gregslow318i

[bme30]

Yes.

Anything that has a phone number and then "NO TXTS!" after it. Also, "North Seattle".

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/2433393641.html

[PNWDan]

Since you asked I think I'll just at my .02 cents here.

I bought my E30 from Greg in Feb. being new to E30's I was looking for a decent driver but not a project. I came across his add on CL. In his add he was selling the car based on its documented history and the fact that he had done work to it including a clutch, a timing service and some other things and that he was in fact an ASE certified mechanic. I decided to meet with him and check this car out. When I met with him I looked over and drove the car, looked over the records from the past and the records from the work he had done. Being new to E30s but not to cars everything seems ok. The car ran and drove well so I worked out a deal with him and bought it. At the time of the transaction he even handed me a business card in case I needed anything. I left feeling pretty good about it.

Now.. Fast forward to March. I was driving my car and started to hear a noise. the kind of noise that sounds like it could be an issue(not the typical e30 noises lol). I searched and searched but couldnt figure out where it was coming from. It would come and go and I couldnt nail it down. Finally one day I was in my driveway and it started doing it so I dropped everything and dug into it. Removing the distributor I found fine rubber powder all over on the inside of the cover. The next day pulled the radiator, timing cover etc to find the tensioner had came loose and the belt was walking all over the place.

Now, keeping in mind that Greg had stated in his add and to me that he did the timing belt on this car and that he was an "ASE" certified blah blah blah and had in fact even given me his card I sent him a message about and sent him pictures too. He refused to to do anything for me. He wouldnt even come help put it back together. Needless to say the timing belt isnt a hard job but it could have been worse.

He shouldnt sell himself as a mechanic and sell cars based on the work he does to them if he wont stand behind his work. Plain and simple..

[markseven]

Chris, hope the car is sorted...

[ck_taft325is]

Since you asked I think I'll just at my .02 cents here.

I bought my E30 from Greg in Feb. being new to E30's I was looking for a decent driver but not a project. I came across his add on CL. In his add he was selling the car based on its documented history and the fact that he had done work to it including a clutch, a timing service and some other things and that he was in fact an ASE certified mechanic. I decided to meet with him and check this car out. When I met with him I looked over and drove the car, looked over the records from the past and the records from the work he had done. Being new to E30s but not to cars everything seems ok. The car ran and drove well so I worked out a deal with him and bought it. At the time of the transaction he even handed me a business card in case I needed anything. I left feeling pretty good about it.

Now.. Fast forward to March. I was driving my car and started to hear a noise. the kind of noise that sounds like it could be an issue(not the typical e30 noises lol). I searched and searched but couldnt figure out where it was coming from. It would come and go and I couldnt nail it down. Finally one day I was in my driveway and it started doing it so I dropped everything and dug into it. Removing the distributor I found fine rubber powder all over on the inside of the cover. The next day pulled the radiator, timing cover etc to find the tensioner had came loose and the belt was walking all over the place.

Now, keeping in mind that Greg had stated in his add and to me that he did the timing belt on this car and that he was an "ASE" certified blah blah blah and had in fact even given me his card I sent him a message about and sent him pictures too. He refused to to do anything for me. He wouldnt even come help put it back together. Needless to say the timing belt isnt a hard job but it could have been worse.

He shouldnt sell himself as a mechanic and sell cars based on the work he does to them if he wont stand behind his work. Plain and simple..

Sorry to hear that. He's still very active on the BMWCCA oddly. I've contacted people but haven't had too much luck. I'm clueless when it comes to the BMWCCA. I'd prefer people didn't get bit by Greg anymore as this is a reoccurring theme. He's not ASE last I checked, either.

[MR 325]

And there's proof right there that an ASE certification is totally useless.

Seriously, he can't handle a timing belt job? Wow.

[ck_taft325is]

And there's proof right there that an ASE certification is totally useless.

Seriously, he can't handle a timing belt job? Wow.

He criticized my timing belt job on the car that was in partial trade ;)

[nando]

[PNWDan]

Sorry to hear that. He's still very active on the BMWCCA oddly. I've contacted people but haven't had too much luck. I'm clueless when it comes to the BMWCCA. I'd prefer people didn't get bit by Greg anymore as this is a reoccurring theme. He's not ASE last I checked, either.

At this point in time it is what it is. Im with you though on letting people know to watch out.

Here are the pics from my timing belt disaster..

the inside of the cover


the belt after cover was removed

[ck_taft325is]

It wasn't this car:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2486740250.html

Was it?

Or did you buy the '88 325iS?

[ck_taft325is]

That's a familar sight. You should see my "hard wire" job he did...

[nando]

I don't even want to know.

crimped + soldered + car vibrations = bad

that red wire double splice joint broke off after I wiggled it back and forth twice..

[ck_taft325is]

Pretty much. I'll post a shot of the MAF sensor connection he said was "fine" when I asked him about it.


For the record, the car in the link I posted used to be mine. That was the car that we (my wife and I) lost the keys too when she was robbed holding our at the time one year old and had no way of getting it up and going again. It was part of our deal that he said he got screwed on and there was no way he could make more than $2,000 off "that heap of shit" I "screwed him on".


*EDIT*

That car has the cleanest interior I've ever had in an E30. Seriously.

[PNWDan]

It wasn't this car:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2486740250.html

Was it?

Or did you buy the '88 325iS?

mine is an '87 that I got from him.
Here -> http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...ighlight=325is

[ck_taft325is]

Not positive but I think I remember seeing this one at his "storage" place down the street from his house. Again, sorry to hear about it. He can be a douche like that. Lots of sweet talk all the way up until you drive away.

[cg138]

For the record, the car in the link I posted used to be mine. That was the car that we (my wife and I) lost the keys too when she was robbed holding our at the time one year old and had no way of getting it up and going again. It was part of our deal that he said he got screwed on and there was no way he could make more than $2,000 off "that heap of shit" I "screwed him on".

Is that the black four door 325i that you posted? I test drove that car, and it looked clean.