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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:00 pm

I think some of the details are wrong, as whiever wrote the Pricelist has a few things incorrect.

Cabs never had rear drum brakes, as stated :mad:

That's 1.

How many others mistakes can you find?? winkeye
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:02 pm

Rav335uk wrote:How many others mistakes can you find?? winkeye
The driver's hair.
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:07 pm

318i touring came with rear discs too
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:12 pm

All tourings & cabrio had discs
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:25 pm

Moredoor were more expensive winkeye
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:37 pm

Creator of that page was Steve himself :D

I think a few changes need to be made there (brakes being one of them). Can one of the OEM paedos with a period brochure go through it and check?
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:37 pm

all touring's came with front and rear arb's
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:13 pm

JF008 wrote:Moredoor were more expensive winkeye
That makes the original victims folly even more inexcusable ! 8O
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:27 pm

Lets turn this into a real fact thread at least and help add to the wiki...

I'll start.

Did you know the e30 was the first production car to have fiber optics ?
They help light the heater direction switches...
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:44 pm

Did you know that the 318iS was aimed at homo's who wore shorts and held tennis bats? :D
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:16 pm

Rackets!
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:34 pm

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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:45 pm

zaust wrote:Lets turn this into a real fact thread at least and help add to the wiki...

I'll start.

Did you know the e30 was the first production car to have fiber optics ?
They help light the heater direction switches...
WRONG ! The yanks were using them in 60s and 70s GM stuff.
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Post Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:49 pm

did you know the e30 was the third biggest killer of yuppies?
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Post Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:10 am

bmw9818 wrote:did you know the e30 was the third biggest killer of yuppies?
Thought that was the Koreans :?



Ooops, thought that said puppies.
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Post Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:44 am

pacerpete wrote:
zaust wrote:Lets turn this into a real fact thread at least and help add to the wiki...

I'll start.

Did you know the e30 was the first production car to have fiber optics ?
They help light the heater direction switches...
WRONG ! The yanks were using them in 60s and 70s GM stuff.
Possibly the E30 was the first use of flexible fibre optics, as opposes to rigid light guides?