Platenengrun E30

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 06/16/2016 at 16:19 • Filed to: E30

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From what I can find, it looks like it’s called Platenengrun. I came across this during a delivery, made me do a double take. I’ve only ever seen a similar colour on an super faded E21 before, never on an E30. The internet also doesn’t have many, so here’s a mostly identical car, but euro.

Upon further googling, it could also be Smaragdgrun. Difficult to tell, but I still think it’s planetengrun

There aren’t enough E30s in understated colours

petebmwm > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 16:27

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Love that color, similar to tazman green, 1 year only color on the 5

gmctavish needs more space > petebmwm 06/16/2016 at 16:30

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Oh wow I've never seen that. It's lovely, too bad all the new 5 series I see are lease models in black, silver, or grey

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 16:32

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When I had my e30 it was supposed to have been originally a color similar to that. But by the time I got it it had been painted red with black “stripes"

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 16:32

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I think it’s more likely to be Smaragdgrün, since it seems to be too green-ish to be either Platanengrün or Opalgrün, which are respectively a bit grayer and much grayer. But anyhow, 80s BMWs indeed look great in grey, grey-ish green or grey-ish blue.

Bullitt Ride > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 17:02

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Did you leave a note with your number asking if it was for sale?
I’d love to get me a rust free E30 from out west and bring it back to Ontario.

Laurence > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 17:29

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Such a nice colour; manages to be different from the sea of greys, silvers and blacks, but still be subtle and understated. That shade of lightish metallic green also manages to work on nearly all European cars from the 80's (there’s way more examples I haven’t put here)

gmctavish needs more space > Bullitt Ride 06/16/2016 at 17:48

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I'm afraid I didn't :/ it was also just a 325e, you may as well get one with a good engine if you're going to that trouble

gmctavish needs more space > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 06/16/2016 at 17:49

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That's a good point, I didn't do much looking for different examples so you're probably right

gmctavish needs more space > Flyboy is FAA certified insane 06/16/2016 at 17:49

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That's disappointing....I don't know why people do things like that

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > gmctavish needs more space 06/16/2016 at 17:51

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Well, I only knew how Smaragdgrün looked, so I had to google the rest of the greens too

Bullitt Ride > gmctavish needs more space 06/17/2016 at 13:11

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I’ve owned and worked on enough E30's to know that all that matters is the body. If the body is good, then it’s a good E30 lol. I’ve got a spare 325i motor and 3.73 diff sitting in the shed anyway ;)

gmctavish needs more space > Bullitt Ride 06/17/2016 at 14:52

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That's a fair point, most people aren't that happy to swap motors but if you are, then you're golden. That one did look like it had a solid body, but I didn't look too closely at the rockers or anything