Not many E30s about

[Mahmood]

I've just come back from a fairly lengthy drive from London to Manchester and then through Birmingham back to London a day later.

In all the time I spent on the M1/M6 I saw one other E30.

The m'way seems to be full of 'newer' cars, quite a few E36s but definitely no E30s.

[kam-325i]

Ive just done 3 days of Telford to Pontefract and back, M6, M62, M60, M62. I saw just ONE E30........

Get back to telford, and i clap eyes on four, without seeing mine or the neighbours !!!

Of to Durham (from Telford) and back,tommorow morning (sat).........lets see how many we see !!!!

[dilo_attax]

you should come to birmingham, the e30's are like civics lolz, all with mtec 2 kits lolz!

[bmwe30mtech]

Seem to be quite a lot arround driven by old people! Lots look ready for the heap though.

If you think, how many E21's are around? Well not too far down the line the E30 will end up on par with that .

So many are reaching the end of their life all at the same time now, they have reached that age.

[Gouki]

you just drove at the wrong time probably they are about but obviously can't say about Manchester.

[Pal318is]

Motorways are full of company car crap...No wonder you don't see many E30's!! Their owners, all keep them for the weekend to play with

More and more are being kept as 2nd cars, to be brought out on 'nice' days...

Pal

[e36boy]

I see millions round Manchester.....Must have seen about 15-20 this week.

[toughyv8]

sunderland is full of them, i was in a car park the other day and there were 4 of them within about about 5-6 cars of each other

[gcorky]

a few round this way.......some good,some bad,some plain old ugly

[e30cossie]

there are loads around luton and the other day was working in newport wales and saw about ten in one road.

[kam-325i]

We have a 325iX lurking around these parts......Silver

[Pal318is]

In and around Bedford we do have a few buzzing round...Not many 325i's compared to iS's

And of course a lachs silver e30 m3, that has been sitting in the same spot for god know's how long

Pal

[Simon13]

u never see E30's on the motorway. I did get passed by a sport evo the otherday, i nearly crashed when i saw it in the rear view

they are old cars and who wants to drive one everyday on the motorway?! think about it a little

[bmwe30mtech]

u never see E30's on the motorway. I did get passed by a sport evo the otherday, i nearly crashed when i saw it in the rear view

they are old cars and who wants to drive one everyday on the motorway?! think about it a little

Simon i always end up staring at that silver tech 2 in your sig pic. Such a nice car.

[fuzzy]

im starting to see more than i used to around these parts but still mainly only see the same 6-8 local cars,still hoping to come across the 325 touring driver that beat me pre-engine conversion some day

[Simon13]

Cheers bert i miss it a bit now

[FBF]

theres some science behind not seeing so many cars on long trips because you dont pay attention to the other side of a motorway and dont actually pass very many cars at 70mph..

[Simon13]

i'm sure i do pass plenty of them on the M3, M25 everyday, but i'm looking where i'm going 99% of the time! U don't really look on the other side of the mway do u though, be honest? The M ways can be dangerous with the amount of uber outside lane hogging helmets these days!

[lowey]

Ive just done 3 days of Telford to Pontefract and back, M6, M62, M60, M62. I saw just ONE E30........

Get back to telford, and i clap eyes on four, without seeing mine or the neighbours !!!

Of to Durham (from Telford) and back,tommorow morning (sat).........lets see how many we see !!!!

Kam-325i - I live in Telford...and so does my RED SPORT!! Give us a wave if you see me drive by!

[M5pilot]

I see plenty of E30's around London. Some very very nice, some not so nice.

There seems to be a growing number of E30 M3's I see regularly on the road aswell.

Seen alot of uber clean Tourings on the motorway in the outside lane giving the rep mobiles a very hard time.

Sal

[Herrity]

I see a few on my way to work, seen a grey d reg M3 on the M40 some morings but I see about half a dozen from Leamington to Liverpool, theres some bloke who gives me a wave when I see him a few times a week in a mint looking dolphin sport. Beetle owners wave at each other don't they, sometimes I flash fellow e30 drivers, only if they look at me though

[Pal318is]

I see a few on my way to work, seen a grey d reg M3 on the M40 some morings but I see about half a dozen from Leamington to Liverpool, theres some bloke who gives me a wave when I see him a few times a week in a mint looking dolphin sport. Beetle owners wave at each other don't they, sometimes I flash fellow e30 drivers, only if they look at me though

I do the same...if they don't respond then you do feel like a dick

[spook]

theres 3 cabs within 2 minutes walk from my front door, plenty of others around these parts too

[badnews]

well i was on my way to work @ 5:40 am and was passed by a black e30 2dr i was in a mondeo and slowed down
as i though it maybe the cops and he flew past me lol, i wish i'd been in my old beast he would not have got past
lol. i'v seen it before and past it on the same road but to early to say hello

[dobbie82]

saw a green touring here yesterday, but usually only see 2 local e30's. got overtaken by an e30 on the way back from blackburn on thurs night, but very unusual to see an e30 on the m6.

[maxfield]

I seem to be seeing more i regulary see a 4 door black one with a body and a another 4 door black one with tech

i saw 3 tourers yesterday 1 green 1 calypso but was rather drunk and a white one

[Gravy]

I do about a kabillion miles a year mostly on the motorways and I hardly ever see any E30's, or E28's for that matter. When I do, I slow down to admire them (if i'm going quicker), and I have some inexplicablbe urge to let the driver know that I have an E30 too as though I'm embarassed to be driving the "repmobile" which by the way is absolutely perfect for the job. It's hard to say it but I'd far rather be legging up and down the motorways in my Focus than I would the touring, but at the weekends I wouldn't take anything else out other than the Beemer!

[Chris-W]

Nice sig pic Maxfield

[maxfield]

Nice sig pic Maxfield

Not random at all

But thanks

[e36boy]

Ive already posted on this thread and just want to add to it with what i didnt put last time, I have seen about 15-20 e30's this week and i do see loads every week. Usually though its things like 316i tourers or 318i saloons, dont see many sports or M3's but do see the occasional one or two.

[Chris-W]

Nice sig pic Maxfield

Not random at all

But thanks

It was the AA truck at the time - made me chuckle...

[maxfield]

Ah right

Theres 2 pictures of it on the back of there

[Jesus325iTouring]

sometimes I flash fellow e30 drivers, only if they look at me though

I do the same...if they don't respond then you do feel like a dick

Me too

[jamesh1977]

theres times when i see hardly any e30s around my way but i know of at least 20 in my area ( 8 of my m8ts have got them...) there is others that i see runnin about aswell but yea there is days when you hardly see them i think it just depends on your luck as lets face it there getting old and there are a lot of ppl out there that would rather drive somthing newer. but if you look they are out there just as someone else said ppl have there company cars and stuff like that and lets be honest if you had a company car why would you put millage and take your pride and joy out to do work if you have there car to do it?