Originally posted by AwakenNoMore
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What would you buy? Hi Mileage Manual or Low Mileage Auto
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If you're planning on modifying everything, then mileage doesn't matter. Interiors are so easy to swap out, so that doesn't really matter.
I've replaced/modded about everything in my car. It wouldn't have matter the mileage really.
The only thing is paint. Nothing like good clean original paint. But these cars are getting so old, you're hard pressed to find a affordable garage queen.
Plus at some magical point(just using some numbers as an example).......a 100k mile car has maintenance that needs to be done....where as a 150k mile car has already had it done. So there's that too.Originally posted by Matt-Bhey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?
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Honestly, there's the driver factor too. I bought mine as an auto that WAS a garage queen and WAS driven by someone's mom. Not to throw around owner stereotypes but you don't see many auto drivers out there thrashing their cars around.
So, assuming you have one with regular maintenance (receipts/etc) and it's about $500 and a weekend's work to get it to be a manual (not to mention you can then choose all the fun stuff you want and make sure you're getting bang for your buck), I think it's a very viable option.sigpic
4 doors.. so much room for activities!
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Originally posted by TSI View PostBeing in Ontario, buy whichever one has less rust.
Everything (almost everything) else is fixable. I bought mine in auto at 255xxx km and swapped it to manual. That being said, if it's all original at 75k then you may be in for a treat replacing a TON of stuff that's normal maintenance at mid-mileage.1988 Atlantisblau Euro/Japanese 325i Cabriolet
1989 Schwartz 325i - now M50 powered! - now very dead
1998 Toyota 4Runner Limited
My 17,000km Big NA National Parks trip!
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I ended up buying an 87 325e 4-door manual but was rotten from engine to interior. I decided to sell it and got a 91 325i auto with less miles for the same price. sometimes you get lucky finding good autos that require less work. regardless of what mileage you will have to replace things due to the age of the vehicle
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I don't know how you guys can say an e30 with an auto isn't that bad. Driving it is essentially like starting in 2nd gear and shifting at 4k rpm.
It is impossible to accelerate from a standstill with anything resembling speed, and it shifts before the engine gets up into its powerband. I made it about a week of driving mine with an auto before I started stockpiling parts for the manual swap.
Fortunately the parts are easy to come but, and even with all new wear items, should still come out to under 1k in parts, so I would still but am clean auto vs a rough manual, bit only with the intent of immediately converting it.
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