E30 Zone

You might have seen my recent post about Surrey garages. What's the oddest / naffiest / crappiest car you've dumped in favour of an E30?
Mine will be a Citroen C3 Hdi. (Actually a great little car - not sure how long it will take me to miss the 60mpg economy when I eventually do get a 325.....)

I drive a E39 M5 at the week-ends and have my E30 325i for business use in the week.

I love them both there such a contrast both great fun to drive !!!

this maybe isnt the same, i had a chance to buy a toyota gt coupe (twincam) but went for a 325i sport instead.

I gave this up-



1994 e36 320i se that i have spent over two years and thousands of pounds on for this-



A non running 1990 316i My mates think i'm mad

my dad gave up a jag xjrs for the m3

but it was either sierra cossie or the m3

I dumped a opel manta gte for a 318i when i was 20. then later on a mercedes e190 for a two door 325i, never looked back!

I dropped a Mercedes C180 Classic for my '89 Cecotto M3

i used to have a e46 m3. sold to finance house purchase

I gave up a Mondeo for my E30

Went for my first 320i after my '70 Triumph Vitesse had problems with dodgy Rotoflex joints and leaking carbs...the brakes failed as I was doing the deal with the dealer selling the BMW

i gave up a 2.0 8v golf gti for my e30, how slow are they??? . would gladly do it all over again too.

E30 320i for a E28 528i -

Wise choise Shane

I spent the best part of a year restoring a Mk 3 XR3i, went as far as replacing the bulkhead and most of the front end, stripping the whole car including floor back to bare metal and starting the paint process over again but properly this time

Then I went for a drive in an E30

About a week later the Ford was swinging from the Hiab arm

i gave up my last project which was a cosworth converted 1985 rwd toyota celica that had had a full nuts and bolts restoration with a complete main dealer new body.it had taken me 8 years to rebuild and i still have a box file with over £28000 worth of receipts for it.i didnt give it up through choice but because i lost it in the wet resulting in 3 full spins and several impacts with the central reservation the engine lives on in my current e30 touring project and im a lot more careful with this one

i gave up a 51 plate fiesta for a 1990 316i, then I basically swopped the 316i for a 1990 318is, actually I had spare change from the deal, it was the best thing I have ever done... but like anything, it could be bettered, and considerably too!

I swopped a very tidy 160bhp polo g40 for my current 325i but had some spare change so bought roll cage etc.

She was quicker than the bm, but not for long (garrett t34)

Some days i miss it but rwd is king.

Soon be swapping the e36 for a 325 sport, But might be keeping the e36 as daily driver now

I gave up a 54 plate lotus elise 111s

I sold my E36 M3 Evo.... ( ) which was my project car.... and bought my 318iS & my VW Transporter - t4 and started my own business never looked back on the E36

gave up my 355 to start business and pay for some toys as well

i gave up my 86 Astra 1.3 for E30's. Never looked back

i've owned 2 e30's and since them i've had a 200sx s14a, gto tt, 380bhp mr2, r32 skyline gts-t and i now curruntly own a 200sx s14 which im now selling for another e30 (325i) and out of all them cars the most fun i've had apart from learning to drift in my currunt s14 is the with the e30's , i cant wait to get another one .

nice mr2 dips.

must have had some mods for you to fit in there though?

jonb wrote:nice mr2 dips.

must have had some mods for you to fit in there though?

lol..........such a joker
i dont do jap crap

opps jon b beat me to it!

jonb wrote:nice mr2 dips.

I gave up this



Loved it but best thing i ever did

eko....u dont see many of them on the road these days, loved them when i was younger. when did u get rid of it?

dom-1984-320i wrote:eko....u dont see many of them on the road these days, loved them when i was younger. when did u get rid of it?

Bout 4 years ago now!
Was bang into my Escorts to be honest,MK 1/2/3 but dont really admit to it anymore

eko, same here i was lucky enough as an 18 year old to buy a brand spankin new Escort RS turbo, i loved it, well for the 4 weeks i had it before smashing it to peices.... got my insurence and bought an XR3i, i always wanted an RS1600i even thought about buying one before i bought my E30 last April.

I gave up a !978 Series Three Landy for my first 325,then a few years later gave up (well donated to a museum) a 1978 Volvo 264 GLE for a 318,Volvo was returning 8.6 MPG!
Then sold the 318 to the local gypsies who "rung" it with an e36,and bought the Touring.

^Had another one too,but was semi rebuilt onto a minter XR3 shell!
Sunburst Red,identical to the real thing but running a tall block 1.9 CVH on webbers
That thing had some torque and handled mint too with its twin antiroll bar/koni set up!
Ended up breaking it in the end and building a MK3 Escort van using the running gear-nearly died in that

eko... i might buy one one day.... who knows!

Theres a nice Sunburst one on Ebay now

i know....lol