Whats your most expensive mistake ?? E30 wise.

[josh-hocking]

As title,
im lucky, i broke the accelerator pedal removing the carpet, new one was a tenner

so what have you guys done?

[E30BeemerLad]

Buying one

[magpie]

^exactly,this was my mistake,the only way to recoupe about£1000
was to frag it.




every cloud has a silver lining

[LeonNewton]

^ he he he thats funey and wittey.
with my white one i droped a mixer of a trailer and smashed the pasinger windo and crimpled the door. drove round for a week with a wax jacket slamed in the door.

[nasty_sled]

dipping the clutch in 2nd, whilst mouthing a cheeseburger, couldnt steer quick enuff, i almost dropped my onions, broke front spoiler and bent passengers wing. Came home a cried over beardy matts silver sport, and thought i'll do the same,,£2 1/2 k later it still needs more work done. (£1200ish on new panels from bmw)

[robbo86]

Buying one

Dammit, exactly what I was going to say. Other then that dont really know off the top of my head.

[gazm3]

Buying 3 and becoming e30 nutball.
You have time on your side Josh, see the light.

[cougar]

Buying 3 and becoming e30 nutball.
You have time on your side Josh, see the light.

i had six until Sunday now I'm down to a sensible 5 + tvr tasmine

[robbo86]

Then theres Brian and Pete who between them have summat like 25 I think!

[Sanchez]

crashing it.

[magpie]

^doh!
that pic makes me cringe,

There for the grace of god go I.

[oze30]

Scrapping my v8 tourer and flogging all the parts when I should have just transplanted it all to another one!

[stonesie]

Buying my first one, it was a bit of a nail but it convinced me to get a better one, which needs bodywork doing now it's passed it's MOT

[Bob_S]

most expensive mistake? selling my hartge's after I sold my supposed "last" 4 stud e30

[eko]

Most expensive mistake?Dont think ive had one to be honest except for the bodged M50 I bought which turned out to be fooked....still scraped 4 months of abuse out of it though

[asmith88]

fingers crossed (touchwood) none yet

[ImysE30]

fingers crossed (touchwood) none yet

+1

[ROC]

Lending my wife the 325i I had at the time for her to get to work in on an icy morning. Recovered it home from on it's side in a ditch pretty much wrecked

[bss325i]

No mistakes as such but they sure have been expensive!

[Alex]

spending a fortune on a car i couldn't insure

[e301988325i]

Breaking the header tank return nozzle off the radiator a week before Germany! Although it was on it's way when I bought the car. Buying new brake pads 2 months before upgrade.

[JungleGus]

owning 7 in a row??

[gooner1]

Letting Jaffro take my leathers , without paying up front.

[Speedtouch]

Buying a Tech 2 Sport last year, spending quite alot on service parts and alot of time MIG-welding the rust then stoving it into a crash barrier a year later - Cat B write-off

Spunked £200 on a nice Hottuning six-branch for it too, now sitting in the garage with no car to put it on

Still, the cheque from the nice insurance company arrived today, and covers my costs

[robbo86]

The main thing is maurice you walked away from it. Will we see you in a another e30 for the march meet?

[Alyman]

Letting Jaffro take my leathers , without paying up front.

I thought you'd made contact and were expecting a resoluution with that?

[asmith88]

Buying a Tech 2 Sport last year, spending quite alot on service parts and alot of time MIG-welding the rust then stoving it into a crash barrier a year later - Cat B write-off

Spunked £200 on a nice Hottuning six-branch for it too, now sitting in the garage with no car to put it on

Still, the cheque from the nice insurance company arrived today, and covers my costs

oh my god mate, howd you manage that bad?

as above lucky you wernt mate

[Speedtouch]

The detail on the incident is in this thread, but involved heavy rain and alot of mud and water draining off a field directly onto a dual carriageway at a notorious accident blackspot which claimed another car in the same week! http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 78&start=0

Thanks for the concern folks. I'd certainly like another E30 and shall be looking out for one, but may have to settle for a mere normal car in the meantime.

[capri_rob]

On my first E30 I paid to have the back arches "repaired" and sprayed. Cost a couple of hundred quid - looked great......for a couple of weeks before the rust started coming back through. Total waste of time - should have paid a bit more and had new arches put on. You live and learn

[mabz]

buying my cab when i was a bit of an e30 virgin didnt have a computer so didnt know bout the zone or much about e30's only that id wanted 1 since i was about 13 and i was determined to get one!its been a rough ride but its all going like clockwork at the mo,fallen in and out of love with it so many times the grief it has caused nearly made me sell it,hope its gonna be ready for some meets in east anglia !!!!!!!!

[robbo86]

I'd certainly like another E30 and shall be looking out for one, but may have to settle for a mere normal car in the meantime.

We will think less of you until you do

[Speedtouch]

Thanks Robbo! How's the is conversion coming along?

[robbo86]

How's the is conversion coming along?

[m4xos]

most expensive mistake,

getting into drifting!, and breaking 3 lsd's and 2 open diffs!

[poolnoodle]

I paid US$550 on eBay for a pair of sports seats...they never turned up