I introduced myself the other evening to the iX folks and I am now going to start a build thread.
I decided to purchase a 1989 E30 325iX with a build date of 01/1989 to use as a daily driver in the winter months.
Only 62230 miles, 2 owner car and yes it is an automatic (wouldnt be my choice but the wife would only agree to me having a third car and a motorcycle if she was able to use it if needed)
These are the pictures the seller took and posted to various websites including eBay. The car was local to me, I went and saw it, gave him a relatively low offer, he declined, the first auction was won by someone who then flaked and couldn't be contacted via eBay, email or phone. The seller stayed in contact with me because we both enjoy owning and working on BMWs.
He listed it a 2nd time on eBay and he contacted me again with a counter offer...I came up another $250 which was still about $3k less than he had hoped to get.
So, after much back and forth with my wife (the last automatic car I purchased was my 2004 325iT and within a year I pulled the 2.5/auto and dropped in a spare 3.0/6spd/cam'd/headers and of course supercharged (about 330/340hp at the rear wheels - those who frequent E46fanatics likely know my cars. I also have a 2005 330i ZHP/6spd that is stage 3 supercharged and it is just over 420hp and the rear wheels.
Ok, on with the build and maintenance thread
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I decided to purchase a 1989 E30 325iX with a build date of 01/1989 to use as a daily driver in the winter months.
Only 62230 miles, 2 owner car and yes it is an automatic (wouldnt be my choice but the wife would only agree to me having a third car and a motorcycle if she was able to use it if needed)
These are the pictures the seller took and posted to various websites including eBay. The car was local to me, I went and saw it, gave him a relatively low offer, he declined, the first auction was won by someone who then flaked and couldn't be contacted via eBay, email or phone. The seller stayed in contact with me because we both enjoy owning and working on BMWs.
He listed it a 2nd time on eBay and he contacted me again with a counter offer...I came up another $250 which was still about $3k less than he had hoped to get.
So, after much back and forth with my wife (the last automatic car I purchased was my 2004 325iT and within a year I pulled the 2.5/auto and dropped in a spare 3.0/6spd/cam'd/headers and of course supercharged (about 330/340hp at the rear wheels - those who frequent E46fanatics likely know my cars. I also have a 2005 330i ZHP/6spd that is stage 3 supercharged and it is just over 420hp and the rear wheels.
Ok, on with the build and maintenance thread
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