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[twright]

How am I supposed to get excited about my soon to arrive Touring if there is no activity on this site?

Please post something. I'm getting impatient.

[2mAn]

why dont you share details on your touring???

[Conrad311]

A novel idea my good man!

you want content? make some

[twright]

I haven't even seen it yet. It's still on a boat.

But: Here's what I know:

1993 318
5 speed
M40
Mugellorot

Hopefully in good enough condition to drive it from the port in Baltimore to Indianapolis.

[cory58]

Mugellrot - sweet!

[twright]

It's supposed to look like this:

[twright]

I'm currently making a list of every Autozone, AdvanceAuto and BMW repair shops between Baltimore and Indianapolis. Hopefully, I won't need them.

[Vincenze]

I heard those European E30s are all rusted through.
This can be your main problem.

[twright]

I have a lot of pictures that show that it has minimal rust. We'll find out soon enough.

I have some rust repair skills. Hopefully, this one will be within my skill set.

[cory58]

I bought my Touring in Baltimore and drove it home to Charlotte. If you want to have a competent BMW shop check it out before you head to Indy, I highly recommend Blue Ridge Sports Cars. They found a problem with mine and the owner stayed late to get me on the road. Price was also reasonable.

Cory

[twright]

Thanks for the Blue Ridge Sports Cars tip. They are near the port and right on my way to Indianapolis. If I have a problem getting started, I'll give them a call.

What did they have to do to your car?

[Eric]

I haven't even seen it yet. It's still on a boat.

But: Here's what I know:

1993 318
5 speed
M40
Mugellorot

Hopefully in good enough condition to drive it from the port in Baltimore to Indianapolis.

Man, I've hunted for years for a good condition Mugellorot Design edition, the rarest of the 4 design edition colors!

[twright]

If you can wait a year or two, you can probably have this one.

I will be working on it and driving it during that time period. When I get everything sorted, I will probably get bored with and want to go find another one. Here is the one I just sold: https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...0-swap-5-speed

[cory58]

Thanks for the Blue Ridge Sports Cars tip. They are near the port and right on my way to Indianapolis. If I have a problem getting started, I'll give them a call.

What did they have to do to your car?

The car had 280k km and was not in great shape, so I had them do basic maintenance and look for anything obvious that would strand me. The rear brake backing plates were completely rusted and flopping around, so I think they just cut them off. My memory is a little fuzzy as to why, but they also had to disable the parking brake for me to safely drive home to Charlotte.

[2mAn]

Definitely start a thread when you take the trip

and here’s a touring I saw in Italy last October. The Alfa was my rental, I literally just stopped, jumped out snapped a pic and jumped back in the car lol... can’t believe it’s been a year already