The Most Infamously Common E30 Fault

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e30mtec
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:00 pm

the driver... :?
TouringMatt
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:58 pm

I'll actually add to that,

(in my case) the driver expecting a 21 year old, 167,000 mile car to do the job of being a daily drive, behave faultlessly and not have the odd problem now and then.
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e30mtec
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:42 pm

mines given me no end of probs..im 26 two kids wife and mines a daily driver...i need it every day...but i can safely say the zone has helped me get it right first time everytime.. :D
JoeDiese
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:22 pm

Cracks in the dash and broken odometer gears...
johnt0709
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Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:35 pm

Must be caused by sunlight - not an issue in Scotland . Noisey diff?
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Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:11 pm

rear arch rust, sill rust, roof rust, scuttle rust, rear valence rust, boot corner tray rust rust rust and more f**king rust.

jon

so so True lol i'm gettin there slowly with the body, poor old thing, always rear arches behind mtech kit where mud an crap sits an holds water in but the top of the inner arches are grim gone in some real strange places?! i say cut the lot out re do the lot an then wax oil the death out of it!! :mad:
agd931
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:55 am

JoeDiese wrote:Cracks in the dash and broken odometer gears...
maybe it's the cold weather, difficult to find an E30 with a cracked dash here
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Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:16 am

spook wrote:Alpina sickness.
I know it's not a real one but behave Chris !!

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