Sunroofs are standard equipment on BMW's, you have/had to special order slicktops. Few years ago a friend bought an e39 from the original owner, and he ordered it slicktop, manual transmission and brushed aluminum interior trim instead of the faux wood grain. I have yet to see another e39 without a sunroof.
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Originally posted by varg View PostI don't give a rat's ass about how rare it is, I have an E30 because it's fun to drive not so that I can stare at it in my garage and track its appreciation like the BaT crowd, but I'll have a slicktop over a sunroof any day. No question. Sunroofs leak and rust and are a bitch to repair/replace. Oh yours isn't rusting now? It will. Doesn't leak now? It will some day when you least want it to. And not just the sunroof panel itself, the roof around it will rust too, from the inside out. Have fun dropping the headliner to fix that. I hate my sunroof, if it weren't for that infernal thing and the rust it caused in my roof the only rust on my car would be the couple of small spots in the floor which are easy to fix. When I restore the car I'll remove the cassette and do an honest-to-goodness slicktop conversion.Last edited by Tisoc; 10-01-2019, 02:27 PM.
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Originally posted by djjerme View PostYah, I agree. I like having the sunroof cracked when I drive. Especially in traffic, it’s nice to have the windows up but the sunroof tilted. And even in a track or racecar, the lack of sunroof isn’t costing you time. In a pure racecar, it makes zero difference since it gets removed anyways.. But hey, BAT loves the legend of slicktop 318is’ and baby M3. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's one of the few cars left that you can stay comfy while driving with the windows up and NOT have the HVAC system operating to keep you comfy.
Such a simple, yet effective system of airflow.
Originally posted by Tisoc View Post
Nah, don't have that problem out west. I stand by what I said. 5 hardtop e30's later & no rust or headliner issues from sunroofs on any of them, but please do go on about how terrible they are.
After two e30's and 16 years with my current one, I have yet to experience any of what he's talking about.
Also thoroughly enjoying the rant as well
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Originally posted by R3Z3N View PostSigh. I will miss this, but my HPDE days are over, time with the wife is in store:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-bmw-325i-55/ S54-Powered 1990 BMW 325i 6-Speed1990 325is
m52b28
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g260 (1987 325is 5spd tranny)
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostCurrent Cars:
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2017 FERRARI 488GTB
2018 RAPTOR CREW CAB
1991 318is SLICKTOP H&R SPRING SEMA CAR
1991 318IS SLICKTOP STERLING SILVER
1990 325ic BRONZIT/AUTO :)
1989 E30 M3 (SOLD AWAITING SHIPPING)
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CLEAN E30'S
S54 DRIVETRAIN
E30 DASH
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Originally posted by 0-60 freak View PostI have studied this car and it is very very far away from being a 78k mile cream puff.....major issuies, then to read the praising comments on the auction is extremely bewildering
That alone adds like fourteenkay!
If it's got tits or tires, it's gonna cost ya!
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Originally posted by 0-60 freak View Post
I have studied this car and it is very very far away from being a 78k mile cream puff.....major issuies, then to read the praising comments on the auction is extremely bewildering
I'd love to own that.Jimmy P.
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