now for 1k, I was looking for a cheep 2 door pre face 325 for a long time, to reshell mine, but i didnt have any luck, then all of a sudden i see a Y reg 323i 2 door E30 with only 49k and 2 pre owners and had been garaged for 12 years, on ebay for sale, cheep too, so i bought it to put all my stuff on it off mine, now im being told by d6dph, if i molest it by putting my stuff on it, he will post poo through my letterbox lol, but they are out there, you just have to look harder lol.

that makes 2 of us who will post shit through your letter box

There are lots of good E30s around. I would guess that most posters on this forum own one

vinni wrote:, now im being told by d6dph, if i molest it by putting my stuff on it, he will post poo through my letterbox lol, .

+1

blackE30indy wrote:ive seen about 5 nice clean examples round my way in leicester this week,and they look better than mine,
i keep seeing more and more every week
INDY

where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:ive seen about 5 nice clean examples round my way in leicester this week,and they look better than mine,
i keep seeing more and more every week
INDY

where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

Lol well when you find out where it is, let me know aswell lol. And please no more poo

mind you i saw a lovely 318i lux with an OAP behind the wheel this morning, it was in concurs condition

why dont the old buggers sell them to us zoners

The lower spec cars ie 318i/316i etc seem to be ones that are in good nick and unmolested for around this sort of price.

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:ive seen about 5 nice clean examples round my way in leicester this week,and they look better than mine,
i keep seeing more and more every week
INDY

where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

im allready looking mate,i think there workshops underground

INDY

blackE30indy wrote:

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:ive seen about 5 nice clean examples round my way in leicester this week,and they look better than mine,
i keep seeing more and more every week
INDY

where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

im allready looking mate,i think there workshops underground

INDY

its hidden under the water

Alex wrote:had a quick browse on pistonheads and ebay and nearly all e30s are absolute dogs or is it just me

and everyone keeps breaking the good ones

i recon in 5 years time there wont be many left

only a couple of good rare 318is's [ours]

magpie wrote:

Alex wrote:had a quick browse on pistonheads and ebay and nearly all e30s are absolute dogs or is it just me

and everyone keeps breaking the good ones

i recon in 5 years time there wont be many left

only a couple of good rare 318is's [ours]

yours looked quite good, arches looked spot on

is it on the road now then

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:

Alex wrote: where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

im allready looking mate,i think there workshops underground

INDY

its hidden under the water

LMAO

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote:

Alex wrote: where do you live they must be making them in a secret factory

im allready looking mate,i think there workshops underground

INDY

its hidden under the water

how do i get there i can't swim dammit

blackE30indy wrote:

Alex wrote:

blackE30indy wrote: im allready looking mate,i think there workshops underground

INDY

its hidden under the water

how do i get there i can't swim dammit

a bit of the grass at the side opens up and you drive under

all done mate only faild mot on h/light aim.so i took the lights out of my mineral and a full ticket is on
insurance only £17.36 to swap from m40 and 6 months rent in the windscreen yesterday.full engine service by me.i done 265 miles in it.very happy.lots of people look at it.or point all good stuff.a chip is next

i just seen the prices of e46's so tempted to get one and have just one e30.

magpie wrote:all done mate only faild mot on h/light aim.so i took the lights out of my mineral and a full ticket is on
insurance only £17.36 to swap from m40 and 6 months rent in the windscreen yesterday.full engine service by me.i done 265 miles in it.very happy.lots of people look at it.or point all good stuff.a chip is next

glad to here it all went well

Felix79 wrote:i just seen the prices of e46's so tempted to get one and have just one e30.

i might be getting one for nothing in a few years time

my dad gave his 323i V reg to his Father in law with 150k in 2002 he took it to 240k and died and gave it too his wife, my dads mother in law and my dad was saying when she gets rid of it my dad will get first refusal since he pretty much gave them it, and he will give it to me, its very rough like 260k on it now, with rusty arches/bonnet and more dents than an italian alfa romeo and full service history

but its topaz blue with yellow leather auto box and wood trim mmmm

and them alpina type alloys like the 7s had