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You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:12 pm
by jann
Saw this thread on a different forum so here goes.
When you have to bang your dash to make the right side of the speedo lights to work.
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:20 pm
by harry_p
you have to poke the obc display to stop it looking like a calculator on acid
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:28 pm
by Duke137
Your driving to work with a grin
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:28 pm
by leeparkes
You have to brace yourself when you see a speed hump coming, even on just a 40mm drop.
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:29 pm
by bss325i
You have to think twice about where to park it!
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:30 pm
by e30topless
when you slam the door a little bit of arch drops off !
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:30 pm
by 320iAN
when folk ask: what model of BMW is that?
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:36 pm
by Speedtouch
You have to remove the centre console to find the lost glovebox torch(es).
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:39 pm
by TopSod
You're trying to figure out where the rattle/knocking/creaking is coming from when driving on a flat smooth road
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:40 pm
by torquey
Where is that noise coming from???
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:50 pm
by Ranchero
Your feet are wet, there are particles of rust in your hair, you smell petrol and the car wont start.
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:51 pm
by Rav335uk
It refuses to start
Re: You know your in a E30 when...
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:52 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
The excellent M20B25 bellows a fine tune out
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:52 pm
by SHAKEELE30
when you hear the noise of a 325 engine!!!
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:55 pm
by dimebag_from_hell
When you pull in at the petrol station after a long drive on the motoryway, turn the car of and soon find you have boiled her.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:21 am
by tonybtonyb
Are you selling your car
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:30 am
by SpencerLavery
You have to tell passengers that the door handles are by their elbows.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:11 am
by Green
SpencerLavery wrote:You have to tell passengers that the door handles are by their elbows.
I have this all the time!
You feel the backside twitching in the damp on every turn
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:38 am
by appletree
When you pull up behind someone on a summers day and see the reflection of that iconic front end of the E30 in the back of there Korean $hit box
Roll on summer
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:49 am
by cro320
- Are you selling it?
- where you can't park it anywhere except on perfect spot
- when you hit a pothole and it feels like something will fall off
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:30 am
by andrew_baran
- When you open a window just to pull away from a roundabout
- When you have to poke at the fuel gauge to make the needle swing round!
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:30 am
by charlE30
When you turn the radio off and wind down the window down to hear the noise through tunnels
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:30 am
by capri_rob
when the floor under your feet is crunchy
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:58 am
by e30-EVN
Some good answers above lol, the tunnel run is a must
(only works with a 6 pot tho!) Sorry 4 pot boys lol.
..... When you pull up outside a shop and a stranger keeps you talking for ages, "what model is it?, how old is it?, she's in beatiful condition, they are the best shape" ect.... Makes me feel very proud
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:02 am
by suchy
when you think to yourself, "thank f*ck I don't have to drive this every day"
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:07 am
by Morat
When 50-something rich blokes say "I used to have one of those" and sigh for their twenties
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:12 am
by NIX
When your mates say, "you're still spending money on that thing?!"
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:26 am
by jann
When the police pull you over 3 times a week, then they say what lovely condition it's in...
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:28 am
by dimebag_from_hell
When you perfer to listen to the car rather than the radio.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:28 am
by rancido64
your passengers have trouble trouble figuring out how to open the doors to get out when it's dark
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:33 am
by clipper
When your wife won't go anywhere with you in the "old" car........
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:36 am
by Coops90
SpencerLavery wrote:You have to tell passengers that the door handles are by their elbows.
So very true!!
-when the iS splitter cracks off at every speed bump.
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:47 am
by cro320
rancido64 wrote:your passengers have trouble trouble figuring out how to open the doors to get out when it's dark
hahaha, every girl I had inside this car was finding that door handle...every
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:49 am
by e30-EVN
Can't get the power down in the wet without the arse end waving at the car behind
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Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:53 am
by Bakedbean100
ha, the doorhandle thing is so true, all my cars ahve had handles there though and noone else has had a problem?!