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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:00 pm

exactly :)
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:21 pm

I like 4 door E30s yours looks great Clive. The colour coded door handles really suit it.

I don't think the prices between 4 doors and 2 doors vary that much in reality.
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4 door RUULLESS :banana: :rock:
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:41 pm

Also, you can't have a gangster car thats only a 2 door. Imagine the embarrassment of running to the "wheels" after a "job" and having to hold the doors/seats for each other :)
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:43 pm

^^^^ winkeye ^^^^
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:15 pm

toby wrote:I like 4 door E30s yours looks great Clive. The colour coded door handles really suit it.

I don't think the prices between 4 doors and 2 doors vary that much in reality.
Well said Toby....

Also with one of your gear gaitors fitted it'll fetch a premium price.... winkeye

Precisley Morat thats the main reson for a 4 dr we're all gangsters ... :wink:
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:18 pm

Buy a 4 door & weld em up!

When I was buying a couple of months ago two doors where about double that of a four door - just depends what up for sale though I guess
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:44 pm

4 doors are about as desirable as Gary Glitter is to an 8 year old Thai boy.

Tourings FTW.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:56 pm

doggydoo2000 wrote:Buy a 4 door & weld em up!

When I was buying a couple of months ago two doors where about double that of a four door - just depends what up for sale though I guess
If I was gonna get a track car, that's exactly what I'd do, stiffen it up a bit and you don't get stung lashing out for a 'coupe' :duck: :thumb:

It's all bang for your buck anyway, I doubt I would have got a 2dr or a touring or a 325 in the same nick as mine for what I paid. My E30 represents cheap reliable motoring with a bit of style, it's a whole different game when you're spending thousands on a car - not better or worse, just different. Plus I look a bit out of the ordinary in an 'old duffer's car' and that makes me smile.

I reckon 10 years down the line all e30s will be regarded as classics. 4drs will probably still be the cheapest, but they'll find their place in the market naturally. Also, a lot of people get into old motors because of nostalgia, and it was 4dr e30s that populated the streets of my youth, dunno about anyone else!
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:20 pm

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:4 doors are about as desirable as Gary Glitter is to an 8 year old Thai boy.

Tourings FTW.

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PMSL hahahahaha :D :D
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:07 am

Ive had 2 door none Bm's and they did my head in just a hassel giving anyone a lift and picking up friends plus less fun. Why i bought a 4 door

You tried playing chinese traffic lights with 4 people in a 2 door not possible
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You tried playing chinese traffic lights with 4 people in a 2 door not possible
Excuse me but wots this chinese traffic lights :?
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You tried playing chinese traffic lights with 4 people in a 2 door not possible
Excuse me but * I tried to use text speak but the text speak filter stopped me * this chinese traffic lights :?
When you get to a red light with a car full off people you all have to get out run round the car and get back in different seats other than the driver who has to go back to his seat before the lights change to green
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liquid-24 wrote:
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liquid-24 wrote:
You tried playing chinese traffic lights with 4 people in a 2 door not possible
Excuse me but * I tried to use text speak but the text speak filter stopped me * this chinese traffic lights :?
When you get to a red light with a car full off people you all have to get out run round the car and get back in different seats other than the driver who has to go back to his seat before the lights change to green
Glad I :drive: in lancs if thats what you do in London now :teehee:
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Car-Nut wrote:
liquid-24 wrote:
Car-Nut wrote: Excuse me but * I tried to use text speak but the text speak filter stopped me * this chinese traffic lights :?
When you get to a red light with a car full off people you all have to get out run round the car and get back in different seats other than the driver who has to go back to his seat before the lights change to green
Glad I :drive: in lancs if thats what you do in London now :teehee:
I go all over the uk but London spend more time at red lights board then you can imagine lol. Godd game you should try it
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4 door fiends, there is hope ! I have just weighed a 4 door 32O after i removed anything of value (10 mins! :) ) and added a few old brake discs and frag and got £155 !!!!!! :D Who said 4 doors were worthless ? :)
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pacerpete wrote:4 door fiends, there is hope ! I have just weighed a 4 door 32O after i removed anything of value (10 mins! :) ) and added a few old brake discs and frag and got £155 !!!!!! :D Who said 4 doors were worthless ? :)
Another 4 door is no more, a very sad day indeed, i shall mourn its passing with much sorrow!!!! :cry: :cry:

Pacerpete do you have no heart :D :D
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:45 pm

I'd weigh any car in too, if it was a heap and a rustbucket, so don't take it personally :D
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:56 pm

No didnt take anything you said personally, nothing to take personally.

Just entering into the good humour of things so to speak.

If you ever get any early chromies that have fallen victim to the dreaded tin worm let me know, always on the look out for bits and pieces here or there, dont really know what you do, someting in the motor industry me thinks dont want to assume anything :D
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:09 pm

I will prob weigh mine in later in the year, saves searching for the parts I want to keep, A/C, Recaros, M3 diff, suspension/brakes etc

My 2 door will be getting the nice bits, the leftovers will be sold/weighed

Unless of course any of you lot want to part with 4K for an Alpine white 4 door :D
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:24 pm

If the bodyshell is sound and rustless and really nice condition, you might well get £100-£150 for it. Worth it to someone who's doing the same, taking nice bits from a bad shell. And even if you get slightly less money than from weighing it in, its surely worth it to keep another E30 going?

If its a rustheap, then fair play.
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I have a 4 door and a 2 door they both have their own advantages which are ....... erm F@!k knows but i like them both I can't understand why touring owners slate 4 doors though :roll:
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e30topless wrote:I have a 4 door and a 2 door they both have their own advantages which are ....... erm F@!k knows but i like them both I can't understand why touring owners slate 4 doors though :roll:

Simple, a touring has all the alleged advantages enjoyed by 4 doors but it is not ugly / With the rear seats folded will take loads of crap / All tourings have decent suspension and 4 wheel discs / Tourings are seldom rotten / Tourings have a resale value :D
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:13 pm

i havea four door i hate havin to get out my seat whenever people want to get out the ar, so sod it let them have their own door

y'know what, its a 4 door 318i automatic AND I LIKE IT
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robbo86 wrote:i havea four door i hate havin to get out my seat whenever people want to get out the ar, so sod it let them have their own door

y'know what, its a 4 door 318i automatic AND I LIKE IT
Well said that man bring on the 4 door rightness!!!!!!! :D :D :D
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:20 pm

Yes, all this 2 door stuff....we 4 door drivers know it all comes from door envy! :P
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4 doors: A paedophiles kidnap dream.
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AlpineAde wrote:Yes, all this 2 door stuff....we 4 door drivers know it all comes from door envy! :P
In that case the Touring is King with 5 :bow:
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Anyone wanna buy a 4 door? :D
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aceraf wrote:
AlpineAde wrote:Yes, all this 2 door stuff....we 4 door drivers know it all comes from door envy! :P
In that case the Touring is King with 5 :bow:
LOL!
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yeah door envy im sure...
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