Originally posted by Shock(/\)ave
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That's what's so interesting about these cars: they aren't considered special yet in Germany, likely because of their motors (which they can't easily swap due to typical ridiculous government intervention), and a good one can be had for relatively little. The total cost of purchasing our touring and importing it here doubled the cost of the purchase of the car itself in Germany, and that means the car we selected really had to be worth it.
I'm confident that design edition tourings are pretty rare, but there have been a handful of them for sale for as long as I've been looking.
Most of them are (unbelievably) under €2,000 and in poor condition:
All of these cars tend to have lowish mileage by North American standards, but they're visibly rusty, have considerable damage to the interior fabric, and are likely in tired mechanical condition. These cars might make good daily drivers in Europe, but they're not good restoration candidates and not worth importing.
Once you start looking at cars over €2,000, you start to find decent project car restoration candidates:
Essentially anything under €4,500 tends to be a project in need of a lot of work, and the very few cars with very low mileage in great condition like ours I've seen were priced at €7,500 and up.
As always, condition and mileage are hugely important. ;)
I'm confident that design edition tourings are pretty rare, but there have been a handful of them for sale for as long as I've been looking.
Most of them are (unbelievably) under €2,000 and in poor condition:
All of these cars tend to have lowish mileage by North American standards, but they're visibly rusty, have considerable damage to the interior fabric, and are likely in tired mechanical condition. These cars might make good daily drivers in Europe, but they're not good restoration candidates and not worth importing.
Once you start looking at cars over €2,000, you start to find decent project car restoration candidates:
Essentially anything under €4,500 tends to be a project in need of a lot of work, and the very few cars with very low mileage in great condition like ours I've seen were priced at €7,500 and up.
As always, condition and mileage are hugely important. ;)
They where everyday grocery getters and still are over here. The dealerships sold them with big discounts when new to get rid of the remaining e30's and to keep people buying e30's.
Some of those cars posted looked pretty good, was thinking about getting a touring as a cheap daily driver but ended up with a volvo v70 :giggle:
If you want I can keep an eye out for touring parts on the Belgian craigslist, good stuff pops up once in a while. Will PM you if I find anything worthwhile.
). Now I cringe when I see ads for nice cars with pictures of the owner scratching the shit out of the paint by going through an automatic car wash or using one of those car wash brushes used to clean the grit off of trucks.
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The closest I found so far are threads like 
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