Red E30s

General E30 related discussions -
Please put technical questions in E30 Tech Help forum below

Moderator: martauto

Post Reply
User avatar
andyp
True Old Skooler
Posts: 6899
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: LONDON

Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:58 am

Ok went up north yesterday to pick up another french turd, on the M1 on our way back we saw 7 E30s all of which were Red, one was a touring, one cab, all the rest were saloons one on the back of a tow truck but they were all red, i thought black was common
User avatar
Talat
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 70
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:18 am

What time where you on the M1 since I was driving back to London in my red touring at around 5-6pm.
User avatar
pnd
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1801
Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:29 am

red was very popular in the eightiessadly; only the zinnober is any good on an e30 imo.
polsta
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 10322
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:00 pm
Location: portsmouth

Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:35 pm

you only have to look on here to see that red e30s, and possibly white- are maybe the most common ?

i do like a red e30
beemerbird
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 8620
Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm
Location: Suffolk

Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:37 pm

7 Red E30s? Yeah, right. Is 'red' the new word for 'pink'? :D
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is
User avatar
gooner1
Out humping Reindeer
Posts: 13280
Joined: Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: Northampton.For my sins.

Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:16 pm

Red rules.

Image
Image
User avatar
stuturners
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 48
Joined: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:00 pm

Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:03 pm

Just been to Weston-Super_Mare in my red convertible and the only e30s i saw just happened to be red convertibles! One ignored me but the other flashed his lights.
E30s seem to be the only 20 year old still being used on a regular basis, cant remember the last time I saw an rs turbo, escort cosworth, gt turbo etc.
polsta
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 10322
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:00 pm
Location: portsmouth

Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:11 pm

still see the odd e30 round this way, mate os mine has an escort cossie,another a 550bhp bare shell restored 3 door cosworth beauty thats been 2 years in the making and just got the engine back from a specialist , its not in yet, a chap up the road has got a gt turbo too , portsmouths quite a good city for cars and old school cars, see the off mk4 xr3is and rs turbos about (not any mk3 really) and some older fords
Green
E30 Zone Squatter
E30 Zone Squatter
Posts: 1698
Joined: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:00 pm
Location: Santa Pod

Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:14 pm

stuturners wrote:Just been to Weston-Super_Mare in my red convertible and the only e30s i saw just happened to be red convertibles! One ignored me but the other flashed his lights.
E30s seem to be the only 20 year old still being used on a regular basis, cant remember the last time I saw an rs turbo, escort cosworth, gt turbo etc.
From experience I can tell you the majority of these have many brown holes in... Mmm trade mark ford :P
Image
User avatar
davidt
Pompey Council 4 door deviant
Posts: 2760
Joined: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: portsmouth

Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:37 pm

My carmin red e30 four door.

Image
Z3I
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 3504
Joined: Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:00 pm
Location: By Brooklands, in the sunny south.

Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:43 pm

beemerbird wrote:7 Red E30s? Yeah, right. Is 'red' the new word for 'pink'? :D
Tsk tsk, you saw a real red one just the other day!

Image
Last edited by Z3I on Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Selection of BMW hardtops available, please ask!
Duke137
Married to the E30 Zone
Married to the E30 Zone
Posts: 7207
Joined: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:00 pm

Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:45 pm

Image

Red E30's FTW and a chance to be a pic whore!
How do you pronounce 'either'? I say 'either', but some say 'either'. Either is correct.
Cheekychunkyfunkymonkey
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 119
Joined: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: sheffield

Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:55 pm

[img][img]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/ ... elakes.jpg[/img]
[/img]
It's a political thing we're all red "oop north"

and we all drive tourers to carry the greyhounds and ferret's. :D :D
The owner of one of the last registered e30 tourers in the UK. If not the last registered!
94 316i lux tourer( Life's too short without one)
User avatar
andyp
True Old Skooler
Posts: 6899
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: LONDON

Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:05 am

Talat wrote:What time where you on the M1 since I was driving back to London in my red touring at around 5-6pm.
the touring was in the services parked up it was about 5-6 ish as well, heading south, yeah it was just a shock to see so many and apart from the touring all the rest were heading north, so maybe its a northern ting, :D
User avatar
Talat
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 70
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:00 pm

Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:08 am

[quote="andyp"][quote="Talat"]What time where you on the M1 since I was driving back to London in my red touring at around 5-6pm.[/quote]

the touring was in the services parked up it was about 5-6 ish as well, heading south, yeah it was just a shock to see so many and apart from the touring all the rest were heading north, so maybe its a northern ting, :D[/quote]

I stopped off a Toddington on my way back and so it could have been mine :)
eko
Old timer
Posts: 11531
Joined: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: South Devon

Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:10 am

pnd wrote:red was very popular in the eightiessadly; only the zinnober is any good on an e30 imo.
Rubbish,Mugello is where its at :P
Image
User avatar
andyp
True Old Skooler
Posts: 6899
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: LONDON

Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:14 am

Talat wrote:
andyp wrote:
Talat wrote:What time where you on the M1 since I was driving back to London in my red touring at around 5-6pm.
the touring was in the services parked up it was about 5-6 ish as well, heading south, yeah it was just a shock to see so many and apart from the touring all the rest were heading north, so maybe its a northern ting, :D
I stopped off a Toddington on my way back and so it could have been mine :)

funny plate ?
User avatar
LagunaE30
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 635
Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm

Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:32 am

pnd wrote:red was very popular in the eightiessadly; only the zinnober is any good on an e30 imo.
totally disagree, in my opinion brilliant red is a great colour, and calypso is one of the best colours you can get an e30 in.
User avatar
Talat
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 70
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:00 pm

Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:51 am

[quote="andyp"]

funny plate ?[/quote]

Yup, mines on Irish plates.
User avatar
andyp
True Old Skooler
Posts: 6899
Joined: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: LONDON

Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:08 am

Talat wrote:
andyp wrote:
funny plate ?
Yup, mines on Irish plates.
and i never even stopped at them services , i saw that just driving past :D
User avatar
mattycoops43
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 471
Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:00 pm
Location: Newport, South Wales

Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:32 am

I love my wine red E30 325. I think it's a bit more subtle, but still a nice colour.

it's paint code 224, anyone know what the colours called?
1990 325i se "weinrot"-How did they know?
Post Reply