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Baur Poll

Baur: stylish, rare and cool?
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65%
Baur: fit for scrappage...
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35%
 
Total votes: 99
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:51 pm

Thought we should put the Baur issue to bed once and for all. Just have a nagging suspicion there are more Baur fanciers on here than people think :D

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Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:54 pm

that one in the pic and nellys old one i like

but in general i cant stand them, just dont look right when the roofs down imo


how come zone meets are never in such clean and tidy and warm settings hmmmm

ahhh sussed it, its because of all those pesky 4 potters dripping oil everywhere :P
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:54 pm

think we know the answer.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:58 pm

They are all prams
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:02 pm

Scrap!! :cool:
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:12 pm

is it possible to vote twice :? winkeye
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:19 pm

Baur fan here :P
Might actually think about buying one one day :D
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:25 pm

When the insurance comes down (new driver) I might be shopping in my two door for one :eek: (..that or an Alpina if one comes up)
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:49 pm

I'm gonna get one one day, they look fine i dont see what peoples problem is with them???
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:52 pm

yuk!!!
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:52 pm

I think they are rubbish. I know a bloke who likes them because they are so much lighter than full convertibles, but my view is that the baur was an OK stopgap until the proper convertible was introduced - however much cheaper/lighter/stiffer they were, they look a bit 'designed in a pub, built in a shed' to me. My apologies to Baur owners, I just can't be made to like them.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:07 pm

Don,t think i,d ever buy one, but i certainly do not dislike them.
The M3 one pictured looks 8) imo, but i am very spesh.
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:10 pm

gooner1 wrote: The M3 one pictured looks 8) imo, but i am very spesh.
Eh? Where's that then?
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:17 pm

Hardly the finest incarnation of the E30 but definately not the least valueable / desireable.
That would be the 4 door :)
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:17 pm

I quite like them - a zoner who's name escapes me has a minty mint white facelift one which I always think looks really good.
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:18 pm

pacerpete wrote:Hardly the finest incarnation of the E30 but definately not the least valueable / desireable.
That would be the 4 door :)
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:30 pm

capri_rob wrote:I quite like them - a zoner who's name escapes me has a minty mint white facelift one which I always think looks really good.
That would be Matt's, looks nice but i'm not a fan either :o:
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:30 pm

djk wrote:
gooner1 wrote: The M3 one pictured looks 8) imo, but i am very spesh.
Eh? Where's that then?
My mishtake, read something another poster had put
under the Baur pictured in another thread, and came to the wrong conclusion.
Having said that, would an M3 version change your mind ? :)
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:33 pm

pac1982 wrote:I'm gonna get one one day, they look fine i dont see what peoples problem is with them???
I hear Spec Savers are doing 2 for 1 this week :P
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:33 pm

sure i've seen a pic of an m3 baur before

such a fkin waste
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:36 pm

I'm gonna offend a few people here but the touring & 4 doors look a lot more ulgy than a baur, a baur makes more sence than a proper cabby if your gonna drive it all year round
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:37 pm

pac1982 wrote:I'm gonna offend a few people here but the touring & 4 doors look a lot more ulgy than a baur, a baur makes more sence than a proper cabby if your gonna drive it all year round
No offence taken
We have already established you are blind :)
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:39 pm

pac1982 wrote:I'm gonna offend a few people here but the touring & 4 doors look a lot more ulgy than a baur, a baur makes more sence than a proper cabby if your gonna drive it all year round
Not offended. You are just wrong, that's all. :P
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:40 pm

Good thread with lots of potential for a bunfight :teehee: makes a change from 6pot vs 4pot and IS bashing
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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:42 pm

rh306 wrote:Image
why does that not look like a genuine m3???

facelift rear lights too
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Man with 'interesting hair' and camera has sex wee next to Baur M3-alike. A German, perhaps?
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dazleeds wrote:
rh306 wrote:Image
why does that not look like a genuine m3???

facelift rear lights too
..just a hand built one-off I think. It doesn't have the stacked up M3 boot profile either..
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the Bauristas are winning at the moment :D
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:59 pm

quite a surprise the way the votes are going so far

seems theres more perverts lurking than we first assumed :lol:
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:05 pm

I have a Baur ( well an SA convertible actually but built on precisely the same principle - can opener to the roof and angle grinder to the rear ) and I love it

I accept that it's ugly with the roof down - it is - but it's a great drive and the varying hood/top openings make it more useable in varying weathers than a cab
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:18 pm

Ive voted a positive yes for the Baur. Never owned an E30 example, but I did own this 2002 1973 example for 17years, and wish I hadn't sold it! I'm only put off an E30 Baur as they tend to be early cars, poverty spec, and sadly rusty. If a mint late facelift one came along, I'd be tempted. I also had a thing about yellow cars, still do, but not E30's!
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:21 pm

Z31, gorgeous little car, btw Ruislip want their sign back. :wink:
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Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:26 pm

I am a wrong'un as i quite like the look of the baur when in good condition + with the proper donk and loaded with options (2.5 m20 - non of this 4 pot drivel, bus like steering wheel/poverty spec etc)... Most baurs are scrap these days and are destined to become foil pie plates but every now and then a low mileage genuine mint example loaded with the correct options comes along. They can be dare i say it quite desirable :eek: Oh and they have got to be black! As said i am a bit spesh when it comes to E30's, i always opt for the more rarer/quirky/unique models in excellent condition rather than the generic/standard models. I do like them to be a bit different winkeye
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That sign, and the bus stop, I bought from London Transport at one of their sales. got a receipt somewhere, honest..
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