Help me decide between 3 car's to buy Update on car A:

[wastedincome]

I've been trying to make a decision on 1 of 3 cars to buy.


CAR A: 90-91' 325i w/ 80k mile's, auto, BUT has glass moonroof :shock:
asking $3k

CAR B: 92' 318i conv. w/175k miles, stnd, new top
asking $3800

CAR C: 93' 325is w/ 175k, Stnd, couple small rust spots @ trunk latch and round window
asking $4k

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[Jarvis]

Wow, quite the selection. Low mile automatic 6-cyl E30 hardtop, high mile 4-cyl E30 cabrio, and a high mile stick 6-cyl E36 w/ rust. What exactly are you looking for in a car?

I'd go with the E30 325i I guess, based on the low miles. You could always do a 5spd swap later on. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of E30 cabrios or E36's, especially with high miles and rust.

Have you seen these cars in person? When I consider buying different E30s, it usually comes down to the body/paint condition. That's the one thing that you can't easily fix in your own garage. I'd rather buy a car with perfect paint but a blown engine or completely worn out suspension, than a mechanically perfect car with faded, peeling paint and rust everywhere.

[E30SRPower]

Gotta be the droptop

[Rob]

can't decide for yourself?

[armeN]

go with choice A

[Digitalwave]

I'd never buy a high mileage early model E36, and I wouldn't want a 4 cylinder cabrio either, so I guess the autotragic 325i.

[straight6pwr]

the e30 325i. you can use the money you get from selling the moonroof to do the manual swap.

[wastedincome]

Wow, quite the selection. Low mile automatic 6-cyl E30 hardtop, high mile 4-cyl E30 cabrio, and a high mile stick 6-cyl E36 w/ rust. What exactly are you looking for in a car?

I'd go with the E30 325i I guess, based on the low miles. You could always do a 5spd swap later on. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of E30 cabrios or E36's, especially with high miles and rust.

Have you seen these cars in person? When I consider buying different E30s, it usually comes down to the body/paint condition. That's the one thing that you can't easily fix in your own garage. I'd rather buy a car with perfect paint but a blown engine or completely worn out suspension, than a mechanically perfect car with faded, peeling paint and rust everywhere.

The only one I haven't seen in person is the E36 as its located down near the cape.
Its been a while since saw the low milage hard top to compare it to the drop top which has very nice paint and looks great. Both e30's are Laguna green.

[wastedincome]

can't decide for yourself?

I keep bouncing from one to ther other, Thus the reasson for askin??

[Jarvis]

I sort of take back what I said about cabrio's - a late model Laguna 318ic with "very nice paint" would be really nice. Add a hardtop, and you have a beautiful, practical E30.

[wastedincome]

I sort of take back what I said about cabrio's - a late model Laguna 318ic with "very nice paint" would be really nice. Add a hardtop, and you have a beautiful, practical E30.

Thats what I was thinking..... A hard top would be a must as far as I'm concerned.....

It may only be a 318 but I all ready plan to convert whatever I buy to a S5X in the future.

[Rob]

what do you want it for, ie what purpose? you need to elaborate on your question if you want something other than simple preference based answers.

[M42Technik]

Choice A, sell the moonroof for tons of money, do a trans swap with that money.

[wastedincome]

Choice A, sell the moonroof for tons of money, do a trans swap with that money.

RIGHT??!!
Thats a key thing I've had in mind (But would I really wanna sell the glass ;) )
I gotta take another look at that one. I dont mind doing the tranny swap, just not looking forward to the "Down time"

[wastedincome]

what do you want it for, ie what purpose? you need to elaborate on your question if you want something other than simple preference based answers.

good point ;)
It needs to be used as a DD and a good platform for everything else.