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Post Thu May 03, 2012 9:11 pm

Short but sweet
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Post Thu May 03, 2012 9:25 pm

That alfa is "hansom"?

Do love the volvo though.

And what is this new fangled HPI service?
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Post Thu May 03, 2012 9:29 pm

gotta love uncle Quentin, smooth criminal :)
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Post Thu May 03, 2012 11:32 pm

328i has aged far far better than the other 2!
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

Arch roller for hire.

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Post Thu May 03, 2012 11:50 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:gotta love uncle Quentin, smooth criminal :)
his dad must be the old fella on sky news
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Post Fri May 04, 2012 4:43 pm

Jhonno wrote:328i has aged far far better than the other 2!
agreed! i'm no fan of the e36 interior, but look at the dash on that volvo! hideous beyond belief.

i can remember the alfa being a great looking car at the time, and was probably ahead of it's time when launched, but really hasnt aged very well. i do still quite like them though.

surely the 155 v6 was a closer competitor to the 328 though, both in size and price, plus i think the facelift widebody versions were out by then which handled far better than the early cars.

the piece also spoils suggestions that the e36 was a poorly recieved ugly duckling and couldnt hold a candle to the e30.
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Post Fri May 04, 2012 5:01 pm

Id have the Corrado at the beginning :mad:

But if I HAD to pick one of them it would be the e36 ... although it is hideous :(
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Post Fri May 04, 2012 5:27 pm

6.1 seconds to sixty seems a bit optimistic for a 328. but oh for the days when top gear was a proper car programme. clarkson owned one of those volvos so for once he wasn't bullshitting.
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Post Sat May 05, 2012 2:08 am

The 164 is stunning. Theres something about them and is less obvious then BMW's.

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That interior :drool:
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Post Mon May 07, 2012 2:54 pm

I had a 164 V6 for a few years and it was actually a well put together car and felt pretty poised through the twisties. I never felt inferior sitting next to an E34 of the same generation
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Post Mon May 07, 2012 4:37 pm

My mum has a 166. It hasn't moved for nearly a year!
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Post Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:I had a 164 V6 for a few years and it was actually a well put together car and felt pretty poised through the twisties. I never felt inferior sitting next to an E34 of the same generation UNTIL THE REAR AXLE FELL OUT OF THE SORRY DAGO TURD

Fixed !
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Post Mon May 07, 2012 11:36 pm

I'd still have a 164 cloverleaf, with those sexy split rim pepper pots and two time red and black bodywork 8) :o:
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Post Tue May 08, 2012 6:27 pm

snakebrain wrote:My mum has a 166. It hasn't moved for nearly a year!
Has it died? They're a strange looking turd with the tiny headlamps but quite interersting.
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Post Tue May 08, 2012 7:58 pm

pacerpete wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:I had a 164 V6 for a few years and it was actually a well put together car and felt pretty poised through the twisties. I never felt inferior sitting next to an E34 of the same generation UNTIL THE REAR AXLE FELL OUT OF THE SORRY DAGO TURD

Fixed !
I think the less said about rear axles or parts thereof falling off and E34s in the same sentence the better! 8O
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Post Tue May 08, 2012 10:12 pm

anothere21323i wrote:
pacerpete wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:I had a 164 V6 for a few years and it was actually a well put together car and felt pretty poised through the twisties. I never felt inferior sitting next to an E34 of the same generation UNTIL THE REAR AXLE FELL OUT OF THE SORRY DAGO TURD

Fixed !
I think the less said about rear axles or parts thereof falling off and E34s in the same sentence the better! 8O
Poor Stuey.
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Post Tue May 08, 2012 10:17 pm

pacerpete wrote:
E30BeemerLad wrote:I had a 164 V6 for a few years and it was actually a well put together car and felt pretty poised through the twisties. I never felt inferior sitting next to an E34 of the same generation UNTIL THE REAR AXLE FELL OUT OF THE SORRY DAGO TURD

Fixed !
Funnily enough it was the ZF autobox which was the deathnail for it, plus the rear brake pipes were shot and the windscreen cracked.
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Post Tue May 08, 2012 10:30 pm

bss325i wrote:
anothere21323i wrote:
pacerpete wrote:
Fixed !
I think the less said about rear axles or parts thereof falling off and E34s in the same sentence the better! 8O
Poor Stuey.
Lucky Stuey more like it. It could have been so much worse, at least he walked away without a scratch.
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Post Tue May 15, 2012 8:37 pm

to Jeremy, try putting that engine (with trinkets) in an e30 and get back to me winkeye winkeye lol
A 2 door e30 with 8 cylinders, what could be better winkeye :D
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Post Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:26 am

clarkson says e36 328i "goes and handles like a ferrari and rides like a jag" :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Post Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:14 pm

That Alfa looks too much like a 405/605 to me! I would have a 155 with that lump in it though, all day long!

Think the e36 has stood the test of time the best, sure the Volvo is a sturdy bit of kit but in terms of how many e36's still run, and how relatively cheap, reliable and easy they are to motor, the 328i has got to be one of the best all rounders from that era. As long as you only ever had jockeys sat in the back!
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