why my mother should get an E30....

[heatmakerz]

e39 touring and call it a day.

[F34R]

My mother drove an e30 for a few years, she loves them. Then again everyone in my family owns an e30 :)

[Jims5543]

OP First props to moms for for having excellent taste in cars.

I am with others in here, E36's while drive and handle great, have horrible interiors.

Have you considered an E46? Our Family car for 4 years was a E46, we owned from 75K miles to 150K miles and hardly had any problems with it.

Off the top of my head the only things I fixed on that car, HVAC Thermistor, cam sensor, serpentine belt tension and rear window regs. That is it, I did brakes, ties oil changes over its life.

All that said we just purchased an E30 as a family car again the wife DD's it and LOVES it.

I say get as new a 3 Series as you can afford. I was very impressed with my E46, my son has only owned E30 since getting his license and all have been rock solid reliable, as long as you go through them and do all the initial preventative maintenance to make them that way.

[Andy Mechnic]

E30s are easy to fall in love with, and they're reliable to boot...
Hell I bought one 2 years ago with a knock; I've been tying to blow it up daily ever since and it just... wont... pop

[RetroAde]

Your mum (it's got a 'u' in it, like colour) sounds like one cool chick. E30 all the way, sensible Hondas are for coffin dodgers and your mum sounds like first she has impeccable taste and second she has plenty of life left in her. A nice tidy little 318 Lux or similar sounds perfect.

But... surely fixing the E24 would be cheaper? It's worth getting the fault diagnosed, it could be as simple as a blown seal.

[Calypso Moor]

Your mum (it's got a 'u' in it, like colour) sounds like one cool chick. E30 all the way, sensible Hondas are for coffin dodgers and your mum sounds like first she has impeccable taste and second she has plenty of life left in her. A nice tidy little 318 Lux or similar sounds perfect.

But... surely fixing the E24 would be cheaper? It's worth getting the fault diagnosed, it could be as simple as a blown seal.

and that's probably what it is, at least I convinced her to try and sell it to an enthusiast instead of a junk yard where it'll rot, the shark deserves that much.

[Calypso Moor]

Ok, ignore the it's my mother part. What are the reasons for getting an E30 over a newer BMW?

[redsubdivisions]

Ok, ignore the it's my mother part. What are the reasons for getting an E30 over a newer BMW?

Clearly you've never been given the wonderful task of trying to chase an electrical problem on anything past an E36. lol

[Massimo]

think your mum should drive one of these

[SmokeE30]

Pics of Mom or ban.

Tell her all the milfs drive e30s, and 5spd not auto

[e30onBBSs]

Because new BMW's have traction control and airbags and ABS and power steering and fake exhaust notes being played through their speakers

[mr2peak]

How about a MINI? My mom loves hers. It's still a BMW, but more refined, safer, newer, and still fun to drive

[15Michaeljoseph]

why my mother should get an E30....

because my mom's been driving an e30 since 86 and loves it.

Have your mom call my mom we'll have an e30 playdate I have cheetos and applejuice

--Mike

[Andy Mechnic]

If you get a newer one DON'T get anything with an 2008 N54. Those motors are crap.... every customer I have puts 2 grand into it on a regular basis. I just did a water pump on one today for 900 bucks and don't get me started on the $2000 injector replace that they ALL NEED!
I was looking into these motors for my e30 swap but with all the problems my customers have, I'm staying faaaar away from it.

[Calypso Moor]

being that she works at mcdonalds minis and 2008 n54s are out of the question, the budget stops at about 3000$.