What does your/wife/girlfriend think of your E30??

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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:12 pm

As the title says.....????
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:15 pm

Mine thinks it is more fun to drive than her E46, but regards it as a hobby rather than a serious daily car. She'll happily drive it (well) but won't take it on motorway trips.#

edit: I've been told to add "but she's not afraid to chuck it around"

that's me told then :)
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:18 pm

my girlfriend loves my e30 im pleased to say :D ,she thinks they are awsome cars but loves mine in particular :) , not like most girls who say swear words like..... ''a cars just a piece of metal or its just a car''!! i guess im lucky tho ay :roll:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:22 pm

My fella actually likes both of my E30s, which is something of a miracle, being as he is a car-hating motorbike rider :D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:26 pm

My wife liked my 320i and appreciated its retro appeal. She always prefers to drive our E46 coupe though as all the controls are lighter and it doesn't have the E30 bus like steering box. She'll happily admit that the E30 was the more reliable of the two!
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:43 pm

My wife is a reluctant driver,would sooner take the bus to go shopping...

.....and prefers driving an '85 Toyota Starlet.... :mad:

But is quite happy to sit in the passenger seat whilst I enjoy myself.She does drive the touring every now and then when there is no alternative,but has yet be let loose in my cabbie!
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:29 pm

My wife thinks it's a chav's car. :?
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:35 pm

my wife loves my car, and she liked the other e30's i had also :cool:

she'd rather i spent money on my e30 getting everything up to scratch (and the correct amount of cylinders :D ) than keep buying $hitters every 6 months or so :wink:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:48 pm

my wife is not so impressed! She says it looks like how a 4 year old kid draws a car :screwy:

...... and as for the smell of 20 year old leather :puke:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:00 pm

.....my like doesnt like the e30 at all...although she is blind(she used to have an e46 as a company car a few years ago-before her accident!!)as she has never seen it she is aware what they look like and thinks they look like a pimps car!!!!!.........although she like's my 540....she loves the sounds of the v8 when my i put my foot to the floor 8)
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:00 pm

My wife wasn't really bothered until we went to Santa pod and within a week ov coming back she is the proud owner ov 318i moredoor :cool:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:12 pm

My E30 is my girlfriend! :D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:14 pm

Been going out with my wife since she was 17 - so she was in my first E30 in the early 90s - so she understand.....I think.

Feck im getting old :eek:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:20 pm

mine said it looked old and chavvy the day i bought it and hasnt changed her mind since. i think she hates it more though with tthe amount of attention i give the car
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:27 pm

mines loving it..she said to me"can i learn to drive in it darling" i was like hmmmmmm.....ill buy you one...just an excuse to own a 2nd tbh
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:34 pm

one hated them, so she's an ex and one of the reasons i dumped her on her arse is becuse she didnt like me being involved with cars

the current GF like the cars and is happy for me to get on with it. she'll even come to shows/meets with me. vikki has had the pleasure of meeting pacerpete and few others from here.
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:53 pm

Kos wrote: ....vikki has had the pleasure of meeting pacerpete.....
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I presume that she likes Werthers,then?
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:57 pm

my wife likes my current E30, she can only drive auto's so she did have a shot of a 320i auto i had a while back and she enjoyed it .. she say's she felt quite safe driving that one :D

she also liked "the look" of my old E30 cabby but hated being in it with the roof down! she say's it didn't feel safe & she felt over exposed! ?? :o

on another note: my youngest daughter said she'll by me another cabby next year as long as i give her my i_S
i had to decline her offer 8)
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:27 pm

she tells me off for getting it sideways, but at the same time trying very hard to hide a smile :D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:35 pm

Mine likes my e30 she even named it Casper (White) but I leave her up to the name calling...... But she hates the amount time I spend on here, then I reel off well at least it's not football I,m into then she backs down :D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:40 pm

my missus likes them and likes to learn about cars too so im really lucky but she wouldnt drive it as its too old she likes the newer bmw's and wants an e39.

she once asked me why every e30 always smells of damp lol. :wink:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:15 pm

she hated it when it was in bits cluttering up the garage.

now it's all back together and I can scare her out on the moors she loves it :-)

She still won't dare drive it though lol
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:37 pm

now it's all back together and I can scare her out on the moors she loves it


myra hindley ha ha :D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:43 pm

Wife hates it.

Says, one car is enough, no car parts in house, even when they get delivered she throws them out.

Im losing a losing battle.
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:50 pm

She said...'I love it...Errmmm...(Odd face),its better than my shitty clio"...Pause..."When are you gonna finish my cab?":? Conversation ended...:D
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:59 pm

my girlfriend has never driven my car, i wont let her. She says she hates it and that i think a lot more of the car than i do her (there might be something in that) yet she's always first to spot and point out other e30's when we're out in a excited way. :mad:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:08 pm

mine missus says " its a pink rust bucket thats bent in the middle" pffff what does she know :x
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:11 pm

snake-eyes wrote: and that i think a lot more of the car than i do her (there might be something in that)
:D she can join my bird in that ..the newly formed EZWAGS club :cool:

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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:16 pm

mine hates anything old that probably includes me
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She reckons they are all chavs cars why dont you get a decent car she says :cry:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:31 pm

my girlfriend is not so keen on my 2 door 318i as she doesn feel safe going round roundabouts incase i have an 'oh shit' moment. She also thinks its not safe to have our baby daughter in the back!?
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:34 pm

My girlfriend hates every "old" car i buy but by the time i sell it shes sad to see it go. There a strange bunch :mad:
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:50 pm

Mine thinks thay are rusty sh*t tips, and that instead of spending my hard earned on the damn turds, i should be buying wall paper and paint, what does she know, but dont tell her i said that......
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:54 pm

Mine likes E30's and would own one, but she won't own anything less than a tech2 kitted 325 :mad:

She likes my car, but thinks her Golf is superior because it can get over speed humps without scraping :)
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:56 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:Mtech2 kitted 325 moredoor !!!
Arrrrr a girl with taste :D
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