What makes the E30 special?

[Brezzi]

Reading this is making me want to go out and drive mine for no reason whatsoever...

Reading all this makes me want to cry. I shall be back in a e30 soon and I will treat her better.

OP:

You havent completed the 3 series family yet. that should be motivation itself for getting an e30 your so close.

[JinormusJ]

I find excuses to take my car out for a drive multiple times every day, simply can't get enough of it

This

Anyone who loves driving will love an e30. Period.

[Aleman]

I took a 4 hour roadtrip last weekend, and on that drive, I tried to pin down the answer to this very question. I finally decided why an E30 is special - because everything is 'right' with it.
1) It feels like the exact size that a car should be.
2) Everything is easily within reach of the driver - passenger seat, passenger door lock & handle, front & rear floor boards, back seats (I just can't each the rear speaker tray, but I never place anything there anyway).
3) The windows are tall and give a clear view of the road. Even the little wipers are fun to watch sliding across the vertical-by-today's-standards, little windshield.
4) The wheelbase is long enough to give a nice ride on the highway, but short enough to give sharp handling and easy parking lot maneuverability.
5) The engine makes a very happy sound cruising 70pmh at 3k RPM.
6) Even a ham-fisted backyard mechanic like me can keep it running well!

[The München Monster]

Im not quite sure. Its my first car. But the fact that i have vowed to drive this car until one of us dies, instead of selling it for some other hoon-mobile or boy racer car, should say something.

[pmat]

I find excuses to take my car out for a drive multiple times every day, simply can't get enough of it.

x2

Their sexy

[mikeedler]

I have owned just about every 3 series since the 2002, except the E30.

the 2002 isn't a 3 series, so you haven't even driven a good 3 series yet- unless you had a euro 323i e21. Drive a well sorted e30 and you wil fall in love with no explainable reason at all.

[Pl3wA]

i need to get my megasquirt :(

i had a friend who hated cars because they were so restricting, he only rode, motorbikes. i let him drive the e30. he couldnt stop grinning and wouldnt gtfo

[Zreberlcoe]

Only driving an E30 can answer the question "what makes the E30 a car that can't be duplicated in newer cars."