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Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:29 am

Ive only been an e30 owner since the beginning of august but atm i am having unhealthy thoughts about owning a 325i chromie cab with leather sports seats. In other words im already thinking of buying another e30.

damn it :p
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:34 am

E30s are like mistresses, one is never enough :wink:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:44 am

On the other hand - Someones strap line is "If its got tits or wheels, its trouble"

That seems more appropriate for me. Anyway - enough of this Chrome talk

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Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:51 am

these cars are highly addictive, unlike any other mark ive ever owned, and ive had a few !!!

im on my third e30 now (my best 1 yet) and although you have the odd issue with them, i'd never be without mine!! when problem free she gives me so much satisfaction to drive and i love her loads...... i'd rather my e30 than a misses in some respects, appart from the obvious!! :mad:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:53 am

e30-dk wrote:these cars are highly addictive, unlike any other mark ive ever owned, and ive had a few !!!

im on my third e30 now (my best 1 yet) and although you have the odd issue with them, i'd never be without mine!! when problem free she gives me so much satisfaction to drive and i love her loads...... i'd rather my e30 than a misses in some respects, appart from the obvious!! :mad:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:13 pm

a year in 3e0 ownership for me now, and loving mt car more than ever

i love the look of cabbys,and i want one for summer and have a pair of e30s :cool:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:25 pm

TouringTash wrote:E30s are like mistresses, one is never enough :wink:
and drain all your money!
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:33 pm

Felix79 wrote:
TouringTash wrote:E30s are like mistresses, one is never enough :wink:
and drain all your money!
Agreed,I have two,and a wife,all three seem to require servicing at regular intervals....

And Felix,buy carefully and maintain by DiY,and overall costs can be contained to sensible limits.
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 1:50 pm

stick to one decent one they do cost to get/keep nice even when you do most mechanical work yourself bodywork is a big cost now with these. i find all this owning multiple cars a bit fetishistic owning several is a pain and you can only drive one at a time. Its even more pointless when they are virtually the same car eg two e3o 325's. Most people i know who own several cars only drive at most two of them the rest just sit around not being used and therefore going to waste.
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:14 pm

The way I see it three is the sensible amount for ownership, well for me
1. Pride and joy 318 touring (though about to go into hibernation)
2. Workhorse 325 touring (gets parts to zoners all over/dog to woods/me to the middle of nowhere)
3. ?????? maybe convertible to help top up my tan.

Then again its easy for me as I don't own a wife.
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:17 pm

TouringTash wrote: Then again its easy for me as I don't own a wife.
oh wise one
spoil us with your guidance,for we have been taken from our true path and held captive by evil woman, hell bent on destroying our existance :cry: :bow:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:32 pm

dazleeds wrote:
TouringTash wrote: Then again its easy for me as I don't own a wife.
oh wise one
spoil us with your guidance,for we have been taken from our true path and held captive by evil woman, hell bent on destroying our existance :cry: :bow:
Ha ha very funny. :evil:

You chaps seem to have missed

'my missus whines more than my diff'
'my car is a facelift model. Wish that 'er indoors was'

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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:37 pm

I'd settle for a button marked SILENCE and a remap of her attitude ;)

your not all bad, but damn i can pick em :cry:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:40 pm

I have 2 convertible's (both SORN'd) and currently in negotiations on another E30, albeit a 2 door this time.

E30's FTW :mad:
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:45 pm

dazleeds wrote:
TouringTash wrote: Then again its easy for me as I don't own a wife.
oh wise one, spoil us with your guidance,for we have been taken from our true path and held captive by evil woman, hell bent on destroying our existance :cry:
:bow:
it is easy, I ask myself each and every morning "what will make me happy"

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plus I'm ugly, hairy and ginger so It's a doddle in all honesty :D
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:48 pm

Chin, up, Tash. My fella is ugly, hairy and Ginger, too.
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:55 pm

its only a vehicle for the bit that counts.


















and I do mean my brain
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:06 pm

I started lasted october 2009, and I have 3 already... 320i chromie, 318i design cab & a 318i lux for work... Still need to own a 325i 2dr & a touring yet so this time next year should have 5... 8O The missus actually hates me I think...
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:25 pm

Yes...also having unclean thoughts about a 2nd E30. When I finish my track car build, maybe a stitch welded moredoor, keeping all the seats with an S14 or M42 stroker for the road...everyday sleeper.
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Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:30 pm

Motorhole wrote:Yes...also having unclean thoughts about a 2nd E30. When I finish my track car build, maybe a stitch welded moredoor, keeping all the seats with an S14 or M42 stroker for the road...everyday sleeper.

Keep it 4 doors and pov spec it up even down to wheel trims... Proper sleeper...
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Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:22 am

I've had my cab just over a year now. Want another E30 to replace the Clio I use for work.

Thinking of getting an IS as a daily driver. Happen to know where one could be bought for £200 winkeye
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