Ok, so you've got an E30, but how old are you?

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So you've got or drive an E30, but how old are you?

youngen'
41
11%
20's
193
50%
30's
98
25%
40's
36
9%
50's
14
4%
60's
5
1%
70's or thereabouts
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Total votes: 387
skipunda
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:30 am

doesn't matter if you're still waiting on insurance docs, building it, converting it or whatever....
robbo86
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:36 am

22 had a 318i with m40 since march 2007, now got an m42 engine awaiting its new car when I find some space to do it!
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:44 am

36 :D
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gooner1
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:19 am

55, but like my 86 325i cab, engine,s still purring. Bodywork could do with some TLC though.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:33 am

I'm 24 but I've only been driving for 3 years. First year I drove a family Volvo 440, then I picked up a shed of an e36 and I've now got my e30 and I'm very happy with it, just wish it worked. Have to use the 440 at the moment, it's going to be weird not being able to left foot brake oversteer anymore when the e30's fixed.
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wallya1
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:51 am

18 now. Bought my 325is (Australian) or "Sport" as you call them, just before I turned 17. Love it and will keep it forever :D
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Taz
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:14 am

and the point of this thread is? :?
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:24 am

I'm 21 got my IS when i was 18/19 and been making it quicker ever since! :D :D
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cassa-d
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:31 am

Im 30 but loved the e30s since i was a kid a guy in the estate i grew up in had a 325ise in red and it was deffo my fave car around!
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Nay
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:34 am

20 and have a 320iSE Auto in Red. Great car, but next week hopefully upgrading and getting a 325i! :D
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:49 am

34 years young. And had / been around e30's scince 85 just after they came out.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:55 am

Taz wrote:and the point of this thread is? :?
Every single zoner gets an extra post telling us how old they are. 41 by the way and have had my one and only E30 for nearly 7 years.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:59 am

42 and have a 320ise tourer and a tech 1 sport and i wouldnt change it for nowt
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:26 am

33 - am on my 4th E30 - had my first one when I was 21. :cool:
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:28 am

30, soon to be 31.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:28 am

38 with a tec II sport just sold the 325 cab :( as running out of room on the drive with all the other cars as well. There will always be at least one e30 at my house the best car ever IMHO
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:31 am

20 :D had my e30 since I was 18 too :D
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:40 am

im 20 21 in january been in e30s since i was 17 and on my second my dads fault ive got this addiction
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:40 am

28, got the e30 when i was 26. would have been 9 years old when some lucky so and so bought it brand new :D
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:42 am

33 years young and been driving for only 5 years, all of which has been in E30's :D
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:44 am

50. Was 45 when I bought it. My first BMW after 30-odd years wait.
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:45 am

im 26, when i bought the car(320i) i was 22 and it was my first car.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:48 am

22 got a 325i, 320i and a 316i stripped waiting on a m50/52.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:18 am

32, on my 12/13 e30, which is being scrapped next week, in the immortal words of Connor MacLeod, "nothing lasts forever"
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:25 am

44, first E30 when PBMW started 4 years or so ago, have built several of them as race cars since then, never had (or particularly want :o: ) an E30 road car.
For sale - E30 320i racer project - sold.
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FreddieS
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:35 am

19 and its my 9th car (well, 7th car if you dont include cars i still own)
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mineralblue
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:38 am

35,going on 55. falling apart at the seams
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:50 am

15 and bought mine when i was 13 :D 18months to go!!!!! :cool:
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:52 am

stevotheevo wrote:32, on my 12/13 e30, which is being scrapped next week, in the immortal words of Connor MacLeod, "nothing lasts forever"
Didn't you just fix that one up?
lowey
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:56 am

40 TODAY!!! :eek:

And I'm due to pick my SPORT up from the bodyshop later after a freshen up, mostly under the kit, jacking points, scabby bits on sills, rear arch etc.
Jon_Bmw
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:28 am

These threads are funny, some peoples ages are hard to judge when they write.

22 here, on my second and probably last e30, unless a cheap m3 comes up...

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secondtimelucky
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:35 am

So gooners the oldest fart so far then :D
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:52 am

Josh's car is older than he is.
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:53 am

secondtimelucky wrote:So gooners the oldest fart so far then :D
Haha... didn't realise that most E30 owners are so young (unless the oldies just dont care or dont know about the zone...) tbh a lot of E30 drivers i see in jersey are older, but by their cars, they just only seem to car about the transport size of things.

I see a few tourings around, hope one of them will be mine oneday!! and maybe one of the few M3s!!
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:58 am

Im 24 and have owned two tech1's and two 316i's. Pretty much been driving e30s since I passed my test 8) After I smashed up my crx after 2months 8O
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