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Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:55 pm

....another E30 pops up in your rear view mirror and flashes its lights?! Had this on the M23 today - white 320i cabby.

I rarely see any E30s anymore and it's always good to see another still on the road!
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Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:57 pm

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Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:05 pm

After having gone a year without a road going e30, a month in to driving around I'm yet to see another, except people I have planned to meet. The anticipation is killing me, my main worry is I'll probably put it in a ditch what with all the excitment and that :D
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:18 am

When I bought mine, it had a terrible overfuelling problem and would cut out at traffic lights with a flooded engine. I'd sit there for 20 minutes, hazards on, while drivers beeped their horns and shook their fists at me.

The only people who ever stopped to ask if I was ok were other E30 owners. Happened twice, and both times the guys even offered to swap engine parts between the cars there and then to diagnose the issue 8O

I miss that.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:54 am

It is a very very rare occurance to see another E30 up here in scotland. Most have crumbled away by now. But saying that there is a old boy that stays in a big old mansion house round the corner from me has a white baur with a tech 1 kit that is truly immaculate.

Spoke to him about it and he has owned it from new and its only covered 27K miles. But he rarely ever drives or even takes it out his garage.

But that has to be the only other one I have seen in Ayr for the past 18 months.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:02 am

maggspower wrote:After having gone a year without a road going e30, a month in to driving around I'm yet to see another, except people I have planned to meet. The anticipation is killing me, my main worry is I'll probably put it in a ditch what with all the excitment and that :D
What'll happen when you attend a meet Byron, Faint :mad:
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:05 am

love it when i see one its always followed by the obligaory E30 thumbs up, wave or light flash :D
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:07 am

I think Jersey has quite a dense population of e30's compared to the UK, no MOT will do that I guess.

It's the mouth breathers trying to tell you their e30 has 400hp because of a chip and air filter at petrol stations that bugs me
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:29 am

HJG-E30 wrote:
I rarely see any E30s anymore and it's always good to see another still on the road!
same here. i drove 350 miles in the Touring this weekend and didn't see one other E30
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:46 am

Hoping they will reappear out now the weather is improving, coax some of those hidden garage queens out. Not seen any in Belfast area in ages :(
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:49 am

adit wrote:
HJG-E30 wrote:
I rarely see any E30s anymore and it's always good to see another still on the road!
same here. i drove 350 miles in the Touring this weekend and didn't see one other E30
not seen any/many about for a while

even last year i used to see the odd touring around this way and odd cabby around emsworth, or the odd e30 when driving in to pompey and back

its been a while since i saw an e30 on the road

which for all of us, is a good thing right ,a cull of the shitters leaving only the better ones, is a good thing
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:52 am

best time for me, was when i had not long had my sport,comming along the motorway and a tech 2 appeared along side, both smiled thumbs up and admired and enjoyed the moment side by side in e30 sports crusing along together, then he moved lanes to branch off another way and thumbs up we had a little boost and went seperate ways, awsome that was
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:53 am

Jos wrote:Hoping they will reappear out now the weather is improving, coax some of those hidden garage queens out. Not seen any in Belfast area in ages :(
Me neither - they get more common if you head up towards the North coast for some reason...
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:01 pm

snakebrain wrote: Me neither - they get more common if you head up towards the North coast for some reason...
"does she diff bai?!" or words to that effect :(
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:12 pm

on sunday driving via central london, looked in the mirror and there was white E30, I'm in black cabrio! it did make me smile :) , not sure about him/her
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:20 pm

I've seen a few recently and pulled up next to a lachs silver facelift in sainsburies petrol station this morning! had a little chat.. think it was a 320.. whatever it was it was low on std bbs 15's! looked nice! :D
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:29 pm

polsta wrote:
adit wrote:
HJG-E30 wrote:
I rarely see any E30s anymore and it's always good to see another still on the road!
same here. i drove 350 miles in the Touring this weekend and didn't see one other E30
not seen any/many about for a while

even last year i used to see the odd touring around this way and odd cabby around emsworth, or the odd e30 when driving in to pompey and back

its been a while since i saw an e30 on the road

which for all of us, is a good thing right ,a cull of the shitters leaving only the better ones, is a good thing
I saw an E30 M3 on ports down hill last week...nearly crashed!

I hope to be in an E30 soon and I'm local to Pompey so I'll keep an eye out for ya :-)
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:24 am

To many haterz round my end, hardly ever get a wave back from the stuck up a-holes.
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:52 am

joeyb wrote:
polsta wrote:
adit wrote: same here. i drove 350 miles in the Touring this weekend and didn't see one other E30
not seen any/many about for a while

even last year i used to see the odd touring around this way and odd cabby around emsworth, or the odd e30 when driving in to pompey and back

its been a while since i saw an e30 on the road

which for all of us, is a good thing right ,a cull of the shitters leaving only the better ones, is a good thing
I saw an E30 M3 on ports down hill last week...nearly crashed!

I hope to be in an E30 soon and I'm local to Pompey so I'll keep an eye out for ya :-)
a fella from pompey on here, bought an m3 a few months back, think it was a black one, may of been him

good stuff mate i often go for a drive up there, the road that goes along from the hill past southdowns college was a favourite section of road i used to love in my 318is i had, them big sweeping bends in a rwd revvy e30 was super

what e30 you looking for ? theres a few local zoners and adit for parts and regular meets up the hill aswell
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:54 am

sunnyr83 wrote:To many haterz round my end, hardly ever get a wave back from the stuck up a-holes.
its because they know you're normally a bus driving wanker :D
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:36 am

sunnyr83 wrote:To many haterz round my end, hardly ever get a wave back from the stuck up a-holes.
Oi oi

Last time i see u, i beeped the horn and rolled the window down for a chat at the traffic lights in hayes!!! Lol

E30s in london are seen quite alot but when driving around west london, you tend to get looks no matter what you drive, be it micra or bentley

In mk, in the last year, there has been a major rise in e30s. When i first moved there about 2 years ago, id never see another, now i see the identical twin to my grey one as an old boy down the road has one!
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:25 am

snakebrain wrote:
Jos wrote:Hoping they will reappear out now the weather is improving, coax some of those hidden garage queens out. Not seen any in Belfast area in ages :(
Me neither - they get more common if you head up towards the North coast for some reason...
North coast road is pretty fun to drive on.... Also explains why not many e30's left in the north :mad:
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:33 am

Kos wrote:
sunnyr83 wrote:To many haterz round my end, hardly ever get a wave back from the stuck up a-holes.
its because they know you're normally a bus driving ****** :D
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I have had a chat with a zoner in his tech 1 and me driving the 607 bus on southall broadway. :D

But there's bear haterz and Ajay your right, e30 or not you get looks, even off the uncles.

Yes Ajay 1st time in Dominion carpark there was that 'E30 nod' ages ago and at the hayes lights in the e36.
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:37 am

Head up the M2 to Ballymena, then out of town for Cushendall, left at signs for Newton Crommelin after about 8 miles and take the Orra scenic route. Single lane twisting road that cuts through mountainous bogland for miles and miles, and there's never anyone else up there.... :D

(That's aimed at bab-91 btw!)

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Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:59 am

snakebrain wrote:Head up the M2 to Ballymena, then out of town for Cushendall, left at signs for Newton Crommelin after about 8 miles and take the Orra scenic route. Single lane twisting road that cuts through mountainous bogland for miles and miles, and there's never anyone else up there.... :D

(That's aimed at bab-91 btw!)

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Looks like alot of fun :cool:

The Silent Valley reservoir, roads up their would challenge any driver. Very similar to picture shown. Narrow roads, large drops. Bog more miles.

Found them by complete accident.
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:47 am

bab-91 wrote:Looks like alot of fun :cool:

The Silent Valley reservoir, roads up their would challenge any driver. Very similar to picture shown. Narrow roads, large drops. Bog more miles.

Found them by complete accident.
Yeah, it's a great drive, and the views are stunning. Just try not to end up in a ditch! I drove it for the first time years ago in an E34 525i. What an experience that was.

We do a bit of rock climbing down around the Mournes so I know the Silent Valley area a little bit. (Popular dogging spot, I believe. When you say you found these roads by complete accident........? winkeye )
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:03 pm

snakebrain wrote:
bab-91 wrote:Looks like alot of fun :cool:

The Silent Valley reservoir, roads up their would challenge any driver. Very similar to picture shown. Narrow roads, large drops. Bog more miles.

Found them by complete accident.
Yeah, it's a great drive, and the views are stunning. Just try not to end up in a ditch! I drove it for the first time years ago in an E34 525i. What an experience that was.

We do a bit of rock climbing down around the Mournes so I know the Silent Valley area a little bit. (Popular dogging spot, I believe. When you say you found these roads by complete accident........? winkeye )
How did you get a 5 series to fit on the roads around there :eek:

and how do you have the energy to rock climb after dogging :mad: I wasn't aware it was a popular dogging spot..... I do now. So if I get bored I now have something to do lol
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Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:37 pm

Think im the only e30 owner younger than 112 in my area. i think about flashing or somthing, then i see the prune struggling to look over the steering wheel...
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Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:52 am

Mk-IV wrote:Think im the only e30 owner younger than 112 in my area. i think about flashing or somthing, then i see the prune struggling to look over the steering wheel...
Ha well I saw 2 on the motorway today and the young guy paid not too much attention but the old guy and his wife in their ancient e30 gave a nice wave.
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Captain_Birdseye wrote:
Mk-IV wrote:Think im the only e30 owner younger than 112 in my area. i think about flashing or somthing, then i see the prune struggling to look over the steering wheel...
Ha well I saw 2 on the motorway today and the young guy paid not too much attention but the old guy and his wife in their ancient e30 gave a nice wave.
Going by the age of some of the drivers I see I'm not sure they see the traffic on the road, or even know they are in a car.
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