Furthest your E30 has broken down

[Holland]

I would say about 30 miles from home. After a nice mountain cruise-ish, fuel pump decided to cook itself on the way back before the mountain. Called a friend with a truck and tow strap but fortunately the pump cooled and I limped back home.

[TimKninja]

Had the head pop off my clutch master cyljbder a mile away from home...BRAND new URO master cylinder ,just snapped off for no reason. Made one good one out of two of them, drove to GFEST the next day.

Had a vacuum line blow up a mile away from home.

[lolcantturn]

What days are you guys coming down here?

The whole weekend for SoWo. We're looking for a place to crash and party all three days though.

[long tall eta]

i do 25,000 a year and now approaching 320,000 on the clock. never left me down allthough i do try and stay on top of things.

[Yngvejos]

Don't know if you can call it a breakdown, but I ran out of brake pads in the front 1000 miles from home. No dealers in Germany had pads for my willwood calipers in stock, so I had to drive all the way home to Norway braking with the engine and the e-brake.
I managed to get home without destroying the rotors. :)

[e30lov]

I am also driving to SoWo from PA in my e36 m3. Were staying at the helendorf btw.

Anyway, I'm bringing two spare tires, spare rad, hoses, oil and coolant.. Better to be safe then sorry.


My e30 never broke down, besides snapping a power steering belt one time..

[acolella76]

The whole weekend for SoWo. We're looking for a place to crash and party all three days though.

Ah, wish I could help but I will be out of town.

[Click]

So, I took the next exit in Norwalk and parked my car at a Rite Aid pharmacy. I popped the hood and noticed I no longer had a water pump belt.

I totally would have tried to rig panty hose or something into a makeshift belt and drive to autozone.

My only experience was the car died on me right down the road where I live, this was shortly after I got the car and I accidentally flipped a toggle switch that controlled the fuel pump. Prolly took me an hour till I figured out why I wasn't getting any power to the fp even with the relay jumped.

[FredK]

I think someone on r3v actually used two shoelaces tied to each other to effect a makeshift belt.

[ButtJuice]

It's never broken down.

Also, I'm going on a 200 mile drive tomorrow. Come at me murphy's law. I dare you.

:up:

[QUKBMER]

The throttle cable broke once,15 miles from home when i was on the 10 freeway. Coasted off the freeway at idle speed. Popped the hood (THANK YOU BMW because it goes towards the front of the car when opening) and got a bungee cord and put it on the throttle linkage and held my hand out the window and pulled on it to accel my way home. I was going to use shoelaces but the bungee cord was right there,easy access.

[A Sucked Orange]

starter died.
fan ate coolant hose.
battery died whilst listening to radio.
flat tire.

[timothy100]

Road trip from Seattle to LA. Broke down in Newport RIGHT after smoking a joint. Car wouldn't start. Cop came up to me and hassled my ass. A possession ticket later, had to get my car towed. LUCKILY found this BMW shop nearby who had a spare M42 motor they pulled to make a race car. Bullet Performance. Sold the alternator from the motor to me for $50, installed it for $50. One hour and $100 later my car is back on the road driving strong. Easily the best/worst day ever!

[Rsully70sev]

Jeeez. I guess Murphy's law just fucked me. I was CLOSE to breaking down in SF today. My starter might be going out. Luckily it fired up after the fifth try. Atleast I was in park presideo and not Turk lol.

[wakdog]

My M50 cars alternator completely died about 2mins after i left work (10miles from home), rang my dad and it just so happened he was 1mile away dropping his 2002 off at the workshop and now had an empty trailer ;)
Other than that no other breakdowns on the road... (2 at the track but that doesnt count...)