Out of all the e30s i've owned, I've never...

[Julien]

Funny how sometimes you can avoid common issues over and over. I've owned 20ish e30s now and I've never:

- Had to replace SI board batteries
- Put one in a ditch/had an accident
- Lost an IS lip


How about you guys?

[Shangsta]

I have never had a problem popping off/on the bitch clip on the shifter

[IRON-E]

Never had 1 leave me stranded
- Broken timing belt
- Overheated

[dnguyen1963]

Never wanted to buy a newer BMW.

[Julien]

Never had 1 leave me stranded
- Broken timing belt
- Overheated

Same here re: timing belts.. Overheating though, that's another story :|

[nando]

If you know anything about E30s and you break a timing belt, you're a fucking idiot. :p

I think I've done it all, lol. I guess owning the same car this long it makes more sense, some things I've done more than once..

[E30SPDFRK]

Killed a window motor. All 3 of my coworkers with e30's have broken window motors. I've never had one go bad in 13 years of ownership of 9 e30's.

[nando]

Killed a window motor. All 3 of my coworkers with e30's have broken window motors. I've never had one go bad in 13 years of ownership of 9 e30's.

yeah, I've never seen a failed window motor or regulator on an E30. All of mine are original.

The window switches, however, are total shit..

[2mAn]

...taken mine off some sweet jumps

[Fraser]

...had a broken odometer or failed guibo...

[Julien]

yeah, I've never seen a failed window motor or regulator on an E30. All of mine are original.

The window switches, however, are total shit..

I had an 88 sedan with 3? broken window regulators. Weird.

...had a broken odometer or failed guibo...

woaaaa?!

[Stanley Rockafella]

...had a broken odometer or failed guibo...

+1

Also never replaced the reverse light switch which was a "thing" back in the day.
Or maybe ppl. just stopped caring once the e30 got to a certain age.

[nando]

I didn't know replacing the reverse switch was a thing. But my MT swap was *only* 13 years ago now. :p

[laidback93]

I can check off odometer gears needing replacement and my IS lip falling off. I rolled into a curb just days after I bought my e30. I wanted to check that off the list first. :p

Timing belt and water pump were replaced last year. Cuz screw that mess!

[nando]

It's not fair. I blew apart my first Rieger lip hitting a giant opossum on an on-ramp at 80mph. The last one got taken out by a giant hole in our horrible city roads.

I've never lost an IS lip though. But I have killed an i lip, just this year, hitting giant chunks of ice.. lol