Hey all, I just registered....
I just rediscovered how great E30's are. I raced an E30 M3 in BMW CCA and NASA for a few years. I moved on to an E36 from there, and on the street I've been driving an E36 M3 (now sold) and a Porsche 996.
I just picked up a 1989 E30 325is, and I can't say how much I love driving the thing, Altough it doesn't have the power of the E36, I love tossing it around corners the way I never could with the E36, and don't want to in the 996. I feel like I'm "rediscovering" the E30 magic.
Since I bought it, I've gone completely through just about every tune up/maintenance item, and the car's running really strong, except for a somewhat rough warm idle. On throttle, though, it's smooth as silk. So I'll be doing some searches on idle issues you guys may have posted about in the past.
Anyway, I hope I can contribute to your community. I'll spend most of my time initially here just seeing how the place works. Thanks. Scott.
PS. Here's a couple shots of the car, right after I bought it. I now have replaced the tires with 225/45-17's all the way around (if you look closely at the photos you'll see that the previous owner had a larger (50) aspect ratio on the front than the back (45) for some weird reason.

I just rediscovered how great E30's are. I raced an E30 M3 in BMW CCA and NASA for a few years. I moved on to an E36 from there, and on the street I've been driving an E36 M3 (now sold) and a Porsche 996.
I just picked up a 1989 E30 325is, and I can't say how much I love driving the thing, Altough it doesn't have the power of the E36, I love tossing it around corners the way I never could with the E36, and don't want to in the 996. I feel like I'm "rediscovering" the E30 magic.
Since I bought it, I've gone completely through just about every tune up/maintenance item, and the car's running really strong, except for a somewhat rough warm idle. On throttle, though, it's smooth as silk. So I'll be doing some searches on idle issues you guys may have posted about in the past.
Anyway, I hope I can contribute to your community. I'll spend most of my time initially here just seeing how the place works. Thanks. Scott.
PS. Here's a couple shots of the car, right after I bought it. I now have replaced the tires with 225/45-17's all the way around (if you look closely at the photos you'll see that the previous owner had a larger (50) aspect ratio on the front than the back (45) for some weird reason.


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