My first car was a 1988 325 and I sold it after high school in 2011 to buy a Miata. I loved the Miata and still drive Miata’s to this day. That said, I want to jump off a cliff now because I sold it when I was a dumb kid.

My friend.. I too have an E30 and was faced with the same dilemma as you.. The way you described owning one is very true and so I decided never too get rid of mine. I restored it with a ulez compliant engine swap. A lot of money yes.. but I get to keep and drive my beloved E30. Keep up the good work.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Which engine did you put in it?

@norispek1

Жыл бұрын

S54.. E46 M3 power plant. Always wanted an M3..then learned of these type engine swaps. As I love my E30 and a very nice S54 found me.. I couldn’t resist. I believe a E46 330 engine is compliant also. There are a few options my friend.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@norispek1 Omigod - that must be a beast now! As for my car, it's such a well-preserved original and completely stock car that I wouldn't want to make any changes to it.

@norispek1

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Understand.. I haven't got it back yet, been over a year now.. I'm sure it will be a beast lol, a very pretty one. I will let you know when I have it back. Bless you.

That intro is too great lol👏🏾. Great vid!

@BrownCarGuy

3 ай бұрын

☺️

She’s a beauty. That was a great buy!

After a decent 325i sport cash waiting

Beautiful car , good job 👍🏼

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Brown car guy ❤it my man😊

Owned a 1988 325 sport in dolphin grey around twenty years ago and would love to have another one as it was superb.

Lovely review, would love to see this again for year two?? 😎 - what’s it like owning if you’re not the most hands on person? I am looking to get into an E30 although concerned as not the most mechanically minded😅

@BrownCarGuy

4 ай бұрын

I will do a year two. But I'll tell you right now, it's brilliant!

Amazing car ❤

@BrownCarGuy

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

You have a beautiful car😍…e30s are at the heart of South African 🇿🇦🇿🇦 car culture…my dream car along with the e46‼️

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🏽☺️

@smido1284

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

This is one of my favourite cars of all time, I've always preferred them over the M3 (which is still an awesome car), mostly because of the inline 6 and because of its subtle looks, they especially look great when wearing Alpina rims and M sport kit.

@BrownCarGuy

2 ай бұрын

💯💯💯🙏🏽☺️

New subscriber and you have a cool channel. Thanks.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and welcome! 🙏🏽☺️

When BMW made great reliable cars

Excellent, one day I will have one ❤

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

You should!

You could get an early E28 and just wait for it to become historic, maybe 12-18 months. Hopefully historic will still be exempt then.

Awesome! A whole year has gone by, we have been following you on the journey. What are the options if the ULEZ expansion goes ahead? You could store the car on the border of Greater London, and drive out from there. I believe its what is done by many New Yorkers. You may have to shuttle to and fro the lockup with a compliant car you share with the family.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Not sure about that idea. Feels like it might as well be on another planet then. ☹️

@henryhol8538

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy Lets keep our fingers crossed the expansion does not happen.

great channel mashalla . what's the fastest car you have been in ? have you ever been in a Tarmac rally Car ?

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏽☺️ Veyron, 2002 Renault F1, etc

@RSADYNAMICS

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy an f1 car wow amazing 🤩

It is especially nice to see one in good original condition. So many today have been modified (ruined) with lowered rock hard suspensions, oversized brakes ludicrously large wheels ect. all of which is completely unnecessary. When new the 325i handled just as well as the M3, stopped just as quickly as the M3 and was only 0.2 seconds slower to 100 km/hr. I do hope you are able to keep yours, they are becoming harder to find and more expensive every day.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽☺️

Nice video. I have a 1989 325is - all original. Odometer stopped working at 89,750 miles. What do you recommend on how to fix it without losing the original reading?

@BrownCarGuy

5 ай бұрын

I think mine was done by www.clusterrepairsuk.co.uk/ cost about £400, it continued from the original reading. But it did mean the entire cluster had to be taken out and sent off, and at the time it took three months, because of the semi-conductor shortage.

Nothing like a classic to bring a smile to your face I have a 1989 Toyota space cruiser it’s my work shop on wheels so easy to work on I also have a 1986 suzuki DR 600 that I’ve restored my next thing to do is to restore the space cruiser but just think in 6 years your car is historic meaning no tax no mot and cheap insurance

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

89 Space Cruiser - cool 😎 and rare! 💯👊🏽

@jeffvaljean6030

Жыл бұрын

Yeah guess it was the space cruiser name that attracted me to it but a brilliant motor and very rare in the uk one of three left

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffvaljean6030 Name it Shuttlecraft Galileo 😜🖖🏽

Iv said it before and I will say it again. The leather interior is wonderful.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

It is rather nice ☺️🙏🏽

I Have owned many e30's over the years, & YES , YES YES I would buy another When i Find the Right car. I Currently run a 1995 e34 525i SE manual. Every bit as good & well built as an e34. but more power out of the 24 Valve M50 engine. I Have Run e34's since 2008. All Superbly Reliable & All Sold for more than I Paid. They are FANTASTIC Cars to Own & Drive. Smooth, Quiet, Balanced, Great Ride & Great Handling on the open roads. They simply MUNCH Motorway miles on long Journeys Leaving you feeling as Fresh as a 5 min local Trip. I Read Somewhere that they are as smooth & Quiet at 140 mph as they are at 40 mph. Hour after hour on German Autobahns.

Love your channel, looking at an e30 from a friend of mine for 8500 dollars (4 door)

@BrownCarGuy

7 ай бұрын

Do it!

Also used G Techniq ExoV4 on top of that. I use Maguires Si02 Ceramic Wax as a topper to keep the car immaculate. You can do more damage washing the car incorrectly so be careful.

Hi, we chatted at the ulez rally. Had my 318is for seven years, my wife and I loved it. Had the usual comments that it’s two cylinders short. If I had the space I would have kept it, but our age meant it had to go. Sold for twice what I paid for it.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Great to meet you. 😃👊🏽

Nice, the e30 is a fantastic car. I had the e30 m3 Evo for 22 years only sold 7years ago 😭, at the same time I also had a Purple 1995 bmw e34 m5 last year model, reluctantly sold at the start of ulez October 2021 😢. I had that for 17 years and loved that car, I also have a 1997 Porsche 993 c2. I reluctantly sold my 1995 e34 m5 because of ulez as I live in central london. I now only drive my Porsche in summer and pay for ulez. But I don’t tax it until summer then drive on occasions. It’s painful but I loved all the cars sold and the current steed 😢. If you can, keep your e30 and use on occasions, at least if it is your forever car that’s what I’d do. Good luck with your decision 👌🏿🙏🏿

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your thoughts and appreciation. Sorry you had to sell your cars. Great taste in motors though! 👊🏽

@y0057

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy thanks for all you are doing. Really shines lights on what this mayor is doing to our beloved city, London🙏🏿

I had both my BMW's ceramic coated at REEP SOUTHERN in Dunsfold. That's where the film Top Gear. It cost me just over £1000 per car but they did a full two stage machine polish and used G Techniq Crystal Serum Ultra. The cars looks better than when they were new.

Your startrek badge where did you get it

@BrownCarGuy

3 ай бұрын

I have a collection of them bought from different places. Best to search online 🖖🏽

They never made this but I always thought it would be cool to take an E30 coupe and replace the rear with one from an E30 touring. You would have cool 80s BMW hot hatch.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Or a shooting brake! 🤣 Someone, somewhere must have done it!

@rhysholdaway

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy Oh yes! An 80s BMW shooting break! Possibly my favorite body style.

Hi mate. Do you think bone stock 1987 E30 325i which has done around 80k miles being sold for USD 12,000 is worth buying?

@BrownCarGuy

4 ай бұрын

Sounds great - do it! (Check for rust though)

@aurangzaibkhan7080

Ай бұрын

Thank you!.

What a beautiful car. You can borrow my 1999 Z3 anytime you want if you want to make a review video!

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽☺️

Best bmw in my opinion.

@BrownCarGuy

10 ай бұрын

🙏🏽☺️

I so want one 😢

A well driven E30 325i will make you a Brown Pants Guy.I had one in the early 90s, proper wailing 6 cylinder 170 bhp lightweight lunacy....

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 see my review video of this car 😉

Put it in storage for a couple years and get either an E39 or E28

Nice Car ❤ Vrooooom Vrooooom ! Now let’s get Khan Out 👍🙏🏻

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

👍🏽💯😃

Has it got ABS?

@BrownCarGuy

9 ай бұрын

Honestly, I've never had to brake hard enough to be sure. But ABS was introduced on E30 models in 1986, and since this is an SE model, which has a high equipment level, it might be fair to assume it does. However, I'll have to try them hard to be sure.

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

9 ай бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy No no!!! You might skid and something could happen. Just have a look for the ABS light when you turn the ignition on. There's also a module under the bonnet, N/S behind the headlight. Bosch It's very nice either way

@BrownCarGuy

9 ай бұрын

@@user-sf7kl9uh7k It's okay, in my work I've done lots of testing of cars, including high-speed braking and avoidance tests. I'm just reluctant to push my own pride and joy too hard 😉😂

@user-sf7kl9uh7k

9 ай бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy Just have a look for the light. You'll see it when you switch the ignition on.

Have a German display number plate made up front and back that reads F-909 OYK (same as your UK number but German format) with an EU "Deutschland" emblem on the left border...and see if it fools the ULEZ cameras! "F" prefix on a German plate is for Frankfurt...and you drive a German car just to add to the authentic look, even though BMW is "M"unich based. Alternatively, I can give you a set of Canadian licence plates! Joking aside, considering how much you love your E30, I'd keep it for now and just see how things go with this ULEZ and whether it's manageable for your budget.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Keep those Canadian plates handy 😉

@ibs5080

Жыл бұрын

@@BrownCarGuy I will do...and some sturdy double sided tape! 😀

There will be a app in phones soon telling government if you are in a state of joy you will be punished !!!! lol 🥳🥳

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Yup!!

You have a lovely car there and you might not find another so good or will cost a you lot more. In the worst case I would keep the car, politicians come and they go and new ones might change policies in the future when people realise that they are being done by these restrictions. Otherwise move out of London, from what I see it's not becoming a nice place to live if all this carries on. Surely it can be a lot cheaper to live elsewhere and a lot less stressful.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽☺️

Such a shame that a disgrace of an individual has to give choices like that to people like you who love their old cars. As a car lover myself and a BMW fan at that, I wouldn’t sell that as that would just be letting him win, I would firstly wait to see the outcome of the scam and secondly, if it comes to ulez going ahead, there are places outside of London that aren’t ulez which you can store the car and use it as a weekend car on a ulez free zone. However I understand it is a far fetched option and I definitely can see £12.50 each time becoming very expensive. Lovely car though and a rare find at that.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽☺️

Are you Allowed to call it a BLACK CAR ? Maybe it's the DARKEST POSSIBLE Shade of Very DARK GREY ?? HA HA LOL. Or a Similar colour to COAL ??? Mine is ASCOT Green, I Get Race Horses Jumping all over it LOL. My Arctic Silver one looks like Ice shimmering in the sunshine.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

Well if I’m Brown, the car is most certainly Black! 😉🤣

If You saved all the £12.50 a day Fees, After a while you would have a Stash of cash in the Bank to go out & buy ANOTHER e30. Classic Car. Maybe 2 e30's ? Or you would be VERY Bored driving a Modern Tin Box. WHO Could Possibly swap a 6 in Line BMW for an EV or Super economy small car ? I Would keep my Car & get a Better paid Job, OR Move Far away from London ? A Classic car is NOT A MEANS of Transport. It is a HOBBY & PASSION for the owner. TRUE ENJOYMENT. For weekend use on nice days. & Occasional use. No Classic car owner is covering 20,000 / 30,000 miles a year on Long Daily Commutes. Hence any Pollution is Occasional & MINIMAL. Driving to the Seaside at weekend or to a car show etc, IS NOT CHOKING the People. Most Classic car owners have an Alternative Modern Vehicle for everyday use. / Or Wife's / Partner's car etc.

I feel exactly the same with my 23 year old 7 series BMW E38.

@BrownCarGuy

Жыл бұрын

🤩👊🏽