Looking to purchase my own E30

[Dtripp3]

Looking to buy a e30, seriously in love with this car since i laid eyes on one. if anyone knows of one for sale that doesn't need too much cosmetic work, i have a good amount of money set aside for this little project i plan to start how ever i am having a hard time locating one i like so if you could link one close to the so cal area. Any help you can offer on finding one as close to my specifications would be much appreciated
These are a must:
-2 Door
-Manual
-Drivable at time of purchase
And these are what I wish for:
-RHD
-White exterior
-Leather interior
-Original as possible
-No outrages modifications

Something like this would be amazing!!!

[ohthejosh]

Be patient and keep looking. Welcome and goodluck. So cal is full of good candidates. You might want to check the Regional sections also and a local forum.

[kts]

Be patience and keep looking. Welcome and goodluck. So cal is full of good candidates. You might want to check the Regional sections also and a local forum.

^^ +1 to everything here.


took me 2.5 years to find my E30. it was well worth the wait.

[alB5]

you wish to have rhd?

[BrownBeanE30]

your best bet would be to talk to jon griggs he is in san diego and has a shit ton of e30's tell him oscar sent you :) or pm me and ill give you his number

[CrusherCurtis]

took me 2.5 years to find my E30. it was well worth the wait.

What the hell is with everyone saying stuff like this. It took me like 2 months to find my mtech. There for sale everywhere. All over forums/ebay/autotrader etc. There's originals ones, swapped ones, restored ones. If you got your budget in hand, you can find one in less than 2 months if your seriously looking. Don't even sweat getting one thats perfect if you can't afford it, because once you get it you'll want to change so much anyway. I want a mint red c900 turbo 5spd. I shit ton rarer than e30's, bet you I have one by summer.

Anyway excuse rant and welcome. Good luck with search and btw we all want that car pictured!

[warmseth]

Why do you want right hand drive?

[warmseth]

Ps if i had it to do over again, I'd have save a little $ and gotten an m3

[kts]

What the hell is with everyone saying stuff like this. It took me like 2 months to find my mtech. There for sale everywhere. All over forums/ebay/autotrader etc. There's originals ones, swapped ones, restored ones. If you got your budget in hand, you can find one in less than 2 months if your seriously looking.

I was very particular with what I wanted.

Some people get lucky and find them sooner.

All that really matters is that in the end we find what we are looking for and are happy with the car.

[Vivek]

It took my dad and I almost 4 years to find his e46 m3. I swear to god there wasn't a single one like it for the price in those 4 years. Looked everywhere within a couple hours of where we live.

[Roysneon]

Why do you want right hand drive?

At first a RHD car is cool to show off because nobody else has it, then you realize that you have to learn to drive it and that shifting with your left hand makes you feel like you've had a stroke, then it just becomes 'meh' and you lose weight because drive thru's are inaccessible. I don't have any problem at all driving my rhd E30, but if given the chance I would trade it for a similar model in lhd.

[RUFFLZ]

It took my dad and I almost 4 years to find his e46 m3. I swear to god there wasn't a single one like it for the price in those 4 years. Looked everywhere within a couple hours of where we live.

i find this extremely hard to believe..

[devon.818]

i found my dream e30 tonight!
it had been on craigslist for a while, i kept bothering the guy then he quit txting back or taking calls and the ad dissapeared, figured it sold.

then the other week i was leaving the gym and see this sweet charcoal grey e30 slammed on some bbs rs's, i leave a not on the car asking if its for sale. he txts me, we both realize who each other are.

the deal was, he had 4-5 people a day calling him and he NEVER showed the car to anyone(for me he kept saying "oh next week or this weekend or im busy now"). he decided to keep it. BUT lucky for me he needs money to buy a 335i soon, so i got to check it out tonight for the first time. great respray, mtechI rear valance, early car with late model front bumper. 5 lug conversion with e36 m3 brakes

whats my plan? big power and a cage for this car, as well as refinishing the bbs's



keep an eye out, keep cash ready, be diligent. a lot of people know what they have and if they've put time into wont want to sell.

i told a few people F YOU you can't have it, when trying to sell my last m50 e30, people would show up with cash and i'd say its not for sale anymore.

[monster89]

you should check out socale30.com they might have some for sale there welcome to the forum and good luck

[Vivek]

i find this extremely hard to believe..

Well its a full multitude of things...he didn't need the car by any means, so time was absolutely not an issue. And we really only checked sfbay craigslist, so that narrowed it more, and he wanted no convertibles and no 6 speed manuals (but now he really regrets getting smg..), and nothing black. I made sure every car we considered didn't have a SINGLE door ding or any scratches...