money pit?

[funcrew]

I've been daily-driving E30's for 3 years now, and all 3 of them have been heinous money pits. Is that normal?

[Burnera]

I think so yeah.

[raafhimself]

yep. see my post http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=168191

[FredK]

ahhhhhhhhhhahahahhaa

Of course.

[dashboardmonkey]

totally a money pit.........................well worth the $$$$ for fun

[StereoInstaller1]

No, I think not.

Maybe it depends...$12,000 for a new Kia or whatever, vs a $12K E30 build?

Mine has been cheaper than any other $1,000 car I have ever bought, but I do swap a lot of used parts...and it does need some major lovin right now.

[KillaCams]

Yes they are all money pits and they're highly addictive. I'm already onto E30 #4 considering i bought my first one in 2007 lol

[straight6pwr]

money pit? not if you dont modify everything. since ive owned the car (7 years, from 140k miles - 200k miles) only these things went wrong (beyond normal maintenance items that wear out on every car):

dead alternator
dead clutch cylinders
frame rust repair
3x coolant hose breaks
dead OBC light

now (@200k+ miles) i have running issues with the m20, but before it was dirt cheap.

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

I prefer the term money pile, you see no matter how much time and money goes into my ride it still looks like a pile.

[325ix]

money pit? not if you dont modify everything. since ive owned the car (7 years, from 140k miles - 200k miles) only these things went wrong (beyond normal maintenance items that wear out on every car):

dead alternator
dead clutch cylinders
frame rust repair
3x coolant hose breaks
dead OBC light

now (@200k+ miles) i have running issues with the m20, but before it was dirt cheap.

True but how many of us on here don't modify things?

[mikeedler]

a money pit is a 1955 Bel Air restoration going on in Germany-- thats a damnn moneypit!

I have quite a bit in my M3 but dont concider it a money pit

buy a new 335i for 50,000 and have outragous payments everymonth- and after 5 years it isnt even worth 10,000-- now thats another form of moneypit!
i see it as 1000 bucks a year in maint for an e30 is nothing compared to a car payment of 350+ a month.

[kenika65]

For one, what sports car, collectors car is not a money pile!

The good part is you can always part it out and gamble for your money back if it comes to that!

The smartest thing I did is buy a $100 89i for a parts car!

[chadthestampede]

The smartest thing I did is buy bilsteins from Lithuania

fixed

[kenika65]

fixed

And get my money back!

[kway]

Bought my '90 DD 3.5 years ago @ 250k miles for $750. 73k mikes later and it's the most reliable, cheapest to run car I've ever owned. Once these cars are are caught up on maintenance and wear items they're pretty bulletproof.