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my first e30

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:02 pm
by iamjj
only had her a couple of days now. and i thought id search the net to find out about the e30, and stumbled on this site.....its a great site guys...im sure i will be a long standing member
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dead standard 318i (although not sure about the wheels)

de-badged back end.

My first ever BMW and i LOOOOVE her...!


and this site is a great source of info, thanks for existing....lol

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if any clever people out there can tell me some specs on this car as i dont know anything about it really.... bhp etc?


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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:15 pm
by dazleeds
welcome to the zone mate
car looks sweet nice one seen them wheels before??? dnt know on what tho??
sure someone will give u full specs soon good luck Daz leeds

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:15 pm
by E30BeemerLad
Welcome to the Zone JJ :cool:

I've also found the Zone to be as good an experience as owning/driving the car. It's all down to the people at the end of the day

I'm useless on specs of anything other than 325, someone will be along shortly who is in the know... :wink:

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:16 pm
by E30BeemerLad
wheels look like 14" tsw stealth

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:26 pm
by SwirlyE30
Looks nice mate.

On that reg, it should have the M40 1.8 engine. Which does about 115bhp i think. Not a bad car, i have one, but with 2 less doors!

Although its certainly nowhere as quick as a sport. But i love driving it eeither way!

I recon that would look hot dropped 60/40, with some nice alpina 16's!

Nice and subtle

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:51 pm
by iamjj
yeah i was gonna start having a look around for some new springs to drop it about 40mm.

i quite like the wheels, but if they look rubbish once its been lowered they will go.

thanks for the replies guys

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:58 pm
by 320Touring
very nice car mate :cool:

a lot of you m40 boys have very smart rides!

just keep it that way :wink:

nice one

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 8:27 pm
by StuBeeDoo
Yep, gotta agree - looking sharp there JJ! There's something cool about the 4-door shell. Maybe it's because it looks a bit like a 5 series that hasn't grown up yet.
Is it Gloss Black, or Diamond Black Metallic?
Stuart.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:06 pm
by iamjj
dont know which black it is, cant find the sticker :(

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:17 pm
by iamjj
just thought id add that i found this little beast for sale in a layby in clacton, it hadnt been driven for months so i gave Ԛ£270 for her. got her to my friends garage and up on the ramp, turns out it had a new full exhaust on there and was well straight, had to grind a tiny bit of rust on front doors and fill but nothing major. also had to sort the power steering out, it was leaking but she flew the MOT after that.

Its done just over 100k miles..... thinking about using her as my everyday car now...love it

i thought it was a bargain anyway

(if anyone has cloth front seats and is in essex give me a shout, little rips in both)

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:19 pm
by 320Touring
iamjj wrote:dont know which black it is, cant find the sticker :(
the colour sticker should be stuck on one of the suspension turrets under the bonnet :cool:

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:22 pm
by iamjj
yeah looked there couldnt see it, (hope my mechanic didnt remove it or something, he must have the paint code as he sprayed the doors)

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:25 pm
by TOURINGDADDY
Big welcome to the Zone mate and by the way nice lookin motor

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:36 pm
by Wilson325i
hello JJ? welcome to the zone,

And a nice looking car you have :cool:

I like her

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:07 pm
by nmm1379
nice! I just got my first also, '84 318i. yours is lookin right nice. glad there are other newbies here too! :oops:

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:29 pm
by JAMZ
Welcome...

Re: I like her

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:18 pm
by iamjj
nmm1379 wrote:nice! I just got my first also, '84 318i. yours is lookin right nice. glad there are other newbies here too! :oops:

yeah more newbies.. :D ..im not the only 1 yay..!! ..hope you find this forum as useful as i have mate

:cheers: