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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: achtungE30 on January 25, 2007, 03:18:20 PM

Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: achtungE30 on January 25, 2007, 03:18:20 PM: and now im sure...

makes me wish i had a diving board rear instead

(http://www.fahrfrumlosin.com/pics/Cars/BMW/Vulva/DSC02571.JPG)
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: asubimmer on January 25, 2007, 03:24:22 PM: /thread, you make me cry
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Post by: mikesjo on January 25, 2007, 03:28:26 PM: i don't get it.
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: achtungE30 on January 25, 2007, 03:30:09 PM: Quote
i don't get it.

I always thought our rear windshield/decklid/taillight design always looked volvo-ish during that era....
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: mikesjo on January 25, 2007, 03:33:17 PM: You'd rather have diving boards?!
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: achtungE30 on January 25, 2007, 03:38:47 PM: personal peeve of mine - the diving boards were always more "aggressive" looking to me....vs the plastic bumpers which looked more modern

sorry guys, just thought i'd share :)
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: asubimmer on January 25, 2007, 04:00:42 PM: metal bumpers < plastics < euro bumpers
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: D. Clay on January 25, 2007, 05:37:58 PM: Take a look at the new Accord and BMW 3 Series. On the front, only the grilles are different. The overall shape is getting similar due to aerodynamics. Only the details are different.
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: asubimmer on January 25, 2007, 05:51:12 PM: Quote from: D. Clay;18200
Take a look at the new Accord and BMW 3 Series. On the front, only the grilles are different. The overall shape is getting similar due to aerodynamics. Only the details are different.
just like nascar...yay...or not
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: achtungE30 on January 25, 2007, 06:24:57 PM: i need to rebadge my car....seems without the 318is emblem, when i look back at it, i keep thinkin "Volvo Bertone"

(http://www.volvofan.at/IMAGES/Volvos/MYCARS/v780_03_small.jpg)
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: D. Clay on January 25, 2007, 07:09:29 PM: One of the things I like about the E30's looks is that it's one of the last low rear deck lid models. I had a 1980 240GL Volvo once that I nicknamed "Stodgy".
1 : having a rich filling quality : [SIZE=-1]HEAVY[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heavy)[/B] <stodgy bread>
2 : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
3 : [SIZE=-1]BORING[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/boring), [SIZE=-1]DULL[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/dull)[/B] stodgy Sunday boat trip -- Edna Ferber>
4 : extremely old-fashioned : [SIZE=-1]HIDEBOUND[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/hidebound)[/B] stodgy father -- E. E. S. Montagu>
5 a : [SIZE=-1]DRAB[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/drab)[/B] b : [SIZE=-1]DOWDY[/SIZE] (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/dowdy)[/B]
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Post by: Fife318is on January 28, 2007, 03:40:17 PM: I dont see the simlarities to volvos personally. Nothing beats plastic bumps with full euro trim.
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Post by: Eurospec on January 29, 2007, 02:00:26 AM: I've always been a sucker for plastic bumpers but you can't go wrong with euro bumpers and lower arches :)
Title: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends...
Post by: Pal318is on January 29, 2007, 05:06:38 AM: Euro all the way for me tbh, the large one's you guys have in the states are kinda too large for me....Good for a makeshift step ladder tho'.....

Pal