E30 Zone

Just got this email from the BMW car club.

I'm sure most of us watch Top Gear most Sundays - or if time alloys more frequently with the continual re-runs on Dave etc.

Hopefully (I say hopefully as you never quite know where Mr Clarkson is going to go or what he is going to say!!) for us this Sunday's show will be of particular interest as their feature piece will include a BMW theme.

Our friends at Munich Legends have been involved in the creation of this section of the show and may feature in the show. For contractual reasons they have to remain tight lipped about the content of the piece - but I believe BMW will feature in one of the trio's irreverent consumer tests including a number of challenges”¦”¦”¦”¦..

Enjoy!

Steve Miller
General Manager
BMW Car Club (GB

Is this the episode where they wreck cabs?

Oops, I should have mentioned that.

For those that don't know, Top Gear have bought 3 e30 cabbies

I'm not sure this is gonna be fun to watch?

at last

Should be interesting guys lol

I'll be watching this for sure!
If it involves falling pianos we should get some zone t-shirts printed up and get the ten scariest looking zoners down in the audience for a recording. All wearing "ridiculous Oakleys" of course

Will Kos wear Oakleys

Sounds like the new owners of Munich Bellends have the same voracious appetite for self publicity as the original ones. Their new company motto should be one of my old Gran's mantras:- "Self praise is no honour."

cecotto479 wrote:Sounds like the new owners of Munich Bellends have the same voracious appetite for self publicity as the original ones. Their new company motto should be one of my old Gran's mantras:- "Self praise is no honour."

I can just imagine the bill served to the BBC/ us for the three timing chain replacements done on the M20 donks !

pacerpete wrote:

cecotto479 wrote:Sounds like the new owners of Munich Bellends have the same voracious appetite for self publicity as the original ones. Their new company motto should be one of my old Gran's mantras:- "Self praise is no honour."

I can just imagine the bill served to the BBC/ us for the three timing chain replacements done on the M20 donks !

Front page of Top Gear.com:
This weekend on Top Gear: Zonda R, Pegg and Frost, and some unsavoury convertibles

Not looking good!

Best place for convertibles !!

I think there is only going to one E30 cabby and two different cabs.

But the topgear team have bought 3 of them haven't they??
Unless they are using 3 different convertibles?.....

But then again, every show where they have each had a car they have never used the same cars! They all pick something different

kieran325 wrote:Best place for convertibles !!

I,m impressed at the way Cabriolet owners have
refused to respond ,to such obvious attempts at besmirching
a very fine example of motoring heritage.

We are not iS owners.

Blitz wrote:I think there is only going to one E30 cabby and two different cabs.

Nope! Three E30's.

I was the first to post about this way back in July.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 43&start=0

bss325i wrote:

cbv8 wrote:

bss325i wrote:At some point in the next series of Top Gear the is going to be a feature where all three of the presenters have an E30 325i Cabrio!

I dont know what kind of feature its going to be but most likely some kind of cheap car challenge as apparently all three examples they had were a bit ropey! (Clarkson's one apparently had concrete in the boot to "lower" it!)

Filming has already taken place.

Sorry for asking but how do you know all this is going to happen

No need to appologise.

A former coleague now works for Munich Ledgends and they were approached by the shows producers to give advice and tech support. The owner, manager and one of the technicians went up to Guildford where the TG airfield is and were there for the day. They will be going back for the audience/studio filming when the next series is shot.

Will be sad to see a cab destroyed, especially if it looks anything like mine lol. But should be funny to watch I guess, so cant complain too much lol. And I cant see why they would buy three E30 cabs and then only use one :s

Think of the values rising

gooner1 wrote:

kieran325 wrote:Best place for convertibles !!

I,m impressed at the way Cabriolet owners have
refused to respond ,to such obvious attempts at besmirching
a very fine example of motoring heritage.

We are not iS owners.

The best thing about a Cab is that theres less to go rusty.

kieran325 wrote:Think of the values rising

What from being on the show, or three less left on the road? lol.

Three less on the road

The popularity will last no longer than 20 mins and they'll be forgotten about.

kieran325 wrote:Three less on the road

The popularity will last no longer than 20 mins and they'll be forgotten about.

You think?

I think prices will rise after this, or demand will be higher... Think of the repeats on Dave too of this episode, everyone wants an E30, when they are reminded, they'll look again...

I'm not talking like we will all be rich over night, but if there is more interest, then there is always more money involved.

And it means 3 less turds on the road... Wonder if their being/been fragged?

Doubt they will get fragged. They will probably end up in the museum down at beulie or how ever you spell it like the rest of their challenge cars.

..the current show seems to be getting lamer and lamer, laboured jokes, dull supercars and too much celebrity backslapping, time to bin the Hamster and get back to basics


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I can't see them being famous after an episode, if some numpty wrote in and protested like the Marina saga then maybe.

Still, it's entertainment

yep time top flush the hamster

i hate the little coont! He's Shite!!

kieran325 wrote:Think of the values rising

I can see the values dropping to be honest..

because after they show the rusty arches, water in the footwells, water in the boot, rusty battery box etc EVERY tom dick and harry who come to look at your E30 will think they are an expert and will know where to look..

cant help but say im looking forward to seeing the show now

I can't see the values rising after TG, the more E30's getting fragged the better the values become

Oh no they're clearly going to get slated. I really hope they're shocking examples they use or it'll be sad watching them wreck them.

On another note, I was watching a rerun of 5th gear the other day where they rolled a 306 cab which wasnt good news for the passengers. Be cool if they try the same experiment and take off clarkson's massive head!

kieran325 wrote:Think of the values rising

You got to be having a laugh?

Three less BMW E30s on the road will not make values rise?

Even if they did by saw a few hundred pounds or more when you start taking into account inflation you will find that you have not really made any money.

e.g. your car is worth 4k today. Say next year it becomes 4250..that is a price increase of 6.25%
if it is 4500 that is 12.5%
hardly worth bothering about.....you need to have alot of BMW E30s in your hands to make any serious money from an investment point of view of a concours BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution. Which was say £30k brand new and now if still brand new £60 - 80k.....you could have made that by investing your money wisely and dont forget £30k back in the 1980s was far more than £30k today.

rh306 wrote:..the current show seems to be getting lamer and lamer, laboured jokes, dull supercars and too much celebrity backslapping, time to bin the Hamster and get back to basics


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I agree these clips are far more interesting than any of the recent Top Gear.

pony wrote:

rh306 wrote:..the current show seems to be getting lamer and lamer, laboured jokes, dull supercars and too much celebrity backslapping, time to bin the Hamster and get back to basics


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I agree these clips are far more interesting than any of the recent Top Gear.

Plus 1.

Most on here know what I think of the current set up and the 3 c0cks (sorry presenters) heading it up.

However, I will be watching this sundayy purely for the e30 aspect. You can imagine the letter I'm going to write aferwards! I've got my Victor Weldrew head on for this one!!!!!

pony wrote:

kieran325 wrote:Think of the values rising

You got to be having a laugh?

Three less BMW E30s on the road will not make values rise?

Even if they did by saw a few hundred pounds or more when you start taking into account inflation you will find that you have not really made any money.

e.g. your car is worth 4k today. Say next year it becomes 4250..that is a price increase of 6.25%
if it is 4500 that is 12.5%
hardly worth bothering about.....you need to have alot of BMW E30s in your hands to make any serious money from an investment point of view of a concours BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution. Which was say £30k brand new and now if still brand new £60 - 80k.....you could have made that by investing your money wisely and dont forget £30k back in the 1980s was far more than £30k today.

It was a sarcastic comment

I don't give a toss if they flatten all three tbh.

To the outside world 3 E30 rotboxes from the 80's being hurt is going to be entertainment not sacrilege.