So... I wonder sometimes why if I don't have an E30 anymore why am I hanging on an E30 board. The thing is BMWs for the most part are BMWs... there are a lot of similarities between the various models and many people own more than one kind of BMW. But this leaves me still looking at many forums everyday with R3V being my personal favorite... but there are so many forums out there, many of which I still don't know about. But here are my opinions (remember that... opinion) on the ones I have looked at:
R3VLimited.com - excellent all around forum, kind of elitist, but even if someone will flame you in off-topic, they will still try and help you with an E30 problem most like (i.e. Ken and I definitely don't see eye-to-eye politically, but he has offered me constructive advice in my car posts and I hope I have done the same. I ahve noticed that with a lot of people, which is why I laugh when people get all flammy on politics in OT). Not a very good board for FI applications, or aftermarket ECUs, but mostly because we are cheap E30 owners/ex-owners. Definitely good bang-for-the-buck oriented performance advice, as long as you ignore the people with bias or no real experience in a subject who just talk-the-talk. The forum structure is awesome and makes finding info very easy.
E30tech.com - Swedes rule it seems. Nice people, some very intelligent car buffs there. The place for FI education and conversation. Downside is if you don't want to turbo charge your car or aren't a swede lover then you aren't really going to find people to talk to. Structure isn't as well layed out as R3Vlimited either. Exile for the Jordan-haters of R3Vlimited.
Roadfly.org - I'm guessing it has been around since the age of the dinosaurs. Very knowledgable people but the archaic forum layout and absolutely worthless search engine makes it pretty much useless. Nice thing is you can find something on every model of BMW.
Bimmerforums.com - too big, E36/E46 biased. Every time I do a "new post" search I get over 100 posts. Some good info if you do a specific search though, but once again not really for anything other than E36/E46.
Bigcoupe.com - an E24 6-series only board. Some good resources but rarely gets posted to.
s14.net - If you have an E30 M3 that you have put $50k into, or would like to, this seems to be the place for you. If you are searching for an E30 M3 to buy this also looks like a good source. Elitist to the point of being arrogant, but I have only read a few threads.
maxbimmer.com - how long has this one been around for?
dtmpower.net - E36/E46 own you here from the looks of it. Don't really find my way over there.
What is everyone else's opinions? Which forums do you visit on a regular basis? I hit the first 5 listed every weekday using my Firefox tabs (duck). I'm sure there are some good club forums out there as well. Again, these are only my opinions and I could very well be wrong about most or all of it.
R3VLimited.com - excellent all around forum, kind of elitist, but even if someone will flame you in off-topic, they will still try and help you with an E30 problem most like (i.e. Ken and I definitely don't see eye-to-eye politically, but he has offered me constructive advice in my car posts and I hope I have done the same. I ahve noticed that with a lot of people, which is why I laugh when people get all flammy on politics in OT). Not a very good board for FI applications, or aftermarket ECUs, but mostly because we are cheap E30 owners/ex-owners. Definitely good bang-for-the-buck oriented performance advice, as long as you ignore the people with bias or no real experience in a subject who just talk-the-talk. The forum structure is awesome and makes finding info very easy.
E30tech.com - Swedes rule it seems. Nice people, some very intelligent car buffs there. The place for FI education and conversation. Downside is if you don't want to turbo charge your car or aren't a swede lover then you aren't really going to find people to talk to. Structure isn't as well layed out as R3Vlimited either. Exile for the Jordan-haters of R3Vlimited.
Roadfly.org - I'm guessing it has been around since the age of the dinosaurs. Very knowledgable people but the archaic forum layout and absolutely worthless search engine makes it pretty much useless. Nice thing is you can find something on every model of BMW.
Bimmerforums.com - too big, E36/E46 biased. Every time I do a "new post" search I get over 100 posts. Some good info if you do a specific search though, but once again not really for anything other than E36/E46.
Bigcoupe.com - an E24 6-series only board. Some good resources but rarely gets posted to.
s14.net - If you have an E30 M3 that you have put $50k into, or would like to, this seems to be the place for you. If you are searching for an E30 M3 to buy this also looks like a good source. Elitist to the point of being arrogant, but I have only read a few threads.
maxbimmer.com - how long has this one been around for?
dtmpower.net - E36/E46 own you here from the looks of it. Don't really find my way over there.
What is everyone else's opinions? Which forums do you visit on a regular basis? I hit the first 5 listed every weekday using my Firefox tabs (duck). I'm sure there are some good club forums out there as well. Again, these are only my opinions and I could very well be wrong about most or all of it.
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