What got you into E30's?

[charlE30]

I blame my old man as he used to tinker with old truimphs when I were a lad, just happened to be a RWD 6pot aswell....

[e30kev]

Isn't that a 318i touring tho

no its a 316i my third e30, my first e30 was a 325i 2 door

[GrindCulture]

My touring was free, ran it for 3 years as a first car (on and off), bought a ratty iS, dropped the M42 into my touring somewhere along the line. Then had it killed. I want another E30, badly...

[Morat]

Sorry to butt in but just how much was a cam belt change on the coupe? I nearly bought one but was told the cost was stupid and I walked away

The 20V turbo varieties were known to cost about £1200 for belt change as in the early days it involved the whole donk needing removing. I think there were subsequently ways discovered to get around needing to remove the lump which then brought down the price substantially.

I believe it still runs into the £400+ region though.

I have thought about these turds a few times

Oops missed this post
Give it a go lee, they're pretty Sharp for a fwd. Galvanized too! There's also free software from the forum you can use with a standard obd/usb cable to read faults/get realtime data. 280hp is only a few hundred quid away from stock and they weigh a LOT less than a soararse ;)

[djscottfree]

ive always liked e30's since i was 10 years old, im 34 now and only passed my test last year, the only reason i passed was that i brought an e30 325 before hand, which gave me the motivation to drive it and pass my test 1st time, this is my 1st car, i will only ever buy e30's, oh i wouldnt mind an e28 i like those just as much, i love my car more than myself

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e30
e28
e12

[Jesus325iTouring]

The exhaust tone of a 325i got me.

Was working at a small firm around 1995 and every morning the boss would back up to the roller doors and park, Every day I enjoyed that rumble.

3 years later he decided to sell the firm and move abroad,a rich man came and bought the firm,I mean while set about buying the car Deal done,I was then the proud owner of aformentioned facelift E reg 325i,with high comp motor no less

Boy did I have some fun in that car,it was certainly faster than my current Touring.

I kept it for about 4 years or so.

Had a 318i for a short while while I was rather skint,then bought the Touring,that was nearly 9 years ago.

Have now personally covered a little under 110,000 miles in my Touring,and I still never get bored of the sound,the drive etc

[HairyScreech]

generally the door gets me into my e30.

[Felix79]

generally the door gets me into my e30.

Better late than never eh dude?

[Barx325i]

I had the pleasure of learning to drive in my dads 320i chromer. stalled it on a junction with a slight artic issue closing in - cranked her over, sidestepped the clutch & snaked off up the road.

years later, a friend had a 325 chromer & that was my mind made up