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his morning i lost it on a round about and hit a brick wall











the engine is making some horrid noises and cannot select 1st or 3rd so i think she is destine for the scrap heap

Damn, sorry to hear and see that, hope your ok though.

Youve probably nocked the engine back off its mount and may have lost the propshaft connection to the box

so sorry to see this mate it looked a really nice car.

ohhh nooo!!!

What motor is it?

And where abouts are you?

I would offer scrap money for it

im near basingstoke, i noticed one of the engine mounts had snapped.
i was only a 316 but was planning a bigger lump.
dont think ill bother now haha

were you travelling, so to speak? what made it step out?

shame, looks a sweet motor

Sorry for your bad news mate, hope you get another nice E30 soon!

i was going way too quick and just wasn't ready for it. bad driving on my part as you can see

red tourings are the devil I tells ye

Gutted for you Love the sig pic

Buy a two door e30 there much better

barrett103 wrote:im near basingstoke, i noticed one of the engine mounts had snapped.
i was only a 316 but was planning a bigger lump.
dont think ill bother now haha

not with that car anyway.are you going to get another or are you going to try wrong wheel drive next .

just gonna get what i can get my hands on in the next day or two.
i want to get another but i might have to wait.

here is the replacement



not bad for £400

E30BeemerLad wrote:red tourings are the devil I tells ye

Maybe I should just give up and stick with the Saab...

Damn!!! shame this happened cant you strip all the front down and check to see if it's worth saving as a winter project, as for the knocking from the engine that's down to the mount breaking and putting the drive out of line but if you was going to put a new lump in then all the better.

i think the inner wing will be too bad for a quick bolt on repair job!

E30BeemerLad wrote:red tourings are the devil I tells ye

2 doors ain't any better

i havent got the time or the money to put into it otherwise i would try fix it.
its the best car iv had yet and probably will have for a few years.

gutted for you mate. youd be better getting a silver touring..

billgatese30 wrote:

E30BeemerLad wrote:red tourings are the devil I tells ye

2 doors ain't any better

This will make you laugh

A few years ago (15 or so) a mate's dad was looking at a beautiful UR quattro 20v Turbo, took the old dear with them to look at it. They pulled up at the dealers and she refused to even get out of the car and look at it. Citing "bad vibes" about it and how red cars spell danger. So the old boy had to forget about it.

I made the stupid mistake of telling my missus about this story and she lapped it up and now also has an issue with red cars, this was before I smacked the touring up. In fact, when it arrived on the driveway as a 316i I had to make excuses that I wasn't keeping it and was going to tart it up and sell it.

Maybe these crazy women do know something?

my mum wont buy a red car either. all her friends who had red cars crashed, some even died. the only red car she had she crashed, i had a red pug and ended up nudging someone...my red e30 goes on the road in 3 weeks...

Looks like you hit the wall with a fair bit of speed, must have been giving it some to loose a 316 on a dry road

Sorry to say it but thats well beyond repair i bet the roof is bent the chassis rail have definatly been moved over the floor pan will definatly be bent and god only knows what

At least no one was hurt, just pride.

ouch that does not look good

Looks repairable, but whether it's economically viable is another thing...

it is a fact that red cars are the majority colour in accidents.....

town325i wrote:Sorry to say it but thats well beyond repair i bet the roof is bent the chassis rail have definatly been moved over the floor pan will definatly be bent and god only knows what

there isnt any twist in the roof that i can see but the wings overlapped the doors so had to force it open and the glove box wont close so summit is twisted. iv given up on the idea of fixing her