Has your E30 tried to kill you?

[frankenbeemer]

Mine tried to kill me, but I killed it first.


Something about that picture makes me imagine Otis with a turbo manifold in each hand screaming "come at me bro!"

[nando]

spring compressor broke when nearly fully compressed. i felt it snap and got the fuck out of the wheel well. a chunk of it just barely grazed my head.

I HATE using spring compressors!

a tip for removing stock springs up front (assuming you aren't putting them back in). Lay the strut on some grass. stand on the spring. Use an impact to pop the top nut free. it will "pop" but it's not going to hurt anything since you are standing on the spring. no scary as hell spring compressors ready to explode in your face with 400+ lbs of pressure, and it's way faster too.

[E30_Pare]

stock height
drum brakes
no abs
shit tires
sealed beams
dark canyons
no guard rails
ex girl w/ friend
cellphones
high pitched screaming
loose gravel shoulder
cliff.

Barely slid to a stop with my front wheels inches from the cliff. fyi this is Woosley cyn CA
Also like one of the only turns without a guard rail.

Stock jack falling while changing a flat sat on my rear drums & almost crushed my leg.

[Kershaw]

spring compressor broke when nearly fully compressed. i felt it snap and got the fuck out of the wheel well. a chunk of it just barely grazed my head.

[CHIF8008]

hood falls onto my head

starter shocks me and started a lil fire :o

brake bracket bolt backed out on freeway and caliper started grinding the inside on my rim

[bmwguy325is]

^----OUCH! That went over a few times I am guessing.
I had a caliper bolt come out one time on my right front caliper. I happened while on the freeway so I drive quite some time. The first place I came to that I had to slow down was a interchange ramp. The right front wheel locked because the caliper logged it self against the inside of the wheel. I spun around at 55 mph. Fastest 360 I have ever done. Best part is a cop saw it all and it was 2am so he thought I was drunk.

[bmwstephen]

what the hell happened?!

[Good & Tight]

Mine tried to kill me, but I killed it first.

[Wh33lhop]

lost the entire wheel on the freeway. rear left wheel. once. towed home.

lost the bottom bolt on my front right caliper. locked the wheel on a highway in the hills.

over heated once. towed home

blew a tire.

caught the interior on fire.

r12 line blew and fogged up the whole inside of the car.

been also towed home for:
the timing mark breaking off the flywheel.
hitting a curb in the dark and breaking the control arm.
fuel pump died on a track day.

Holy shit. Cars hate you.

[scrambles30]

I nicked my knuckle on the alternator fan. I guess more of a bite.

Hahaha

[TimKninja]

I keep a floor Jack in my trunk To avoid using the widow maker . Havent really been let down by my car after owning it a year now. Nor has it tried to kill me, Im OCD about jacking up my car and supporting it.

[SA E30]

Mine hit me in the head...

Came off the shitty widow maker jack, I had just finished with rear coilover install and was adjusting the ride height, saw the speedo plug out so figured I would pop it in quickly. Car shifted sideways and diff smacked my pip. Luckily I had the forsight to put the wheel I had removed under the rocker so it didn't come down too far...

Still scary as shit. Never will I use the stock jack again.

[QUKBMER]

You forgot the part where you NFS drifted in between the rocks.


dorifto s4v3d muh lyfe

Oh snap! sorry i left that out. ;)

[Cabriolet]

lost the entire wheel on the freeway. rear left wheel. once. towed home.

lost the bottom bolt on my front right caliper. locked the wheel on a highway in the hills.

over heated once. towed home

blew a tire.

caught the interior on fire.

r12 line blew and fogged up the whole inside of the car.

been also towed home for:
the timing mark breaking off the flywheel.
hitting a curb in the dark and breaking the control arm.
fuel pump died on a track day.

[iwnagofst]

i had a spring compressor break on me and nearly knock my head off. I barely dodged that bullet.