3 cars for sale: '87 535is, '89 325iX, '88 325iC

[danielmp]

Bump for a really good guy and some bitchin cars. Help fund his touring endeavour!

I saw your IX at the clarion. Very nice car for a great price!

Two r3v cars up for sale. I saw the vert in person several times before it was sold to the current owner. I purchased Kovs' IX from him a couple years before he sold his vert and I can tell you he was meticulous with all of his cars.

The first r3v owner, Dave Lee (karzrtoyz) is a great guys also, he's been in the e30 scene since the early days of r3v, he isn't on the board much anymore, but he bought and sold many e30s out of the west coast.

Bottom line, I don't think you'll be disappointed with any of these vehicles! GLWS

Saw the white iX in person this past weekend, and it is priced to SELL! Funny enough when I was looking for an iX years back, a white sedan/black interior was the only one I wanted. I settled for a coupe.

GLWS dan, and nice meeting you!

Thanks for some very nice feedback from some of r3v's best. I'd like to keep all these cars in the family. Bump for new pics of the vert updated in the first post. As mentioned all cars in Asheville, NC.

Vert pics:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141941...57695454975111

A few questions I have been getting answered here:

1.) Will such and such car make it safely to such and such destination far away?

535is - Heater core is leaking but is bypassed so no coolant leaks, it has never ever run hot the entire time I have owned it.. This car has been dead reliable but the tach and temp gauge on the cluster don't work. I'd be a little nervous driving it long distances and not knowing if it started running hot, that said it'd be a first if it did.

325iX - The AWD system doesn't work but this car can drive in RWD all day and all night. If I were to pick one to drive cross country tomorrow this would be it.

325iC - It was having some unpredictable intermittent loss of power a few months ago. I replaced the distributor cap and rotor, ignition wires, plugs, valve cover gasket, and some vacuum lines which were leaking a fair bit on smoke test. Since then I've put 50 plus miles with no issues whatsoever. I think it was a vacuum issue that has been fixed, the car drives super smooth but I just yet haven't tested it on a long distance myself. Also, I'd get the timing belt done before a long drive. I'd be happy to get it done before you pick up the car but we'd have to negotiate that into the final price (as well as AC recharge see below).

2.) Does the AC blow cold?

535is - No. I had it recharged before I picked the car up in 2012, it blew cold for about a year. I had it recharged again in 2014 before I drove it from Seattle to Virginia and the charge lasted about 2 months. Since then, I haven't looked into it.

325iX - Yes. Recently R134 converted and blows ice cold

325iC - No. It was R134 converted before I bought it and was always nice and cold. After I stored the car for two years it didn't blow cold. I'm not a big AC guy and I only ever drive this car in nice weather, I never looked into it. May just need a recharge, could be more extensive, I don't know. Again I could get it charged before you pick the car up.

3. Is there any rust? See the pics...

535is - West coast car, no

325iX - West coast snowboarding car, a little more surface rust. Worse area is the rear valence which is well depicted in the pictures. No structural rust.

325iC - No, like most well cared for verts has spend most of its life in a garage


Features I didn't specifically mention:

Both e30s have crack free dash

325iC started dumping power steering shortly after I bought it, now has a nice newish Z3 rack. Also has very low mileage tires, perfect recovered seats, very nice top, and good driver quality paint. Driver's side heated seat used to work and doesn't seem to be now but it's summer and a little hard to tell.

If I could keep one I really don't know which it would be. 325iC for a date night or summers drive to the beach, 325iX for a snowboarding trip or year-round ripping it, 535is for the potential cool factor with the pumping stereo and the addition of euro bumpers and paint. They all get lots of looks, thumbs up, and positive comments.

[danielmp]

Memorial Day bump. Lots of questions, interest, and potential offers mainly on the 535 and the 325iC, no deals finalized yet.

[danielmp]

Bump for update. Deposits received on the 535 and the convertible, will update as the sales are completed. 325iX not yet spoken for and is a great little car.

[danielmp]

Bump for update. Two cars sold (535is and 325iC) to happy buyers, the 325iX is still available ($7000 obo) and I guarantee it will make a new owner very happy.