E30 Zone

Hi all,
As the title says i pretty much drive like a grandad.........but not today!!!!!.
I was driving along the town bypass duelcarrage way when i spotted another E30 almost thouching my rear bumper!!!!,then he overtook me......so very unlike me i dropped my 318is baur down to 3rd and chased him and overtook him!.....to cut a long story short the other car was a G reg 325i.......he couldnt keep up with me!!!!!!!!.
My car has the m42 engine with 30k miles........but that said a 325i shoud be faster..........shouldnt it????????? .......

he was on his way to the pumps lol

He had already done a full lap of you when you re over took him, you just didnt spot him the first time

diable wrote:Maybe he didn't want to be seen close to a Baur

Whats wrong with my baur?????

318is > 325i

M42 = WIN!

diable wrote:Maybe he didn't want to be seen close to a Baur

hahaha +1
not your baur in particular, baurs in general are foul

either that or his testicle and engine size arnt relative

It makes you heart beat a bit doesn't it?

I love it when you meet another e30 bombing round. I've had a couple of chases with E36s as well which is even better fun cos you want to show them a thing or 2. One cut in front of me and I revved it to high heaven in 2nd as he also took off and we had a little burn. I think he was 5 up though in a 316 and mines a 2 litre - fun!

diable wrote:Maybe he didn't want to be seen close to a Baur

Surprised he didn't turn off the road completely to escape

Your talking about a 105bhp engine vs a 170bhp engine.... he would of easily had your Baur off.. maybe he slowed down to have a closer look at the true unbridled horror that is a Baur... lol
only pulling your leg..

mcbonio wrote:Your talking about a 105bhp engine vs a 170bhp engine.... he would of easily had your Baur off.. maybe he slowed down to have a closer look at the true unbridled horror that is a Baur... lol
only pulling your leg..

Lol

his was probably fooked it is an 2.5 E30 after all. Honestly you choose to drive a baur...

a 318is has around 140bhp not 105bhp.

A 998cc mini could beat a 2.5 e30 if the mini was booting it and the e30 driving like a granddad.

105bhp from an IS?? Not sure where you pulled that figure from.

Couple of things....
1.
My car is an is with 140 bhp..
2.
Why the dislike for baurs???,correct me if im wrong but its alot lighter(and quicker!!) than the standard vert....without all those beefed up sills etc....
But the maun point is that I LOVE my baur and doesnt really matter what anyone else thinks!!!!

mcbonio wrote:Your talking about a 105bhp engine vs a 170bhp engine.... he would of easily had your Baur off.. maybe he slowed down to have a closer look at the true unbridled horror that is a Baur... lol
only pulling your leg..

check your facts

Maybe the 325 owner was obeying the speed limits or was playing with you ?
Is this gonna be another 318is vs 325 thread
325 wins alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll day long

[quote="Steve-E30"]Maybe the 325 owner was obeying the speed limits or was playing with you ?
Is this gonna be another 318is vs 325 thread
325 wins alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll day long[/quote

Yes i would have thought that too....140bhp v's 170bhp!!!,still think that my is is pretty quick,maybe because it only done 30k???......it loves to rev!!!.....i used to own a 320i a couple years ago...and the is,is much faster although the 6 cyl sounds lovely!

Still the Baur looks like some Pikey took a normal e30 and did a DIY convertible job on it with a whizzer and a bit of old tarp.

Nasty..

mcbonio wrote:Still the Baur looks like some Pikey took a normal e30 and did a DIY convertible job on it with a whizzer and a bit of old tarp.

Nasty..

Maybe......but a surefire way to make the is lighter.......and faster...oh and i belive are quite rare havent seen many is baur's....

... there is a reason for that... lol

Oh dear..... 4 cyclinder loons

gman1 wrote:

mcbonio wrote:Still the Baur looks like some Pikey took a normal e30 and did a DIY convertible job on it with a whizzer and a bit of old tarp.

Nasty..

Maybe......but a surefire way to make the is lighter.......and faster...oh and i belive are quite rare havent seen many is baur's....

Thwy look like half open spam cans

suchy wrote:

diable wrote:Maybe he didn't want to be seen close to a Baur

Surprised he didn't turn off the road completely to escape

Oi!

Cabs are for full on homos, Baurs simply mean you are Bi-curious, nothing to be ashamed of. Symptoms should clear up in a couple of british winters, when you will become a full on hetrosexual again and yearn for something with a roof.

johnl320 wrote:Cabs are for full on homos, Baurs simply mean you are Bi-curious, nothing to be ashamed of. Symptoms should clear up in a couple of british winters, when you will become a full on hetrosexual again and yearn for something with a roof.

OI!

mine have roofs, just canvas ones

As a completely unbiased opinion and having owned both models in question, I think a very healthy IS could surprise a TIRED 325i especially in town. But reality is the 325i is king when it comes to this long long debate.
The car in question was probably absolutely shagged with a slush box and retard driving.

I've had healthy tech 1 and 2s
my what i thought was quick i.s. Was no comparison when put head to head with my tech 2
wasn't even close

I did say tired though Steve, I bet some 325i owners on here have been shocked to see what their car is actually putting out on the rolling road after 20 years or so. Of course the m42 is going to fall away after all these years as well.

Ajsingh wrote:Oh dear..... 4 cyclinder loons

Isnt the M3 a 4 pot??????????

An m3 is a bit different to a 4 pot Baur...

Whats wrong on a 4-pot Baur?

Gr Jeroen

325i is king 6 cylinders = proper car and proper sound

owning a baur is like sodomising a child, its wrong on all levels and shouldnt be done.

Maybe the bootlid had rotted on the guys 318i and he replaced it with one from a 325 and left the badge on? Your is would ruin a 318i