Author Topic: MIHALS' BMW 320i E30 - No more daily driver (Read 15481 times)

danidmas · « **Reply #180 on:** 29-May-2009, 12:32:07 »

Quote from: ARMAN on 29-May-2009, 12:13:50

yea but you have to be the one that is not affected by it

True. It happened to us when we wanted to trade the old Clio for the new one. When it was time to sell it became a nightmare, dropping the final price 3000€ to be able to sell it. Now when it was time to buy... it happened the other way round: we got a 2500€ discount

MIHALS · « **Reply #181 on:** 29-May-2009, 19:52:58 »

So here is the official introduction of my "new" E30

hope you like my baby, more pics soon

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ARMAN · « **Reply #182 on:** 29-May-2009, 20:07:41 »

ho-lee-shit this looks good

I hope you got the interior pics also

regele · « **Reply #183 on:** 29-May-2009, 22:22:56 »

That's awesome man!

DMF · « **Reply #184 on:** 29-May-2009, 22:34:12 »

Car looks great!

Quote from: MIHALS on 29-May-2009, 11:05:09

That's quite sad news for us E30 lovers especially if you have that engine I dream about! (the financial wise is the problem)

M20 2.5 run so cheap here.. can be had easily for around $300 USD.

MIHALS · « **Reply #185 on:** 03-Nov-2009, 19:34:41 »

bad news:

my car needs some serious surgery - the fire wall between the cabin and engine bay is rusted. we found it out AFTER they put new paint on the car, so now it would be silly to send the car to the world. it would only cover the paint expenses and the car would be gone, it would bring no money back...
Unfortunately I have no pictures. Well, maybe it's better that I haven't seen it - I was in Egypt. My friend was changing the oil and other parts + the glove box. behind it he found the rusted area. He says it's in a very serious condition, so my car is out of order now. I have to find out how much it will cost me, strip the car and tow it to a doctor. I guess I'm without wheels for some longer time - in this bloody cold weather

the worst thing is I have no garage to strip the car in...

ARMAN · « **Reply #186 on:** 03-Nov-2009, 19:57:26 »

that should not be as bad, engine and dashboard gotta be out thou

you can swap the engine while you're taking it out

MIHALS · « **Reply #187 on:** 03-Nov-2009, 20:07:54 »

good point Alex. sadly no free money left for 325i

Phobo · « **Reply #188 on:** 03-Nov-2009, 20:21:53 »

behind the glovebox? normally e30 rusts behind the steering rack if the firewall is affected. You should check that area.
There is a big rubber plug where the cables are coming through and also a metal bracket which is often rotten. When I had my 318i the bracket was lying on the floor, I started looking more closly and discovered why I also had so much water in the foot are

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Sorry to say but repairing the firewall is a big job because access to it is very difficult. I transfered mine to m3 because it would have been a financial disaster rebuilding all of it. In your case I would upgrade to 325i when you already have the engine out of the car.
Only a real e30 expert can tell the difference between 320 and 325i so no troubles with police ...(just the intake is a tiny bit different)

danidmas · « **Reply #189 on:** 04-Nov-2009, 09:01:04 »

Sucks to hear that Michal... that's one of the problems of driving a 20 year-old car as your daily ride. You should get yourself a crappy Fabia to drive everyday, and leave the beemer for special occasions.

DMF · « **Reply #190 on:** 04-Nov-2009, 17:12:40 »

sad news.

My Elloise (e30) has been sitting in my drive way for almost a full year off the road

ARMAN · « **Reply #191 on:** 04-Nov-2009, 20:50:32 »

C'mon a little enthusiasm inhere, look at it from the bright side - its an old car and these thing happen to old cars and good thing its reparable. If you'd take a lease on some new econobox you'd pay the price of this car in monthly payments 2-3x a year nomatter if you would drive it or not

Igorionia · « **Reply #192 on:** 27-Dec-2009, 22:58:48 »

Any news MIHALS ?
how's your e30 ?

MIHALS · « **Reply #193 on:** 27-Dec-2009, 23:02:50 »

still nothing. our new flat had to get the highest priority in spending my savings...
I'm broke now, as soon as I save something up, I strip the car and give it to doctors' hands

spanky · « **Reply #194 on:** 28-Dec-2009, 12:46:05 »

that happens... im waiting to have spare cash to keep doing my spare cars too...

dont worry man, when you get a chance it will be worth it!!!

sentra_dude · « **Reply #195 on:** 08-Jan-2010, 23:39:15 »

Quote from: DMF on 04-Nov-2009, 17:12:40

sad news.

My Elloise (e30) has been sitting in my drive way for almost a full year off the road

How come?

DMF · « **Reply #196 on:** 09-Jan-2010, 04:33:06 »

not hi jack mihal's thread... but we're all e30 owners here

My e30 ended up losing some power, seemed like the head gasket needed to be replaced + other various things. At the time I already had the MR2 on the road, so I let the e30 sit while I toyed around with the ideas of swapping in a S52 (e36 m3) motor or rebuilding the M20.. months went by.. saved a lot of money and decided to get the 944 since it was in pretty good condition at a decent price. At the time I still planned on fixing up the e30 to use as my winter car, but last October a great deal came up on an NYC apartment in the my favorite part of Manhatten (lower east side). So now that I'm buying an apartment in the city, I won't need a car to commute to work. I'm keeping the 944 at my parents, and selling the e30..

I'm so attached to the e30, I haven't even put ads up. Even though I know I don't need it.. it really is like selling off a child

Igorionia · « **Reply #197 on:** 09-Jan-2010, 06:10:25 »

I got myself A4 diesel as a DD
and didn't drived my e30 for half a year now. But i got new e30 body.
Week ago I finished rust removin/repaintings and waitin for swappin m20b25.
I'll update with pictures a little later.

anyway - e30 lifestyle rocks.

PS - still Alpineweiss

MIHALS · « **Reply #198 on:** 16-Aug-2010, 19:30:44 »

Today my E30 can cellebrate a bit! Today my E30 got promoted to a FUN-CAR status

It's because I bought a "new" daily driver - Skoda Octavia Combi 1.9TDI (its own topic will come as soon as I take some pics)
E30 needs a serious surgery, but now it's better situation as I don't have to drive her and with the half consumption of Octavia I can save up for spare parts. I'm not in any rush, it can wait

here is the couple, standing unpatiently outside and waiting, which one will go for a ride

ARMAN · « **Reply #199 on:** 16-Aug-2010, 20:29:37 »

yay Michal!