E30 crash test at 35mph

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:11 am

over 50mph we are all dead!!!

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:27 am

Never mind that did you see the 10 worst crashes and the VW double cab?

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:58 am

Head directly into steering wheel at 35mph... bosh.

See the steering column driving into his head. Ouch

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:04 am

For a 1985 car, that's pretty good. Check out a 1990 Rover Metro for comparison

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:14 pm

Ride or die E30 a˜a

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:06 pm

Add some bodged patching and you're really laughing

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:43 pm

God I regularly hit a ton on the motorway....(use to)
Just doesn't bear thinking about.

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:18 pm

..you could get an airbag and a retractable steering column on a W123 Merc from '82, maybe time to change sides

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:22 pm

I was expecting much worse

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:35 pm

Wow this seems scary at only 35mph I don't know why but i had it in mind that these old girls were built like tanks I guess not.

Shocked really.

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:20 pm

Pah!

I stacked a Tech 2 325i Sport head-on into a central reservation crash barrier at 70 mph after aquaplaning on a standing lake of ice and water draining off a field onto a dual carriageway and walked away without a scratch, though my neck hurt a bit the next day. They are indeed built pretty well.

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:09 pm

Depends what you hit, what are the chance of hitting a 20 tonne solid block of concrete?

Looks similar to my old pre facelift that I hit a wall with, but I was doing 60+ and the wall broke up on impact

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:13 pm

put that pic up Dan ,i think it's a red e30 you had ?

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:27 pm

They aren't that bad and very good for the era i think. I clipped a tree and hit a tree stump at 60 odd in my old 318i

Post Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:51 pm

Do remember a few years ago 5th gear had one up in the air hanging from a crane to and dropped it on the nose. They said it was a 30mph crash and it stood up well. Far better than that clip

Trying to find that clip from 5th gear

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:17 am

I crashed my first E30 into an armco barrier at 60 Mph, span 180 degrees and came to rest with a lamp post growing from the center of the bonnet.

Walked away unhurt

Andy

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:18 am

The 'vertical' equivalent of this test is to hang the tail of the car twenty metres up in the air, then drop it nose first onto concrete. The impact speed will be close to 35 MPH.

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:24 am

I bounced a 325i cabrio off a lamp post, through a fence and into a tree at about 50 odd and walked away.

Too many variables in impacts.

bilgatese30 stacked my old S50'd 318i quite bad and walked away.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 62&start=0

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:04 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:I was expecting much worse

+1

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:40 pm

full cage to be ordered methinks!!!

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:47 pm

bss325i wrote:I bounced a 325i cabrio off a lamp post, through a fence and into a tree at about 50 odd and walked away.

Too many variables in impacts.

bilgatese30 stacked my old S50'd 318i quite bad and walked away.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 62&start=0

Its nice to see how the dummy showed how I got my broken nose

Post Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:49 pm

billgatese30 wrote:
bss325i wrote:I bounced a 325i cabrio off a lamp post, through a fence and into a tree at about 50 odd and walked away.

Too many variables in impacts.

bilgatese30 stacked my old S50'd 318i quite bad and walked away.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 62&start=0
Its nice to see how the dummy showed how I got my broken nose

I enjoyed your write up! The broken nose topped things off a treat - looked like Gonzo!

Post Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:28 am

what that dont show in the video is the bonnet cutting though the windscreen and taking off the peoples headsoff. They changed the bonnet opening up at the rear to front for a reason

Post Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:33 am

rich318i wrote:what that dont show in the video is the bonnet cutting though the windscreen and taking off the peoples headsoff. They changed the bonnet opening up at the rear to front for a reason

You just dont give in do you...

Post Thu Apr 03, 2014 6:16 pm

Rich, why do you feel the need to chat shit?

Post Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:35 pm

Rish318 - I don't think that is true chap, as we all know the bonnet has 2 rollers that lock into slots on the body work, the bonnet folds up from the front on impact like a modern car. See...

I think BMW changed the bonnet opening style as its not easy working on the front of the engine without taking the bloody bonnet off every time.