Wtb: E30 m3

[fronton]

Musts:
Under $17k
Under 165k miles
Diamond Black or Sterling Silver
Black or silver interior (leather or cloth)
Road legal, current inspections and smog PASS
Rust free

Preferences:
Under $14k
STOCK (Select tasteful mods ok such as chip, exhaust, evo upgrades)
Under 140k miles
NOT tracked
'88 or '89 (non airbag, manual sunroof, sealed beam ellipsoids)
Original paint, no-accidents
Few owners, all service records.
Quasi-local (North East)
AC and radio are not important to me.

Let me know if you know of any matching most of this. Thank you!
I am in the Pittsburgh, PA area.
Dave
dmjcbs@gmail.com
432.288.5966

[sonnyqm3]

I will have 2 in about a week or so. 88 henna with 90k miles, new paint job and all maintenance up to date and 90 Alpine white with complete rebuilt motor and new paint job.. Both cars are either from south or west coast, so no rust..

[fronton]

Looking for black or silver. Thank you though.

[sharky]

PM Levant, he has a line on a nice DS one owner car hes was talking to me about.

[fronton]

He was helpful but didn't have a car I wanted. thank you

[fronton]

DONE DEAL>

[Danny]

More info?

[xwill112x]

nice. clean that s14 up!

[fronton]

nice. clean that s14 up!

Indeed. I am working on getting proper weaves on it, swapping the entire interior out from tan to black, and once it is where I want it mechanically, it will probably get a DS respray.

The engine will likely be stoked to 2.5 since the cylinders are slightly ovalling anyway.

Its an 88, no accidents, no rust, no mods but needs love as its been neglected for a few years. I have love to give it.

[the fil]

Congrats, mind posting or pm'n mileage and price? I'm looking for one more of a project and trying to figure out what is "reasonable".

[KDAWG97M3]

great car...good job and i love DS cars...

[FLYNAVY]

Congrats, mind posting or pm'n mileage and price? I'm looking for one more of a project and trying to figure out what is "reasonable".

Not an expert by any means, but did just recently buy an e30 M3 so I'm somewhat familiar with the current price range. I'd say that you could expect to pay anywhere from 6-7k for a car that is at or around roller status (maybe 5-6k for a shell), 7-12k for a driveable example that needs a lot of work, and maybe 12-15k for something kind of in between. The nicer examples seem to be starting in the 15-16k range, and clearing high 20's-low 30's for really pristine cars. I picked up a really clean DS with basically a brand new s52 drivetrain swap for about 19k recently. Had some minor cosmetic issues ~ a couple small door dings, some minor fading of paint on the spoiler and rear bumper, and a couple scratches on the front lip, but otherwise a pretty solid 8-9/10 both in and out. Hope that helps calibrate your search.

[fronton]

Not an expert by any means, but did just recently buy an e30 M3 so I'm somewhat familiar with the current price range. I'd say that you could expect to pay anywhere from 6-7k for a car that is at or around roller status (maybe 5-6k for a shell), 7-12k for a driveable example that needs a lot of work, and maybe 12-15k for something kind of in between. The nicer examples seem to be starting in the 15-16k range, and clearing high 20's-low 30's for really pristine cars. I picked up a really clean DS with basically a brand new s52 drivetrain swap for about 19k recently. Had some minor cosmetic issues ~ a couple small door dings, some minor fading of paint on the spoiler and rear bumper, and a couple scratches on the front lip, but otherwise a pretty solid 8-9/10 both in and out. Hope that helps calibrate your search.

Very accurate. There is a $15k rule for the e30 M3 that is basically you can buy a decent 8.5/10 with good paint, no mods, original everything, limited owners, minor if any accidents and service records between 120-200k miles OR buy one cheaper and end up dumping the difference into it and end up around 15k to get it where you could have bought it that way to begin with. The trick is to buy one that is worth restoring for CHEAP CHEAP with NO rust, as much original as possible and hopefully some service records. I landed somewhere in that mix, intend on dumping about 5K into it and it will be a nice example shy of a respray (that would add another 3-5k to be worth having done). Alvin Tan just sold his Dinan E30 M3 for $55k, I've seen garage queens go for between $35-45k this year. ALL E30 M3s are on the rise and will not fall. Finding a great deal is getting tough. I got an alright deal that I think I can afford to make a great deal (though I'll keep it).

[daniel]

sealed beam ellipsoids

this is an oxymoron. i think you mean that you want ellipsoids, though, because sealed beams suck.

[Van Westervelt]

I have a set of e30 m3 weaves, need a repaint and caps. Can let them go for 250 plus shipping if you like. Congrats on m3 ownership!