You know you are an E30 owner when......

[gofredo50]

...when you smell any weird smell you turn the radio down and think "is that me?"...

^This. So many times this.

.....When there is an exact proceedure to putting your verts top up and down, which means no one but you is allowed to do it.

[kronus]

When you look like you've pissed yourself after a heavy rain storm.

when you piss yourself during a heavy rainstorm











cause you couldn't keep your foot out of it

[Vivek]

Just read 30 pages of this and laughed many times.
How about:
...you have to keep a piece of cardboard under your car in the garage.

[Ayman]

when your obc says 19, and you continue to drive that 19 miles, and another 30 when the light comes on, because it wasnt really that low on gas and now says between 30-40
beware when it says 9, you're fucked

I managed to get mine to read pretty much just the 'm'. Filled up two minutes later as soon as I got off the highway. Super sketch.

[kronus]

Just read 30 pages of this and laughed many times.
How about:
...you have to keep a piece of cardboard under your car in the garage.

guilty

[TurboJake]

When you spend 900 dollars in parts, spend 4 hours sandblasting and painting the subframe, trailing arms, front strut tubes, and send out 4 shocks to be rebuilt and buy drop springs to go with them.

when you really just needed to buy and replace a wheel bearing.......

She's gonna drive like she's a brand new car.


Or: When the last fucking thing you expect to go wrong when fixing something, breaks. And you have to wait only 2 days for blunt to send you replacements!
(My case was parking brake cables. And blunt is the man)

[Simon S]

holy shit - I don't know about you guys..

But the falling autum leaves are driving me UP THE FUCKIN WALL !!

like I'm constantly picking them out of the rain gutters, and hood/trunk gaps..

[Nairb]

holy shit - I don't know about you guys..

But the falling autum leaves are driving me UP THE FUCKIN WALL !!

like I'm constantly picking them out of the rain gutters, and hood/trunk gaps..

This is for any car I own.. just be glad the the e30 gaps actually trap the leaves instead of allowing them to get into the got-damn engine bay like my e46.. soooo annoying.

[1mz]

when you own a car that you've invested thousands of dollars into... and have only driven it for 3 weeks of your 3 year ownership.

[devon.818]

When you stock up on fuses from junkyards
When you plan trips to Germany by to sight see, but to bring back parts and visit BMW museum
When you know the difference between zinnoberot and brillintrot

[Gerta]

Truth.

when you own a car that you've invested thousands of dollars into... and have only driven it for 3 weeks of your 3 year ownership.

[Simon S]

when you own a car that you've invested thousands of dollars into... and have only driven it for 3 months of your 7 year ownership.

^^ BwahahahaHaHa..
corrected per my story.. lol

[funcrew]

when you own a car that you've invested thousands of dollars into... and have only driven it for 3 weeks of your 3 year ownership.

I thought it was just me...

[Kershaw]

when you own a car that you've invested thousands of dollars into... and have only driven it for 15 minutes of your 7 month ownership.

huh, this is quite common.

[619E30]

... When you change your timing belt every 2 years no matter how many miles you put on it.