Your e30 ever left you stranded?

[Dj Buttchug]

never once have i been stranded in an e30. Ive always been able to limp home. E36 however, well fuck that

[FunfGan]

Never left me stranded, yet. Had an overheating problem for a while, but turns out that the system just hadn't been rebled properly.

[delatlanta1281]

Just thought it may be a good question. I just ran out of gas on the top of a grade at 12..anyone have any stories to share? I'm goin to be here for a while

Don't blame your car, blame yourself silly. Runnign out of gas is in no way your car's fault.

[bikerbill2021]

Don't blame your car, blame yourself silly. Runnign out of gas is in no way your car's fault.

funny you should say that, i had a habit occasionally of running the tank a lil low, but the range would still say i had about 20-30 miles to go, but i would run out. thankfully the few times it happened it happened right around the corner from my apartment haha

[5Toes]

Yes twice. Once because I was running too rich and hadnt found out the trick to start it (throttle wide open).

Before that I had ran out of gas. My gauge has never worked, nor does the reserve light.

[ak-]

A few times, but nothing catastrophic.
First time, my pressure plate blew.
Second time, I snapped the shifter rod thing(not the carrier, but the thinner rod, I forgot what it's called).
Third time, my transmission finally blew after whining for a month or so (bought a spare prior knowing it was a time-bomb anyways)

[bernzpeed]

... and they said women know nothing about cars. at least they know how to put gas in it. lolz

[OniKyan]

Smashed sump/oil pan.

[VANOS714]

Alternator died on me on my way back from Mfest. I was only 30miles away from home.

[be34st]

Driving down the road in my old 87 325es. Alternator belt slipped off. Power steering belt completely flew off. Car died. I costed over the the shoulder. Popped the trunk and used the factory toolkit to get the alternator belt back on and went on my way. Like a boss!

[gearheadE30]

Only because of me being stupid. Finished up my turbo install and was in a hurry to go on the first drive and such. Filled it with oil while parked on my driveway, which is a pretty good hill. Well, I get a good 15 or 20 miles away and notice that anything above 2500 rpm it started smoking. I was driving it very, very gingerly so I hadn't gone above that before then. I then got on the highway and it pretty much fogged the entire 4 lane highway. I rented a uhaul trailer and towed it home fearing the worst, but it turned out it was just way overfilled with oil. Yeah, not one of my brighter moments.

[bmwm42]

Axle come loose had to be towed only time ive been stranded

[DaveNorCal]

Limped home twice due to failed injector.

[ian e30 318is]

Stranded on the side of the freeway in Santa Barbara with a faulty fuel pump. We had the backseat up trying to tap on it with a screwdriver for 150 miles...It almost worked



Lol

[e30austin]

Only once was I stranded. Fucking selector rod snapped on me. Had to call my dad to have him bring the shop truck with a chain and have him pull me back to the shop.

Trans has given out on me twice, but I was still able to get around. Once, the trans got stuck in 3rd gear and another time, the 1/2 shift fork broke. So, technically, I wasn't stranded.