What do u hate most about ure e30????

[china_blue]

1. crap handling
2.notorious for leaking oil
3.very very rattly ( but they are all 13 years old minimum sippose its to be expected)

[JoeP]

1. crap handling

I was under the impression everyone drove them because they handle so well, ultimate driving machine and all that.

[eriksbmw]

What do i hate most?....the fact that the darn thing turns me into a withering child at 40 years of age!!!........should i sell her? should i keep her after all i've done to her?....should i sell her?....i go for a long drive in her....and...i love her all over again......me water pump goes south and i'm so angry i don't even want to see her...damn she going to the yard next week for another owner!!.....the pump is fixed and the wife is using the E36..325i also,and i have to travel 130km with the e30...325i...damn it i fall i love all over again...i think she has to stay with me till the end of her days!!!.....the cycle is sooooooooo annoying!

But what can i do...but buy another e30...325i of course!...and this time do the M50 conversion and start the cycle all over again!!!!

[jacko]

The fact that everything i've touched on mine this weekend has broken beyond repair, ie: central locking motor, drivers door lock barrel, dash above pedals, oh, and my alarm.

[Wyldie]

I hate -

The way it looks old and tired when it isnt clean
The nasty noise it makes with that nasty powerflow on.
The fact that it shudders and rattles when its cold
The fact that there is usually something that needs fixing
The simple reason that one minute something is wrong and I hate it and want to sell it, then I go back to it after a while and love the shape, and the way it looks and wonder how I could ever consider selling.

Turning into a bit of a love hate relationship.

[6potWil6pot]

1) 4 turns lock to lock steering thats pretty dammn lifeless
2) Bad sound proofing
3) Lack of air con
4) Bad low speed ride, its nice when you quicken up (good motorway cruiser) but i crawl around town most of the time.
5) Silly insurance prenuims
6) Laughing quietly to yourself as you calculate 20 mpg out of ur tank of fuel, yet again...
7) Girls thinking the e30 is a pile of t0$$ because its "so" last century...
Its Brilliant Red, the worse colour, i have to sink down low in my seat so im not seen. The colour also seems to attract "undesirables" to race you at the lights too....


Gez that makes it look like i wanna burn my car and get a bicycle...

I do like bits of it honest!

1) Awsome power, any gear and it goes!
2) rwd, nuff said...
3) It really is old school cool to look at
4) A straight 6, no need to say more on that point...
5) Very good leather sports seats, can even recline them back fully to chill out when ur not driving.

[technoviolet]

hmm I love it but:

Slow steering is a pain
So is the rust
The way every chav in the world wants a race
The accelerator pedal the brake pedal are to close for my wide feet (better now with my new pedals)
F***ing exhaust manifold studs
It won't do 0-60 in 4 secs and 220 Mph

Other than that its fookin ace

Surely your car does'nt have any rust splondike?If it does then were all fcuked Things i hate,
(1)(funnily enough),Rust or the sign of it rearing it's manky head.
(2)Panel under dash catching foot,not for long though.
(3)As someone else mentioned,not having enough funds or time to do what id like with it.
(4)tappet noise,crap brakes,etc,etc.Basically every thing everyone else has mentioned.
But i still love it to bit's(not literally i hope).

[Simon13]

reading through this i can see most points but can i make a few suggestions?

Change your manky 18 year old brake fluid. Disks and pads from the dealer are no more than anywhere else!

sound proofing can be bought from the dealer for Ԛ£1 a sheet. Get those seats out and stick it down!

Sterring fit an E36 rack if your that upset by it.

The inerior has hardly any bolts in it go tighten them all up! There is so many things u can do on the cheap to make your car better.

Me i don't like the fact that

A) mine has rust!
B) i scraped the side up a merc yesterday and have a 5 foot green go faster stripe!

There are many heaps of sh!te on the road today that are not a touch on an E30 a ford fiesta and renault megane are just 2 of them. Look at the state of other cars the same age as an E30 and u will laugh!

[aauser]

Well said Simon, these cars are built to last and to be Driven Hard

[Karan]

my steering is NOT lifeless even in its 4 turn pas form........ i think one easily gets used to it..... good geometry cancounteract feel.... and ive driven a 911 and an evo6 mak edition...awesome cars both of them.

ultimatel;y u can make them very good entertaining cars with good choice mods....

my fave shape is a stock red iS on 15in BBS with black leather+red piping
my sport looks pure evil from the front view though and its reliable too considering how i use it.....

[glenn]

i love,
going out to the garage and getting my teeth stuck into something

i hate,
coming back in the house thinking there's still ton's to do!!!

[Jhonno]

i shall be solving the issues i've got with mine tho..

coming soon;

z3 rack
manual box
bodyshop

[E30Adam]

i hate:

1. neg camber at the rear and getting thru rear tyres like no tmro
2. boy racer image of sports
3. old skool slow ABS
4. wobbly sport seats
5. tehy are old and something is always on the way out.....


so what do u hate........

more than makes up for it in other areas though

Strangely enough.... EXACTLY the same things!!

[gazm3]

Trying to clean BBS wheels

[tomstickland]

Sterring fit an E36 rack if your that upset by it.

How does the E36 rack compare to the Z3 rack? What model is the E36 anyway?

[hammoj28]

Theres not a lot i hate but here goes:

High standard suspension
Rattle from powerflow exhaust(will have to get that fixed) but it's not the e30's fault it's powerflow!!
Non sport seats
Fact that it isnt a 325i motorsport
Small patches of rust that appear when you think you got rid of all the rust
The way the boot leaks!!


other than that i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jhonno]

the z3 rack is slightly quicker - other than that they are the same..

e36 is 3 series after the e30

[Karan]

i hate:

1. neg camber at the rear and getting thru rear tyres like no tmro
2. boy racer image of sports
3. old skool slow ABS
4. wobbly sport seats
5. tehy are old and something is always on the way out.....


so what do u hate........

more than makes up for it in other areas though

Strangely enough.... EXACTLY the same things!!

well ure sport is a spitting image of mine in regards to spec

[billyboy193]

Can,t really fault mine there is no rust no noises she looks good I guess the only thing could be wind noise when the roof is up apart from that its sweet!!

[gareth]

having everyone who gets a lift slamming your doors as they assume "an old car like that" will need it

a gearshift that feels like stirring a bowl full of potatoes with a spoon.

regardless of anyone elses opinions on the matter... the steering is VERY lazy! (on all of the e30's i've owned). anyone who says it isn't, obviously needs a go in a MK2 Escort RS with a quickrack!

the rust is a little annoying!

the glovebox takes up half of the dash but can't hold more than a sandwich! also, it's very heavy.

the headlight washwipe system, the speakers, the headlight adjuster system, the fact the cylinder heads seem to be made of glass, the rear camber (even though it looks good!), the fact the touring gets a filthy arse end 2 mins after leaving the house, the huge front castor angles....


and the most stupidly small thing BMW could have done to please me was to put a dim bulb function in the heated rear window switch like they did with ALL of the other switches!#

it's not all bad though, we're all being a bit harsh!

[jamie325isport]

The lack of power for this century, as in there day they were a tool! But now a days most the half sensible motors on the road have about 200bhp+ so until i do the E36 M3 conversion im just going to have to put up with it

[DanJones]

its slow
it auto

thats it!!!!!

[Gwynleym10]

The way that zinnober red turns pink........arh!!!!

[Simon13]

windy sunroofs are quite a Mr.muscle man exercise if u have had one

Or cars without p/s are shockingly heavy at parking speeds

[Moofles]

i really don't know if i should say anything...

was this thread made for me or what!

[Jesus325iTouring]

Nothing

[astondg]

1. Very spongy brake pedal (Brakes themselves are fine even with track work) And that is after front braided brake lines, new discs and pads and multiple brake fluid changes by myself and mechanics. Difficult to rev match when the brake pedal sinks to the floor, especially on the race track when I am braking hard.
2. Gearbox both the baulky gear change (which could be because my gearbox is older and probably needs rebuilding) and the big gap between 2nd and 3rd that drops my car out of the power, means I have to change gears in a corner, and makes it difficult to rev match 3rd to 2nd I have to rev it soo hard to match the rpm.
3. Tappet noise Although it is probably worse because the head is still original after about 160k Miles and I think the camshaft is a bit worn.

If those things were fixed then then it would be a very good car. I actually think I could fix them all in one go by doing an engine and gearbox change which could mean I would have space to move the master cylinder to the correct side (right). Or I could fit a pedal box.

1 other thing that I don't like is the very light steering in my car but I think that is because I have an E36 rack and I haven't changed the power steering pully thing, so not a fault of the car.

Funny how this thread is at 3 pages and the "What do you love about it" thread is still on it's first .

Aston

[Widge]

That's cos I only started the "love it" thread at 10 this evening and I think this one has been going for a day+
I really hope the love e30 thread will overtake this one

[astondg]

That's cos I only started the "love it" thread at 10 this evening and I think this one has been going for a day+
I really hope the love e30 thread will overtake this one

I was only joking. Even with the things I have mentioned (which really interfere with the driving experience for me) I still like driving it. I have actually been looking for something to replace it with but so far I can't find anything better (for around the same money at least). Even if I did find something I probably wouldn't wan't to sell mine, and I still want an E30 M3.

Aston

[paulj]

Nothing

Im with Jesus

[320Touring]

Nothing

Im with Jesus

oh christ!

[Widge]

Nothing

Im with Jesus

oh christ!

They'll start a cult, I tell thee

[320Touring]

Im with Jesus

oh christ!

They'll start a cult, I tell thee

yup-prolly be called somethng catchy like

"the real Jesus and his e30 driving chums (they're really nice blokes, if you give them a chance )"

[aauser]

I've seen the light - I'm with Jesus too

[Simon13]

half the problem with the brakes is the servo is on the other side. The linkedge bar allows 20mm of play. LHD E30's are alot better for brake response