DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Decided to take the E30 home for Christmas so my friends could see it before it's turned into a bastardized, half assed race car. It absolutely eats up highway miles (compared to a miata). The Diff and Subframe clunking around definitely made the stop and go bits miserable, but once the traffic cleared, I was off to the races. My calculations come out to 22-24MPG (Odometer doesn't work). It's quiet and smooth and I can see how nice this car would have been in 1990 with door and sunroof seals that actually fit, a blower motor that didn't sound like a 1950's bicycle with a baseball card on the spokes, and an engine and trans that didn't sound like a game of "Hungry Hungry Hippos". Let my two buddies back home drive it and they seemed impressed, but I don't exactly buy it considering they drive a Z06 and a newish WRX. I'm not sure if it's running exactly 100%, but I'm not sure how to diagnose that, really. A fresh set of vacuum lines could help I'm sure, but I'd really like to see someone that knows E30 to give it a once over and drive it to really see how it runs.

Back when I had the white Miata, I was in town with it for Thanksgiving, and those two guys had a CTS-V and a Bugeye WRX respectively. We were about to go take a photo of all of our cars together, but decided against it since it was late and we figured we'd get another chance. Fast forward a month and those cars were either wrecked or sold. This year was the first time since then that we've all owned cars and had them in town at the same time, so we put on our flat brims and turned up the Limp Bizket on our way to an LU parking deck and took some photos.





Dying to get new bumpers, trim pieces, and a new fender, but those are so unimportant to the goal of #RaceCar that I'll just have to give up my dreams of a nice looking E30. That said, I do think it's time to reassess and move my goal posts a little. March VIR, or any of the early NASA events this year don't seem feasible without me being risky with money, so the car may have a longer and slower path than I initially guess, and I'm okay with that. Stay tuned.