How safe is the e30 really?

[So Live]

Dad told me to do that because he had a buddy that got caught because he kept his foot on the brake after racing from the police.

Classic!

[MikeE30325i]

Thanks for the correction. Mine isn't an auto and I did this when I had my audi which also was a stick. Dad told me to do that because he had a buddy that got caught because he kept his foot on the brake after racing from the police.

ah sorry, i was thinking of someone else.

[Mastrcruse]

Thanks for the correction. Mine isn't an auto and I did this when I had my audi which also was a stick. Dad told me to do that because he had a buddy that got caught because he kept his foot on the brake after racing from the police.

[turbo_negro69]

I FLIPPED a Highway Partolmen off before going over a railroad track. Saw him turn on the lights and u-turn. I shut all my lights off went into this loading docks parking lot and stopped with the e-brake.

fixed:?

[MikeE30325i]

I flicked a Highway Partolmen off before going over a railroad track. Saw him turn on the lights and u-turn. I shut all my lights off went into this loading docks parking lot and stopped with the e-brake.

stopping with the e-brake is ingenious

or the old downshift works. oh yours is an automatic;) lol

[Mastrcruse]

I flicked a Highway Partolmen off before going over a railroad track. Saw him turn on the lights and u-turn. I shut all my lights off went into this loading docks parking lot and stopped with the e-brake.

[MikeE30325i]

Hell no.

But since I got such a HUGE jump on him, I didn't have a chance to see his lights turn on. Therefore I will be getting out of the fleeing the cops ticket

I guess that’s what I get for being to careful and watching out for cops. Passed an intersection going a little to fast, turned my head... OH FUCK.. gunned it
I would have never tried what I did if I had not noticed him at first sight


:cockbloc:

shit. i was a dumbass like you were once. going like 60 in a 45 with a buddy and cop going opposite direction. i come out from behind the guy to the front left of me and i think "oh shit" and one second later, lights and he goes to pull a u-turn.

lets say its the fastest i have ever driven through a neighborhood i never drove through before. no damage though.

[Schniddy]

not a good idea huh? lol

Hell no.

But since I got such a HUGE jump on him, I didn't have a chance to see his lights turn on. Therefore I will be getting out of the fleeing the cops ticket

I guess that’s what I get for being to careful and watching out for cops. Passed an intersection going a little to fast, turned my head... OH FUCK.. gunned it
I would have never tried what I did if I had not noticed him at first sight


:cockbloc:

[Mastrcruse]

Anyone have a pic of a rollover e30 convertible?

[MikeE30325i]

One day I decided to run from the cops.
I had a HUGE jump on him so I was all in the clear. Except I didn't let off the gas around a turn that I usually do ( and even when i do the rear end always slips due to the angle and such of the turn) and my rear end sliped out. I counter steered but i was in such a panic that i forgot to let off the gas.

The car ran up a STEEP ass inbankment. I thought the car was toast underneath. Everything turned out fine, even my alignment. I was very lucky considering that was the ONLY spot on that whole road where my front end wouldn't be crushed against a vertial hill.

Being patted down and arrested wasn't fun though.


I'll get pictures of where i crashed some time. Its pretty amazing no damange was done except scratches.

not a good idea huh? lol

[Schniddy]

One day I decided to run from the cops.
I had a HUGE jump on him so I was all in the clear. Except I didn't let off the gas around a turn that I usually do ( and even when i do the rear end always slips due to the angle and such of the turn) and my rear end slipped out. I counter steered but i was in such a panic that i forgot to let off the gas.

The car ran up a STEEP ass embankment. I thought the car was toast underneath. Everything turned out fine, even my alignment. I was very lucky considering that was the ONLY spot on that whole road where my front end wouldn't be crushed against a vertical hill.

Being patted down and arrested wasn't fun though.



I'll get pictures of where i crashed some time. Its pretty amazing no damange was done except scratches.

[mtechnik]

The new ones are only sold for government, and fleet purposes.

I was really wondering about that. Never saw citizens driving them like before. Thnx

[mtechnik]

. Leaving the front 4x4 axle(which the driver doesn't know how to engage) slamming right into my face.

:shock: :D

[Fred]

Hey Eric! I have to chime in here; as I'm getting older safety is becoming a concern as well. One of the reasons I sold my 92 SE-R was because I didn't feel safe in it either (but I'll get into that in a minute).

The E30 was pretty safe for its day but is considered average by modern standards. As far as frontal, non-offset crash testing goes, it received a 3 out of 5 star NHTSA rating. I don't know if that was for an airbag or non-airbag car, but that basically means in a severe head on collision the driver will have a high probability of survival but will receive moderate injuries. As we all know, it's a well made car and is structurally sound in the front and rear, but not so much in the side.

Side impact protection is a relatively new concept and the federal government didn't adopt any standards for it until the late 1990s (1997? 1998? I forgot). Reinforcing the side of a vehicle in the 1980s was very, very rare and each manufacturer had their own standard (if at all) of what was a safe side impact threshold.

We've all seen E30s smashed up in the front and rear and most of the time the occupants walk away with only minor injuries, especially if everyone was belted. But these cars don't survive side impacts too well; the area below the C-pillar and even the B-pillar itself aren't known to be the strongest points on these cars.

All in all, they aren't bad in terms of crash safety. However, perception also plays a big factor. Back to my '92 Sentra: I sold it for a variety of reasons but I never felt safe in that thing. I could've swore the entire car was made out of recycled Pepsi cans and I drove like an old lady. After I sold it, I found out that it received a 4 star frontal crash rating and was among the safest cars of its generation. Likewise, one of my family members who once owned an E46 330i drove it like a madman, even in torrential downpours with visibly flooded sections of the highway. He felt very safe in that car and overtrusted the abilities of ABS, DSC, CBC, and the rest of the electronic gizmos. He could have easily died on many occasions.

The point is a safe car is a safe car. You want a safe car because there's no accounting for all the bad and crazy drivers on the road. You can be minding your own business, two hands on the wheel, and alert and still be blindsided by an idiot running a red light or hit from behind by someone on a cell phone changing a CD. All those driving schools won't do much, but a safe car will.

[YAN-3]

Eric, where is that bracket mounted to? On my car, it's mounted straight up coming from under my seat (stock for a 4 door?) I've never been inside a 2 door e30, so I don't know how that is setup.



The interior plastic pieces are crap. My dad's e39 pisses him off with all the little buttons breaking.



Wow, that looks pretty dangerous. Why is it mounted that way? Just to have a harness look? I have Corbeau TRS' in my car (is that what your driver seat is) and the stock belts work fine.

honestly its cuz im lazy. i have been meaning to throw a factory seat back in but cant find a good one, also i had to replace my seatbelt for another one, (long story why) and well never got around. i have to do this soon though, cus its a big nicht nicht mit die Polizie