Is your e30 your daily driver?

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  • TurboJake
    No R3VLimiter
    • Oct 2010
    • 3780

    #61
    2 dd e30s here. Mine, and the old ladies. Track car is my Datsun. Slowly buy surely that will be bavarianified too.


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    • McGyver
      R3V Elite
      • Jun 2009
      • 4454

      #62
      as soon as the coupe gets its exhaust fixed, it'll be a toss up between the two e30s for the daily though.
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      1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
      1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]

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      • e30trooper
        R3V OG
        • Mar 2009
        • 11576

        #63
        Originally posted by bmwm42
        M42 lolz 3.73 diff
        nice , im happy with my 25mpg b25 :D

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        • BrooklynMW
          E30 Fanatic
          • Apr 2010
          • 1263

          #64
          Yes. It's also my moving truck.
          '87 325i "Chewey" (RIP, my beloved)
          current:
          '01 e46 325iT "Dot" - #datwagonlife
          '87 e30 325i "Tui" - she has her mother's eyes

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          • VinniE30
            R3VLimited
            • May 2010
            • 2113

            #65
            I have been daily driving only e30's for more than a year now. Love it!
            Zinno '89 <24v swap in progress>

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            • gearheadE30
              No R3VLimiter
              • Jun 2007
              • 3734

              #66
              Yep, at least during the summer. I guess the caveat is that I also ride my Suzuki pretty regularly, and I've got a winter beater...does that still count as a daily?

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              • e30trooper
                R3V OG
                • Mar 2009
                • 11576

                #67
                Originally posted by BrooklynMW
                Yes. It's also my moving truck.
                i did this when moving into my new place few months back. Lucky i have a vert so top down and car packed with tables and such lol

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                • BrooklynMW
                  E30 Fanatic
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 1263

                  #68
                  Originally posted by e30trooper
                  i did this when moving into my new place few months back. Lucky i have a vert so top down and car packed with tables and such lol
                  Yup, mine got me to Cali and back. Trunk, back seat, and passenger seat packed to the gills. Will probably be taking it back out west before long. I'm determined to make this car go 1 million miles, and see all 4 corners of the country.
                  '87 325i "Chewey" (RIP, my beloved)
                  current:
                  '01 e46 325iT "Dot" - #datwagonlife
                  '87 e30 325i "Tui" - she has her mother's eyes

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                  • TurboJake
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Oct 2010
                    • 3780

                    #69
                    Originally posted by gearheadE30
                    Yep, at least during the summer. I guess the caveat is that I also ride my Suzuki pretty regularly, and I've got a winter beater...does that still count as a daily?
                    If it's the car you drive when your not riding, or in your winter beater, I would qualify that as a DD yes.

                    DD's can be only summer cars. They're just not your winter beater.


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                    • e30trooper
                      R3V OG
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 11576

                      #70
                      Originally posted by BrooklynMW
                      Yup, mine got me to Cali and back. Trunk, back seat, and passenger seat packed to the gills. Will probably be taking it back out west before long. I'm determined to make this car go 1 million miles, and see all 4 corners of the country.
                      DO IT! whats the current ODO reading?

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                      • spdracrm3
                        E30 Modder
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 959

                        #71
                        nope DD in summer is BMW R100GS/PD 48mpg (320 miles between fill-ups)
                        fall winter with no snow 89 pontiac lemans (basically an Opel Kadette E 1.6L TBI FWD) 35mpg,ugly ,cheap insurance easy to drive and gets the job done and don't care if it gets hit as every time i fill the gas tank it doubles its value!

                        but when it snows or long trips the IX is it at 22mpg
                        camping trips its the 93 Trooper at 16 mpg ugh!
                        Angus
                        88 E30M3 X2
                        89 325IX
                        92 R100GS/PD
                        :)

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                        • matthugie
                          E30 Mastermind
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 1810

                          #72
                          Originally posted by Pantless Spency
                          pfftall you whiners,
                          the things i would do to DD an e30 race car.....
                          my DD is a POS truck that makes me want to drive off a cliff.
                          At some point in your life/career, you will want or need a car that is not fuh raze. A buddy of mine has a Celica done very tastefully (decent wheels, suspension, supercharger, etc., basically OEM+) but recently got a promotion. He now frequently has to travel to other locations, and often take another professional with him (usually older). He hates having to subject other people to a low, loud, somewhat rough car, and it just isn't what is generally perceived as "adult" or "professional".

                          Don't get me wrong, we're all here because we love e30s, and most of them on here are pretty highly modified, but for most people at some point a car like that doesn't work as a DD.

                          Edit: And no, I obviously don't DD my e30
                          88 325is - S52 powered

                          Originally posted by King Arthur
                          We'll not risk another frontal assault, that rabbit's dynamite!

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                          • bmwm42
                            R3V OG
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 6300

                            #73
                            Originally posted by e30trooper
                            nice , im happy with my 25mpg b25 :D
                            Nice hwy mpg is 36 mpg about 432 miles on 12 gallons of fuel
                            Originally posted by bmwm42
                            PNW vulture pm me for parts
                            Strategic nw e30 command

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                            • F34R
                              sLaughter
                              • May 2009
                              • 12385

                              #74
                              Nope, I daily a 1987 635CSi loaded sport with a 3.46 LSD. Rolling on BBS RC090 and GC complete coilovers in the spring.

                              Winter: I have a '98 Impreza.

                              Track/weekend: is my soon to be cam'd turbo m50 e30 :twisted:
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                              • Charley
                                Grease Monkey
                                • Mar 2010
                                • 396

                                #75
                                Just got myself an e38 that will now be the DD. Touring is going in storage in a week or two.

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