E30 Zone

Hi Guys,

Most E30's nowadays are between 20 -25 years old, So in theory some recent purchases must have travelled through a fair few owners.

I am quite intrested to know how many people's e30's have had a high number of previous owners and where in a decent state (no major problems) when purchased. Also the year model.

I only noticed this evening that mine had a whoping 11, my heart nearly popped out my mouth.

Thanks

Current one in my my sig has had 5, my old black moor door had around 20

This thread needs to be in E30 chat.

I had a 325 touring which I saw Europe in and that had 10 previous owners

Charlie

My track car has had 13, I've owned it twice out of that lot. The road car has had 8 previous.

My cab "1990" has 8 owners, 2 of them is with me, changing details over from the missus.
The Chromie "1987" has 4 owners

I have a 98 saab cab in stock with 21 on it, but my tourings only had 2.

im the 14th, car came to me in mashed up condition, all mechanicals were shot, carboard mounts for rear speakers, wooden bracket fors speakers, fluffy dice ripspeed alloys......

cabbies generally have a high turnover because people realise once they own them they can never have the top down due to the shyte weather we have in the UK....

There are millions of them for sale, hard to find a saloon!

Ah so I'm not alone.

I called Bmw and tried to find out about the cars history, It was taken to bmw twice - 1998, 1999. I am still awaiting info on what was done.

cabbies generally have a high turnover because people realise once they own them they can never have the top down due to the shyte weather we have in the UK....

Yeah, I couldn't find a saloon, but the car is to be exported to Aus in November so I'll get loads of topless action

Duke137 wrote:cabbies generally have a high turnover because people realise once they own them they can never have the top down due to the shyte weather we have in the UK....

this is very true, out of all the cars i have owned cabs always have lots of owners, the last cabby turd i served had 14...

325 had 2 and 320 had 3. One Doctor and one film Producer. Then they fell all the way down to me.

Im the 6th owner on my e30.... 89 model

my previous car had 25 owners hehe current cab has 6

my previous car had 25 owners hehe current cab has 6

What was the condition of the car when you recieved ? - haven't seen a bronziet beige cab for somtime, looks great mate.

The cab i'm breaking, i'm the 18th owner from memory But had low millege and was in good conidition.. Summer comes summer goes, and so do the convertible...

kunjani wrote:

my previous car had 25 owners hehe current cab has 6

What was the condition of the car when you recieved ? - haven't seen a bronziet beige cab for somtime, looks great mate.

the 25 owner one was a rust bucket engine was burning oil not the best example

I bought my red 325i se in 2006, from the 1st owner from new @£800 from a landrover (trade in). only after I pranged it and looked for another did I realise how lucky I'd been.

I recently read that the Cabriolets where actually built in the 5 series plant instead of the e30's. the plant used a superior rustfroofing technique and there for the cabs are significantly less prone to rust.

/\ you forgot the tourings

my first and favourite e30 was a 1988 2 door 325i auto and had over 20 owners iirc and this is the best car ive ever owned, not perfect by a long shot but i loved and dearly miss that car

Ahh yes! The tourings, my mistake.

I am 12th owner i think on mine

I'm the 5th on the cabbie, but I was the second on my 325i moredoor many years ago!

2 on my chromie

1 on my 316i(now with m42 engine)

I'm the 3rd owner on my 87 2dr.

mine is 12..... iv never ever heard of a car with so many owners. im guessing its been stolen atleast once, if its not had a bit of a paint trader il eat my own legs

As with most things in life the quality is of more importance than the quantity. In the case of the original posters sorry turd, it had had loads and most were tight fisted vermin and yes the car is scrap.

I took great pleasure "assessing" the rust!