324TD

[YAN-3]

ok so i found a really nice e30 touring and its a turbo deisel. looks great in and out and has a almost new motor. only 10km on head and 40km on bottom end. and only 2k euro, which is about $2,650. im really considering buying it as a daily driver and forgeting the whole idea of getting an M3. they are still too expensive and very hard to find. pluse i cant bring one back unless i spend about 5-8k to convert it to US spec. so maybe a turbo deisel e30 touring silver will be my next whip. ill have pics and stuff if i get it.

[randomtask37]

get it!

[bkelsey86]

[quote]get it!

werd.

[mikeedler]

why would you get an underpowered diesel slug while over here in germany???? just wait and look around, there will be a nice 325 that jumps up!!! I offered you my 327i touring a few months ago really cheap, now its gone though! sorry.

[grapedrink]

Get it

[uofom3]

don't do it man... hold out. I've personally never driven a bmw diesel, so i can't attest to their power. However, diesel in general sucks balls. Plus, in some places, diesel is more expensive that supreme gas, so you're not saving anything there either.

[YAN-3]

ah you all have good points.... hmmm patience is something i dont have and i have been without a car for over 3 months now and i really want a car here in Germany... a wagon would be nice. i mean real nice

[Jon325i]

I say buy it...then when you go to do a twin cam 6 swap, I call dibs on that forged crank from the 324td :twisted:

Jon

[graphik]

why not just look for a petrol touring?

[decay]

get it and convert all the DOT stuff you'll have to (lights, signals, gauge cluster, etc)... a TD basically gets a free pass from the EPA from what i've heard.

then once it's here, you never have to go in for a smog check, no matter what happens to end up under the hood. :D

[Jon325i]

get it and convert all the DOT stuff you'll have to (lights, signals, gauge cluster, etc)... a TD basically gets a free pass from the EPA from what i've heard.

VERY good point. My dad used to own an '86 MBZ 300TD (straight-6 turbo'd oil burner). That car was exempt from Calif.'s rigid smog mandate. I say go for it.

Jon

[kansas-ix]

Yes get it!

Tour on my man!

And ship me the engine when you are done I have had visions of a diesel ix, would be nice to have the good mileage and the awd.

[AdamF 88iS]

don't do it man... hold out. I've personally never driven a bmw diesel, so i can't attest to their power. However, diesel in general sucks balls. Plus, in some places, diesel is more expensive that supreme gas, so you're not saving anything there either.

Price per gallon is not where diesel saves, its in the MPG. You'll be visiting the pumps much less often.

[kansas-ix]

don't do it man... hold out. I've personally never driven a bmw diesel, so i can't attest to their power. However, diesel in general sucks balls. Plus, in some places, diesel is more expensive that supreme gas, so you're not saving anything there either.

Price per gallon is not where diesel saves, its in the MPG. You'll be visiting the pumps much less often.

Pist uofom3 it is just American diesel that suck the big balls,
in germany you can get a vw bora (jetta) 134hp 4motion tdi w/ 6pd. =45mpg at 90mph.

[YAN-3]

i think im gonna do it. im gonna wait till the first of march and if i cant find a decent e30 coupe by them then ill get the touring and have something really uniqu. plus i have 3 years here so im sure ill get something fun later on.