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Fri Feb 09, 2018 6:53 pm

I was wondering in E30 zone opinion when was it strange, unusual to see an E30,so what I mean is,you still see E36s but very very rare to see an E21, so at what point/year does the E30 fall into,and you can't say mid 90s.
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Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:56 pm

I still see E30's around there are a couple around where I live and I Liam in his touring about once a week.
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Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:28 pm

i see them every day


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Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:17 am

He meant ones that can be legally driven further than a 100 yards before breaking down.......

Nice Baur by the way.
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Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:55 am

Satan wrote:He meant ones that can be legally driven further than a 100 yards before breaking down.......

Nice Baur by the way.

hmm i got two sorned one has mot neither pictured... am i relevant :D
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Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:43 pm

I never see any at all around Leeds, never see the E36 just one red E34 now and again.

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Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:44 pm

magpie wrote:
Satan wrote:He meant ones that can be legally driven further than a 100 yards before breaking down.......

Nice Baur by the way.

... am i relevant :D
Do you wish for an answer ??

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Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:51 pm

martauto wrote:
magpie wrote:
Satan wrote:He meant ones that can be legally driven further than a 100 yards before breaking down.......

Nice Baur by the way.

... am i relevant :D
Do you wish for an answer ??

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that depends if you want any more cheap parts from me winkeye
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Looking Good Mick
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Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:40 pm

I see about one a month on the roads up here.
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Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:06 pm

I see a couple every so often but not many now.
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TPS wrote:Looking Good Mick
my hobby or mental disorder just went grade A :mad:

i know these turds inside out now after 12 yrs of rust and oil :D
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 3:51 am

Although still very common/ spot them daily, I would say I noticed a dip around 2007-08.
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 1:48 pm

87mtech27 wrote:Although still very common/ spot them daily, I would say I noticed a dip around 2007-08.
That's the sort of answer I was after.
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Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:24 pm

87mtech27 wrote: I would say I noticed a dip around 2007-08.
Agreed

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Wed Feb 14, 2018 9:02 pm

I was after one about 2010, but ended up buying an E36 instead, then around 2012 I noticed a Player for my local Rugby team driving round in a 325i Touring, slowly it dawned on me that E30s were 'trendy' now.
My E36 went to the scrapper in 2015, so I began looking for an E30. Of course, prices had trebled by then, because they were now 'trendy'. I see a couple of E30s knocking round my home town now and then.
Also the guy who valets my cars liked them so much, he has just bought one!
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Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:12 am

apart from my sport i normally se a couple round my way at least once a week,

a red 2 door with a M5X, & a rough looking 320i moor door.
when i first got my sport there used to be a fair few i used to see several times a week when i lived in Lincolnshire.

seems to me the e36 is going the same way.
if it's got t*ts or wheels it's bound to be trouble...............prove me wrong.
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:06 pm

2001. I remember Bristol back then and the boxy mercs and e30s just disappeared.
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:40 pm

I recently spotted a very nice (condition wise) red 318i in Swansea and another 325i for sale on Gumtree , I myself have two both more than capable of going back on the road and one will be soon .There is a guy who owns Big Perm customs who seems to do a bit with them but very few around my way now.
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