E30 Zone

To all those aspiring BMW E30 325i owners?
I found this. If I did not have mine i might be tempted. It looks great and would suit someone who wanted an original car and would be looking to keep it in original condition.
Only downside is there is no limited-slip differential. Got no idea what the body is like.

PS
I have no connection to the seller.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2758677.htm

Thats lovely - thankfully its out of most driftc0cks price ranges

Doesn't diddler have a moredoor sized space in his garage now that AVO has gone back oop north ?

Yeah i would not buy that drift in. For a BMW E30 drift car you want something real cheap ideally.

I thought BMW E30s 2-doors/4-doors were made up until H registration.
I think the E36 came out on J reg. This must have been one of the last ones manufactured and registered. Nice colour. Just a shame the specification does not have nice leather. Really nice looking though got to admit. I would have that any day over a E36.

wow that interior is like brand new !

I didnt realise the glovebox and this bit around the manual gearbox was only in black not in grey too? was that an option or only available in later cars?

why does it need an LSD?

What he said ^^^

it needs two doors more than a trippy diff

Very nice car. Side skirts are nasty because they very often hide a huge amount of mud, sand and rust

I would have a LSD as supposedly it supposed to drive better (though i got no experience of LSD to back this up)

cant see why anyone would buy a 4dr version, when 2dr ones are easily available, more doors deserved to be fragged.

Whats wrong with drifting E30's?

pony wrote:I would have a LSD as supposedly it supposed to drive better (though i got no experience of LSD to back this up)

Unless you push the car hard on a regular basis an LSD makes no difference whatsoever to how it drives.

richy187 wrote:Whats wrong with drifting E30's?

If its a rotten £200 turd that will never make it through its next MOT there is nothing wrong with it at all.

damageandyy wrote:cant see why anyone would buy a 4dr version, when 2dr ones are easily available, more doors deserved to be fragged.

This is a totally fause statement!

Solid E30's be it 2 doors, 4 doors or tourings are VERY hard to come by now. Even if they look good, a little dig around will show up more than you would imagine.

Most are rotten turd's by now.

People said the same about MK1 and MK2 escorts. Look at them now

capri_rob wrote:

richy187 wrote:Whats wrong with drifting E30's?

If its a rotten £200 turd that will never make it through its next MOT there is nothing wrong with it at all.

Driffters kill cars.

Drift c0ckers are the worst of the lot

Dezzy wrote: Driffters kill cars.
Drift c0ckers are the worst of the lot

Bit of a generalisation(sp) don't you think? I know a few drifters who have a great respect for their E30's and spend an awful lot of time (and money) making sure that their cars are well maintained and kept looking presentable.

The E30 is a great car for drifting, and personally, I like to see them out there showing the Jap boys a thing or two...

Every single dift car i have ever seen, comp car's included are fooked as a road car once used.
That imo is killed!
I have should know. I rescued my chromie from a driffter before he could ruin it. Its now a very worthy road car.

Dezzy wrote:Every single dift car i have ever seen, comp car's included are fooked as a road car once used.
That imo is killed!

Could the same not also be said for any track/rally/sprint car?





http://www.thebritishdriftchampionship. ... /#more-522

These cars both look fine to me, and the black V8 has recently been resprayed (again) and had a new bodykit fitted.

Peter Green occasionally posts on here, but is put off by the drift haters, which is a real shame his car is one of my favourite E30's, which I have been priveleged to whitness the development of.

Yes some drifters buy cars and thrash them until they are dead, but not all are so disrespectful of their E30, and like Rob said most often they are £200 turds with no chance of getting another MoT any way so wheres the harm?

Looks like a very nice example and a very decent advert.

With the minor body things sorted and if one keeps the miles low, this can only appreciate imo.

damageandyy wrote:cant see why anyone would buy a 4dr version, when 2dr ones are easily available, more doors deserved to be fragged.

a 325i with 4 doors or a 325i Touring makes a decent wolf in sheep's clothing especially if debadged. a good example of ANY BMW E30 does not deserve to be broken.

a 325i with 2 doors has a little less mass than the 4 door cars and a bit more stylish otherwise they are fundamentally the same.

Drifting.
I think drifting is great fun though i am new to drifting. I think drifting in a BMW E30 is great especially in a sub £500 car on its way out or on a BMW E30 which is not perfectly original.

Perfectly original BMW E30s in my opinion deserve to be PRESERVED. Held as an example of what a real prestine BMW E30 handles/drives/looks/feels like for generations to come. Nothing wrong enjoying the car for what it is when driving the BMW E30. Personally would not like to see a great prestine original BMW E30 turned into a track car when a lesser one would fit this just as well. Hope you follow my point.

capri_rob wrote:

pony wrote:I would have a LSD as supposedly it supposed to drive better (though i got no experience of LSD to back this up)

Unless you push the car hard on a regular basis an LSD makes no difference whatsoever to how it drives.

PS
is the car harder or easier to control with a LSD when it starts to oversteer and during oversteer compared to not having a LSD?

nothing wrong with tourings, they are estates so are supposed to have 5 doors, end of the day why would you chose a 4 door when a 2 door model is available, an e30's are not rare and solid examples are relatively easy to find, especially tourings.

pony wrote:

capri_rob wrote:

pony wrote:I would have a LSD as supposedly it supposed to drive better (though i got no experience of LSD to back this up)

Unless you push the car hard on a regular basis an LSD makes no difference whatsoever to how it drives.

PS
is the car harder or easier to control with a LSD when it starts to oversteer and during oversteer compared to not having a LSD?

It will make the car easier to control. However if you don't have sufficient talent to control an oversteering car you will crash whether you have an LSD fitted or not.


I've had plenty of RWD cars with open diffs and never been in a situtation where I wished I had an LSD.

Actually I lie - I would have liked one on my bronzit as it would have earned me a lot more than the open diff did when I fragged it

i wouldnt want to own any rwd car without an lsd, even my underpowered slug of a 316i compact was frustrating in the wet, letalone anything with decent poke

capri_rob wrote:

pony wrote:

capri_rob wrote: Unless you push the car hard on a regular basis an LSD makes no difference whatsoever to how it drives.

PS
is the car harder or easier to control with a LSD when it starts to oversteer and during oversteer compared to not having a LSD?

It will make the car easier to control. However if you don't have sufficient talent to control an oversteering car you will crash whether you have an LSD fitted or not.


I've had plenty of RWD cars with open diffs and never been in a situtation where I wished I had an LSD.

Actually I lie - I would have liked one on my bronzit as it would have earned me a lot more than the open diff did when I fragged it

The E30 currently does not have a LSD. Therefore, whenever I leave my road and go on to the main road especially when large throttle openings the inside wheel naturally lights up ("catherine wheel") and leaves marks. However, i was wondering how this would change with a LSD wouldnt it be harder to control and wiggle all over the place?

The E30 having less mass than modern BMWs struggles to utilise the engine properly in corners sometimes though this is a road not a track. A track would be a totally different situation.