E30 Zone

Looking around at the cars on display at Santa Pod yesterday, there seemed to be a complete lack of tourings from owners of other BMW's.

Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

E39 tourings get respect on the bmw5 board.

well an e36 touring is about as bad as an e36 gets imo

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

What a load of garbage!

i saw three i liked,
yours,Baz666' and the black one with the writing on the sides,unlucky racing or something like that.

found it

magpie wrote:i saw three i liked,
yours,Baz666' and the black one with the writing on the sides,unlucky racing or something like that.

found it

Thats Zausts turd

magpie wrote:i saw three i liked,
yours,Baz666' and the black one with the writing on the sides,unlucky racing or something like that.

found it

That's Zaust's car, I think?

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

Touring can be as council as the best of them.
But there were definately more e30 tourings than all the other model tourings put together.

oomz1975 wrote: there were definately more e30 tourings than all the other model tourings put together.

Exactly, why the difference?

bss325i wrote:

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

What a load of garbage!

Only my opinion, however the weight distribution on a 6pot touring is better than a saloon - fact. One of my coleagues drives for the Mercedes Benz Silver Arrows team, he supports my theory fully and if given a choice will pick an estate AMG merc over the saloons with no exception for the driving displays.

Hard to find a good 325i touring with under 100K miles and undamaged interior. They do tend to cover more miles and more likely to be workers.

town325i wrote:

magpie wrote:i saw three i liked,
yours,Baz666' and the black one with the writing on the sides,unlucky racing or something like that.

found it

Thats Zausts turd

what time did it make? & what's in it??

l@@ks a handy tool

oldroydsr4 wrote:

bss325i wrote:

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

What a load of garbage!

Only my opinion, however the weight distribution on a 6pot touring is better than a saloon - fact. One of my coleagues drives for the Mercedes Benz Silver Arrows team, he supports my theory fully and if given a choice will pick an estate AMG merc over the saloons with no exception for the driving displays.

The weight balance is negligeable and the looks are subjective.

As for the councilness of it, Cabrios take the win!

wardpaa wrote:Hard to find a good 325i touring with under 100K miles and undamaged interior. They do tend to cover more miles and more likely to be workers.

Very true. Took a lot of looking before I found my 54K 325i.

I love my Touring, I saw plenty of other E30 Tourings there,had a lovely drive on Sunday, Just stuck it into D & it flew! & practical enough to carry all my junk at the same time

wardpaa wrote:Hard to find a good 325i touring with under 100K miles and undamaged interior. They do tend to cover more miles and more likely to be workers.

A 325i touring with over 150k miles is just run in nicely, as for the interior, that can be changed quite easily.

wardpaa wrote:Hard to find a good 325i touring with under 100K miles and undamaged interior. They do tend to cover more miles and more likely to be workers.

Mine just tripped 78 thousand on the retun run from Santa Pod. My interior was swapped for sport cloth a couple of years ago. The original comfort cloth seats were mint and sold them to a Zoner.

Millage is the least thing thing to worry about when purchasing any e30, 150k is good millage for even the youngest e30 when you think about it, mines nudging 137k and it feels as fresh as 10k The interior is also not a biggie as it can easily be sorted.

I have a Touring fetish, ive had an e30 325i touring and an e34 535i touring in the last year and loved them both although i wouldnt recommend lugging anything more than the weekly shop as they are not work horses. Its good to be back in a tech1 thow i must admit

e39 tourings are nice also in the right spec as are e46's but the e36 touring is a big NO NO it looks like a skoda from the back

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

tourings are 100% more council than any other E30.

they are always worth much less than any 2 door or Cab, and fall in to council ownership very easily,

IMO even a 4 door is a better car unless you own a Big dog !


better weight distribution, how do you work that out ?

i've got to admit, i do quite like a nice sorted e36 touring.... imo looks quite nice

bss325i wrote:

oldroydsr4 wrote:

bss325i wrote: What a load of garbage!

Only my opinion, however the weight distribution on a 6pot touring is better than a saloon - fact. One of my coleagues drives for the Mercedes Benz Silver Arrows team, he supports my theory fully and if given a choice will pick an estate AMG merc over the saloons with no exception for the driving displays.

The weight balance is negligeable and the looks are subjective.

As for the councilness of it, Cabrios take the win!

Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Barry is a touring hater, always has been negative to this body type. Why who knows!

touring ftw!

e30topless wrote:

oldroydsr4 wrote:Most probably- it's a shame because a well modified touring looks better than it's saloon or coupe counterparts with better weight distribution and the non council image.

tourings are 100% more council than any other E30.

they are always worth much less than any 2 door or Cab, and fall in to council ownership very easily,

IMO even a 4 door is a better car unless you own a Big dog !


better weight distribution, how do you work that out ?

The best way to have an e30 touring is standard inmo,maybe a tech2 kit and stock alloys and you have a very nice touring. burgerkings look nasty on them but always seem to find there way on to them as they do almost all e30's these days, i swapped mine for some tatty BBS's i hated them so much, looked much better on the standard 15's

I think they had 49/51 weight distribution but dont quote me on that

Rav335uk wrote:


Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Rav335uk wrote:

bss325i wrote:As for the councilness of it, Cabrios take the win!

Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

Simon13 wrote:Barry is a touring hater, always has been negative to this body type. Why who knows!

touring ftw!

I would quite like an E36 touring but M3'd.

bss325i wrote:

Rav335uk wrote:

bss325i wrote:As for the councilness of it, Cabrios take the win!

Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

Probably as many as the 2 door Saloons on here

Rav335uk wrote:

bss325i wrote:

Rav335uk wrote: Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

Probably as many as the 2 door Saloons on here

I doubt that very much! Not saying that 2dr's dont get molested, far from it. Its just that cabs generally attract council types, not just E30's!

E46 M3 SMG Cabs are a favourite council chariot!.

Ive got nothing against cabrios , have owned a few and will own another at some point.

bss325i wrote:

Rav335uk wrote:

bss325i wrote:As for the councilness of it, Cabrios take the win!

Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

only because touring owners usually can't afford BK's !

there is only one tourer i would own , and that's kitty

E46 M3 SMG Cabs are a favourite council chariot!.

Its coz its an SMGGGGGGG inittt bruvvv

i thought si might have turned up @ pod .

e30topless wrote:

bss325i wrote:

Rav335uk wrote: Load of B0ll0cks Barry , all three variants of the E30 can hold the title.

Magpie, it's an M30b35 mate

Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

only because touring owners usually can't afford BK's !

there is only one tourer i would own , and that's kitty

I dont disslike tourings either, im just not that keen on them.

Kitty's ok i suspose.

bss325i wrote:

Rav335uk wrote:

bss325i wrote: Come on Rav, dont be Coy. How many slammed, bk'd toshed up cabrios are on this very forum!

Probably as many as the 2 door Saloons on here

I doubt that very much! Not saying that 2dr's dont get molested, far from it. Its just that cabs generally attract council types, not just E30's!

E46 M3 SMG Cabs are a favourite council chariot!.

Ive got nothing against cabrios , have owned a few and will own another at some point.

True, cabs from all manufacterers get he Council tratment at one point in their life.
Thought you were just having a pop at the E30 ones.

beemerbird wrote:

magpie wrote:i saw three i liked,
yours,Baz666' and the black one with the writing on the sides,unlucky racing or something like that.

found it

That's Zaust's car, I think?

yep thats zausts, big give away is the tech 1 kit, the only other one is on the touring march109 fragged a while back which belonged to nelly.

when i fit it to mine there will be two again but as it stands zausts black one it the only tech 1 touring.

(imo the best way to have a touring).

and i cant see a reason not to have a touring if you have a busy life, theres no way i could do some of the things i do in a saloon, try chucking 2 bikes in the back of a loon.