have you ever punched stupid question e30 guy in the face?

[COLIZ]

People seem suprised to hear that its a RWD 6 cyl. Havn't had anyone insist that its not though.

[MikeE30325i]

-How did you get your hood to do that? (flip forward)
-No cupholders? (nope)
-I like the way you mounted the radar detector (check panel)
-Why don't you put an m3 motor in it? (why, are you going to buy it for me?)

-I get 4 cylinder, FWD a lot too!

holy hell that is hilarious!!!!!!!!!

[Jscotty]

I had the tow truck guy who was loading my latest parts car onto his rig tell me -- as he was under the car looking for where to hook up his winch - that the car was FWD.

When I told him I had owned more than one of these and was certain it was RWD, he sais I had to be wrong, because the car did not have a solid rear transaxle.

. . .

I guess many people mistakenly assume this also because our cars have struts and rack & pinion steering that is identical to that of a FWD car.

[Raxe]

-How did you get your hood to do that? (flip forward)
-No cupholders? (nope)
-I like the way you mounted the radar detector (check panel)
-Why don't you put an m3 motor in it? (why, are you going to buy it for me?)

-I get 4 cylinder, FWD a lot too!

Haha yes, had that before. Once I explained why BMW designed it that way they were pretty impressed.

[SpecM]

-OH and I love how if I need to fix anything on my car (rarely) my coworkers (I work a Toyota stealership, service dept) poke fun at the "POS BMW" that's 18 years old but if anything breaks on a 5-year-old Honda it's OK.

-Seriously, I have 171xxx miles on her and she drives fine. A Accord/Camry of the same age/mileage is a tired peice of crap.

[CleanAzzE30z]

I love to be violent for violences sake.

Mariano

[Jscotty]

-OH and I love how if I need to fix anything on my car (rarely) my coworkers (I work a Toyota stealership, service dept) poke fun at the "POS BMW" that's 18 years old but if anything breaks on a 5-year-old Honda it's OK.

Thats an interesting point- One thing that was a big selling feature about these european cars back in the 70's and 80's was the minimal need for maintenance and repair work. And you are right- If your 2004 Honda has a problem causing it to end up on the side of the road, nobody would have anything to say about it.. but if your 20 year old car manages to limp its way home blowing smoke or making noise, everyone talks about that piece of crap car that you refuse to get rid of.

[rThor432]

I had the tow truck guy who was loading my latest parts car onto his rig tell me -- as he was under the car looking for where to hook up his winch - that the car was FWD.

When I told him I had owned more than one of these and was certain it was RWD, he sais I had to be wrong, because the car did not have a solid rear transaxle.

. . .

What an idiot.

[dvs909]

ive had FWD comments from a kid at school, he KNEW it was FWD. so i took him out to the parking lot and said watch the rear tires, and kicked it from about 3000rpm. that shut him up

ive had the hood comments, nope thats stock, and its pretty neat too, ive had it pop open at 80mph (my latch is bad) and while it scared me, the design kept it down.

Ive had the brit motor works comment too. i just told them to read the color label. and all the stupid honda racers who sit next to me in class always talk about how the bodykit on the M3's in my screensaver look like a skyline copy.
i wanna hit them in the face very very hard.
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[dvs909]

oh and cupholders. people act like your supposed to do something besides drive while your in the car.
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[Jscotty]

oh and cupholders. people act like your supposed to do something besides drive while your in the car.

A German once told me in a very angry voice, "VIE DAHNT EAT AND DRINK IN DAS CAAHS!"

[NC325iC]

ive got the hood one
the fwd one
and ignorance about where bmws are from

[Nick]

I've had people tell me I drove a british car,
I've had people think that the e30 was a 3.25L engine and the 750 was a 7.5L.

I've had people think my e30 was a 4 cylinder, and that the 750 was a DIESEL.
Oh, someone also thought that my e36 318 was a V8.

I've even had hillbillies think I had a 325 (like an american muscle car) engine in there. "Dat lihtle bey-em-dubyah has a tree-twenty-fahv in it?!"

[CleanAzzE30z]

wow..... some of these stories make me very angry.... a quiet rage is building.

Mariano

[JasonC]

I've even had hillbillies think I had a 325 (like an american muscle car) engine in there. "Dat lihtle bey-em-dubyah has a tree-twenty-fahv in it?!"

I can't wait for these kind of comments on mine when i'm done with my V8 swap. I think i'll put 305tpi where the 325e was.