Author Topic: e30Andym42 (Read 31470 times)

e30Andym42 · « **on:** April 03, 2008, 02:10:22 PM »

I bought my beautiful 318is on January 12 of this year. I cant wait to get it on the road. The reasons I haven't yet are: 1) I don't yet have a job, but have an interview tomorrow, 2) I don't really have anywhere serious to drive to, 3) I don't see the need to rush into putting my car on the road when I can waste my parent's gas

. I still drive my e30 illegally around the block though, heheheh. I cant stop thinking about it.

My Alpine 1991 318is cost me $1950.
The Good:
- excellent condition considering the use of salt in good ol' NY
- from Las Vegas
- 99K
- told it was an excellent vehicle by my mechanic
- babied
- drives very smooth and fast
- 35 mpg on thruway!

The Bad:
- dent under fog light (cracked fog light lens)
- very very minor engine oil leak (origin currently unknown)
- cracked dash
- bad timing chain tensioner (part ordered)
- handbrake doesn't ratchet (part ordered)
- ripped fabric in front seats
- previous owner replaced headlights with cheap, crappy ones

I am starting to get angry that the pictures wont upload, I'll keep working on it.

EDIT: Ignore me being an ignorant ricer in the following posts. I have since matured lol

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2008, 02:21:33 PM »

Oh yeah, it needs brakes, and I'm pretty sure it has the original floor mats, which at least surprises me....and excuse the noob question by why cant I get these freakin pictures to upload!? They are saved on my computer off my camera, and I click "Manage Attachments", "Browse", and select the pictures. Why am I such an idiot.

txleadfoot · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2008, 03:59:27 PM »

Probably because the resolution is set too high. Use some photo editing software to reduce them to 800x600 or 640x480.

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2008, 04:14:13 PM »

"Upload of file failed." guess not >.<

txleadfoot · « **Reply #4 on:** April 07, 2008, 02:14:50 PM »

Make sure it's RGB and not CMYK.

swiss318is · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2008, 04:20:58 AM »

make an account on photobucket and then import the pics... thats how i do it and it works fine and without any problems

r0ckrat · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2008, 10:53:13 AM »

Second for a photo-host like photobucket, flickr, picasa, etc.

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2008, 07:51:25 PM »

Anyways, some time after my SPECIAL moment....here's my car (im no photo specialist, so bear with me)

Here's a 1978 BMW 320i at a dealer near me

Unfortunately....on Monday, my streak of getting away with it ended, and I was driving my unregistered, uninsured, uninspected 318is down to the end of my street and back on my calm, policeless street (95% of the time I'd guess) and wouldn't ya know it, about half a mile away from my house I notice a truck with some junk on its roof and it was, of course, a state trooper. I slammed on the brakes hoping he wouldn't notice that I was driving it and assume it was parked roadside the whole time, but he didn't fall for it >=(

I got 2 tickets, 1 for lack of registration, and 1 for lack of inspection. Luckily I'm a "Typical 17 year old kid who makes stupid 17 year old mistakes" and he followed me home as opposed to towing my BMW away, and looked passed the lack of insurance. Sucker :p...still gonna be down a couple bucks though -.-

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2008, 08:09:54 PM »

Future plans!?
- pick up a set of stylish rims to use for summer/winter opposite the
basketweaves
- fix the dent under the passenger side fog light/replace front valence
- re-attach the black front "is" lip
- get dash cover to hide the cracks
- do something about the headlights (replace with...maybe ellips/smileys/angels)
- touch up the tiny chips in the hood
- fix oil leak
- new less restrictive muffler, don't want it to be ricey...ideas?
- increase engine performance, not sure which parts yet.

hoevesruperd · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2008, 08:38:02 PM »

thats a real bmw addict! just bought an e30, already looking at an e21. keep it up boy! hahaha looks like a nice car. welcome to the club!

e30matt · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2008, 09:17:00 PM »

clean car, but the tint needs to go

Nick_318is · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2008, 09:05:49 AM »

Car looks great. I suggest a chip, for the headlights I just swaped to some H1/H4s and they are 100x better then the sealed beams. And for exhaust I love my suspersprint, quiet at idle and a nice noise at WOT.

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2008, 04:20:44 PM »

thx for the compliments.....as for the tint, the car came like that, and i don't really hate it enough to remove it, though i would prefer if it didn't have a sort of purple-ish hint to it. and, i was considering a chip or something, but i really don't know crap about them. my dad had one for his trans-am a while back, and he's not really much help on that subject regardless. it's also a bit expensive for me AT THIS TIME, what with no job, 2 tickets to pay, pads and rotors to replace, and fixing the dent in the front valence...i have around $550 to pay for these things and anything else until someone HIRES ME! anyways, yeah ill look into supersprint. i can't wait to get a job to pay for the goodies i want

.....and back to the chip thing, we have 91 octane super premium around here, but currently in my tank is 89...don't know the extent of its relativity to the subject, but yeah, im n00b at chips

monty23psk · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2008, 06:40:13 PM »

stock for these cars is 89, which means you need to run premium. Maybe people put regular but its bad for the engine. My sister did that for 5 yrs she owned the car. I know put premium. Big difference in response on the engine but will help the engine last longer. Anything with hight compression, like 10:1 or higher will need premium gas, no matter the vehicle model or brand.

e30Andym42 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 10, 2008, 02:08:18 PM »

like i said, i put 89 in....which is premium. 91 is super premium, which, without prior knowledge, i didn't fill my tank up with because the owners manual says "Premium Gasoline"....so when i filled it up, i selected premium....89 octane. are u saying i should be using super premium 91 octane for the stock engine...or for a chipped m42?