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Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:02 am
by Andyboy
The plastic bumper and Touring E30 came out 20 years ago this month! September 1987!
How time flies - I remember these when they came out.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:09 am
by Chris-W
Christ I'm old.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:09 am
by d6dph
Aww bless, Are you getting all nostalgic Andy?
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:58 am
by touringandy
wats with the wrongness part ? feck all wrong with tourings
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:44 am
by Andyboy
touringandy wrote:wats with the wrongness part ? feck all wrong with tourings
Three words:
Chrome
Chrome
Chrome.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:25 am
by jonb
Tourings are nice in standard form. But they are going through the council stage now, and they day has gone. They were a classy motor about 10 years back.
Chrome will make a comeback but not for a while yet.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:41 am
by tomson
jonb wrote:Tourings are nice in standard form. But they are going through the council stage now, and they day has gone. They were a classy motor about 10 years back.
Chrome will make a comeback but not for a while yet.
Is that because they fell into your price range mrb?!
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:47 am
by tomson
Andyboy wrote:touringandy wrote:wats with the wrongness part ? feck all wrong with tourings
Three words:
Chrome
Chrome
Chrome.
And another three:
Rust
Rust
Rust.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:00 pm
by gooner1
Aaaah, so tourings are immune from rust are they
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:21 pm
by Ziggy
gooner1 wrote:Aaaah, so tourings are immune from rust are they
Galvanised, just like the iS dontyaknow.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:43 pm
by gooner1
Hmmmm, from what ive seen on here they must of missed the tailgate then.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:45 pm
by Ziggy
and the rest of it!
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:48 pm
by ed325i
They rust just like anyother e30.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:48 pm
by maxfield
I wasn't even born then
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:54 pm
by pnd
yes it was a long time ago and you could really drive them then far fewer cars on the road and no speed cameras and the bloody things were reliable then too. Don't you just love progress.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:07 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
Ziggy wrote:gooner1 wrote:Aaaah, so tourings are immune from rust are they
Galvanised, just like the iS dontyaknow.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:30 pm
by jonb
Ziggy wrote:gooner1 wrote:Aaaah, so tourings are immune from rust are they
Galvanised, just like the iS dontyaknow.
Thats right. Although there was a batch of white is's that had scuttle issues.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:32 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
jonb wrote:
Chrome will make a comeback but not for a while yet.
Hopefully not, looking at the state of the front of new Saabs!
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:35 pm
by jonb
What i mean is, chrome e30"s will be sought after one day. Maybe after spadge is laid to rest with his gas axe.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:39 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
A cali look e30?
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:41 pm
by Ziggy
A nice straight non messed-with Y plate 323i in a nice colour, is a nice car. Once they're worth enough (ie there's hardly any left!) for the necessary restoration work to be worthwhile, they'll be more desirable than facelifts.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:21 pm
by jonb
Rosc0PColtrane wrote:A cali look e30?
not with those bumpers.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:29 pm
by ed325i
jonb wrote:What i mean is, chrome e30"s will be sought after one day. Maybe after spadge is laid to rest with his gas axe.
Well said
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:32 pm
by jibowski
are i.s's galvanised??
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:44 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
narp
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:48 pm
by Simon13
all E30's have galvanising (sp) just not enough of it obviously
most tourings seem to hold it together better than any saloon, my touring is the best shell i've had it's not rotton anywhere and it's twice round the clock
i've never seen a touring as rusty as the saloons go
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:54 pm
by munky30
my £200 turd had two 2" spots of rust on one sill and has a big hole in the scuttle. Thats all.
Tourings tend to have had an easier life, are bought by family types (at a guess) that look after them a bit more.
2/4 doors were bought by yuppies that think a valet is as good as a service.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:57 pm
by Rosc0PColtrane
Touring and Cabby also made in a different factory to the saloon too, the 5 series factory. Apparantly had an impact on the quality of the builds.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:01 pm
by pnd
tourings may not rust as much in general for the reason stated above but they didn't tend to have an easy life most have big mileages as they are used as utility vehicles.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:02 pm
by munky30
I'd rather have motorway/hauling mileage than something thats been ragged to within an inch of its life. Thats my job
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:04 pm
by Simon13
they were built and dingofing (sp) was a brandnew plant with newer technology, hence why they are more resiliant along with cabs
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:05 pm
by antony
Andyboy wrote:The plastic bumper and Touring E30 came out 20 years ago this month! September 1987!
How time flies when your having fun
^fixed^
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:06 pm
by Stiggler
Tourings rule, end of.
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:17 pm
by touringandy
tomson wrote:Andyboy wrote:touringandy wrote:wats with the wrongness part ? feck all wrong with tourings
Three words:
Chrome
Chrome
Chrome.
And another three:
Rust
Rust
Rust.
correct me if am wrong as do all e30`s
Re: Twenty years of plastic and Touring wrongness!
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:32 pm
by fuzzy
touringandy wrote:tomson wrote:Andyboy wrote:
Three words:
Chrome
Chrome
Chrome.
And another three:
Rust
Rust
Rust.
correct me if am wrong as do all e30`s
your not wrong
but although im having issues with mine atm the condition of the floor and arches are perfect with no rust spots or holes anywhere and unbroken underseal .the good thing about tourings though is i dont think any of them came inflicted with chrome