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Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 18, 2008, 09:19:30 AM
Hi!
I resently discoverd this forum so I'm quite new here, I'm pleased to see that there are so manny people with this rare model.
Here in Sweden were only ~46 models of the 318is E30 imported by BMW Sweden. So it's very special to own one, especialy when mine is in this fine condition.

BMW 318is M-tech I -90
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1618/bmwe30mtechizt7.png)
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1562/57406504ds0.jpg)
(http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2470/0004403042300s62pq5.jpg)

Please leave a comment =)

More pics and info:
http://www.garaget.org/Saxbo2
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Letsplayskatch on May 18, 2008, 04:29:00 PM
Gorgeous car! love the black colour, the grilles set it off niceley! Did you buy them black, or spray them? If sprayed, what procedure did you use?
Welcome to the forum too :)
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Lukis on May 18, 2008, 05:33:17 PM
welcome to the club. Like Sweden, there is not many 318is in Norway either, about 20-30.
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: ose30 on May 19, 2008, 01:32:10 AM
Hejsan,
welcome , i tought there where more IS models in Sweden, interesting information. It's about the same situation in the other neigbouhr country, in Finland about same amount imported like in Norway.

Your car looks absolutely great ! What wheels are you using? EDIT: i noticed you have Asa imola 17" wheels

btw sorry about the hockey ;)
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 19, 2008, 08:50:03 AM
@Letsplayskatch: I sprayed the grill black, firt I blasted the chrome of then sprayed it in the same colous as the rest of the car. Diamantschwartz ;)

ose30: haha, Yeah your people are very happy today. in my village there are 60% finnjävlar^^
Volvo needed cheap workers in the 60's :P
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Zilla on May 19, 2008, 08:53:40 AM
Hey car looks great welcome!!! Sweden is beautiful, I've went to Umea a couple times, family lives there very quite and peaceful!
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 19, 2008, 12:38:28 PM
Quote from: Zilla;49667
Hey car looks great welcome!!! Sweden is beautiful, I've went to Umea a couple times, family lives there very quite and peaceful!


thanx =)
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: punk_sy on May 19, 2008, 02:34:27 PM
man the paint looks awsome mines the same colour but not as shiny as that:) do you no the tint percentage of the side indicator lenses ? cheers simon
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 19, 2008, 03:35:28 PM
Quote from: punk_sy;49697
man the paint looks awsome mines the same colour but not as shiny as that:) do you no the tint percentage of the side indicator lenses ? cheers simon


Thanx :P
oh^^ that was some hard words for a Swede :P Do you mean the "grey"tinted light on the fronfenders behind the frontwheels? In that case I don't know. They are bought in that colour. But I havn't seen them in the shops for a long time so I don't think they are available annymore.
Title: yes mate
Post by: punk_sy on May 19, 2008, 03:57:06 PM
:Dyes mate i did sorry about that its just a friend is sprayind all of mine so i dont no what to have.. cheers
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 19, 2008, 04:03:22 PM
ah, clever kid :D haha
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: ose30 on May 20, 2008, 02:28:23 AM
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Do you mean the "grey"tinted light on the fronfenders behind the frontwheels? In that case I don't know. They are bought in that colour. But I havn't seen them in the shops for a long time so I don't think they are available annymore.


In Europe they should be available, at least german "tune-shop" FK sells them. All shops which sells FK stuff here in
Finland have them.


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in my village there are 60% finnjävlar^^
Volvo needed cheap workers in the 60's :P


That's correct, lots of finns emigrated to Sweden in the 60's when finnish economy was not in so great shape, especially in the northern parts of the country.
You swedes have such a luck when having Finland between your country and Russia, you had a "Safty-bumber", so you did not have to take a part to WW II, you were able to develope your country and economics in the 40's-50's. We fought against over 200 million inhabitant nation and during that time our country's population was under 4 million. We were the only country who was not occupied (war losing one) after the war. Just look what happend to the baltic countries, Poland, Tsheks,Bulgaria,Romania,eastern part of Germany etc.etc. Even tough we were attacked by the russians we have to pay a huge amount of money and goodies to them after the war. It took us the whole 50's and big part of the '60's to bring back our economy to the western level. Nowadays our economy is at least the same level as Sweden has.It is also in top EU level, like also Sweden has. To all of our younger american friends: Finland was the only country in the world who paid pack to you all of it's world debts. That's for the history this time.
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 20, 2008, 10:07:33 AM
Thank you for the historylesson. :)
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: ose30 on May 21, 2008, 02:22:47 AM
You're wellcome ;)

There are still quite a lot movement between Finland & Sweden, i know a lot of Swedes who have moved to Finland and work here. also vice versa. I have some relatives living in north of Göteborg, but their parents moved there in the late 40's. It was easy, because they were already swedish spoking. Finland is still bi-linqual country, two official lanquages; finnish & swedish. After all we have a long history together, when Finland was part of Sweden.
It's so easy to take a ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm or plane from Helsinki to Arlanda and visit friends in Sweden, which i have a lot :)
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 21, 2008, 09:34:17 AM
Yes it is. But I still  find it hard understand how our languages can be so different. Norweig, Denmark and Sweden can almost always understand eachother but Finnish is quite a mess^^
I have some Finnish friends to, ofcours in the Swedish-spoken region Vasa :P
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: ose30 on May 22, 2008, 02:18:35 AM
Finnish does not belong to the same lanquage group as Swedish,Norweigan,Danish etc. Our lanquage is part of Fenno-Hungarian group, where belong Finnish, Estonian & Hungarian. I sometimes wonder how Hungarian can be part of this lanquage group because it is so different. It's quite easy to us to understand Estonian though. Most Finns understand Swedish even though it's somtimes difficult to speak it.
I used to have manadatory Swedish at school, it was considered as a second domestic lanquage. Then i had three foreign lanquages as well, English,French & German
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: dpg318is on May 29, 2008, 07:34:39 AM
Hey great looking E30 :) looks amazing, sits perfectly! What size are your wheels? 17X8?
or 7.5? Do you have spacers? if so what size? Thanks !
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: hoevesruperd on May 29, 2008, 08:08:06 AM
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in my village there are 60% finnjävlar^^
finnjävlar ?
when one comes from Finland?
i should start using ¨ on different lëtters toö, soünds cool hehe löl

nice looking car btw
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: ose30 on May 30, 2008, 01:05:33 AM
It's funny even tough Finnish & Swedish belongs to totally different lanquage group our PC keybord is the same.
I suppose you have quite a few Finnjävlar (Finnish bastard's) also in Canada and northern US states like Minnesota & Illinois.

In Finnish & Swedish these special letters, Å,Ä,Ö are pronounced  totally different compared to A,O etc.
I am not even sure does your PC's character set support directly these Finnish/Swedish character sets, in some cases these letters usually can be seen as # and @ in US character set PC's
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: swiss318is on May 30, 2008, 06:25:02 AM
...i go to sweden this summer!!!!!!!:D:D:D
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 30, 2008, 08:17:44 AM
Quote from: hoevesruperd;50242
finnjävlar ?
when one comes from Finland?
i should start using ¨ on different lëtters toö, soünds cool hehe löl

nice looking car btw


hahaha, you don't know anything about foreign languages do you? :P
Like Ose30 said. ÅÄÖ is letters in our alfabeth. So I'm not being "cool" using them, just normal.

dpg318is: It's the Asa imola 17" 215/40/17, and yes I have spacers. The wheels were too big :P I don't know the size on them but I can check it up.

Swiss: What shall you do in Sweden? :P
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: swiss318is on May 30, 2008, 09:33:17 AM
Quote from: Saxbo;50303
Swiss: What shall you do in Sweden? :P


perhaps a bit of bmx-racing practice and party! there is a rumor out there in the rest of the world about the scandinavian girls! :D :D

by the way... we have Ö Ü Ä in our language too...
Title: My E30 318is -90 (Sweden)
Post by: Saxbo on May 31, 2008, 11:23:48 AM
Quote from: swiss318is;50307
perhaps a bit of bmx-racing practice and party! there is a rumor out there in the rest of the world about the scandinavian girls! :D :D

by the way... we have Ö Ü Ä in our language too...


haha, yes I've heard that rumor too ;)