Originally Posted by Vaca
Yeah right, it's crazy how long some of the parts last on that car. I was really surprised when I changed the fuel filter several years ago that it was also the original. The car had approx 240,000 miles on it at the time. Same thing for the original distributor cap and rotor, original until approx 240,000 miles.
E30 is amazingly well built vehicle. I had 318i with M10 engine. Got it with some 170k kms on clock, sold it with some 300,000kms and never had single issue, just regular maintenance. Actually rpms would not work, so I would "restart" with fist bump over gauges. Worked every time.