My 1987 (E) 41,000 Mile E30 3164A

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Post Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:56 pm

where's my sunglasses ....blinding 8)
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Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:14 am

Cheers Jamsie and Magpie, much appreciated indeed :-) Im delighted with the little thing :-) Theres so much space round about everything on the m10 its laughable :-)
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Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:20 pm

Lovely car, nice to know that it will be getting loved.
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Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:33 pm

Thanks very much oomz, much appreciated indeed mate, car will certainly be getting pampered that's for sure :-) Your Touring looks cracking in your photo!!
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Post Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:51 pm

Maiden run this morning, to say it drives beautifully is an understatement, nippy, smooth, quiet - delighted with the little thing :-)

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Post Sun Oct 26, 2014 1:16 pm

What a beaut!! Nice car as well... winkeye

Only joking.. lovely car mate!
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Post Sun Oct 26, 2014 2:24 pm

Haha cheers mate much appreciated!! The cars looking a lot better after 27 years than I am after my 31 :-)

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Post Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:16 pm

Looking good :-)

Those BMW Service booklets look like pornography :-)
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Post Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:55 pm

Haha they are indeed mate....especially when you open the service book to see 25 of these..... pass the tissues!!!! :-)

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Post Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:46 am

You done well there, nice old oem car,be nice if it stayed that way,although a set of bbs wheels wouldn't go a miss,again well done mate.
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Post Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:49 pm

thats the lowest number of relays and fuses ever fitted to a fuse box!!! fewer optional extras = less weight = more speed. :?
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Post Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:01 am

Brilliant find, love the no electronics, injectors and electrickery of it too.
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Post Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:42 pm

ah wrote:You done well there, nice old oem car,be nice if it stayed that way,although a set of bbs wheels wouldn't go a miss,again well done mate.
Thanks mate much appreciated indeed. Uou know how much a purist I am so 100% standard is the only way - so much so ive ordered from BMW a new set of wheeltrims as the original ones have a few marks on them :-) The cars not trying to be anything other than what it is so wheeltrims it shall stay :-) Hope you are well.

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Post Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:44 pm

povertyspec wrote:thats the lowest number of relays and fuses ever fitted to a fuse box!!! fewer optional extras = less weight = more speed. :?
Haha cheers mate, have to agree - the car nips along remarkably well and is silky smooth - the gearchanges are absolutely like silk :-)
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Post Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:45 pm

Automaton wrote:Brilliant find, love the no electronics, injectors and electrickery of it too.
Cheers mate, much appreciated indeed :-) Love your 316 too :-) Not many of us M10 Carb boys about!
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Post Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:59 pm

Absolute beauty! I get your love of the basic spec, such a clean car, top stuff!
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Post Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:15 pm

Thanks Andy mate much appreciated indeed :-) The lack of spec is really charming and what makes it for me. Hope you are well.
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Post Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:07 am

I had an identical car to this, F966STR although it was an M40 auto not an M10. It looked identical to yours but as an 89 moddl it had standard PAS, front EW and CL. Very pleasant it was too.
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Post Mon Nov 24, 2014 2:08 pm

What a stunning e30, i wish i could appreicate the e30s here in South Africa, even though i see 10 a day all are beyond repair.
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Post Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:49 am

Andyboy wrote:I had an identical car to this, F966STR although it was an M40 auto not an M10. It looked identical to yours but as an 89 moddl it had standard PAS, front EW and CL. Very pleasant it was too.
Superb Andy, sounded a lovely car! Cant be many base models left now with less than no spec! Theres a certain light airy feel to the base autos they just seem to effortlessly glide along. If you have any pics of the old gal when you had it id love to see them!
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Post Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:50 am

Alex wrote:What a stunning e30, i wish i could appreicate the e30s here in South Africa, even though i see 10 a day all are beyond repair.
Thanks Alex much appreciated :-) I can remember a time when you saw dozens of e30s daily here, sadly no longer - although I did see a silver touring last night in Edinburgh :-)
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Post Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:51 am

Stunning mate but aren't the rear lights from a facelift?
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Post Mon Dec 08, 2014 4:11 am

this thing is amazing.. love the original hubcaps in mint condition.

if only it wasnt the slug of the bunch :(
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Post Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:25 am

Obz112 wrote:Stunning mate but aren't the rear lights from a facelift?
It is a facelift. There are a few facelift 316's on E & F plates that were built before the M40 powered 316i came in.
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Post Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:44 pm

Aaaah ok tnx for that info!
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