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GENERAL => Photoshop, Media, & Artwork => Topic started by: SamuthNBS on December 28, 2007, 11:52:59 AM

Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on December 28, 2007, 11:52:59 AM: Though I should introduce myself and my car, this place seemed the most appropriate for the pictures.
These pictures were taken on my phone last March when I bought my car. It hasn't really changed since, I've just fitted a new (stock) exhaust when a fox knocked mine off (and the front splitter) and added a lot of mud competing in road rallies.
It came as standard with: PS, LSD, S/R and Fog lights.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/bmw/frontage.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/bmw/back.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/bmw/side.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/bmw/3quarter.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/bmw/corner.jpg)

I love my BMW. I'm considering buying an E32 535i M Sport to add to my collection sometime in the new year but for now my M42 engine leads the way :)
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: gearheadE30 on December 28, 2007, 01:38:38 PM: Ballin and welcome tot he club. I take it you are in Europe somewhere, where at?
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on December 28, 2007, 02:42:28 PM: South west of England, and I think all the rain is an advantage when you have an lsd ;)
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: jpod999 on December 28, 2007, 10:40:09 PM: I want your front valence SO badly. Car looks incredibly clean, any more info on these road rallies?
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on December 29, 2007, 05:37:02 AM: My front splitter is actually the wrong one, it's supposed to be extended and alpeinweiss II like the rest of the car but it broke when I hit a fox!

Basically the road rallies are just navigational exercises done on open public roads during the night time (with permission from the police and the MSA) where you get given a map and some clues and have to navigate your way to certain points within a certain time limit.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: 2002is on January 08, 2008, 05:07:26 PM: whereabouts in south west?
im in redruth, Cornwall
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on January 09, 2008, 04:51:33 PM: I live in Dorset, just west of Dorchester and go to uni in Southampton.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: silent lucidity on January 09, 2008, 08:10:04 PM: Are those sidemarkers stock on Euro E30's?
P.S. Very clean ride =)
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: hoevesruperd on January 09, 2008, 08:35:08 PM: Quote from: silent lucidity;40870
Are those sidemarkers stock on Euro E30's?
P.S. Very clean ride =)

yes they are. i think it looks better than the bumper sidemarkers
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on January 12, 2008, 07:24:20 PM: Less hassle to replace, too!
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: Asserti on January 18, 2008, 05:04:13 AM: Quote from: hoevesruperd;40873
yes they are. i think it looks better than the bumper sidemarkers

No they aren't :p

Only in Italy and perhaps some other countries where it was obliged. In Belgium and Germany it wasn't stock.

I think it's funny, there are Europeans here who customize their E30 with US spec sidemarkes and you guys want to look european :D
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on January 28, 2008, 07:27:07 PM: In the UK the sidemarkers are standard like that, I don't know about the rest of europe.
I wouldn't want them US style tbh, it doesn't float my boat.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on April 06, 2008, 10:29:02 AM: New pictures! Sorry for dragging up an old thread
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00578.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00577.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00574.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00573.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00575.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00587.jpg)
Caused by:
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a54/elliottsw/DSC00571.jpg)
That's the driver's side, incidentally.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: dude8383 on April 06, 2008, 10:43:04 AM: Holy crap!

What happened, and are you alright?!
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on April 06, 2008, 12:47:39 PM: I hit a bank at about 80mph and rolled it, landing on the top of the A pillar by my head.
I hit my head quite hard, got a few cuts from glass but climbed out and I'm fine. Car is, obviously, destroyed. Shame really! I liked that car but it's okay because I've got an '88 Supra to replace it. I'll miss the M42 though.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: Nick_318is on April 06, 2008, 04:50:21 PM: Happy your alright, damn shame about the car.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on April 06, 2008, 06:03:55 PM: Yeah. Still, everything that makes it an iS is still intact and, hopefully, will be bolted to another E30 and carry on the legacy. Not by me though, although I was tempted to buy a cheap 325 and attach the suspension setup.
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: mkodama on April 07, 2008, 02:13:25 AM: Wow, and introduction and an ending of a 318is in the same thread. All on the first page too!

Such a shame with that beautiful car. But it's a good thing you were able to get out with out much harm, that looks like it hurt! It looks like it was your torso that bent the steering wheel?

woo! my first post!
Title: My n00b 318iS
Post by: SamuthNBS on April 07, 2008, 07:14:29 AM: No, it was my thighs. I used the steering wheel to press myself back in to the seat to avoid smacking my head (again).
I actually owned the car for over a year, I just didn't introduce it to this forum until quite late on. Congrats on your first post ;)