[new guy in Burlington / Lake Geneva area]

Nice ride! Gongrats and welcome!

[Awesome car videos!]

I just stumbled upon this thread and my week was instantly made. Gold Mine. 

[Calypsorot '90 325i Coupe]

Yes! I've been looking forward to seeing some pics. Awesome starter!

[Who are you?]

old school favorites includes things like: Q and not U, The Mars Volta, At the Drive-in

 

I'm a huge fan of At the drive in and The Mars Volta! Have you listened to the current project Antemasque?

[Who are you?]

30, Born and raised Oshkosh townie. Have a GF finishing up vetrinary school in Madison at the UW. I earned an associates degree in package and label printing, did and externship and quit the biz. I'm now a mechanical designer at Oshkosh defense developing military trucks. Intrests include craft beer, loud music, comic characters and running. In my "younger years" I enjoyed BMX, Skateboard, Snowboard activities but my body doesn't seem as up to it. 

 

And as much as I hate winter I'm not looking forward to mowing the lawn...

[Help your fellow Bimmers...]

So they just stood and watched. F'n douchebags. And they say BMW owners are assholes.

 

The Onion is a satire site so we don't actually have anyone to go throw rocks at in this instance, but if you drive a BMW you've seen similar situations..

 

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Thats why i always try to help/ stop way early for pedestrians/ etc... maybe I can prove to that one person that I'm not an asshat. 

[Aftermarket e30 sideskirts?]

I just bought a set of OEM M-techs. I like E30s both with/without but thought they might work out nice with the IS front valence. I'll try to post pics when I eventually put them on. 

[Help your fellow Bimmers...]

...because no one else will. 

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/neighbors-come-together-to-watch-bmw-owner-struggl,37917/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default

 

Saw this today and thought I'd share. I've been in this spot before but a nice older guy actually came and helped (he told me he previously had a 3-series).

[New guy in MKE]

Love that blue! Welcome!

[New guy!]

Welcome and great pics!

[Wheels thread: Where to buy, what you're running, what you want. EVERYTHING WHEELS.]

I'm a big fan of TSW wheels, I've had a couple sets and they have never treated me wrong.

I went to discount tire direct and bought a set of 18's for my GTI with fresh tires and TPMS for right around $1500.

[BMW CCA E30 Picnic May 16, 2015 Waukesha]

Rats! This is the same weekend as my girlfriends graduation. Maybe I can send a Gorilla-gram in my place.

[Back in the BMW game (Another E30 to add to the masses).]

Ugh lucky you are! I just fired up the torpedo heater long enough to put my new tool chest together and now I'm back inside. 

[Convertibro from Oconomowoc]

Welcome! (From a fellow newcomer E30) What wheel/Suspension set up do you have?

[Rear window blew out while car was warming up E30]

Damn I'm disconnecting my rear defrost! That's crazy. 

[Happy Birthday Suzukiboss, Rowlersk8s, and Deviance in Dark!!!]

Mine have always been the christmas presents that have a "happy birthday too!" written in the corner. Some beer and a movie will suffice nicely for my birthday night. 

 

Thanks for the birthday love!

[Looking for a new daily - input needed.]

Looking good! Congrats

[Looking for a new daily - input needed.]

So it's a VW.... That's gonna be more expensive to fix.

[Looking for a new daily - input needed.]

Turning headlight motor - $1300

Passenger seat airbag sensor - $900

Sunroof skipped track and needed reprograming.

Electrical gremlin began rolling all my windows down whenever it felt like.

 

Mine had some prior damage unknown to me that caused some issues. Mechanically I took it from 18k to 80k with just a new battery and a coil pack to keep it going and I enjoyed every minute of driving it. 

[Looking for a new daily - input needed.]

That E91 is calling my name - trying to arrange to see it Wednesday. If anyone here has any experience with that gen or engine, some insight would be greatly appreciated.

I loved my E90. But it started to nickle and dime me to death. As long as it was well maintained and maybe a CPO I'd say go for it.

 

Bonus points for the touring!

[Junkyard question]

Damn! I'll PM you.

[Junkyard question]

saaaweeet! going there friday for sure. 

Anyone need anything?

 

Fat chance I'm sure but if any of the e30s have late model rear bumpers let me know! 

[Back in the BMW game (Another E30 to add to the masses).]

You'd be amazed what you can do with alittle time, a random orbital buffer, and some good buffing compounds. Most people never bother to put in the elbow grease but it's worth ever minute.

Original 25 year old paint on entire drivers side - new paint on hood/bumper:

 

You're killing me! lol Mine had a few too many days in the Texas/Cali sun and decided to peel. I have plenty of dents to tackle as well. (Pic doesn't do it justice but this was the day I picked it up. Hood was already rattle-canned).

 

[Back in the BMW game (Another E30 to add to the masses).]

my only nickname ever given was "turbo" so maybe that will help lol. Ill change my sig or something haha. 

 

I wonder if that would make me "NA" by default. lol

 

 

It's a bit rusty underneath, and has over 200k on the clock. The interior is black and in pretty good shape considering the mileage.

 

Definitely looks good from the pic. I'll need paint if I want mine to be presentable 

[ClassE 1989 325IS Build Thread]

I'm over on the opposite side of town near the 20th St YMCA. Not a lot of E30's in town, we'll have to meet up at some point!

 

I'll be in. I'm already sick of winter.