Teardrop camper behind E30. Anyone done it?

[Wishno87]

Been thinking of picking up a teardrop camper to tow behind my e30 for trips next summer. Anyone done it before?

[roguetoaster]

Only every European, what with their fancy wagons and tow hitches for the lowliest M10 powered E30s.

[Dozyproductions]

Not a tear drop camper but I have used Uhual's 5'x8' trailer (2nd smallest) and packed it to the brim to help a friend move. His bed, furniture, computer, life time worth of porn, and the lot from San Diego all the way to nashville. The m20 instantly felt like an m42 but beyond some steep slopes, in 2nd gear, the 325i made it cross country without a hitch and on average probably -5-8 in mpg.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Not a tear drop camper but I have used Uhual's 5'x8' trailer (2nd smallest) and packed it to the brim to help a friend move. His bed, furniture, computer, life time worth of porn, and the lot from San Diego all the way to nashville. The m20 instantly felt like an m42 but beyond some steep slopes, in 2nd gear, the 325i made it cross country without a hitch and on average probably -5-8 in mpg.

I hope he Paid your way for gas. You would be stopping like ever 2 hours if that


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[Wishno87]

Ya I have towed a decent amount of weight behind my e30 before but never a camper of any kind. Supposedly they mostly weigh between 700-900lbs depending on equipment. The m50 in my car seemed to handle it pretty well but the brakes felt like they could use an upgrade.

[Ether-D]

1000# should tow with relatively no problem. You could have 1000# of passengers easily. Tongue weight would be what to watch out for. I'd say 200# or less on the tongue and your good.

I towed a 15' travel trailer with my 87 535is with a terrible bumper hitch and it was godawful. It was probably 3000# and 400# tongue weight.

[Dozyproductions]

I hope he Paid your way for gas. You would be stopping like ever 2 hours if that


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haha but if I remember it was around 200 miles per tank.

[agent]

the 325i made it cross country without a hitch

So how did you have the trailer attached?

[Dozyproductions]

Just meant to say I didn't have my boy hitch telling me how to pick up women in new mexico.

[gath]

[GutenGirl]

life time worth of porn

wouldn't you just.. throw it away at that point?

[nando]

A nice tent weighs like 10lbs, fits in you trunk and doesn't beat up on your E30.. just saying...

Leave that shit for your real beater, like my E90... lol

[TurboJake]

Everything you need to camp for weeks on end can fit in your trunk, including a queen size air mattress, 3 pillows, a sleeping bag and tent. Camp stove, 5gal clean water tank. Why even bother with a camper. Even with carrying a toolbox and jack to fix whatever you need to on the side of the road, thousands of miles from home. Even with all of your clothing (10 days worth), several pairs of shoes and rain gear. Even with a TON of stuff you really don't need, but brought anyways.

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No joke, why even bother?

[nando]

Seriously. You can fix an E30 with chewing gum, bailing wire and duct tape. There's still lots of room for camping gear (lets assume no kids, this is an E30 we're talking about).

Modern BMWs require a laptop, the "cloud", multiple super computers, and probably the Hubble Space Telescope. And thats just to extract the codes to tell you the gas cap isn't quite closed all the way.

[TurboJake]

Seriously. You can fix an E30 with chewing gum, bailing wire and duct tape. There's still lots of room for camping gear (lets assume no kids, this is an E30 we're talking about).

Modern BMWs require a laptop, the "cloud", multiple super computers, and probably the Hubble Space Telescope. And thats just to extract the codes to tell you the gas cap isn't quite closed all the way.

Word. I had every tool necessary to even change the transmission on the side of the road in that itty bitty little toolbox.

And, to top it off, I had all of that in there WITH A SUB!