> >I wonder if it would be advantageous to the group (E30)
> >owners to get an idea of mileage and replacement of certain key components.

> Excellent idea! Now if someone can just collect the info and summarize it
> (unfortunatly I don't have time).

If everyone will post them here or email me directly, I'll collect them and post them on my E30 web site.
(slow, but up to date) http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e30.html (fast, but may be old info) http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e30.html

'84 318i w/ 228k miles

Replaced

• Front right wheel bearing at 190k
• Rear left wheel bearing at 205k
• New clutch, replaced about 210k because it felt like it was

  engaging to high, old disk was OK, but flywheel was glazed

• All suspension bushings (Control arm, subframe, diff, etc.)
• Control arms (for ball joints) around 190k
• New rubber gas lines around 190k
• New coolant hoses around 190k
• Both rear half-axles(boots broke, trashed joints), around 190k
• Rear differential(3.64LSD) with 3.93?LSD, around 198k
• Guibo, shifter components around 190k
• Motor and transmission mounts around 215k, sure smoothed things up
• Tie rod ends around 195k
• new boge turbo gas shocks/struts at 190k

Replaced:

• Water pump with timing belt at 104k
• new boge turbo gas shocks/struts at 105k
• guibo at 102k

Original:

• muffler (rusted on the rear)
• wheel bearings (one rear bearing starting to make noise)

Replaced:

• Timing belt/water pump at 115k
• 1/2 of the coolant hoses, old and soft at 115k
• all fuel lines, they were starting to crack at 115k
• rocker arm shafts/rocker arms at 115k
• rocker arms (again)/new cam at 120k
• new boge turbo gas shocks/struts at 125k
• ellipsoidal headlight bulbs, one burned up, a week later the other went out (both lowbeam)