a long but worthwhile journey today !!

[walrus1968]

Just got in from a long trip to london to pick up my new E30

It seems like a great car and was surprised at the fuel economy on the way back up.

I put £40 in and done 280 miles home with some left (not much mind you)

Would like to say thank you to fabsp and his father for their hospitality.

Got 2 E30's now...well for now...i have a buyer for my Baur and ill be sad to see it go !!

hope you dont mind me borrowing your pic lol but yeah..nice clean motor this 318is and drives really nice and tight.

it didnt come with these wheels on but ive sourced some the same so it will lokk like this in a few days..some showroom polish in my valeting bay will get it popping .

[German-Whips]

If only I had looked in the for sale section when this was put up I would have bought this!

Looks like a lovely car, you're a lucky man!
Love it!

[magpie]

the e30 bug has bit .

when ya gan diffin then

[walrus1968]

If only I had looked in the for sale section when this was put up I would have bought this!

Looks like a lovely car, you're a lucky man!
Love it!

It is....ive got a inch thick envelope full of reciepts from the work this has had done...very tight car..im very very happy with it.

It s credit to the previous owner fabsp.

[walrus1968]

the e30 bug has bit .

when ya gan diffin then

lol...or btw mick...i need a dash for this..how much yer gonner rob me of for that one we got the other day like

[tonybtonyb]

Your on a roll how many e30 have you had now..is it 3...lol good luck to you mate nice car.

[sweep]

What wheels are going on it then walrus?

[Captain_Birdseye]

better than those bauer thingys anyway.

[magpie]

better than those bauer thingys anyway.

[polsta]

id like to see that with nice bbs,chrome grill and no eyebrow things, it would look super

[magpie]

it doesn't have eyebrow things .

bbs yes ,chrome grill no chance.

chrome stays on a chromie .

[polsta]

eh ? chrome kidney grille

[magpie]

eh ? chrome kidney grille

exactly !

no chrome on my chariot,i even swapped the electric chrome mast ariel for a shadow line one .

[Rav335uk]

Deos it have smoked headlights??

[Speedtouch]

I put £40 in and done 280 miles home with some left (not much mind you)

That's good economy - works out at 44.59 mpg!

[magpie]

Deos it have smoked headlights??

that's laminate i'd say and it looks shoite.

i will have a set of x hair smoked bosch's soon

[Rav335uk]

Deos it have smoked headlights??

that's laminate i'd say and it looks shoite.

i will have a set of x hair smoked bosch's soon

Coont

[magpie]

Deos it have smoked headlights??

that's laminate i'd say and it looks shoite.

i will have a set of x hair smoked bosch's soon

Coont

[sunnyr83]

Looks badass as it is.

Nice purchase.

[walrus1968]

ill council it up just to piiiiiiss all you's off on here lol...i luv the stick i get over council wheels..makes me howl .."oooh i say its not alpina it has an extra spoke...just not good enough!!!" lmao goons

no really

its got some sort of foil ..fly eye shat on the headlights..im going to find some split rim bbs for it or copies as im not bothered if things are not anally bmw like some of you chonkers on here...and apart from a visit to my mates bodyshop to get the paint 100% and reline the wings as they are not right, theres nothing else i want to do...apart from maybe an uncracked dash.

[Speedtouch]

Actually, with alloy wheels, there's often good reason for going for a genuine part rather than a fake copy.

Cheap copy alloys tend to be made of crap metal that easily bends, cracks or corrodes (or all three) and are usually heavier and less well balanced.

[walrus1968]

Actually, with alloy wheels, there's often good reason for going for a genuine part rather than a fake copy.

Cheap copy alloys tend to be made of crap metal that easily bends, cracks or corrodes (or all three) and are usually heavier and less well balanced.

agreed...ill see..ive put my council wheels on from the baur that everyone on here hates but everyone in my real life luvs....ill save up i think and get original...im thinking orig alpinas i think..or split rim BBS or some nice borbets..i dont know..but for now its council wheels

i would post a pic but all the die hard goons on here would just get on here and hate. and tbh im bored of hearing it now..even though half of them dont even own a fooking E30.

[baggimodo]

I'd like to see a picture, and I'm sure a few others would too!

It's your car, and you should be able to do whatever you want to it. [Reaches for tin hat]

[Kedge]

Looks tidy in the pics.

Sod everyone on here, do what what you want with the car. But i would say with wheels you do get what you pay for, also worth baring in mind that the cheap copies are gaureneed to lose you money if you try to sell them on, nice original wheels like BBS/Alpina/Hartges tend to go up in value rather than down if they're looked after. Initial purchase is quite a bit more but you're on to a better deal IMO.

[bridgemond]

Looks very nice and clean mate

[Dezzy]

Walrus why do you care what people say about your car?

If your happy with the way it looks that's what matters no? If you post a pic on here then you'll get a loads of different opinions. Many will like others won't. So fooking what?

It's the Internet why is so important to you for people you don't know to like your god awful wheel choices?

[walrus1968]

i am happy with things mate... if you met me youde soon realize that i dont give a shat what others think..im my own man..but if you want me to be honest...this forum really gets on my nipples sometimes. New users come on and post stuff just to get shot down in flames off the usual suspects round here. Its not really me im bothered about...peeps have their opinions and thats fine but if someone posts a pic or something, even if i dont like it or if its not what i think looks good i wouldnt dream of hammering them the way myself and a lot of other new users on here have been hammered. Im a grown man and im thick skinned and dont give a shat what peeps say...apart from when i flipped the other week when i got called a "freak" (hit a nerve from my childhood lol) and was on my way down to rip his head of and piiis down his neck.

I just thought this was a place where we E30 owners supported each other and helped each other...i know most of the time that is the case but since ive been on here theres loads of cases where new users or even others have posted something in excitement to show everyone just to be slated and demoralized in a very unkind way. It goes beyond just banter...banter is great and i thrive on it but i feel sorry for some on here that have to put up with the crappy replies to thier posts.

All that will end up happening is that new users will see this and either 1. They wont want to post for fear of the replies or 2. They will not come back and just go to some other forum.

imho that would be a shame. Thats the point i would like to make

[magpie]

get some pics of ya gash wheels up ya big soft mackem coont!

[suchy]

Still, it looks better than that bloody Baur!!

[walrus1968]

get some pics of ya gash wheels up ya big soft mackem coont!

i luv you too yer mag black and white turd muncher lol

[baur320]

What's wrong with the wheels it came with Gary?

[walrus1968]

What's wrong with the wheels it came with Gary?

i didnt buy any wheels with it mick as i didnt like them ...the guy has them for sale on this forum...they had 14" steels with wheel trims on lol

[Dezzy]

My post was meant as a wind up about the wheels on your baur mate.

I am in no way bothered what anyone does to their car, or says about mine.

It does seam as though people take strangers opinions a bit seriously IMO. It's the internet. Fooking hell if everyone drove Tech 2 sports or M3 or even Chromies it would get old quick.

The thing is alot of people know each other on here, tend to have the same views and most of us like a wind up. That can come across wrong to a few before you get to know the banter.

On a hole this place is Sh1te though you'll hate it.

[walrus1968]

My post was meant as a wind up about the wheels on your baur mate.

I am in no way bothered what anyone does to their car, or says about mine.

It does seam as though people take strangers opinions a bit seriously IMO. It's the internet. Fooking hell if everyone drove Tech 2 sports or M3 or even Chromies it would get old quick.

The thing is alot of people know each other on here, tend to have the same views and most of us like a wind up. That can come across wrong to a few before you get to know the banter.

On a hole this place is Sh1te though you'll hate it.

yeah mate...i mean i well laid back bloke most of the time lol...i just sometimes have a monthly period...probs coz i live with all split arses i must be syncronizing lmao