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Wednesday, 22 October 2025

BMW 20-pin Diagnostic Socket Pin-Out Diagram

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Handy pin-out diagram for the pre-OBD 20-pin round diagnostic connector on 80s and 90s BMWs from PinOutGuides.com [ https://pinoutguide.co...
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Wednesday, 20 August 2025

BMW mid-90s E39 Coupe Concept... forerunner to the new 6 Series... and a bit of Rover 75

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Another concept BMW from the mid-90s, showcasing the initial idea of a new 5er coupe based on the E39. This was also during the Rover 75 dev...
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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

BMW E30 323i Spec Comparison to contemporary early-80s rivals...

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How does the E30 stack up next to its five most common early 1980s stablemates, the MG Montego Turbo, Peugeot 505 GTi, Renault 25 GTX, Saab ...
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Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Disguised BMW E30 concept during testing, circa-1980

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Grainy pic of a quite heavily disguised BMW E30 3-Series test-mule undergoing tests in Germany circa-1980. The square headlights and covered...
Sunday, 21 July 2024

F10 530d: New O/S / driver’s side rear spring.

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Did both of the rear struts and springs a few years ago, but find the right side one has broken right at the top and will need doing for thi...
Sunday, 26 May 2024

F10 530d Manual: Replaced leaking clutch slave-cylinder.

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At the end of 2018 when I replaced the clutch on the F10 I threw on a new slave-cylinder while I was there, but I used a cheap spurious part...
Wednesday, 3 April 2024

BMW Option: RHD to LHD switchable controls… available to UK in the 1980s. How have I never seen this before?!

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Yes, this is not sci-fi, but an actual option available to UK BMW buyers in the 80s. Driving to Europe in your E30? No problem, just fold th...