What made you want an E30????

[dashboardmonkey]

Tell me what made you want an E30.
Okay I'll go first,
I met Luke (stereoinstaller1) about 2 years ago at the Time Out Tavern playing pool. Saw his car and thought "wow thats cool" and didn't think much after that......

Then i rode in it!
Then I started working for him and rode in it ALOT!
Then I fell in love with it.

After working with him for a while I decided I wanted one.
Now i have one that is a major project.
That's my story, what's yours??

Andy

[CorvallisBMW]

It was my first car I ever bought, back in HS. My neighbour had it parked outside for a couple months, didn't want it, and was going to donate for a tax writeoff (it was in really bad shape back then). So I payed him $1000 for it, and, well, the rest is history.

2nd one popped up on local CL and Joe Funk clued me in to it. I popped over to check it out, turns out it was my old GF's neighbor. So he lopped a bunch off the price because he knew me, sorta.

[Raxe]

My dad always had one or two kicking around when I was growing up, it was a given I'd end up getting one as well.

[THM3]

Very easy and fun to mod (can have some individuality), classic BMW looks, Easy to work on, Pretty cheap to buy and maintain, and of course they handle quite nicely.

[e30e]

It was my first car, didn't really want a "old" bmw per se once I started driving it though I loved it. I have not own another car made by another manufacture.

[jbsjunk]

I fell into it. I wasn't looking for a BMW. A buddy got a 88 IX cheap and did most of the mechanical work and sold it to me cheap and I finished doing the work. Great road trip car. Then some b***h pulled in front of me and pushed the front end back a couple feet.

[kronus]

Back when I lived in Russia, we had a Lada 1200. It, too, was boxy and had round headlights. I guess I've been attracted to that shape since then.

[Turf1600]

I got it to replace my 2002 as a DD. I had a 87 325is first - then a 90 325i and finally a 90 325is. I sold my 85 735i euro and my 75 2002 for my first e30.

[BrewCity11]

Tell me what made you want an E30.

Well, my brother ZMBlueDevil made me. He didn't like the fact i was into Honda's so he sold me his.

Nice car, quite different than what i'm used to. The german engineering/styling has really grown on me. I think my next ride will be an E34 touring. I'll always have a soft spot for my CRX, though.

[838Kelli]

I am an 80's baby and growing up all the ballers drove BMW's. Growing up in California all the pimps had the drop tops with all the hot women.

Now that I am older and a car lover, the E30 have the sickest old school look that can contend with these new cars. Sick ass car that stands out amongst the crowd.

I alway wanted one throughout college and now that i finished last year I picked one up an month after I graduated. (One of the greatest lessons I learn in college).

Watching "Paid In Full", and one part on "Menace II Society" made me go cope one.

Sick ass tread

[e30serg]

Well, the '84 533i wasn't passing smog and I needed a car NOW!-I was getting married and buying a house (at the same time, no $$) so I found the mint '88 325is for $1600 and told the guy "Sold!"
I had never driven a 3-series of any kind, and I liked it a lot during the test drive. Now, 2 years and 30k miles later, it's getting an s52 upgrade soon.
It now has 231,xxx, I bought it at 203k, not too worried about the mileage (Well, maybe a little)
These things are awesome and bulletproof!.

[gazellebeigem3]

to pick up bitches and impress dudes with my baller lifestyle

[Jand3rson]

I wasn't looking for a BMW when I bought my first one, I bought it from a girl that always came into the video store I worked at. I needed a new car, and she told me she was selling her BMW. As soon as I saw it, I was in love with E30's. I bought it 2 weeks later, and that was 7 years ago.

[Jean]

I wanted a cheap rwd car I can work on myself, and didn't want 240sx and the like...

[240zs30]

I fell for them when my friend picked one up after HS. I loved the whole package but I was scared of the expensive maintenance he was having to do. I was only 18 and had little money. I stuck with Nissan's for 10 more years. Then one day another friend of mine picked up a vert he wanted to modify as a 3rd car. I needed a car and I rescued it from him. Started working on them and have only had BMW's since. I wish I would have known that they were pretty easy and cheap to work on.