E30 Zone

Hi Getting pi$$ed of with fixing one problem then 2 days later you have another one to fix.I feel like binning the thing and getting something with less grief.Hind sight is a great thing,I should have kept my 316i which was a lovely car.

lol im feeling exactly the same, except i want to bin or burn the 316i as its costing me money and the thing aint even driveable!!

Know how you feel Jim

After rolling the tourer last week,i don't think i can actually be bothered to rip everything out and fit it into another shell

Might be a good time to move on like i've had to do

Gone to the dark side now and bought an E39 528i SE Touring out of necesity, as in,i need a vehicle tio get me out n about, to do the shopping/beer run etc

And hopefully it'll be pretty reliable, just like my old E30 Touring

Tis a sad day though

Thats the beuaty of E30's, I'll be honest it annoys me sometimes too, but then other times it just gives me the excuse I need to convince the missus to let me spend money on the car.

My car seems to be one thing after another, fan belt, losing water, getting hot, petrol leaking, people breaking in, etc etc.

Oh well when the arse is hanging out it doesn't seem to matter...

Jim, I'll take the car off your hands

only kidding!

If you're free at the weekend, I'll be back in Glasgow, and I'm more than willing to help fix the 320i if you want- gimme a bell or a txt.

Dave, shut it, and get the big brakes on another touring.NOW!

320Touring wrote: Dave, shut it, and get the big brakes on another touring.NOW!

Reckon i could make the Brembo's fit the E39

I'll check at the weekend

320touring wrote:

Dave, shut it, and get the big brakes on another touring.NOW!

I second that! i dont want you to think those thoughts again. your getting another E30 and thats that. Its nearly as stupid as the whole 2.7 business with neil......hehehehehe.lol

hammoj28 wrote:320touring wrote:

Dave, shut it, and get the big brakes on another touring.NOW!

I second that! i dont want you to think those thoughts again. your getting another E30 and thats that. Its nearly as stupid as the whole 2.7 business with neil......hehehehehe.lol

It MAY happen James
I'm just not sure at the moment

Dont woryy, i can understand how you feel. things like this can just put you right off. Shame though.

I found the same thing with both my E30 and my Mercedes 190, so i took them both off the road to fix everything all in one big go. It has meant using something else as daily transport and i have had to go onto nightshifts to allow use of just the one car between me and my Wife, but by the end of this year i should have as near to a brand new E30 as possible, with some decent mods thrown in.

I got totally sick of chasing problems around the car every few days and then wearing everything out at a completely uneven rate. A big rebuild like this might be a costly option, but the E30 i will have at the end of it will be perfect, or as near as it can be.

just be thankful your problems arent in the £500- £1000 scale every time,turbo's, head gaskets,gearboxes etc....

Thats what you get for putting a ford engine in....

Thats how things go I suppose.
Had a whole day Sunday sorting out the car, set tappets, oil filter, throttle cable, sorted power steering leak, had a really productive day, greesed everything, washed her.
and then!!!
Today speedo stops working, radio stops, all right a simple job but it makes me think, I should have bought that Skoda VRS last month..
But then I sit back and think how much this thing costs me each month, alot less than repayments on a new car, and when its running well it feels better than a new car..

Its just the things that go wrong along the way.

Alan still trying to be positive.

know how you guys feel , mines been nothin but trouble since i got it what with warped heads , punctures on chrimbo day suspension troubles etc . But when you put your foot on the loud pedal an get the back end out all those things don't seem to matter anymore ..........till the nxt time

Im super duper depressed.

My getrag gearbox as died.......im so upset, i really hope she comes out of her comma, becasue im so distraught at the moment.

And my damn mechanic being so long about everything!

My Primera, being Japanese, was quite good mechanically... I had to sort the exhaust mounts, new clutch (used Black Diamond to replace stock as was worn) fit new seals in where a minor oil leak was, my engine mounts were worn/cracked (one was broken) and my NATs system shorted my fueling setup, but aside from that ran smoothly... Might have put new suspension on it and was desperately looking for GTi-R or polysomethingoranother engine mounts, but it was all good otherwise...!

148k on the clock, most the stuff was just age related, and being chain driven I've heard of SR20's doing 300k miles before so she woulda hit 170+k for me I reckon

But some eejit had to hit it didnt they?! Engine still works (and most of the car) if anyone's after an SR20DE

The issues of having constant fix-ups and jobs to do are what got me out of an E30 a couple of years ago. I just got fed up of an ever increasing list of crap to deal with. This is what got me into more reliable jap stuff.

It gives me more incentive to do a proper job on the touring and replace most of the wear out components so that the car will mechanically be pretty new and hopefully a reliable daily driver.