Are E30's overhyped or actually good cars?

Are E30's overhyped or actually good cars?

good cars for the era

Both.
Overhyped for today's standards, very good project cars for track-based builds (autoX, track warriors, drifting, controlled Motorsport in general)

The best description for e30's is that they are more then the sum of their parts.
I'm sure that some cars do some things better but as an all round fun car that can tackle almost anything, these are hard to beat.

They also feel incredible to drive. I sold a miata and an e36 to buy mine. honestly drives better then both of those cars

It really depends on you as an individual. The E30 is the car that made me get into cars, it was my first project, and it has a ton of things that draws me to it. It's not a car that will get you laid for how the car looks, it will get you laid when a woman sees how passionate you are for it (as gay as that sounds). It's a solid drivers car, and you will not get much street cred for owning and taking care of one, you will on the other hand get cred with older, more mature care enthusiasts.

Its a good car, get one.

Its the AE86 of europe.

It's been elevated to meme tier over the last 10-12 years/

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True, but there's something that cars after those lost
Lightweight, RWD, direct steering, they feel more raw and give you the feeling that u are driving something simple and very predictable, like a kart
They are not good cars or fast, they are just fun cars

Hah

>after a good hooning day, hop out of the window of the car right on the couch

at some point, I need this in my life