Author Topic: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends... (Read 4629 times)

achtungE30 · « **on:** January 25, 2007, 03:18:20 PM »

and now im sure...

makes me wish i had a diving board rear instead

asubimmer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2007, 03:24:22 PM »

/thread, you make me cry

mikesjo · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2007, 03:28:26 PM »

i don't get it.

achtungE30 · « **Reply #3 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....

mikesjo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2007, 03:33:17 PM »

You'd rather have diving boards?!

achtungE30 · « **Reply #5 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

asubimmer · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2007, 04:00:42 PM »

metal bumpers < plastics < euro bumpers

D. Clay · « **Reply #7 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.

asubimmer · « **Reply #8 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

achtungE30 · « **Reply #9 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"

D. Clay · « **Reply #10 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][/B] <stodgy bread>
2 : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
3 : [SIZE=-1]BORING[/SIZE], [SIZE=-1]DULL[/SIZE][/B] stodgy Sunday boat trip -- Edna Ferber>
4 : extremely old-fashioned : [SIZE=-1]HIDEBOUND[/SIZE][/B] stodgy father -- E. E. S. Montagu>
5 a : [SIZE=-1]DRAB[/SIZE][/B] b : [SIZE=-1]DOWDY[/SIZE][/B]

Fife318is · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2007, 03:40:17 PM »

I dont see the simlarities to volvos personally. Nothing beats plastic bumps with full euro trim.

Eurospec · « **Reply #12 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

Pal318is · « **Reply #13 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

Author Topic: i always knew there was something about our rear-ends... (Read 4629 times)

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