My current E30

Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:27 pm

This is my current E30, I'm keeping it for life unless situations change and it has to go, that would be the very last resort though.
Got a few pics with my other BMW in the shot too.

Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:51 pm

Very Tidy Plumb

It's Ian here from MK with the white touring.

Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:59 pm

L@@king nice!!!

Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:31 pm

style 32's really suit these cars, but i'd say 17's would be better than the 18's

Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:53 pm

About time you did the drive

Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:14 pm

Rav335uk wrote:About time you did the drive

You got some Tarmac left over, Rav?

You ain't wrong though.

Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:21 pm

gooner1 wrote:
Rav335uk wrote:About time you did the drive
You got some Tarmac left over, Rav?

You ain't wrong though.

Nope no Tarmac Rob

Just thought I would mention it to him.

Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:37 pm

Beautiful car mate!!!

Just needs the OEM chrome grille back on.....

Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:40 pm

Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:42 pm

If I spend money on the drive I dont have enough to buy 2 M3s

Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:43 pm

Ajsingh wrote:Beautiful car mate!!!

Just needs the OEM chrome grille back on.....

Had the chrome ones on the other week for a day and didnt like them as much, looks wider lower and meaner with the black grills

Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:22 pm

Dark mean and moody , I love it!

Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:25 pm

Absolutely lovely!! I really must own a E30 M3 one day...

Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:29 pm

Thanks for the kind words everybody

Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:56 am

Wow two M3's! So which do you prefer driving with!

Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:17 pm

Needs the chrome grill..

Details details!! Spec/year etc!

Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:21 pm

Very nice

Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:01 pm

Gouki wrote:Wow two M3's! So which do you prefer driving with!

I get used to the E30 after a while and enjoy it, but love the E46 everytime I jump in it, it's got everything to spoil you and is a lot faster.

If I drive the E30 only and leave the E46 parked up I love it, but swopping from new to older model makes the E30 feel it's age.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:04 pm

Jhonno wrote:Needs the chrome grill..

Details details!! Spec/year etc!

Chrome grill looks crap after the black grill IMO, look at the M3 in the E30Zone banner top of page

It's a 1991 German Import, 215 bhp model, pretty much stock, different wheels suspension and exhaust so nothing too drastic or hard to swop back.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:06 pm

The black grill has been changed to the chrome on the banner top and looks better IMO.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:07 pm

Lovely looking cars you got there

Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:08 pm

What month of production? It stopped in Dec 1990 iirc.

I have had both on mine, and the chrome grill went back on as it looks much better imo. Front end becomes bland and looses definition without it.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:14 pm

Jhonno wrote:What month of production? It stopped in Dec 1990 iirc.

I have had both on mine, and the chrome grill went back on as it looks much better imo. Front end becomes bland and looses definition without it.

I'm going to give the chrome grill a try again and leave it for a week and see if it grows on me.

Just swopped the plate so aint got the logbook back yet, will check the date then, could probably find it on the german paperwork if I tried to look, but I'm a lazy fuck. It is an early 1991 on the V5 when I looked before.

Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:18 pm

have u ever been pulled for the plate the way it is m8

Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:06 am

Na, you need to put the last 7 digits of the VIN into realoem for build date. V5 wil just give 1st registered.

Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:19 pm

Jhonno wrote:Na, you need to put the last 7 digits of the VIN into realoem for build date. V5 wil just give 1st registered.

First registered 1997 in the UK

Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:02 pm

bigredbmw wrote:have u ever been pulled for the plate the way it is m8

Had no probs at all mate, TOUCH WOOD

Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:49 pm

Saw both of these beasts in the flesh yesterday.
Mark kindly started both cars, the E30 M3 sounded the nuts, but the E46 M3 was

Didn't think i'd like the Dakar Yellow colour scheme, I was wrong.

Engine Hoist is perfect, Mark.

Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:23 pm

gooner1 wrote:Saw both of these beasts in the flesh yesterday.
Mark kindly started both cars, the E30 M3 sounded the nuts, but the E46 M3 was

Didn't think i'd like the Dakar Yellow colour scheme, I was wrong.
Engine Hoist is perfect, Mark.

Spot on Rob, and I'll let you know next time we meet up in your town so you can join us

Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:02 pm

Changed the grill for you guys, it is growing on me

Went to the BMW dealers yesterday and parked outside their front door, had the sales team and a few mechs as well as customers taking pictures of him

The guy on the spares took the vin number and put it in the computer and then tells me "It's an import" I answered "No shit sherlock"

Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:06 pm

Lovely car mate. Where abouts are you from? Banbury way?

Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:11 pm

Looks 1000000x better with the chrome grill!

PM me the last 7 digits dude..

Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:59 pm

Wheels swop again today, it's back on the style 32 tonight though, the BBS RK are going on for next season

Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:16 pm

Nice RK's!! Running a set on my E36 Touring..

Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:07 pm

Put the last 7 digits into RealOEM and it came up with 06/1990