How often do you go through your "I hate e30's" mood..?

[kway]

Been a while for me. Outside of normal/preventative maintenance this '90 has needed nothing since I bought it at 250k miles 2 years ago (for $750, I might add). It's been the most reliable car I've ever owned.

Now, 2 e30s ago, I had a rotbox Bronzit, electrical glitch, POS '84 318i. I'd say there was maybe a month total (not conscutive) out of the three years I had that one that I didn't hate it. Worst car I ever owned. I shed not a single tear when I waved that whore off to the crusher. So I guess that was the last time I felt "I hate THIS e30". Wow, that was almost 7 years ago.

Damn, I'm getting old.

[SamE30e]

I'm going through mine right now. I'm debating selling one of my e30's for a new daily driver. I'm looking at a 1953 Willys M38A1. I don't think its a practical DD

[jflip2002]

Everytime I see th ebottle caps I think how much I hate my E30. Then I realize its just the piece of shit wheels I hate. Then I drive the E46... and I REALLY love the E30.

[myinfernalbmw]

I generally hate my X5 more than my E30

[scabzzzz]

Its not so much hatred, I kinda of like the problems and quirks as long as the car drives.
I get bored quick. So I'm constantly having to change shit. I think I'll just get another car instead and buy the E30 a house of its own aka storage shed.

[uofom3]

I did yesterday. I just got everyone working tits and then had a fuel delivery problem. After replacing both pumps and the fuel filter, and re-adjusting the TPS and tightening all leaks... It ran fine - better than before... BUT!... now it has some strange slack on the throttle cable that I need to fix today. if it's not one thing, it's another.

[808BMW]

I've lost interest since I bought my 4runner. I still have plans for my e30, but It's sat for a year now fully legal and rarely driven (maybe SCCA every 2 or 3 months) and I'm debating turning in my plates and just moving it to a dedicated project car.

Or throw down a coat of paint, buy all my A/C parts brand new and have a semi-pimp DD while I work on my 4runner.

If I had somewhere to work on it then I'd love to come home and do a little to the e30 here and there, but with no space I can't just pull my car into a good spot and leave it there indefinately. I have loads of parts to put on just nowhere to do it in the timeframe of my lazy ass

[mattdk318i]

Mine started after i sold my M50 vert and got a E36 M3....... Then the Love started again when i found a 89 325 for 400 bucks, With m-tech goodies....

[golde30]

everytime i have to drive my e30 around SF if hate it. but everytime i get to drive into the backroads/mountains i love it.

[PiercedE30]

I get frustrated, but I don't think I have hated it. The one thing that really frustrates me is the fact that my starter likes to play tricks on me, or my battery is on it's last legs.

[backtrail69]

Not daily driving your project car will remove MANY headaches..

[nando]

it comes and goes about once a year, but I tend to cluster all upgrades/repairs into spring (that would be right now) so the rest of the year I basically just drive it, wash it and change the oil. So yeah, right now I'm hating that I spent $300 on it today and nothing is an upgrad from what I'm replacing (other than being old/worn out) :(

I still need about $500 to get it done for the year.. and don't even get me started on my damn seats!

[ADEN]

it started when i bought the car i had to shut the leaking in engine tranny and diff.now i replace the left shock absorber after one week the right one started to leak but i drive long trip every week 700km so i change oil every week.i love the e30

[Devil Inc]

Me, oh not very often cause I've worked on worse vehicles. My wife that is a completely different story, I believe she's been in the "I hate E30s" since I bought the car. But I have the feeling I'll be in one this weekend, as I change both rear wheel bearings and brake pads/discs all-around. She doesn't like the maintenance stuff ($$$), she'd drive her Tribute to and thru the ground if I let her.

[dinanm3atl]

This thread makes me rofl :)