Who Has The Highest Mileage E30?

[rede30]

I drive an 88is with 450K. Just replaced the original trans a few months ago.

[devon.818]

my first one had 230k, but odo was broken.
second one had 170k and odo was broken
current one "has" 190k but odo...well broken too. BUT head rebuilt around 20k ago.

[glucklich21]

My carfax lasts states a mileage of 131,xxx in 2001. The owner who bought my E30 at that time, drove from San Antonio, TX to Corpus Christi, TX everyday, 5 times a week, for supposedly 5 years till his son took it to college. That last part wasn't very friendly to my E30.

Any way back on topic, that's roughly 336k in those 5 years in addition to the 131k before he bought it. So 467k in total. I've put 15k since I got it before I pulled the engine.

Now tearing into that M42 I can see it was rebuilt at least once. It still has crosshatching in the block! However everything else on the E30 is craptastic. Brakes are bad, suspension is blown, every bushing needs to be replaced, and the paint has seen better days, but the M-Tech is still all intact so I can't complain. :)

[evoDRichie]

i have 210xxx on my current one
and my e34 m5 had 312xxx before i got hit
and my first e30 323 had 400xxx + when i sold it

build to last

[lambo]

hmmm my 228k seems like kiddy numbers now...

[bernzpeed]

hmmmm but what if it sat in a garage for a really long time?

we'll never know then...

[TexasTerp]

My first e30 had 330k on the clock before it got stolen!

[ogbimmer]

hmmmm but what if it sat in a garage for a really long time?

[bernzpeed]

I just did an AutoCheck on an E30 and found out that the last reported mileage was 305,638 miles reported in 07/08/1999. Assuming the average of 12K miles annually, this car should have approximately 437,638 miles on its chassis.