The car hasn't been clocked back but the low mileage engine has been changed from a tappety 316i to a M42 318is
It's had 9 careful owners too
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:32 pm
by smithysmith
65k and 2 owners. Not me.
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:35 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
43,700,000,000,000 mm
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:46 pm
by Bristol_Jer
Mine's just shy of 170k, had a touring last year with 220k on, but sure that's not the highest on here!
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:56 pm
by maggspower
Jesus325iTouring wrote:43,700,000,000,000 mm
I don't care how much holy water you wash your touring with, its not done over 27 million f00king miles
My offering:
Finally got retired at 309000, with life still in it.
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:16 pm
by zd3bx
90k is just running-in for these bad boys
Here >
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:25 pm
by Brianmoooore
maggspower wrote:
My offering:
Finally got retired at 309000, with life still in it.
Red touring in my sig. was heading towards this kind of mileage when it was forcibly retired on a German autobahn a few years back, and that's not including the 40k 'haircut' it almost certainly had early in its life.
Engine still had all its ponies, consumed no significant amounts of fluids, apart from propane and was regularly worked hard.
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:36 pm
by Jimbob
I was told today of a 318iS that was sold locally, one owner from new on 340k !
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:47 pm
by clipper
Mine's on 345,000 kms and still going fine but it had a new engine at 180k so tis cheating a bit!
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:10 pm
by Jesus325iTouring
maggspower wrote:
Jesus325iTouring wrote:43,700,000,000,000 mm
I don't care how much holy water you wash your touring with, its not done over 27 million f00king miles
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LOL! I probably got my sums wrong, it should equate to something like 272,000 miles
Mind, yours is impressive
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:15 pm
by trojen
Jesus - the iPhone coverter app says you're spot on!
Too many zeros....
43 700 000 000 000 millimetres = 27 153 921.1 miles
437 000 000 000 millimetres = 271 539.211 miles
Beer fueled internet based maths FTW
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:57 am
by sunnyr83
205000 on my sport before I sold it few weeks back, knowing the new owner this will continue to rise.
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:39 am
by assassin
194,000 and rising on my daily
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:53 am
by Meatballs82
Fast approaching 230K - I'll be keeping the car for alive for the next 230K if the rust gods allow!
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:39 am
by pacerpete
All low mileage here !
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:47 am
by maggspower
Come on Pete, the suspence is killing me
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:59 am
by pacerpete
maggspower wrote:Come on Pete, the suspence is killing me
I can't say too much, Rodderz could be watching !
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:16 am
by lhd220turbo
mine clicked over to 84,000 the other day, so not me! although i did once see a passat tdi with 427k on the clock
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:09 am
by pony
300 000 miles
That is very impressive
Did it need any rebuilds to get to that ?
Conversely I wonder who has the lowest mileage E30 on here ?
65k seems quite low to me given the age.
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:36 am
by Meatballs82
pony wrote: I wonder who has the lowest mileage E30 on here ?
BMAndy's Tech 2 has a touch over 40K on the clock.
Clean aint the word!
Re: Who's e30 has the highest mileage??
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:39 am
by maggspower
pacerpete wrote:
maggspower wrote:Come on Pete, the suspence is killing me
I can't say too much, Rodderz could be watching !
Previous owner Allan Wicker?:snigger:
pony wrote:300 000 miles
That is very impressive
Did it need any rebuilds to get to that ?
Conversely I wonder who has the lowest mileage E30 on here ?
65k seems quite low to me given the age.
Heres the thing, the car had 2 former keepers, one a chemical company, the next, the chap who worked for said company, it was his company car and he bought it off them. It had full BMW service up to about 260000, then specialists. The chap had followed the service lights religiously.
When I took the engine apart it was very clean there was no sludge at all. Every thing was within BMW new tolerance, Except for the valves, some of which had mushroomed where the rocker contacts them. The man told me the car had wanted very little major work through its life, a clutch, new rad etc. I believed him, but obviously have no cast iron proof, there was nothing in the extensive recipt collection. The thing that proved it to me was the fact the head was still bolted down using the early hex top head bolts, not the newer torx type. I honestly don't think the engine had been apart.
I used the pistons again in a 2.7, they were almost unmarked
I wish I hadn't taken it apart, just to see how far it could have gone, the top end did need a rebuild but it hadn't lost many horses, I know.
Maggs 
Trojen 
