A quiet word I think is needed . . . .

[Funnybear]

For the lad who thought it was a good idea to do this to an E30, you'll want to skip to 0.30 . . . .

[Morat]

skids are for kids.

edit: And also my wife, apparently

[ross_jsy]

So what? People get far too up tight about e30's. They are an average car from the 80's.

Should the same people have a word with me for the full cage and other mods I have done to my low mileage sport?

[Grrrmachine]

They are an average car from the 80's.

E30's certainly aren't average 80s cars. They're average by today's standards, but you certainly don't see 80s Fords, Opels, Renaults, Fiats, Peugeots or even Audis on the roads from back then, in the way that you see same-period BMWs. All the other 80s cars are now Chinese washing machines.

On the flipside, a cage in a Sport should be the defining mark of a "true" sport. All this gayness about black headlining and genuine gearknobs gets on my tits. That's only a Sport if your sport is cottaging.

[Rav335uk]

Looks to me the cars been built for "Purpose" and not for the "Flatcap" heroes.

[Chris_B86]

The thing probably started out life as a rotten pov spec 316 anyway, I don't see the problem.

You will find that if you look at the various eastern european drift series, at least half of the cars are e30's, I presume they must be more in abundance over there, I guess they're cheap and it's a good chassis to work with

[Grrrmachine]

Remember chaps, there were no BMW dealerships behind the Iron Curtain. So any E30 was either bought by a Communist Party member (and therefore jealously guarded for decades) or came in as a grey import after 2004.

It's only in the last year or so that there's even been an OEM movement over here for 80s cars; we haven't got all of the tasteless modding out of our system yet.

[suedenim]

The E30 is by no means a rare car which will only be considered rare or valuable when the demand is higher than the supply, it isn't at that stage yet. It's better for those who see the E30 as an investment (myself excluded) that more get shagged or fragged. Rare cars will still be driven hard by those who see a less than concours examples fit for that purpose, I admire people who have the balls to uprate and race vintage exotica. The car in question has at least entertained many thousands, rather one anorak with a chamois!

[kangman]

Looks to me the cars been built for "Purpose" and not for the "Flatcap" heroes.

this man talks sense

[Z3I]

The thing probably started out life as a rotten pov spec 316 anyway, I don't see the problem.

You will find that if you look at the various eastern european drift series, at least half of the cars are e30's, I presume they must have all been stolen from West Germany.

EFA

A BA employee in Berlin Cargo in 1991 told me that as soon as the wall came down, there were gangs roaming the streets of West Berlin stealing anything they could get their hands on, and the favourite was the E30. They dissapeared into Eastern Europe, never to be recovered. The joke at the time was:

"Have you heard the good and bad news? the good news is that the wall is down! And now the bad news, the wall is down "

[Rav335uk]

Looks to me the cars been built for "Purpose" and not for the "Flatcap" heroes.

this man talks sense

[Z3I]

EFA

A BA employee in Berlin Cargo in 1991 told me that as soon as the wall came down, there were gangs roaming the streets of West Berlin stealing anything they could get their hands on, and the favourite was the E30. They dissapeared into Eastern Europe, never to be recovered. The joke at the time was:

"Have you heard the good and bad news? the good news is that the wall is down! And now the bad news, the wall is down "

There was an add in the German press from the Polish Tourist Board.

"Visit Poland, you're car is already there"

Didn't go down too well but then again the German's are not renowned for their sense of humour lol

Yep, they never saw the funny side of their BM's and Mercs dissapearing into the night! They still don't today...

[Funnybear]

I was only saying that as a 'look' for an e30 (which I admire for it's clean lines and lovely snout) it's not up my alley. Isn't it carrying the same kit that someone trying selling on here a little while back? It didn't look all that on that machine either.

Obviously some of you wouldn't mind that graceing your driveway . . . . each to their own.

[Chris_B86]

No way would I have it on my drive, it's not a good looking thing, but it's probably been fitted to accomodate a wider track and wider wheels to make it a more competent drifter. I'd say this kit has been fitted more out of function than form. As for the livery, that's got to be just to draw attention

[Rancid]

Obviously some of you wouldn't mind that graceing your driveway . . . . each to their own.

It looks a darn sight better then some of the heaps of sh1te gracing members driveways at the moment

I'm one of them.
No e30, or driveway!

[pony]

I would have loved to own a brand new E30 325i Sport with BMW Manual Gearbox and fully loaded Tech2 Diamond Back in the 1980s

[DanThe]

Looks to me the cars been built for "Purpose" and not for the "Flatcap" heroes.

this man talks bollocks

[DanThe]

A BA employee in Berlin Cargo in 1991 told me that as soon as the wall came down, there were gangs roaming the streets of West Berlin stealing anything they could get their hands on, and the favourite was the E30. They dissapeared into Eastern Europe, never to be recovered. The joke at the time was:

"Have you heard the good and bad news? the good news is that the wall is down! And now the bad news, the wall is down "

There was an add in the German press from the Polish Tourist Board.

"Visit Poland, you're car is already there"

Didn't go down too well but then again the German's are not renowned for their sense of humour lol

Yep, they never saw the funny side of their BM's and Mercs dissapearing into the night! They still don't today...

Same reason why the border was littered with trabants
The eastern lot are only just going through the 1990's max power molest-athon...

[Rav335uk]

this man talks bollocks

GO ahead, amuse yourself.
We know you're "Special"

[pacerpete]

GO ahead, amuse yourself.
We know you're "Special"

Rav, ignore the 'orrible cooonts !





PS Hows the Tranny ?

[Rav335uk]

Tranny's not back yet.
Left it at the garage while I was in "Paris" last week

[DanThe]

Tranny's not back yet.
Left it at the garage while I was in "Paris" last week

Is that what the brummies call Cov town centre nowadays?

[Rav335uk]

Tranny's not back yet.
Left it at the garage while I was in "Paris" last week

Is that what the brummies call Cov town centre nowadays?

Nope, you need to go back to school seeing as you didn't finish