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Post Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:50 am

... Practical Performance Car mag this month?

There's an article on drifting and theres a rather tidy E30 featured with a pic on the front cover. Thought it might be Dale's car but i'm not sure. Looks to be the right colour and the E36 M3 rims look familiar with the colour coding.
'97 E36 B3 3.2 Touring - Alpina-Blau
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'11 E92 320d M Sport Coupe - BMW-saphirschwarz-metallic (Sold)
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Post Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:40 pm

I read it in Smiths at lunctime, but had 2 problems with the article... firstly the caption by the E30 reads 'The E30 may be unfashionable but is affordable' :x and secondly there's a pic of a Ferrari 360 and the caption says its a 355. I thought it was a car enthusiasts mag???!!!

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Post Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:30 pm

My iS was gonna be in there :cry:
Gonna have to go buy it now, if the e30 is missing side repeaters then it's definately Dale's one, wouldn't mind reading up on his engine..
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Post Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:13 pm

yeh if its at bovingdon airfield its dale's car-- i was also there with him

is it the drift uk event?

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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:38 pm

bryn_p wrote:'The E30 may be unfashionable but is affordable' :x

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I didn't read the article properly but i did spot that line
'97 E36 B3 3.2 Touring - Alpina-Blau
'15 F32 420d M Sport Coupe - BMW - melbourne-metallic (Sold)
'11 E92 320d M Sport Coupe - BMW-saphirschwarz-metallic (Sold)
'99 E36 328iA SE "Shooting Brake" - BMW-titansilber-metallic (Sold)
'89 E30 325i
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:50 pm

Thats def Dales motor, I recongnise the reg, he's got about 4 pictures, lucky man!

I saw the Ferrari in the pics too, with half a field stuck to his front bumper! LOL!!

What was the e28 tho? It had a side exit exhaust, was it a M535i or something?
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:54 pm

528 with locked diff
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:36 pm

lol @ locked diff. imaging drifting at 3mph! lol lol lol
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:41 pm

DAMN!

i've just remembered i was going to weld up the old 316 diff from my car to use as a low-geared locked up diff to put on for drift club.

but i took it with a load of other stuff to a metal scrapper last month :cry:

i have an lsd but i don't want to hammer it too much as it wasn't cheap!
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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:42 pm

i have a spare 4.1 diff, which i think i will open up and weld just for alaugh and fit to a shed of a 325i from ebay, should be a laff

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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:44 pm

lol at the timing..... i was just writing that as u posted HAHA

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Post Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:05 pm

great minds think alike :cool:

to be honest my 4.27 was starting to rumble a bit, i don't think it got on well with the new engine, wuss :gay:
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Post Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:43 am

Yeah, hate that "old but affordable" crap. I'd buy an E30 brand-new if they still made them! My fave shape Beemer, I hated all the ones after it.