going to look at a 91' 260K 318is as a possible buy, $2K obo. this will be my first e30. normally, I wouldn't even think about buying a car with soooo many miles, but being on here for awhile and reading how tough these cars are has made this a hard choice.the current owner says the car runs fine, so its gonna come down to searching for anything that could possibly go wrong. I plan on driving the crap out of it on the test drive, check for clutch slippage, see if the lsd still grabs, and just do a quick look at the vacuum lines. if the car does indeed run/idle well and everything seems to work, what else should I look for besides the oil pan leak and timing chain rattle? any other areas to look for? Not too worried about bushings(i plan on replacing them anyway). should I split the bill with the owner for a compression test?
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At 260k, those timing sprockets will probably be pretty knife-edged, if you really seriously want to get this car, I'd plan on doing that maintenance, rattle or not.
If I were you though, I'd just look for something with less miles.paint sucks -
erik (alpinee30m52) has 324k on his chassis and this bishh is solid even after it got r3vved
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