My E30 Cabbie

[DavidV]

I agree with this. This would be the only way you are going to make any kind of money from it.

... but I don't have the heart to do it after all the hard work that went into getting it to this point...

-- DavidV :D

[MC Hammered]

Very sick vert!

If you do decide to part it out I'll drive down and buy your interior and maybe some other goodies.

[PootieTang]

if you ever plan to part out, dibs on the interior. i'll fight hammer out for it.

[DavidV]

if you ever plan to part out, dibs on the interior. i'll fight hammer out for it.

OK, deal. Interior for $18k and I'll even throw in a shiny black container to drive it home in.

-- DavidV :D

[PootieTang]

lol i like your sense of humor. what's gonna replace it? E30 touring? :pimp:

[Wishno87]

Did some searching and did not find. What springs are on this car?

[bradthreee]

Wow 18k...glws

[355dreamer]

I absolutely love this car...

I'd wire $$$ tomorrow for 8k less... Too bad :(

[DavidV]

testing the waters again:

http://www.carsauto.com/1992-bmw-3-series-318i-c-526.htm

-- DavidV :D

[Cha Ching]

David, your car has been & will continue to be, an aspiration for my M-Tech to reach, in terms of style & detail. Have you tried advertising in Roundel? Most of the collector/enthusiast-quality cars are listed every month in that mag.

[DavidV]

David, your car has been & will continue to be, an aspiration for my M-Tech to reach, in terms of style & detail. Have you tried advertising in Roundel? Most of the collector/enthusiast-quality cars are listed every month in that mag.

Many thanks for the kind words. At this point, I'm going to turn it over to the pros in terms of finding the right buyer for the car. If it sells, it sells. If not, I certainly won't be shedding a tear (although I might if someone ends up buying it).

-- DavidV :D

[CabrioPunk]

Classy. Save your car and your child's future. Vacate Kalifornia.

[Cabriolet]

id say deal with the hassle of putting the kid in the back seat, its a nice beautiful car and theres no way in heck you can get get more than 10k for a 318 vert, even in that condition. and the note about 10k in insurance work doesn't sound great about how straight the body may be. you'll be sad for ever if you sell it.

[DavidV]

id say deal with the hassle of putting the kid in the back seat, its a nice beautiful car and theres no way in heck you can get get more than 10k for a 318 vert, even in that condition. and the note about 10k in insurance work doesn't sound great about how straight the body may be. you'll be sad for ever if you sell it.

Agreed, on most counts. I wasn't very clear in my phrasing on that sentence about the paint work. The car went in for minor body work on the back end after a fender bender on the freeway (trunk lid, tail lights, rear bumper, bumper supports, etc.). Since that part of the car would need to be painted anyway, and I wanted the car to be flawless, we worked out the paint job as part of a cash deal I did with them and this was not reflective of how straight the body is/was. I did a favor for the service manager, and the paint job was part of his favor back to me. Besides a clean Carfax, I also have full documentation on what was done on the car including photos of the work, so I'm not that worried about a buyer feeling like something is being kept from them in terms of the restoration work that was done.

Some photos of the work being done here:

http://davidv.smugmug.com/Other/BMW/1583575_Da7Qw#76709529_NXhwW

Anyway, I may very well end up keeping it. This is a pretty rough economy to be selling any car, let alone a car with a small enthusiast following, so I am fully prepared for it not to sell.

-- DavidV :D

[matias88e30]

i usually dont like verts! but this one, man so sexyyyy!