My n00b 318iS

[SamuthNBS]

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 :)

[gearheadE30]

Ballin and welcome tot he club. I take it you are in Europe somewhere, where at?

[SamuthNBS]

South west of England, and I think all the rain is an advantage when you have an lsd ;)

[jpod999]

I want your front valence SO badly. Car looks incredibly clean, any more info on these road rallies?

[SamuthNBS]

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.

[2002is]

whereabouts in south west?
im in redruth, Cornwall

[SamuthNBS]

I live in Dorset, just west of Dorchester and go to uni in Southampton.

[silent lucidity]

Are those sidemarkers stock on Euro E30's?
P.S. Very clean ride =)

[hoevesruperd]

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

[SamuthNBS]

Less hassle to replace, too!

[Asserti]

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

[SamuthNBS]

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.

[SamuthNBS]

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.

[dude8383]

Holy crap!

What happened, and are you alright?!

[SamuthNBS]

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.

[Nick_318is]

Happy your alright, damn shame about the car.

[SamuthNBS]

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.

[mkodama]

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!

[SamuthNBS]

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 ;)