Going to check out a 318is tomorrow

[Court M3]

So far owner knows pretty much nothing about the car. All he knows is that he wants $3600 OBO for it. What else should I check for besides maintenance history, mileage, overall condition rust, yada yada...

What would be a fair price to offer for an Alpineweiss completely stock car? More details tomorrow

[Julien]

Yes see if it has an option package called "torque" :-P



anyways, that is overpriced, make sure profile gasket is replaced.
offer high 2s low 3s for it unless it's stunning.

[BavarianBimmer]

Low mileage car ?

if it's mint,with a sport interior go for max. 3k

[Julien]

Low mileage car ?

if it's mint,with a sport interior go for max. 3k

Don't pay to attention to this retarded drunk manneken piss wanna be belgian froot cake.




:D

[hamann318is]

Make sure the timing profile gasket has been done.

[e9nine]

Besides the usual maintenance stuff, check the dipstick for traces of a coolant -oil mix going on due to headgasket or warped head. The heads on these cars go bad. If it idles funny and has check engine light issues, use it as a bargaining point, it's just the intake hoses dry rotted or not connected right.

[bmwm3n528]

In case you've not already seen...

http://www.esatclear.ie/~bpurcell/318isfaultstable.html

[BavarianBimmer]

Low mileage car ?

if it's mint,with a sport interior go for max. 3k

Don't pay to attention to this retarded drunk manneken piss wanna be belgian froot cake.




:D

Ta guelle conard ! :finger:


I'm at least a real belgian far away from that Manneken Pis area where your roots came from

[Court M3]

Checked the car out today completely stock except for
1. Owner didn't know what engine that car had (I did ;) )
2. Didn't know if the profile gasket had been changed
3. Bad hood alignment
4. Dented front fender
5. missing front lip spoiler
6. sealed beam headlights
7. rear bumper dented
8. Never changed tranny or diff fluid
9. No maintenance history and the owner thought the VIN was the radio code serial number
10. Car was only purchased for use in Italy.
11. Under hood with hood padding all over the engine bay

Other than that the tranny shifted smooth as butter and the car was really responsive even with the lack of torque :)

now the only choice is buy this car are keep the 323i with the M20 and import it to the US?

[hamann318is]

Checked the car out today completely stock except for
1. Owner didn't know what engine that car had (I did ;) )
2. Didn't know if the profile gasket had been changed
3. Bad hood alignment
4. Dented front fender
5. missing front lip spoiler
6. sealed beam headlights
7. rear bumper dented
8. Never changed tranny or diff fluid
9. No maintenance history and the owner thought the VIN was the radio code serial number
10. Car was only purchased for use in Italy.
11. Under hood with hood padding all over the engine bay

Other than that the tranny shifted smooth as butter and the car was really responsive even with the lack of torque :)

now the only choice is buy this car are keep the 323i with the M20 and import it to the US?

Sounds a lot like my car when I first bought it; I only had some maintence history, no info on my profile gasket.

[Court M3]

Yeah, but $3600 is too much to pay and he won't go less than $3k

[demlotcrew]

Besides the usual maintenance stuff, check the dipstick for traces of a coolant -oil mix going on due to headgasket or warped head. The heads on these cars go bad. If it idles funny and has check engine light issues, use it as a bargaining point, it's just the intake hoses dry rotted or not connected right.

:giggle: like M20 water jackets dont go.

Andrew

[grapedrink]

Pass on that car. Not enough info about the history of the car and the owner seems to of ignored it.