Sean said:From my understanding the 87 325is had the same suspension setup that the 88 E30 M3 had. The 88-90 325is got a softer setup after the M3 was released.
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TD said:As you can tell from my modified sig, I'm on a new quest for a '89-91 325is OR '91 318is to fill the void left by my old '91 318is. Who knows if I'd actually buy it if I found a good one, but I enjoy looking.
Mystikal said:
Good job, TD. Those late E30's are great!
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Pops' 325is :thumb:
IndyMike said:
That really is gorgeous! Make's me want to cry, and yearn for the 'good ole days', again! :bawling:
You know what I also really loved about the E30's; the way the hood opened on them. Really novel, cool and unique.
BMW AG should bring that feature back!
Oh wait, my bad! Herr Bunghole wants to do away with anything that smacks of tradition.
Forgive me folks! What the heck was I thinking, anyway? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
Sean said:My E34 525 hood opens the same way. It lets in so much more light when working in the engine compartment. I've heard BMW AG did any with the hoods opening this way because when involved in a frontal accident it was costly to repair vs. the std. opening hood.
TD said:
But, IIRC, the whole reason for the front hinging was to allow the hood panel to run up and over the windshield in the event of an accident, hence better energy diffusion.
But other "safety" ideas have gone by the way-side as well, like the weather-band radio (my '98 M3 DOES have it), standard outside temp display, and rear shoulder seatbelts that run from the center of the car to the outsides rather than the other way (the E39s and E46s quit doing this). The idea behind the seatbelt design was to prevent the heads of the rear seat occupants from hitting each other during a frontal collision since bodies tend to be pulled somewhat along the shoulder portion of the seatbelt's angle. So have the angles running away from each other rather than toward. Think about it and you'll see what I'm talking about.
But all of this was cast aside to make the cars more mainstream. Ironically, all of this mainstreaming began with the initial arrival of Bangle.
IndyMike said:
That really is gorgeous! Make's me want to cry, and yearn for the 'good ole days', again! :bawling:
You know what I also really loved about the E30's; the way the hood opened on them. Really novel, cool and unique.
BMW AG should bring that feature back!
Oh wait, my bad! Herr Bunghole wants to do away with anything that smacks of tradition.
Forgive me folks! What the heck was I thinking, anyway? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
nate328Ci said:
Well, I know that the old E28s did not have seatbelt mounts in the center and the hood hinged forward. I think theat wthe seatbelt mounts were moved from there because we now have foliding rear seats and the seatbelts cannot be mounted on somthing that moves; and since the split 60/40, someone wouldn't have a belt. I'll bet that the front mounted hinge was gotten rid of for aeordynamic reasons, they can smooth out the front of the car more. Also, that isn't that unique at all, every Buick LeSabre and Park Ave. from the 80s has a front hinged hood :dunno:
TD said:
Nate likes to piss on any observations that look back on past BMW models fondly, especially if the comments indirectly disparage anything currently going on at BMW.
I'm starting to think that, at the very least, Nate has an indirect financial interest in BMW (like his dad works for or owns a dealership or something along those lines) because there can't be any other reason for his blind cheerleading.
I mean, to liken the front-hinging hood to 1980s-era Buicks is about as negative a comment as one could make.