Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[jdirty]

My shifter was the other way around.
Neutral seemed liked you were in third gear and actual third gear involved punching the hvac.

Bunch of shitty wiring and electrical tape for everything.

also my car always smells like weed even though i don't smoke in it.

[Hooffenstein HD]

My shifter was the other way around.
Neutral seemed liked you were in third gear and actual third gear involved punching the hvac.

Bunch of shitty wiring and electrical tape for everything.

also my car always smells like weed even though i don't smoke in it.

Check for hidden compartments. You might score.

[88e30is]

My shifter was the other way around.
Neutral seemed liked you were in third gear and actual third gear involved punching the hvac.

Bunch of shitty wiring and electrical tape for everything.

also my car always smells like weed even though i don't smoke in it.

Drove my wifes car around for two years and one day while driving to town I notice a lump in the drivers side sun visor. I stuck my finger in the pocket and pulled out a bag of weed. Neither her or I smoke. Must have been from the previous owner who I know to be a big pot head. That would have been bad getting pulled over and searched. I'm sure they hear "thats not mine" quite often.

[15Michaeljoseph]

Cup holder drilled into my e30s perfect and crack free dash. Took it out immediately but the holes are still there. Makes me cry inside

wood filler and a sharpie ;) can't be worse, right?


sent from 1987 via e30

[e30Villain]

super glued the bmw badge on.

[Freakshow]

super glued the bmw badge on.

The stupid po glued the inner handle door rings on when he could have went to picknpull and grabbed some.

[mitchlikesbikes]

bumped the radio/cluster fuse to 15 amps for an aftermarket deck. fried the stereo wiring, and i'm pretty sure it's partially to blame for my cluster issues.

also HACKED the rear seat deck (like with a chisel and hammer) to screw 6x9 speakers in with WOOD SCREWS. total moron.

[efficient]

bumped the radio/cluster fuse to 15 amps for an aftermarket deck. fried the stereo wiring, and i'm pretty sure it's partially to blame for my cluster issues.

also HACKED the rear seat deck (like with a chisel and hammer) to screw 6x9 speakers in with WOOD SCREWS. total moron.

Lol sounds like mine but good thing I fixed the mess already.

[mitchlikesbikes]

Lol sounds like mine but good thing I fixed the mess already.

yeah i've sorted out all the wiring, but not the cluster problems. i'm not keeping rear speakers for my build so that part isn't a big deal luckily

[illest318i]

Ugh! Where do I begin... Okay so we agreed I was gonna buy the e30 the day I went to see it the first time. The day I go pick it up I see half the car had been sanded down, I'm thinking here "wtf?" then the wheels were supposedly powder coated, lol those shits were rattled canned! Hood was bronze when it's a Schwarz and it had the ricy(est) hood latches, I took them off immidietly.

[jdirty]

Check for hidden compartments. You might score.

lol if I did, it would probably be sooo dry now.

That would have been bad getting pulled over and searched. I'm sure they hear "thats not mine" quite often.

Wow that's crazy. Good thing you found it beforehand because that's actually something that worries me.

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I've always assumed that my car was like a drug transport car and that the fuel tank had a hidden compartment since i've pretty much tore through the car already interior-wise and mostly because I couldn't really fill it up to what it's supposed max capacity was. Later realized that my fuel tank was just beat up. lol

[ThatOneEuroE30]

The po of my car put a cheap ass screw on body kit on the car for 12 years and caused a fuck ton rust:hitler:

[cferb]

Some of you need to take a closer look at cars before you buy them :nice:

Mine have pretty well all been as expected, shitty stereo wiring like every e30, plenty of neglect on the 318 but I knew what I was buying. The M3 had an absolute shit amp install, first thing I did when I got the car home was tear that mess of wires out, and I guess just the fact that someone let an e30 M3 get to the point of "project" is a little depressing, but I can't have a project if someone didn't ruin it in the first place.

I'm mostly just here to see if any of my old cars were mentioned :) so far so good.