just wondering...

[wycoco]

minus the m3, if the identical e30s were lined up in two sets of ten (like one line of ten of early model tail light cars and another line of ten late model taillights) and debadged .. could anyone tell the difference between 325i, 325iS, 325e, 325es, 325iX, 318i, 318iS, 318iC en so on? not by looking at the engine, but just the exterior in general.. iono, im up in smoke right now so just wondering..:dot:

[adeelpowers]

there are slight differences...

[wycoco]

there are slight differences...

some being..?

[Ducati]

Rims, tails, bumpers...

[optimusp517]

if you mean exterior, does it allow you to look through the windows? :)

[MR 325]

Lots of things give it away or give hints. Sidemarkers, exhaust, rear brakes, front valance, oil cooler, oil cooler cover, ellipsoids, wing, tach, whole bunch of little stuff like that.

I'm pretty sure I could tell you exactly what each car is with ease.

[ldsbeaker]

I think I could too, to a certain extent.

[Tangent]

Off the top of my head you could use the lip and trunk spoiler or lack thereof to distinguish between s and non-s models, and at least on the late models you could distinguish between 318s and 325s based on the single or dual exhaust tips. I'm not sure if the e models had single or dual tips so I don't know if you could use that to tell the early models apart...

[lagoon]

shadow line, baskets vs bottle caps..

[IS]

Too bad so many cars are bastardized that it still might be hard to tell without taking a very good look.

[Sean]

I could tell.

Try me.

lol

[Digitalwave]

If they were all as they came from the factory, with all the spoilers, etc., it would be pretty easy to tell most if not all of them.

[DEV0 E30]

If they were all as they came from the factory, with all the spoilers, etc., it would be pretty easy to tell most if not all of them.

That's what I was thinking, except maybe the 88's. The Super ETA could be mistaken for an I, or if it was a late 88 with plastic bumpers on (not put on by the owner, etc.)

[Sean]

That's what I was thinking, except maybe the 88's. The Super ETA could be mistaken for an I, or if it was a late 88 with plastic bumpers on (not put on by the owner, etc.)

Not if you look at the front.

No oil cooler + late valance + metal bumpers = SuperEta

[DEV0 E30]

Ah ha, you would know.