# Nick's 85 BMW 325 e30 **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nicks-85-bmw-325-e30/259230 **Category:** Builds **Created:** [July 3, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nicks-85-bmw-325-e30/259230 "2011-07-03T14:01:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 48
### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey) #### Post date: [July 5, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nicks-85-bmw-325-e30/259230/48 "2011-07-05T20:59:18Z")
> [@Props to Innovative v. seats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/props-to-innovative-v-seats/43628/13): > > sooooo , ya just traded a fun unreliable p.o.s for another unfun p.o.s ??? man u dumb E30’s aren’t unfun by any means. Just because they’re not fast in a straight line doesn’t mean that the car wouldn’t run circles around a Camarobird on a real course. > [@Props to Innovative v. seats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/props-to-innovative-v-seats/43628/15): > > :lol no but it would have relatively cheap reliable power and replacement parts would be cheap/easy to come by. My plan was to piece a kit together with the money I’m making up in toga, but I guess plans change > [@Props to Innovative v. seats](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/props-to-innovative-v-seats/43628/16): > > do not even try saying that e30 parts are expensive, they’re not. at all. > > you can maintain one literally for the same price as any other car of that era, there’s a big aftermarket parts supply. > > it’s only $$ if you buy shit from the dealer, or like an idiot. Werd, never buy from a dealer unless absolutely necessary. At NJMP, one of my ignition coils went bad. I figured it’d be around $100 a coil at the BMW dealership. I called the local NAPA. The coil was $37, where the dealer was around $98 or so. Since the NAPA ones are the same EXACT parts at the dealer (has BMW part number on them, as well as the Bosch/Bremi number), I bought the three they had in stock since it’s a somewhat common problem. Win. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nicks-85-bmw-325-e30/259230)._