E30 Zone

Whos got the most miles on the clock seen a few with 220k here and there

I'am picking a royal blue 325i up tomorrow with 260,000 under its belt, been regularly serviced and maintained when need be.

Anyone got one with 300,000 on the clock.

I think Brian Mooooore has one with 300k on it,but dont quote me!

Wonder if its ever been rebuilt

Mr moooore where are you

Some say, he could be anywhere!

or the opposite end, interesting comment brian made last week about people putting a switch in the odometer motor to stock cliking up milage, with also dissconecting the diff wire being another way...you have to wonder how many people, even zoners do that to keep ther milage down rather than honest, even tho no one would admit it i bet a few on here do just that ?

polsta wrote:or the opposite end, interesting comment brian made last week about people putting a switch in the odometer motor to stock cliking up milage, with also dissconecting the diff wire being another way...you have to wonder how many people, even zoners do that to keep ther milage down rather than honest, even tho no one would admit it i bet a few on here do just that ?

E30 clocks can be switched easily enough, I dont see the point in someone going to the hassle of making something to stop them going up Plus they easy enough to 'clock'

i dont really see the point on an old car, number of owners and service history is more important in terms of past history.

Only reason i can imagine people winding back the miles in this day and age is for limited mileage insurance and when people cannot be bothered to adjust the mileage if the instrument cluster needs replacing

you bought the Preston turd !!

e30topless wrote:you bought the Preston turd !!

i did

Do you know more than me or were you the "other bloke"

so you dont thiink its rife that mr X has an e30 with sub 100k milage, every mot from new etc....yet clocks up say 5-10k a year in it, yet with that dissconected, hes only showing as adding 500 miles a year in it come every mot time

of course it happens

Whos mr X

Red touring in my sig. isn't far short of 300,000 miles, when the 40k 'haircut' it had early in its life is added in. Head's been off, the exhaust guides replaced, and the seats tidied up, but apart from that it's as it left the factory, uses no fluids, and produces all the horses it ever did.
100k miles on LPG helps of course.
Sadly, it's no longer clocking up the miles, since its well publicised meeting with a flying porker.

My '89 E32 has about 298'000 miles - the head's never been off and it's on the original clutch. I took the front timing covers off last year to sort an oil leak and put a new timing chain and tensioner blade on for good luck - I needn't have bothered. It's always had regular oil changes and the engine is as clean as a whilstle inside. It uses no oil and does what it did 23 years ago, as a properly made and expensive car should.

What is the preston turd?

this turd i'am picking up tomorrow

i'am told there is a bit of rust to the lower arch on one side and a rusty lower door other than that its good. however i will make my own mind up on that, plenty of frag if not

Alex wrote:... when people cannot be bothered to adjust the mileage if the instrument cluster needs replacing

The clocks on mine read around 70k. Multiply that by 5 and you are closer to the truth.

Ranchero wrote:

Alex wrote:... when people cannot be bothered to adjust the mileage if the instrument cluster needs replacing

The clocks on mine read around 70k. Multiply that by 5 and you are closer to the truth.

was yours that 350k 318is that was for sale a while back ? probably about a year ago now

Probably. I've had it around 14 months now. It was on ebay but I bought it off the subsequent owner.

Alex wrote:this turd i'am picking up tomorrow

i'am told there is a bit of rust to the lower arch on one side and a rusty lower door other than that its good. however i will make my own mind up on that, plenty of frag if not

Nice seats!

What is the mileage then I am guessing high....

260k as in first post

Alex wrote:260k as in first post

Don't know how I missed that

The "Preston Turd" looks to have plenty of frag potential.

I hope it was cheap Alex.

Mines on a lowly 215,000 at the moment

Dezzy wrote:The "Preston Turd" looks to have plenty of frag potential.

I hope it was cheap Alex.

£450 quid taxed till end of month and tested till october

Alex wrote:this turd i'am picking up tomorrow

i'am told there is a bit of rust to the lower arch on one side and a rusty lower door other than that its good. however i will make my own mind up on that, plenty of frag if not

Is that beige sports leather or cloth? If it's leather I might just hate you a little bit.

Sold my old touring on 225,000, then it turned up a year later on pistonheads. Was tempted to email the seller just to find out how many miles it had done
It didn't sell so guess it was fragged, it had also been counciled up!

rrs wrote:

Alex wrote:this turd i'am picking up tomorrow

i'am told there is a bit of rust to the lower arch on one side and a rusty lower door other than that its good. however i will make my own mind up on that, plenty of frag if not

Is that beige sports leather or cloth? If it's leather I might just hate you a little bit.

Leather, i'am not expecting much i expect gear changes to be like stirring soup, and woolly steering and suspension.

last owner has had it since 2000

what about the mobil oil e30 it was in practical classic car mag last year, they used the e30 to test there oil years ago but it was in the mag as it was spotted at a show and the car had done over a million miles so the mag was saying?? and the car had a part in the mag saying it last was spotted in 2008 at some show or something like that i will try and find the page in the mag and upload it

You better not break it after what you've been preaching lately Alex!!

318is on 227.000 but not moved for 6 months, back into service in June

johnl320 wrote:You better not break it after what you've been preaching lately Alex!!

318is on 227.000 but not moved for 6 months, back into service in June

Its not going to be broke, unless its completely fooked

I expect new footwell jacking pads. now the 318i is finished i need something else

You gonna keep the finished one?

johnl320 wrote:You gonna keep the finished one?

Depends what this is like, probably will do, but prehaps molester it abit, as a 318i auti is really borrring

Alex wrote:
Leather, i'am not expecting much i expect gear changes to be like stirring soup, and woolly steering and suspension.

last owner has had it since 2000

I assume it's earmarked for yours? That or grey sports are the only changes i'd make to the spec or mine now. Hope it's not been too neglected!