past cars??

[bushy101]

thought it would be interesting to see what everyone owned before your beloved e30






ill start with 1993 honda civic lsi . . .

[Motorhole]

ooh...first car that was my own was a '93 Ford Orion Zetec which lasted all of 5 months. I then had a Peugeot 106 1.1i which was a fun and chuckable little thing, and while I had that I got my 1st E30, an '87 320i. Had the E30 for a year as a toy, then sold that to fund a house - then 2 years later traded in my 106 for an ex-demo Fabia vRS which I still have, as well as my current E30 project, a '91 3-door - which was a 318i - will later be something else.

[zaust]

Too many to list for me

[E30BeemerLad]

1983 Astra 1.6SR
1978 Mini 1100
1984 Cav SRi Saloon
1983 Escort 1.3 Ghia 3dr
1987 Orion 1.4GL
1985 Golf Gti
1991 Alfa 164 V6
1993 Citroen XM Turbo
1997 Pug 406td
1988 E30 325i
1991 Soarer V8 (still got)
1993 E30 316i Touring with M52 swap (in bits on the drive & a retail park)
1987 E30 316 - awaiting violation

[bushy101]

ok then lets just make it the car you hade before you e30

[Messenjah]

ford capri 2.0S home built 2.1 pinto with a lightened and balanced bottom end big valve ported and polished head rl31cam and TWIN 38dgas carbs (never seen another manifold for twin dgas carbs before or since lol) 165bhp (at the wheels) and 800kg wet with me in it.

[leeparkes]

My first car was a Mini 1000 (1975) i think it was about 35bhp

I loved it though !

[e30topless]

ok then lets just make it the car you hade before you e30

I have had e30's since 1990 , before that i had a brand new Vauxhall Cavalier

[jimmyspeed]

106 1.1 first car was abused as all first cars are but never felt good on the limit due to crap power steering

then got given an old micra box shaped gsx auto 5 door was absoultuely mint , said id never own such a car but got quite attached

then saw the light 323i e30 which i eventually broke wasnt to seriously damaged ( snapped rocker arm but didnt find this out until i took it apart completely!

320i coupe e30 of course has been very reliable over the 30000 miles i have had it an a i enjoy working on it , dream of making a m20 2.6 short stroke revmeister with my 323i crank !!!

[Ollie_bwoii]

E30 is my first car!

Previous motor, twin engined Honda Go-Kart!

[leeparkes]

ok then lets just make it the car you hade before you e30

Oh, i had this before the E30, Rover 220GTi,
i brought the E30 when the cambelt snapped on it (good riddance)

[safedave]

not that many for me:
e30 316 i
VW corrado Vr6
e30 320 touring
e30 325 cab
MK3 golf gti 16v
Renault clio 1.2 (was out of work cheap and cheerful)
e30 320 moredoor

no doubt more e30s to come

[wullie325i]

91 1.4 escort ghia
95 vauxhall cavalier 1.6
mk2 rs turbo
mk2 mr2 turbo
xr3i
e30 316
e30 318i
e30 325i
e30 316i m50 x2
e39 528i

theres alot more but thats the bulk that i have had for any period of time.

by far the worst one was the cavy

[e30_Turbo]

The car before my first e30 was a mk1 Golf, loved it, never had so much fun in a car before or since, miss it dearly, had rust issues so went to the metal muncher. Then picked up my e30 from the guy who came to collect it, loaded my golf and sold me a unseen e30 318i 4door in zinnobar for 200 coins, picked it up the next day, have had 5 e30's since.

[jbh]

far to many to list.. the car i had before my first E30 was a 323 E21

[harry_p]

j-reg metro gta
l-reg metro gti 16v
f-reg lancia delta integrale 16v
f-reg e30 m3

and gained an n-reg 316 compact allong the way.

i'm not really into the whole buying and selling cars thing

[Eddie25]

Before the E30.....My pocket rocket



In all fairness i've owned it 6 years and despite the 35mm drop on the suspension being about as comfortable as falling down the stairs (not the cars fault) it has been a faultless little work horse. Also when i bought it at 19 it was the most powerful car with the biggest engine i could insure.

[safedave]

Before the E30.....My pocket rocket



In all fairness i've owned it 6 years and despite the 35mm drop on the suspension being about as comfortable as falling down the stairs (not the cars fault) it has been a faultless little work horse. Also when i bought it at 19 it was the most powerful car with the biggest engine i could insure.

dont know if this is a silly question but....what is it?

[pac1982]

I've had a very random list

i'll start with the first

Vauxhall Cav 1.6
Vauxhall Cav 2.0 8V
Clio Williams 2.0 16v
Pug 106 1.1
BMW E36 323 Coupe
Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v
Vauxhall Astra GTE Rag Top 8v
BMW E30 316lux
BMW E30 318IS

[da4x4turbo]

I've had tons. Here's a few:

Current:



Previous:

















I've had tons more, but it's a pain in the arse uploading them to photobucket!!!

[Eddie25]

dont know if this is a silly question but....what is it?

Not a silly question at all mate not many of them around.

It's a Suzuki Baleno GSR.

[barrymate]

my 50th anniversary 300tdi regret selling it 1 of my favourites its actually up there with my e30 i have to say

[Tedswagon]

j reg - Ford serria 1.8LX - sold for a loss!
89 reg - ford telstar 2.0 DOHC (lived in NZ for a while) sold for a loss
87 reg - Mitsubishi colt (NZ car) - sold for almost twice what I paid for it.
R reg - Pug 1.6 glx - sold for a profit.
N reg - E36 318is - sold for a profit. This one earned me 6 points!
V reg - Subaru impreza wagon sport - sold for a profit.
56 reg - Subaru impreza wagon rx sport (for sale at the mo.)

Currently have:
E reg E30 325i bronzit.
55 reg Skoda Octivia 4x4 (the wifes bus)

Not much to shout about for 7 years of car ownership really!

[TheHeap]

I had a 1998 1.8si ghia Escort.
Some of you may laugh but i can tell you it was a million times better than the e30.

[capri_rob]

1981 VW Golf 1.3LS
1983 Ford Capri 1.6 Cabaret
1983 Vauxhall Astra 1.3s
1986 Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
1985 BMW 320i
1989 BMW 325i
1986 Ford Capri 2.8i
1986 VW Golf GTi
1986 Audi Coupe 2.3GT
1989 Ford Escort XR3i
1989 Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v
1992 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0CDi
1989 BMW 320i
2003 Vauxhall Astra 1.6LS ( Company car )
1995 BMW 328i Coupe
2006 Vauxhall Astra 1.7CDTi SportHatch ( Company car )
1986 BMW 325i ( Still got )
1997 Audi A4 1.9TDi SE
1998 BMW 323i SE Touring ( Still got )

Think thats the lot

[barrymate]

noticed not anyone yet has previously owned a 4x4 all seem to be cars mine were

transit van
landrover disco 300tdi
landrover disco commercial
landrover disco 50th anniversary
bmw e30 325i cab(and a little daihatsu sportrack 4x4 for a run around previously)

[bss325i]

Well over 100 cars.

All Fords and BMWs.

[barrymate]

Well over 100 cars.

All Fords and BMWs.

over a 100? fuck me thats alot

[pac1982]

I had a 1998 1.8si ghia Escort.
Some of you may laugh but i can tell you it was a million times better than the e30.

Bollocks

[nickso]

1983 nissan sunny 1.3-never drove it
1978 golf 1.1-died from rust
1986 ford orion 1.6gl-stolen, unbelieveably.
198x toyota starlet-died from rust.
197x ford falcon saloon-sold when i legged it from NZ
1990 ford escort rs turbo-sold
1986 bmw 320i saloon-mate rolled it
1995 ford mondeo 1.8-sold
1998 golf gti 8v-sold
1988 325i-still here
1995 fiesta 1.6si-sold
1990 bmw 335i touring-sold
1991 mazda mx5-sold
1995 bmw 540-sold
1990 jaguar xjr-sold
1995 bmw 328 touring-still here, soon to lose its engine to the e30
1999 bmw 318is-still here

jesus ive owned some shite

[bss325i]

Well over 100 cars.

All Fords and BMWs.

over a 100? **** me thats alot

I stopped counting in the 80's (not the decade lol)

[TheHeap]

I had a 1998 1.8si ghia Escort.
Some of you may laugh but i can tell you it was a million times better than the e30.

Bollocks

I'm telling ya. Granted it was a 316i

[dazleeds]

feckin hell where do i start

heres a few but not even close to the full list

i guestimate i've prob owned in excess of 200 cars since i was 13 a very large number of them were e30s but here goes

toyota celica 2litre st 1976
several E21s
endless E30s
a few 2.8 ghia x mk2 granadas
mk1 mexico in pea green
rs turbo's and other escort
xr4
E36 x1
E46 x1
rover p4 & p5, couple other rovers oldskoolers
lancia prisma & 2 hf turbo's
renault 5 gt turbo several,renault 11 turbo
pug 205 gti's several,cti 2 405 mi16
golfs mk1s and mk2s and 2 scirroco's
couple ofvolvo's
astra gte's
several jags years ago
nissans, 240,280zx,bluebird turbo,others
alfa,s several
suziki vitara wideboy i was young and it looked phat innit bruvs
Audis 2x80s 1 90 and a 100 turbo
honda,civic vti,3preludes.
fiat 127,x19,uno turbo 2,
mg metro metro turbo 3, and 1 tickford converted turbo orange with silver tiger stripes
mercs several

i give up for now getting headache thinking but theres lots more to add yet
i used to change cars weekly at one point

[bss325i]

a few 2.8 ghia x mk2 granadas

I've had a couple of these!

[sihooker]

Not in any order...
2x Mini
3x Vauxhall Viva
Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 and Mk4 Escort
Vauxhall Chevette Estate
Alfa Sprint Veloce 1500...'78
2x Datsun 120Y
Mk4 and Mk5 Cortina
2x Fiat Uno
2x Rover 214
2x Honda Civic...late 70's/early 80's shape
2x Renault 5
Triumph Herald
Wolsely 1500...'58
Mk 2 Astra
2x E30 318i...still got one


I might have missed a few out...