Looking to purchase my own E30

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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