A Case for E10

[jgerock]

4 minutes ago, ray_ said:

Correct or not, anyone (correctly or not) referring to their 2002 series on the internet is ignorantly promoting further stupidity.

 

Thank you, and get off my lawn as I yell at this cloud.

 

Don’t you have a pool?  

[M3M3]

Calling a 2002 an E10 is the BMW equivalent of the Big Lie.  No evidence it is true.  Someone said it and repeated it enough that others latched on and won't let it go....

[HBChris]

I have always felt that what makes this Forum so special is its embrace and acceptance of differing opinions.  And I have owned 2002s and many other vintage BMWs since 1974 and I do have a good sense of humor but I hope this isn’t changing.  Happy New Year everyone.

[Conserv]

I’m struggling to understand why this matters. I’ve been an ‘02 owner from 1973. And I am certain I never heard “E10” in the 1970’s, and probably not in the 1980’s. But now a huge number of current enthusiasts know ‘02’s as E10’s. So what?

 

Owning an ‘02 in 1973, every BMW owner flashed his/her headlights at you. Charming, and I miss it. But times change. 
 

I choose to dislike BMW drivers who drive recklessly, carelessly, and rudely, not those who simply refer to my ‘02 as an E10…

 

My view.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

[ray_]

33 minutes ago, Conserv said:

I’m struggling to understand why this matters. I’ve been an ‘02 owner from 1973. And I am certain I never heard “E10” in the 1970’s, and probably not in the 1980’s. But now a huge number of current enthusiasts know ‘02’s as E10’s. So what?

 

 

My view.

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

 

So, Steven, you condone spreading misinformation about 2002's? Because that's what happens when people see others incorrectly referring to '02's as E10's. They blindly ape the inaccuracy. 

 

[conkitchen]

57 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Owning an ‘02 in 1973, every BMW owner flashed his/her headlights at you. Charming, and I miss it. But times change. 

Kinda like how they used to be referred to as "Bimmer" and not "Beamer" as if someone just heard it wrong and the next person to hear it never thought it odd. 

 

OR

 

People living on the streets were called carpet baggers, now it's unhoused.  And if those (they, them, thar) same unhoused are unhinged, it's referred to as mentally challenged.   

 

We are ALL doomed. 

[dlacey]

The development codes (114, E6, E10) are still so vague, real afficionados are talking Model Codes:

I drive a 2291 and a couple of 2582s 🙂

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, ray_ said:

… They blindly ape the inaccuracy…

 

Oh, an ape hater, I see…

 

😋😁

 

Best,

 

Steve

 

[Mike Self]

To expand on our favorite hack mechanic's post:

 

Bimmer = BMW automobile (4 wheels, including 3 wheel Isettas for the UK market.

 

Beamer = BMW motorcycle

 

This was drilled into my 24 year old head when I bought my first Bimmer in 1969, and expounded upon many times in the BMWnospaceCCA Roundel.  Oddly I don't remember any Roundels from the 70s or even 80s  expounding on the proper model ID for a 2002.  It was just "a 2002."

 

And yeah, Steve, I miss headlight flashing too.  The only time I get to do that is during a vintage BMW gathering like Vintage or Mid America...Of course in 1969 there were only a few thousand BMW on America's roads, so seeing another was pretty uncommon.  Now and again I get a return flash from an E21 or E30, but nothing newer.

 

mike

 

PS.  Bottom line:  it's up to you what you call your '02.  Technically it looks like it's a Type 114, but call it what makes you happy.

[ray_]

I'm going to call my '02's 320i's.

 

Cheers,

[Conserv]

12 minutes ago, ray_ said:

I'm going to call my '02's 320i's.

 

Cheers,

Fine. Do that. And what are they worth now? 😉😁

 

 

[Son of Marty]

Same as always a rolling parts department for 2002's.

5 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Fine. Do that. And what are they worth now

 

[ray_]

23 minutes ago, Conserv said:

Fine. Do that. And what are they worth now? 😉😁

 

 

Who cares? I'm not selling!

 

 

You speculator!

 

:D

[TobyB]

E10 promotes corrosion in your fuel system- mostly because it attracts water.

 

It also gums things up when it evaporates (as it will in shitty old cars without evap systems)

because it has lots of crap in it to get water and oil to mix.

 

There.  That's what E10 is.  My 2002 is EIP 100, because it says so right on the side of it.

 

neener neener.

 

t

dgas

[BarneyT]

I always lead with the 2000 cc engine / 2 door car to explain the 2002, no other letters or numbers are needed for me under my seats it said they were for a 114, my other car is very proudly an E9 so E10 seems right to…I don’t really care,  it will alway be a 2002 to me.