E30 Zone

Just a random question, just wanted to see how you guys got into your E30's? I'm assuming that if you are on here you like E30's!

For me:

My stepdad had a 1986 baur which i always quite liked.

I have a 80's car fetish and for me the E30 has always stood out among the usual fare...

My uncle and cousin's had them when I was young (in my teens). Wanted one every since, now I've got 2

ImysE30 wrote:My uncle and cousin's had them when I was young (in my teens). Wanted one every since, now I've got 2

Well you have two half E30's....

Bakedbean100 wrote:

ImysE30 wrote:My uncle and cousin's had them when I was young (in my teens). Wanted one every since, now I've got 2

Well you have two half E30's....

To make 1 special one

the look of them all the new cars look the same and its fun when you kick there ass at the lights! plus old skool rules!

my mate had a white sport another a 316i coupe in red,loved em both and had to have one,now have a 190e 2.3 cosworth,have left e30's for a little while will be in another no doubt next year and hopefully the zone will be a better place by then too.its getting worse on here by the day.always the minority that spoil it though

i got in to my e30 by opening the door

I got into them in a weird way. Was searching for a cheap daily, saw a 325i listed on AutoTrader, it looked pretty awesome so I did a bit of research into what sort of car it was, and discovered the world of E30s and fell in love. Phoned up to arrange to view/buy and it was gone, was genuinely heartbroken.

Spent the next 6 months looking for the right one and finally got a good deal on eBay. Looking at my second one now and possibly a donor car, can't get enough of them I probably spend about 6 hours a day researching and shopping for them/bits.

Kos wrote:i got in to my e30 by opening the door

classic

I was looking for a classic car and saw an article featuring Beardymat's restored Sport. 2 minutes later I was surfing the classifieds for one.

I was into Fords and was offered a 316 for £20.
Ended up MOTing it and running it about for 6 months.
That was 6 years ago now,had a couple more since then

mabz wrote:my mate had a white sport another a 316i coupe in red,loved em both and had to have one,now have a 190e 2.3 cosworth,have left e30's for a little while will be in another no doubt next year and hopefully the zone will be a better place by then too.its getting worse on here by the day.always the minority that spoil it though

those merc cossies are also something special just like the e30s once u have had one you always want to go back to it...ive had two merc cossies both 2.5s loved them ...will jave another one soon keeping eyes peeled

and as for the e30....i was on lunch break from work and saw a guy washing his silver 325i se (didnt know wat the spec was at the time, all i know it looked awesome lol) from that day i always wanted an e30 coupe i was 18 at the time and couldnt afford one...but now ive had 6 in total and think ive got the right one to keep now

eko wrote:I was into Fords and was offered a 316 for £20.
Ended up MOTing it and running it about for 6 months.
That was 6 years ago now,had a couple more since then

ha so funny my story is exactly the same bought a 318i for 20 quid and run it to work and bk for ages
now im doing my first turbo 325i build and loving every minute of it

ross2009 wrote:now im doing my first turbo 325i build

Another coincidence

how strange
how far you got ?

ross2009 wrote:how strange
how far you got ?

Not far.Engine stripped and timing case being modified this weekend.
Cant afford to buy the turbo untill next month so concentrating on getting the engine built up and in the car running first.
Have a read if you like
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

When I think BMW I always picture the e30! The classic lines, headlights and the noise! (6 pots of course) , Uncle of mine had em when I was a youngster and I always loved the shape of them ect, but growing up with a father who was a ford man and didn't like bmw's I didn't buy my first 1 until I was around 23. Picked up a C reg chromie 325i for £400! She was rotten underneath so that didn't last long!! But for the way she went, drove, sounded and turned heads I absolutly fell in love and that's where the love affair started, I just had to get another but with a tidy shell. My current car has a mint shell (learnt my lesson), so with what I have going on she will be great and the M50 engine should be a nice addition until I get borred and BOOST it

bought my first one when i was 17 (I think) in 1989 a bog standard C plate zinnobar 316 that was approx 3 years old,

had them ever since

Uncle had quite a few of them, and I've always liked the look of them.

love the shape, all them options and rwd is perfeck for me

natural proggression from a life of many E21s back in the mid/late 80s

eko wrote:

ross2009 wrote:how strange
how far you got ?

Not far.Engine stripped and timing case being modified this weekend.
Cant afford to buy the turbo untill next month so concentrating on getting the engine built up and in the car running first.
Have a read if you like
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

thats a tidy touring like it
heres a few of mine so far
http://s924.photobucket.com/albums/ad86/Rossco1980/

eko wrote:

ross2009 wrote:now im doing my first turbo 325i build

Another coincidence

also just noticed yours has borbets on
so does mine spooky

you two seperated at birth or what lol

a free one

dazleeds wrote:you two seperated at birth or what lol

Appears so mate

My old manager was selling his e30. I wasn't interested in it, i just wanted to drive it When i did drive it i fell in love with it! Done deal!

My parents have pretty much always had bmws too. They had a black 2dr carb when i was born, and we've had our e34 520i since it was 2-3 years old

I brought one as a disposable smoker when i snaped the cambelt on my *cough* Rover 220gti
The intension was to keep the E30 for a couple of weeks and flog it on but i ended up keeping it for 5 years Then brought another then another then another....

Watched 2 mates own this car before me and pour about £8k into it on maintenance and mods.

I picked it up in March 2005 for £250 and a 5 yr old Sony laptop



Edit: just found my old sig pic

That looks nice, even with the BK's

my brother bought a 318is a few years back and it was my first experience in rwd. He took me out for a spin and it was great. When my shitty rover 214 fuel tank started leaking fuel all over the road I found my own e30 and that was 5 years ago. bought my 325i for £700 and its still my work-in-project as well as my daily driver!

Back in 1995 I worked for a firm where I got to drive the directors 1990 535i Sport and a 1988 735i - I'd never really been interested in BMW's before getting to drive these cars but couldn't get over how smooth and solid they were to drive and with fantastic sounding engines.

Started looking around and it was suggested by the owners of the above executive chariots that I consider a 6 cylinder 3 series - and the rest is history.

When I was 7 I was given a radio controlled red M3. From that moment I loved the e30.

Was fed up with the Electrics on my XR3I Convertibile constantly spoiling
what was otherwise a decent little car.
Spotted a Zinnober Convertible on Ebay, went to view it.
The rest is History.

My brother had a blue touring on genuine alpinas which I loved but he sold it to a zoner I beleive. A few years later a work college got an M3 and I loved it. Two weeks later I made my first E30 purchase which was an M3. I didn't even know about the zone but turns out it was Chris Warburton I got it off. It was one of the highest spec UK supplied cars I've ever seen. Realy great car in excellent condition that never once let me down. A short while after that my brother went out and bought one which is still around known as E WOK. I realy regreted selling it so treated myself to a motorsport convertible fairly recently and a nice little touring which is currently getting the full m-tech 2 treatment and should be ready for next week. Photo's to be posted asap....