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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:36 am

I have hopefully recruited another zoner, a Belgian Guy with a Silver 320i Touring with all the options.

Felt such a T*sser but i've given him the site address perhaps he may join up...

or perhaps he has just run to the hills cos he thinks a weird bint was trying to chat him up :oops:


So do you feel daft aproaching strangers to tell them about here?
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:39 am

Hannah, as a girl you can get away with loads of stuff that blokes can't.

If any girl came up to me and started talking about cars in a knowledgable way, I'd be well chuffed.

Blokes like cars... blokes like girls... therefore a girl that likes cars is m m m m m m .
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:40 am

Not at all, most say it sounds like an excellent place. I dont just walk up to people at the road side and say about the zone, but when people buy from me i mention it.

They are all as crazy as we are. :mad:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:41 am

orangecurry wrote:Hannah, as a girl you can get away with loads of stuff that blokes can't.
So true.
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:41 am

I know how you feel. For people used to forums like us it's only natural. But to the general public they look at you very funny.

You gotta remember that unless people are officed based in which case e-mail/web are a part of daily life, most people are still unsure of the net, what it is, how to use it etc, the lack understanding. To suggest that they could talk to people online im sure makes them think we are wierdo's or something. Or the old stereotype about the forum being full of a bunch of nerds.

Thats my experience anyway, unless you work with computers daily it's all a bit confusing.
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:42 am

dobbie82 wrote:
or perhaps he has just run to the hills cos he thinks a weird bint was trying to chat him up :oops:

pmsl Hannah. Once told another lady about the zone... but she stared at me strangley :?
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:44 am

Once told another lady about the zone... but she stared at me strangley
Do you get that a lot...? The strange stares. I was seeing quite a few you were being thrown at Gaydon...
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:47 am

Geeman wrote:
Once told another lady about the zone... but she stared at me strangley
Do you get that a lot...? The strange stares. I was seeing quite a few you were being thrown at Gaydon...
:poke: take that. :lol:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:48 am

Geeman wrote:
Once told another lady about the zone... but she stared at me strangley
Do you get that a lot...? The strange stares. I was seeing quite a few you were being thrown at Gaydon...
ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:51 am

tylerma wrote:
Geeman wrote:
Once told another lady about the zone... but she stared at me strangley
Do you get that a lot...? The strange stares. I was seeing quite a few you were being thrown at Gaydon...
ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:53 am

Weezie wrote: :flipbird:
:eek:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:54 am

I tell every e30 driver about the zone, Ive even attacted some old boy in sainsburys before i think he though i was going to mug him him when i jump out my other motor :lol:

Ive also chased a cab in margate before to tell him about the zone, but the best one was when we were in Cypris and i was telling people out there my girlfriend went mental about me going on the zone whilst being out there and then proceeding to tell every e30 driver i saw out there about the zone, I must of wrote the website down at least 30 times for different peolpe out there :lol:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:54 am

tylerma wrote:
Weezie wrote: :flipbird:
:eek:
No jelly and ice cream for you young man!

right back on topic...
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:56 am

I must of wrote the website down at least 30 times for different peolpe out there
Wow no wonder we've got so many members!!
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:58 am

Yes I do, I've mentioned it to a few people who must of thought I was a right cnut when I walked away. But I do tell them there's free advice and a bloke called Steve who's frickin hilarious !
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:05 am

dobbie82 wrote:
I must of wrote the website down at least 30 times for different peolpe out there
Wow no wonder we've got so many members!!
i couldnt belive the amount of E30's out there and the cabs look so good under the sun :cool:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:14 am

Yeah, i tell other e30 members about it and if i see a really really nice e30 il leave a note on the window with www.e30zone.co.uk on it.lol :oops:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:17 am

hammoj28 wrote:Yeah, i tell other e30 members about it and if i see a really really nice e30 il leave a note on the window with www.e30zone.co.uk on it.lol :oops:
I had some business cards made but never have them on me when i see an e30!!

(saw absolutely mint 325i when i did have them but darent go near it for fear of scratching it!!)
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:33 am

a couple of weeks back i chased down a cabi to tell him about the zone he got away sadly he must of thort i was a nutter following him like tha lol
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:46 am

I dont chase people down the street with a scrap of paper with the URL on (that would be :mad: )

However if i sell someting to a fellow E30 owner, i will mention the zone,
and give them a card. Its up to them if they want to join or not.

I also put a card on a black touring recently (no idea if they joined )
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:51 am

We know where to look though if any new members mention that a little hottie in the lakes put him onto this website ! Has there ever been a relationship started through the zone ?? :mad:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:12 pm

I dunno about here but on a mini forum im on a guy met his wife!!!!!!!!!
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:15 pm

Herrity wrote:We know where to look though if any new members mention that a little hottie in the lakes put him onto this website ! Has there ever been a relationship started through the zone ?? :mad:
:lol: I assume you haven't met me then...

As for relationship, I have a hubby who may take offence :oops:

thats why i feel a plank, just in case guy's think I am chatting them up when i most certainly aint!


best set up a thread.. "does dobbie exist" nobody has met me yet!! (though zoners have met my dad my brother,, my hubby, my boss... I am never about)
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:00 pm

lots of e30s in cyprus......hmmmmm thats were loads of nicked cars from the uk used to go in the 80s and 90s because of them using right hand drive cars :(
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:27 pm

gazza wrote:lots of e30s in cyprus......hmmmmm thats were loads of nicked cars from the uk used to go in the 80s and 90s because of them using right hand drive cars :(
I did think that at the time :lol:
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Post Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:16 pm

I also get the strange stares!
usally because, they think ur gonna nick thier car!
:?

When i was in greece, there were also lots of e30's rust free, but done up, as if they drove through halfords!
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