Looking to purchase my own E30

[CrusherCurtis]

it could be argued that only one of those cars is actually worth anything close to the asking price.

I was thinking the same exact thing

[8380 Labs]

there are a few cars like that for sale. what is your budget? that kind of e30 runs $10k+

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=226921

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=230656

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=232079

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110643

your eyes might be a bit bigger than your wallet though.

it could be argued that only one of those cars is actually worth anything close to the asking price.

[Pac1373]

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.

single biggest reason I don't have an R-32 GTR in the garage, I don't think I would enjoy the RHD at all, and WAY to expensive and time consuming to convert to LHD

[CrusherCurtis]

$6500, your golden you'll have one in no time. ^if this is what you want and your handy and your planning on swapping etc. Just start with a cheap early model and go to work.

[Dtripp3]

First off thanks to all for taking the time to comment.
Secondly to a few of you, sure if I were hunting for the perfect e30 then I would probably find it but my daily schedule goes like this-work, school, and watching the siblings so i don't spent a lot of time out hunting
3rd to the other blogger on here budget at the moment is $6500 would be more by now but life happens and @Kershaw yes my eyes were pretty big because those are what I want, I guess i have a bit more saving to do however still looking for a good project

S.N. RHD, because I have a bit of experience with them not too hard for me but I defiantly know what you mean by that "stroke feeling" and yes I like them because their not from here and no one has one.

This is now the photo im going to put up so that mine looks like this when its done

[Kershaw]

there are a few cars like that for sale. what is your budget? that kind of e30 runs $10k+

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=226921

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=230656

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=232079

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110643

your eyes might be a bit bigger than your wallet though.

[J308]

Well its a full multitude of things...he didn't need the car by any means, so time was absolutely not an issue.

Ok makes sense.

And we really only checked sfbay craigslist,

Derp. Missed a bunch of cars. A lot of people don't bother with Craigslist for that high-end of a car.

so that narrowed it more, and he wanted no convertibles

Smart.

and no 6 speed manuals (but now he really regrets getting smg..),

Derp. Rookie move. SMG is nice if you track the car, but 98% of people hate it on the street, and it's expensive, and fails MUCH earlier than the manual.

and nothing black.

Can't say I blame him here.

I made sure every car we considered didn't have a SINGLE door ding or any scratches...

Derp. Scratches I get, but dings are a PDR away from a perfect car. I know someone who has one of these and parks wherever the f he wants, has PDR done once a year, and his car looks brand new.

I mean the "derp"s in jest, of course, but I do feel there was a LOT wrong with your method of searching for an M3. Of course, maybe all things happen for a reason, and he got the car that he was meant to have. Either way, it all worked out.

[J308]

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.

Btw, it took me 8hrs to find and buy my E30... for $600.

I was on my way to work on Saturday morning after months of searching for cheap Civic track rats, and got behind an e30 on the way to the local Cars N Coffee meet. The thought had crossed my mind several times, but I didn't think I could find the right deal.

A few years ago, I fell in love with the idea of an e30 after seeing Blunt's ORIGINAL red on black K1s post on Roadfly. I just always had a higher budget before. I guess it turned out ok, because I came back to the e30 and can't wait to move forward with my low-budget beater project!

[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...

[monster89]

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

[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.

[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..

[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.

[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.

[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.