E30 Zone

What's in your e30 garage?

I'm on a budget like most of us, I'm not off to buy the latest Beema or other marques to loose money as soon as I drive them off the forecourt?

Here are my three

1988 325 track car:
Used for : so much fun on the track

1996 Fiat Barketta - mint - 25000 miles
Used: Sunny days and leaving MX5's behind

1996 E36 328is
Used: Daily driver, wet roads and twisties to use the LSD tail out action

All in £8000 ? Guessing here:

So what have you got?

Pictures:

if the misses reads this she will kill me as i have to use her car at the moment,

1987 bmw track car- half way through engine rebuild as ran to much boost,

1981 mitsubishi lancer turbo - half way through complete bare shell restore,

1981 mitsubishi lancer in storage- imported it from new zealand,

1987 mitsubishi starion widebody-needs engine and drive train putting together,

1989 mitsubishi starion widebody 2.6- my new road car just havent had time to collect it off present owner,

1995 vauxhall frontera 2.3 td- currently used by my girlfriends dad on his field (until i need a tow car)

just recently scrapped a rotten m3 shell, and my mot failure pug 106.
no pics as none are that pretty to look at, at the moment.

None of my cars ever live in a garage but I know what you mean...


1991 325i Sport - My Daily driver and main mode of transport, takes me up and down the country, shopping, work etc, just had all new suspension and bushes (& new ARB's) at the beginning of the year too...







1990 318i - the track toy. It doesn't do too badly for a good old 318i with a keep fit sunroof





although these help it round the track too





310mm wilwoods



...and an S50B30

billgatese30 wrote:None of my cars ever live in a garage but I know what you mean...


1991 325i Sport - My Daily driver and main mode of transport, takes me up and down the country, shopping, work etc, just had all new suspension and bushes (& new ARB's) at the beginning of the year too...





That's the best sport I've seen in my life billgates!!!!!

1990 318i - the track toy. It doesn't do too badly for a good old 318i with a keep fit sunroof





although these help it round the track too





310mm wilwoods



...and an S50B30

A 318i track car, and a T5 850 with RICA 304 map, all in, they owe me £3000
Quite good fun though

Race prepped 318i PBMW car (for sale £2500 or a 320i PBMW same money one has to go) , minty non sunroof 318is E30 at the bottom of the garden road trim at present but should be TTRS race car next season, VW Sharan Tdi tow barge/runabout being changed to Espace dci next week, project S1 Elise being built as an Elise Trophy race car, wifes new astra company car, about 4 bikes lurking in there as well - couple of R6s one track/race one road, CBR400RR resto project, DT125 green laner - like to think of it as a green laner truth is I haven't been greenlaning on it since my little boy arrived and he's nearly four now . Elise and the bikes in the garage, everything else out in the rain.

Some nice kit there - Jesus boys thought I was bad collecting cars - 'll show this post to the misses with "You've got it easy sweet-art"... That should do the trick

NO room for the cars as ever ,, would not hesitate to own another new car, had a 1.1 pop plus fezza from new and drove it for a 150,000 miles over 13 years. Cost me 6k at the time never touched it with a spanner and it only ever needed the usual tyres and brakes.

That was a great little car and even used to carry 3 of us and all our skiing kit all over Europe on our hols and never ever let me down,, depreciation never came it to it really just good value for money imho.

What in my garage? a whole load of fucking scrap. What's sat on my drive?
02 golf gt tdi, '89 M3, '90 M52 e30, '96 200sx

Bob_S wrote:What in my garage? a whole load of ******* scrap. What's sat on my drive?
...............89 M3..............

Tell the truth, now.

ProperOldschool wrote:

billgatese30 wrote:None of my cars ever live in a garage but I know what you mean...


1991 325i Sport - My Daily driver and main mode of transport, takes me up and down the country, shopping, work etc, just had all new suspension and bushes (& new ARB's) at the beginning of the year too...





That's the best sport I've seen in my life billgates!!!!!

1990 318i - the track toy. It doesn't do too badly for a good old 318i with a keep fit sunroof





although these help it round the track too





310mm wilwoods



...and an S50B30

+1


I share my garage with my dad's old turbo bodied 911



On my side I have managed to squeeze a couple of sets of wheels, an engine on a stand and 3 random gearboxs, ontop of my tool boxes etc. oh yeah and the turd

Chris-W wrote:

Bob_S wrote:What in my garage? a whole load of ******* scrap. What's sat on my drive?
...............89 M3..............

Tell the truth, now.

ok ok it's moved into the spray booth

Citroen daily (what ever has tax on it from the forecourt)

e30 335 touring

e30 327 two tone tech 2

e34 525 touring

e36 328 cab

mini cooper (a real one not bmw fake)

My garage has my wrecked 318is in it.


And my current ride sits infront of the garage.

In my E30 garage:



2001 A2 1.4tdi, annoyingly it's more than 100kg lighter than my track 325.

in my e30 garage

Scrap, just pure scrap


On the drive:


Plus these two

Nissan Silvia S14 SR20DET - replaced my IS



Rover Bubble - for sale



Both outside to make way for Thoe's sexual SR20DET powered track slag!



Oh plus a 406 diseasel

****** News Flash******

I may have a E39 540 from the year 2000 joining the clan...and it's a manual too... 70,000 miles and mint...high spec too..

Thoughts and advice welcome..

Keep you posted...

Out

basky wrote:in my e30 garage

Yum

Ive got


1987 E30 320i race car- Inka Orange

1985 E30 323i Daily its abit rooted but it gets me from A to B haha

1958 BMW Isetta 300- Under resto at the moment

In My Garage Mk1 Cortina 2 door soon to be fitted with All Steel Full Race 1851cc Xflow on twin 48s , Straight cut 4 speed box and tranx LSD and more

PROPER 60S RETRO Going to be using my E30 325i Touring to tow the old girl

lucky bstards!

my daily, 318ti with M52 power



the garage queen, been with us for 20 years now e24 635csi








my e30 M3 which mid restoration/bastardisation







there is diamond black 316i lux on the drive, with no MOT or tax, parents bought it new and its there because i wont sell it, but it will be used at some stage

Currently parked on the drive is my beloved chromie.

kOS -tHAT SIX IS AS SEXY AS... ...

SORRY CAPS LOCK ON - NOT SHOUTING REALLY

Bit of an old thread resurrection, but just found this and felt the need to share:
Cars I would like to own

Not an E30 I know, but a Group 5 E21, so a close family member.

Cars I do own (part of)

Cant find any pictures of my RX7 convertible at the moment, when its next out of the garage, I'll take a couple.

Bikes I own

The bike is currently up for sale, so if anyones interested at around £4k, let me know.

Kim

I love all three

Daily Driver: E300D W124 estate
Wife's Car: Mini Cooper Sport, last 500
Always wanted one: 964 Carrera 2
Track Day Car: 318 iS

Only problem is i need to spend serious money on the 964 and i'd rather be spending it on the iS

Kimbo
What length is that trailer you have ypur race car on ?

r4rick wrote:Kimbo
What length is that trailer you have ypur race car on ?

Sorry, dont know.
It's a Brian James Clubman 1500 Tiltbed which we hired.
All bog std. so you could look it up on their website, I guess.

Kim

Hi Kim
happy new year!
Have you got any firm plans for the BMW this year?
I've got some pics of mine taken at Xmas but have no idea how to post them- can you help
regards Simon

my neighbours just love me......!

e36 evo - i've done 50,000 miles in it in 3 years
its now retired to weekend duty only so bought the cheap E38 with 200+k miles and LPG conversion on ebay and get eqiv of 50mpg!
E30 325 track car - loads been done to it - its been in a few zoners hands over the years - lots of fun - probably going to get a towbar for the e38 so i can tow it to trackdays etc to save on tax, mot and ins etc

....oh, and no garage, so maintainence is limited to the summer months!


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Paynts wrote:Hi Kim
happy new year!
Have you got any firm plans for the BMW this year?
I've got some pics of mine taken at Xmas but have no idea how to post them- can you help
regards Simon

Hi, Simon
and a happy new year to you and yours.

The car is being worked on as I type. Dan is down at the workshop welding in new rear wheelarch repair sections to replace the beaten up originals. I'll be getting involved in final body prep from tomorrow - the plan is to have it painted within two weeks. Then FINALLY we can start putting it together again - I'll post some pics when there's something worth seeing.

To post pics you need to open a Photobucket or similar file hosting account and once you've uploaded the pics on to there, embed the IMG code of the pictures (visible if you put the cursor over the picture) in your forum post - simples!
I'll look forward to seeing your car again.

Hoping to get ours running in the first half of the year, built to be suitable for DMN, SE Tintops, CTCRC Classic Thunder, etc.

Speak to you soon

Kim.

Ok, here goes. I live in a flat, my daily is outside, 2009 Skoda VRS estate. I rent a lockup, which is full of parts, as is the spare room in the flat. My 1990 325i cabby is hibernated in my mate's parents garage 30 miles away and my 1990 325i Sport resto is in a bay in a large garage 25 miles from home (in the opposite direction to where the cabby is !).

No pics, but it's a tale of woe !

Plan's are to buy a house with a double garage and a large driveway this year, I've had enough !