E30 Zone

Whats an e30 like in a smash? My missus drives mine and i dont want her making a mess of the upholstery, just wondering what peoples views are and also experiences if your around to tell the tale.

my mate spun his M3 and it took down a telegraph pole hes still here to tell the tale and so was his 2 passengers bar being bashed and bruised they were all OK.

Is this one of those "post pics of your bent E30's" threads?

they are pretty good (so long as the car isn't held together with rust) so frontals & rear ends are good for the age of car.

Side impacts are where you are most vulnerable.

I had a tidy smack in my touring in October, approx 30-40mph sideways into a lamp post. I would probably be one injured puppy if it was not for the bucket seats and also I reckon if the impact took place in the same place on a 2dr it would have been bad, but with the B pillar being further forward on the touring & 4dr, that stopped so much inwards travel.

I have heard before abou them being weak on the sides. Do they have side impact bars? I should probably know this, but hey. Not so glad mines a 2 door now. Oh well, just hav to make sure i go in forwards or backwards.

DanThe wrote:Is this one of those "post pics of your bent E30's" threads?

OOH your henna 320i is a corker of a pic.

Can you survive if you Roll a cabby

surely not

brummimatt wrote:surely not

it was an old thread

For a 20 year old car they are pretty good as long as they are sound, still not a patch on a modern car though.

From personal experience,Touring's roll quite well, but don't fare quite so well in a side impact,as the guy who run into my one whilst it was parked up, found out

I had the misfortune to prang my Tech 2 Sport, after aquaplaning at around 70mph, which sent me into the central reservation crash barrier

I braced myself, fully expecting it to hurt rather alot, but amazingly, the car just bounced off and ended up on the other side of the dual carriageway. I was able to open the door easily, and though the front end was stoved in, there was no windscreen damage, and I clambered out without a scratch!

Sadly, the car was a Cat B write-off after the incident

Alex wrote:Can you survive if you Roll a cabby

Duck?

Alex wrote:Can you survive if you Roll a cabby

No, this is why the bruvs fit M30 anchors

I bounced my old coupe off the barriers on either side of a dual carriage way at prob 40mph, front and back both smashed up but it still drove home, albeit v v slowly with two tyres scraping against the bodywork

Me and my mom were both unhurt and the car was fixed up after many months of sourcing the required parts.

im pleasantly surprised, im going to drive faster

brummimatt wrote:I have heard before abou them being weak on the sides. Do they have side impact bars?.

IIRC, only the later models have them, from about H/J-reg onwards, and possibly only on Tourings. Can anyone confirm this?

I can't remember seeing anything substantial in the door of my sport while I was stripping it. It is a 1991.

I broke a late touring K reg IIRC and there was nothing in that

DanThe wrote:Is this one of those "post pics of your bent E30's" threads?

C'mon Dan,it's a cracking picture yours

Jesus325iTouring wrote:

DanThe wrote:Is this one of those "post pics of your bent E30's" threads?

C'mon Dan,it's a cracking picture yours

i always like to roll out that tired old pic of the luxorbiege incident.

DanThe wrote:

Alex wrote:Can you survive if you Roll a cabby

No, this is why the bruvs fit M30 anchors

Very funny

I didn't realise they where an NCAP aproved safety feature. That changes everything

Jesus325iTouring wrote:

DanThe wrote:Is this one of those "post pics of your bent E30's" threads?

C'mon Dan,it's a cracking picture yours

Dan bent an e30?

is there pics !!

my touring fishtailed, took out two fence posts and a sapling.

still reversed out, had metal bent off wheels and was driven home. how i didnt remove the oil cooler i do not know.

needed a front end but structurally it took it beautifully.
my shopping didnt

Alex wrote:Can you survive if you Roll a cabby

I don't really want to roll one but I seem to remember there used to be an ad for them balancing on the screen ...and they are much better on side impacts as they have that bloody big sill reinforcer!

I found this ...not an e30 though

From my recent experience, a 2 door E30 doesn't like side impact very much. I had a very lucky escape from a driver side collision with a lamp post.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

just remember that those who died in e30s cant post

doubt he's still posting

apparantly 2 people walked away with bumps and bruises! must say something for the old box.

^^ Already been posted

Here is my effort, 70mph odd into a wall

ouch, you do yourself any mischeif or limp away with your head hung low?

a lot safer then a spitfire! This guy lost it on oil and hit a tree. Died at the scene for abit but he came back after medics jump started his heart.

http://www.mattinglis.com/copp/albums/u ... G_1604.JPG