My 325e has been pulling family duty. (Pics added!)

[vivalegreg]

dude...nice...and congrats

[MR 325]

Eh, it's alright I guess.

[pilotskillse30]

GOD, i hate cats. The neighbors cat is always on my car! Right after i wash it the damn cat has to walk all up and down my car with is muddy paws. No offence but cats and cars dont mix.

+mucho numbers

[euro3]

If Mariano's kid could talk......

"Man, I've been rollin on RS's since I was in diapers"

[mtechnik]

Thanks man.

Yeah man so far its been way better and not so life-ending than I thought it would be. All those cliches are actually kinda happening to me. Shit is just different now.

Mariano

:nice:

[CleanAzzE30z]

Congrats on the kid and now you can all cruise together down the strip in style.

Thanks man.

Great to read things are going superbly with the Mariano family! :up:

Yeah man so far its been way better and not so life-ending than I thought it would be. All those cliches are actually kinda happening to me. Shit is just different now.

looks clean. i like your mirrors a lot.

Funny thing is, I left them black without remembering that the later model ones had them body color. But Ive gotten a lot of positive comments about having them black. I prefer it that way.

Mariano

[shmutzigE30]

looks clean. i like your mirrors a lot.

[E30_Pare]

lucky baby. 8) Looks like an awesome home to grow up in.

[SamE30e]

Feed the cat to some asians.

[fowacee]

Honda odyssey FTMFW! My mom rocks one and it's awesome, good gas mileage, smooth ride, kind of fast too. It really doesn't feel like a minivan when you drive it either, more like a big sedan. Only maintenance we've done after 180k is change the t-belt and it still runs like a champ.

[EuroCar318]

My first accident was when I was 5 riding shotgun with my dad driving our 84 318i. Plowed into a traffic light at about 45. Needless to say the e30 was totaled, but the passenger tire just dug right into my footwell, came up towards my feet a few inches, and that was it.

No airbags, pretty crummy seatbelt technology back then, but not a scrape on either of us. I fully trust an e30 :dunno

[bataangpinoy]

I've been trying to reason with my wife a way out if the waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswafflesy minvan, It so far has been a losing battle. In her eyes, if not the gay minivan, it would be a super flaming prison rape homosex SUV. It's a lose, lose either way.

325i touring or 525i touring. duh.

[VacMan]

OK I knew Id catch shit for that comment. Sorry for offending the people with minivans. I do know that there is a purpose for everything and see the benefits of such a vehicle. Its a little personal thing that I will consider it a small victory if I somehow find a way to go through life without owning one. So far, Im doing well, my family never had one. ts just a funny little joke thing to me. Sorry, guys. And you have a huge point about the room issue.

Oh Ive had that seat in my sights for a LOONG time. Ever since I knew Recaro had one, its been on the top of my list of things to get when I had a kid.

Mariano

None taken. I just have a feeling your wife might be helping you eat your words in the future. Hell, my wife swore up and down that we wouldn't be a minivan family and now there's no way you'd get her to give it up.

BTW, we have 2 Britax Boulevards. They don't say Recaro on them, but the Onyx one doesn't look bad in the cabrio. They're not cheap, but they're some of the safest you can buy.

hmm. I dont know. Ive seen many people get in lots of accidents in E30s that impressed me thoroughly as to the safety of this car. Granted, the Sienna is safer but Im simply saying that the E30 is no death box by any means.

Mariano

I agree that the E30 is safe for its time and a very durable car. My BIL hit a tree doing about 35 and walked away. It didn't even break any glass. However, there's no comparison to a modern 4100lb van with side curtain airbags.

Nah, I am not offended. Hell, I even "admitted" on another thread that I am a member of the siennaclub.org forum.

Even after our kids are all grown, i think we will always have one as a utility vehicle/people hauler.

Uhoh, I'm a member there too. I should have kept those Lexus 18"s and put them on the van. The DVD volume always drives me nuts, too. But I digress. :D

[mtechnik]

Great to read things are going superbly with the Mariano family! :up:

[elsabor67]

Congrats on the kid and now you can all cruise together down the strip in style.