***Pics of your 1st ever E30***

[808e30325i]

First E30 was a Zinno 86 ES. Bought it in 2010 and went from a E34 M5 to this eta... and LOVED it



At her peak, daily drove it no matter what. I love this pic, surrounded by SUVs




and then just before I sold it in 2011 after I bought my current E30

Wow, second pic looks really similar to my 1st e30.

[Das Delfin]

This is my first e30. I had an e36 for a month but that didn't pan out. I test drove a lowered on original CA blue plates '79 320/4 a few years back but ended up with a 4 door Saab 9000 instead. I don't get how people can buy the same car over and over. Either stick with what you have or get something else? I would get bored fixing the same problems again and again

[ttrousdell]

August 2008. Got this car for free from my dads coworker. Total rust bucket that I eventually gave back because it was too far gone. M10 still ran well.

[roguetoaster]

After it's first set of tires:


Today:


The first, and the only one I want to keep. It's seen 8 other E30s come and go in the ~4.5 years and almost 100k miles I've had it. It's seen the bad times and good times and been there for me every time I've needed it. Truly the best car I've ever had.

[rcsoundn1]

"I don't get how people can buy the same car over and over. Either stick with what you have or get something else? I would get bored fixing the same problems again and again"

Well you do get better at fixing the prob. and you are able to better source parts, faster and cheaper. I like vehicle diversity, and though this is my 3rd E30, there are other cars I would own multiples of. There is something to be said for becoming an expert at fixing a particular make or model of a car.


Bought this sometime in 2007/08? for $500 at the dealer I was working for. Came in on a trade. It overall was not to bad, aside from the bad rear end collision it suffered at some point. Sold it on ebay for 2k, sight unseen. Buyer sent a tow truck. Never heard from the guy. it was a 325.

[Pottsalot]

So many memories and feels in this thread. Keep it going.

[R3Z3N]

RIP 12/18/11

[Vincent Brick]

Please see sig, been daily driving it almost a year. Definitely not the first E30 I have worked on though, I was quite familiar with them coming into it due to past employment.

[808e30325i]

RIP 12/18/11

Nice, driving through water shot.

[Cabriolet]

sold it for a bad reason. but i had one for a year and a half.

first only real e30.

my first e30 was a 1986 325es
IMG_2060 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

[Andrew325is]

I bought my first E30 in 2004 when I was 21. I bought it from a car dealer in Grants Pass, OR when I was a college student in Ashland. It was a bone stock 1986 325. The only mod I did was adding the rear spoiler. It was pretty much flawless, except for a little crack in the dash. Someone told me it used to belong to one of the professors at SOU. One of my favorite cars ever. Good memories.

Here's the only pictures of it I could find. I took them just before I sold it. I got the stupid idea of buying an E36 instead. Regrets, regrets. lol

[808e30325i]

Looks pretty clean ^

[cWalk3r]

This is my first e30 completely stock. Recently I found out via a free car report that it had a rebuilt title... I knew something was wrong with it when I bought it. I can't find out what was wrong with it only that it was rebuilt and auctioned. There's no report of frame damage or any other kind. Funny thing is its from British Columbia and it was brought to Nova Scotia and now it has a clean title hahaha



This is how it looks now. I should be getting a respray this summer!!!

[steve68]

First one was in 1991, bought a 85 325e from a auction paid $8500 for it had 45K on it, battery was dead so it would run, charged the battery add a alternator belt, and everything was fine, sold it to my brother for $5500, 2 years later, no pics only on film!

1994 bought a 88 325is drove it till 2001 had 275K on it, lowered on RD springs, VW BBS wheels, is front lip, my dad drove it into the ground, sold in in Alpharetta GA mid 2000's for $300, fool, looking to see if anyone here may have bought it, was sitting in the back of Kauffman tire, was lach with gray inside, also on film

bought my M3 in 2000 been inside since then, getting ready to get it running again. no pics here, at my home in FL.

[blunttech]

This was my first e30 (red one) and Super Dupers first e30 (white one)