E36 drivers crack me up.

[Ben Carufel]

I always like to emphasize OLD when i say i drive a bmw.

Same here. People ask me how many cars I have. I say four. They say "What kind?", I say "BMWs". They say "Wow.", I say "Two are old. One is a shitbox."

BTW, JAM, $80-100/day ain't gonna go too far when you start rackin' up dem bills...such as rent, car insurance, retirement savings, food, etc.

I guess it's good money for a 17 year old...? I was stoked to be making $50-75 per day running my own car detailing business when I was 17.

[BrandC]

I just say I drove a POS and people immediately stop caring. Then I drift in front of them and all of a sudden they are swinging on my balls.

Does anybody feel like we are the normal/cool guys in the car world, and everybody else is kinda crazy??

[mtechnik]

Yes i do think so at times

[AWDE30]

What kind of car do you drive? A red one with some black. oh no, what kind. oh just a nissan i suppose....other wise its oh bmw your so cool bla bla....

[Coco Savage]

i deliver pizzas.

that being said, i have 2 cars. a 92 honda accord HAGGERED POS and my 1990 325is. on nice days (when the car is actually running right, unlike the honda which runs awesome all the time) i enjoy slangin pies in it. i pull up to a dudes house and he looks down his driveway....

him "must be nice to be delivering pizzas in a bimmer."

me "its almost 20 years old..."

him "is that your car or your mom's car?"

me "its my car, it was under 3k..."

him "doesnt matter. its still making a statment"

me "uhhh ok... $26.73, here's your food"

needless to say he didnt tip me.

wtf. im coming from the vw community, i wanted a car comparable to my 94 jetta glx, but with the added awesomeness of rwd. not a big deal. so what if its a bmw. christ.

truff.... i hate that "oh it must be nice to drive a bmw" its like mofugga you just spent 30gs on your wife's minivan....and you are giving me grief about my used bmw? wtf?

[george graves]

I got a e21 when i was 17, the car was 10 years old - but looked new. And it was only one body style from the new e30's then.

God, I was a fucking prick at first - then I really got into BMW's not just for the name. I think I chilled out around the time I started working on the car, and fell in love with bimmers, joined the BMWCCA, ect...

I find the most awkward part of owning an e30 is telling people how old it is. I usually just say "guess?" They say whatever they think, then I change the subject.


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[Jscotty]

It's something about that roundel. Once people see it, regardless of how shitty your car is, they either resent you or they worship you. Even the guys driving the E39's and E66's are like "WOW! You got a bimmer too! What year is it? A 95? No wait.. its gotta be a 96."

[VacMan]

truff.... i hate that "oh it must be nice to drive a bmw" its like mofugga you just spent 30gs on your wife's minivan....and you are giving me grief about my used bmw? wtf?

LOL, this is so true. I spent more on my wife's Sienna than on all 3 of the BMW's in my .sig combined. My E39 cost me $7500 and about $1k to update it to 01+ looks. The cabrio was $6k and the Bronzit Beast was $600.

If I had a dime for every time someone made a comment about my E39 being expensive, I'd have...uh, well, a pretty big stack of dimes. :D

[sticksdaman]

i hate saying yea i drive a bmw i feel like a tool saying that. ...not that im ashamed or anything its just that people always carry certain assumptions about bmws and the people that drive them ...most of which are surprisingly accurate (for newer bmw drivers atleast)

[E30 Wagen]

when somebody asks me what car I drive I say, "It's a fucking BEEMER, BIOTCH! What do you drive? A PONTIAC SUNFIRE?! You are a LOSER! I'm going to drive 90mph in my BEEMER to the store because I need more hair gell!"

[Desaevious]

I have the only BMW in my school's student parking lot and people ask how loaded I am. Shit...its as old as I am and I got it from an old woman for free. Its in good condition at a mere 101k but its far from being an expensive car now adays.

Admittedly, a clean E30 does look classy though.

[Schniddy]

When I need to drive my moms new Mercedes, when my car is down I always feel soo embarrassed and ashamed driving it. Unlike my E30, when I drive that shitbox it gives me a sense of pride.

[e30e]

I have the only BMW in my school's student parking lot and people ask how loaded I am. Shit...its as old as I am and I got it from an old woman for free. Its in good condition at a mere 101k but its far from being an expensive car now adays.

Admittedly, a clean E30 does look classy though.

Same here when I went to High School....all the aggies thought i was rich because i chose not to drive a truck. Now when I say I drive a m3, everyone is like "OMG ITS SO NICE" without even seeing it. People perceptions are one of the most baffling things in the world.

[nando]

eventually you get to a point where you don't really give a fuck what people think. I have a motto - "everyone thinks the guy driving a BMW is a prick, so I'm not going to let them down." It's amazing how easy it is to piss people off in my car, especially when I REALLY mean it!

I should note, the attitude in canada is much more respectful than down here. that and I see like 5 BMWs on every block... so having an e30 really is no big deal. it's like having a Honda Accord.

[mrsleeve]

I get this shit a lot. A good friend stopped by this weekend with the newer GF that has never been to my house. I have 2 e30's at the moment my 88is is in the garage waiting on a couple of things to get put all back togeather and my 90 4d "i" in the drive way sitting along side my GF's bro's e46 330xi (I just finished a brake job on for him), as well a my 04 Duramax GMC.

She said more than once " wow you must make lots of money you 2 BMW's" never even mentioning the truck that is worth way more than all 3 BMWs combine that were here. Then she proceeds to tell me all about some preppy, private school, douchenozel that has a MB that mommy gave him, that she knows. Only to make a comparison to me, an babble on as to how she would never think I would own a BMW by how I dress, act, an the fact that I am a construction worker.

I get teh "must be nice to own a bimmer" thing nearly every time I go to town. It gets agaverating (sp) to say the least.