The Big Baur Poll

[dazleeds]

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[Ollie_bwoii]

I can't vote, because I don't like baurs as they are a butchered saloon, but I also hate the scrappage scheme so don't want them to be used in that!

So basically I think baurs are And you should just buy a 2 door. I would even rathe ra 4 door.

[sihooker]

The way Baur went about ruining the E30 looks like a bad DIY effort!

I voted scrappage.

[snakebrain]

I must admit I quite like them.

I'm intrigued by just how much Spadge detests them though. Maybe he got shot down by one once or something?!

In terms of appearance, with the roof down the hood does have that unfortunate late 19th century 'bustle' effect because it doesn't stow away inside the lines of the bodywork like a modern cabby. It is a bit of a compromise and a tad ungainly.

Roof up and the hood doesn't follow the same profile as the other e30s. It slopes down gradually, but stays higher for longer, then drops down quite sharply, and isn't as elegant or stylish as a 'proper' e30. It's not disastrous though, and the idea of whizzing round on a sunny day with just the front part of the hood stowed in the boot - targa-top e30ing - does appeal to me quite a lot.

I also wonder if, being this deeply unfashionable now, they'll end up having a meteoric price rise as they turn the corner and start to be 'real' classic cars.

Come to think of it, maybe Spadge is secretly stockpiling them against that day, and that's why he never misses a chance to slate them. Keeping the prices down so he can add to his secret collection while they're ulra-cheap, innit?!

'Fess up, have you got a warehouse full of them somewhere, Spadge?

[gooner1]

I must admit I quite like them.

I'm intrigued by just how much Spadge detests them though. Maybe he got shot down by one once or something?!

In terms of appearance, with the roof down the hood does have that unfortunate late 19th century 'bustle' effect because it doesn't stow away inside the lines of the bodywork like a modern cabby. It is a bit of a compromise and a tad ungainly.

Roof up and the hood doesn't follow the same profile as the other e30s. It slopes down gradually, but stays higher for longer, then drops down quite sharply, and isn't as elegant or stylish as a 'proper' e30. It's not disastrous though, and the idea of whizzing round on a sunny day with just the front part of the hood stowed in the boot - targa-top e30ing - does appeal to me quite a lot.

I also wonder if, being this deeply unfashionable now, they'll end up having a meteoric price rise as they turn the corner and start to be 'real' classic cars.

Come to think of it, maybe Spadge is secretly stockpiling them against that day, and that's why he never misses a chance to slate them. Keeping the prices down so he can add to his secret collection while they're ulra-cheap, innit?!

'Fess up, have you got a warehouse full of them somewhere, Spadge?

Think it all started here mate " They are all prams " quote
from Spadge. Deep regression therapy needed Jules?

[bmwsport]

what do you think of this diddly



just imagine that with a 2.0 auto

must admit a 4 door version like that is awfull

I must admit that is quite repulsive but at the same time rather cool too!

I have man flu at the moment so hopefully this is to blame for my impared vision and bizzare delusional taste buds

[mattsbmw]

It's good to see the baur's are winning after all the negative comments.

They are becoming very rare

[Blitz]

Baur's are retro cool.

Unfortunately this is in the scrap heaven



Baur iX

[dazleeds]

Baur's are retro cool.

Unfortunately this is in the scrap heaven



Baur iX

ahhhh nellys old baur

now thats the one baur i always liked looks the nuts in malacite with green roof

[Dezzy]

Voted to scap. WTF is wrong with the vote they are ugly.

[snakebrain]

Ooooh, I really like that green one!

[Alex]

Voted to scap. WTF is wrong with the vote they are ugly.

you just couldnt see a chome one go to scrap could you dez

[bss325i]

Seriously jank!

I would rather roll in a moordoor!

[Baurtje]

Still wonder how it was possible to sell 16% off the total production to Great-Brittain.

And anyone with some more history knowledge knows that Baur helped to save BMW after World War II.

But allthough no-brainers like Spadge walk around, most people still know to appreciate the Baur's.

And, Spadge, read instead of posting, BMW had the choice between a Karmann and Baur E21 convertible.




There must be a reason why BMW choose for Baur. And asked them to build a Baur-convertible of the E30 and help them to design the E30 Convertible.

For the ones who appreciate nice Baur's, some pictures:















Gr Jeroen

[pacerpete]

Seriously jank!

I would rather roll in a moordoor!

Barry, would that moredoor be an E30 , an orion 1600E or a staffire with the rare and desireable ford RS (Really Sad ?) bodykit, cough ?

[trimmer]

Baur's are retro cool.

Unfortunately this is in the scrap heaven



Baur iX

I voted Cool purely on the grounds of that green one...

[Alex]

ummm all these pics are making me want baur wrongness

loving the karmin red one

[Dezzy]

Alex I would be more than happy take a mint chrome rear bumper, mint windscreen chrome surround Rear discs and trailing arms and any other morcels it may have and watch it get crush mate no drama's.

[Alex]

Alex I would be more than happy take a mint chrome rear bumper, mint windscreen chrome surround Rear discs and trailing arms and any other morcels it may have and watch it get crush mate no drama's.

[fuzzy]

i see nothing here to change my opinion.

[Simon13]

who are all these f**king deviants voting for retro cool on Baurs?!

[rh306]

four cars in one



looks good on bottletops too

[snakebrain]

Still wonder how it was possible to sell 16% off the total production to Great-Brittain.

Apparently the grey, miserable UK takes a disproportionate amount of cabbies of all kinds. They're about 20 times as common here as anywhere else in Europe. (Waits for some pedantic git to point out that it's actually 14.6 times...)

Something to do with the psychology of endless winter making you really, really want to get the roof down on the 2 good days every summer probably.

[bss325i]

Seriously jank!

I would rather roll in a moordoor!

Barry, would that moredoor be an E30 , an orion 1600E or a staffire with the rare and desireable ford RS (Really Sad ?) bodykit, cough ?

All of the above!

Baurs look home made!

[e301988325i]

Voted to scap. WTF is wrong with the vote they are ugly.

This is England, we rally underdogs, it's in the blood.

[Andyboy]

I don't mind them as long as they're nice. I know of a diamond black 320i Baur on a D plate, bottletops, Sports seats etc and he's had it from new. Ordered in from a German dealer and took it direct to Baur in Stuttgart. It's one of those cars that has an appeal when in mint condition with the right wheels.

An absolutely mint Opal green 323i Baur on bottletops would be quite funky, a doom blue 316 Baur with plastic bumpers would be bloody horrible.

[Dezzy]

Voted to scap. WTF is wrong with the vote they are ugly.

This is England, we rally underdogs, it's in the blood.

It's the john and Edward panto all over again. The reason things are normaly the underdog is they are sh!te. Well in these two cases anyway

[Ollie_bwoii]

Simply povo baur or povo 2 door? Not hard imo.

[rubber_duck89]

that one in the pic and nellys old one i like

but in general i cant stand them, just dont look right when the roofs down imo


how come zone meets are never in such clean and tidy and warm settings hmmmm

ahhh sussed it, its because of all those pesky 4 potters dripping oil everywhere

the baur in the picture is a 318i and it a int dripping oil??

[Dezzy]

Ollie that top one is

[Alex]

Ollie that top one is

here you go dez, was at leeds concurs of the north 08

proper concurs material

[Ollie_bwoii]

I think I'm going to get some exhaust paint and paint my exhaust black, and then a nice OEM chrome tip. Like the above.

[Dezzy]

With a 3.0l M50 and bbs you have my car soon fingers crossed alex.

Thats what an E30 should look like imo

[Alex]

good luck, is the engine allready built then or are you still buidling it

[Dezzy]

Its had to go back to the machine shop today (Block skim). Little end bushes are made.
Crank, Rods, Clutch Cover, Front pulley, and lightened Flywheel all going to get ballanced.
Then bang it together and then in. Nice to get this biatch finished