Description below is copied from my craigslist ad, but I can elaborate or answer any questions as needed. I took a personal loan out on this car, and still owe ~$6k or so, so I'm looking for a trade + cash for a really nice e30 or decent e34 m5. I have a daily driver and am looking for a nice weekend car. Looking for street oriented cars, must have A/C, original paint or excellent re-spray and solid interior.
-Ground Control Coilovers- replaced rear shocks 5k miles ago (GC re-valved Koni) and upper strut bearings
-Apex EC-7 18x10.5 ET27/Motorsport Hardware stud conversion/Continental EC sport 275/35/18- 2k miles on these
-Muffler delete
Recent Maintenance
-Rod bearings
-Front pads/rotors and rear pads- StopTech Sport pads/Zimmerman rotors
-Front Control arms (Mahle LCA, Synchro Design spherical UCA bushings with Febi/Bilstein arms)
-Driveshaft flex disc and trans mounts
-Front swaybar links
The car is in fantastic condition cosmetically. The paint is in great shape, PO did some paint correction and kept the car very clean. Usually when I buy a car the first thing I do is a thorough paint correction and deep clean and this car just didn't need it. I threw a coat of my favorite sealant on and have just been enjoying it. There are a few rock chips on the hood/bumper, really not noticeable because of the color. There are only a couple scratches on the car, really light stuff. It looks like a cat tried to jump on the hood (but slid off because the paint was too slick ) and left 3-4 1" long scratches and there is another light scratch right behind the drivers rear door. The worst cosmetic issue on the car is on the RR corner of the bumper, it looks like someone spot repaired it once upon a time, the paint doesn't match perfectly in one spot. I'll take a photo of this and update the thread. Lastly, the PO hit a parking block with the underside of the front bumper, it punched a small hole in the bumper but he kept the piece and I epoxied it back it, it's on the bottom of the bumper and is not visible, but just thought I would disclose. The broken piece was roughly 3" x 1.5"
The interior is great, leather is very soft and still in great shape. Pretty much what you'd expect from a ~100k mile car that is garaged and well cared for. The leather on the passenger side bolsters shows slight fading/discoloration. Carpet is perfect, including trunk, and the car comes with a set of new floormats as well as the original set. Steering wheel is also fantastic, leather still has perfect texture.
Mechanically the car has no issues. At 100,000 miles, I changed the rod bearings while chasing a noise that ended up being an exhaust leak. I changed all downpipe gaskets while I had everything apart, as well as the rear cam sensors since they were easy to get to at that point. The car came with a binder of records, not comprehensive from new but a good amount. Since I bought the car I've been performing all work and have receipts for the parts that have been replaced. The car has been running Liqui-Moly 10-60.
All in all, I would drive the car anywhere, which is part of the reason I'm considering a sale- I take a lot of road trips and I will definitely be driving the mileage up on this thing if I do.
$18k obo
I would consider trades for an e34 m5 or very nice e30.
DSC_0177 by Jonathan braswell, on Flickr
DSC_2242 by Jonathan braswell, on Flickr
DSC_2246 by Jonathan braswell, on Flickr
-Ground Control Coilovers- replaced rear shocks 5k miles ago (GC re-valved Koni) and upper strut bearings
-Apex EC-7 18x10.5 ET27/Motorsport Hardware stud conversion/Continental EC sport 275/35/18- 2k miles on these
-Muffler delete
Recent Maintenance
-Rod bearings
-Front pads/rotors and rear pads- StopTech Sport pads/Zimmerman rotors
-Front Control arms (Mahle LCA, Synchro Design spherical UCA bushings with Febi/Bilstein arms)
-Driveshaft flex disc and trans mounts
-Front swaybar links
The car is in fantastic condition cosmetically. The paint is in great shape, PO did some paint correction and kept the car very clean. Usually when I buy a car the first thing I do is a thorough paint correction and deep clean and this car just didn't need it. I threw a coat of my favorite sealant on and have just been enjoying it. There are a few rock chips on the hood/bumper, really not noticeable because of the color. There are only a couple scratches on the car, really light stuff. It looks like a cat tried to jump on the hood (but slid off because the paint was too slick ) and left 3-4 1" long scratches and there is another light scratch right behind the drivers rear door. The worst cosmetic issue on the car is on the RR corner of the bumper, it looks like someone spot repaired it once upon a time, the paint doesn't match perfectly in one spot. I'll take a photo of this and update the thread. Lastly, the PO hit a parking block with the underside of the front bumper, it punched a small hole in the bumper but he kept the piece and I epoxied it back it, it's on the bottom of the bumper and is not visible, but just thought I would disclose. The broken piece was roughly 3" x 1.5"
The interior is great, leather is very soft and still in great shape. Pretty much what you'd expect from a ~100k mile car that is garaged and well cared for. The leather on the passenger side bolsters shows slight fading/discoloration. Carpet is perfect, including trunk, and the car comes with a set of new floormats as well as the original set. Steering wheel is also fantastic, leather still has perfect texture.
Mechanically the car has no issues. At 100,000 miles, I changed the rod bearings while chasing a noise that ended up being an exhaust leak. I changed all downpipe gaskets while I had everything apart, as well as the rear cam sensors since they were easy to get to at that point. The car came with a binder of records, not comprehensive from new but a good amount. Since I bought the car I've been performing all work and have receipts for the parts that have been replaced. The car has been running Liqui-Moly 10-60.
All in all, I would drive the car anywhere, which is part of the reason I'm considering a sale- I take a lot of road trips and I will definitely be driving the mileage up on this thing if I do.
$18k obo
I would consider trades for an e34 m5 or very nice e30.
DSC_0177 by Jonathan braswell, on FlickrDSC_2242 by Jonathan braswell, on FlickrDSC_2246 by Jonathan braswell, on Flickr
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