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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...
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...
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 ...
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...