The E30 Prices Are TOO DAMN HIGH!!

[InuFaye]

wow. this thread is hilarious. i paid $2K for my e30 in pretty beat shape back in 2003. i thought that was pretty expensive back then for a starting point. HOWEVER, once i broke the $10K mark on modifications, i realized that e30s were rediculously underpriced. It was like giving buyers false expectations on what they were going to be spending on mods. You would think a $2k car would have some cheap ass mods to have fun with, but thats not and really hasnt ever been the case if you want nice parts. Now with the market being more around the $4-5K range, spending $10k on mods doesnt seem as horrible.

Im guessing most of you guys crying about high prices for e30's are youngins with no real mod budget. once you start getting close to $40k on your e30, come talk to me.

If im spending 40k on a damn e30, its gonna be the e30 m3 with the s85 inside of it.

[42000]

Regarding all the talk about the newer BMWs one could buy for what e30s are going for...

At this point you buy an e30 b/c you want an e30. If you would rather buy another car with your money, then do that instead. I hate it when people compare them to e36s or e46s. Apples and oranges. I don't see an e30 as a less valuable model then an e36 M3 or and e46 M3. I love the e46 M3 and when I am good and ready i'll buy one, but its pointless to compare it to the e30 in my eyes.

Exactly! When looking for a car, I found tons of cheap e36s, but I sucked it up and dished out the extra cash because I wanted the e30. the e30 is an amazing platform with a rich racing history and a truly vintage feel. This is worth something. And prices are just going to keep going up as the e30 becomes more historic. You have to expect it. If you simply want a cheap car, you can't be picky.

wow. this thread is hilarious. i paid $2K for my e30 in pretty beat shape back in 2003. i thought that was pretty expensive back then for a starting point. HOWEVER, once i broke the $10K mark on modifications, i realized that e30s were rediculously underpriced. It was like giving buyers false expectations on what they were going to be spending on mods. You would think a $2k car would have some cheap ass mods to have fun with, but thats not and really hasnt ever been the case if you want nice parts. Now with the market being more around the $4-5K range, spending $10k on mods doesnt seem as horrible.

Im guessing most of you guys crying about high prices for e30's are youngins with no real mod budget. once you start getting close to $40k on your e30, come talk to me.

I hear you on expensive mods. When I bought my e30, I didn't anticipate spending this much on it, but I had to bite the bullet. I love e30's and will do what it takes to keep my project going. I am a college student, however I work a lot, in part to fund my e30 hobby. I don't mind spending the extra money if the quality is there. If I wanted to save $$, I would drive an e36, or a 240, etc...

e30s are some of my favorite vehicles of all time. I own one because of this, not because it's the cheapest option.. It really just depends how dedicated you are..

[Duke137]

Still plenty of bargains in the UK

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140783733397?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1989-BMW-E30-325-I-SPORT-GREY-not-m3-hartge-or-alpina-/190703414743?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c66cf2dd7

Depending on what you are after

[AlexKing]

i'm really jealous of you guys in america. a good base model in aus is around $3000 and the cheapest 318is is $7000. 325i are at least $5000 and 325e are $3500+.

if i can get a loan from my parents i'll be snapping up a stock 320i for $3400. cheapest good condition model i can find

[AirplaneBuilder]

^^ thats a pretty good deal if it was up here in the seattle area, i see stock 1986 325s go for 3-3.5k!

[reelizmpro]

How about this clean 325iS?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/3148946170.html

[whterice]

Just gonna leave this here
http://saskatchewan.kijiji.ca/c-cars...AdIdZ397371231

This guy has been trying to sell this thing for a long time now. I am pretty sure it is just there for the chance somebody comes along and thinks that its a great price for what it is. I am doing the same thing. If somebody offers me a good price of course am going to sell it.

[herbivor]

In 10 years E30s will climb up in price to current 2002s. E36s sadly will never climb up in price...ever. I like the fact that the good engines are getting cheaper. An S54 can be had for reasonable coin now.

[TimKninja]

E30s are getting harder and harder to find...a couple years ago, $500 E30s everywhere...now I can find a damn $500 car to save my life.

They keep getting sent to the JY, or kids buy them and wreck them. Its getting so hard to find a good one.

Just picked up a Brilliantrot 1990 325is with 254k on the clock, needs a hood a trunk lid, a wheel bearing/trailing arm and pretty much the M20 is on its last legs...I payed $1700 for it. But its pretty rust free too. The car probably woulda gone for $1000-$1200 a couple of years ago. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but I knew if I didn't buy it it would be forever til i found one again.

[bimma360]

Regarding all the talk about the newer BMWs one could buy for what e30s are going for...

At this point you buy an e30 b/c you want an e30. If you would rather buy another car with your money, then do that instead. I hate it when people compare them to e36s or e46s. Apples and oranges. I don't see an e30 as a less valuable model then an e36 M3 or and e46 M3. I love the e46 M3 and when I am good and ready i'll buy one, but its pointless to compare it to the e30 in my eyes.

[DatUtahGuy]

I like my e30, I have always loved it, and if in the future I have to pay MORE to get the car I LOVE, so be it.
We all have to grow up someday and realize that dancing with beezies all nilly-willy would eventually catch up with us.

[Stanley Rockafella]

Just gonna leave this here
http://saskatchewan.kijiji.ca/c-cars...AdIdZ397371231

Oh christ, that's Saskabush, nobody cares about e30's out there.

The fact that that car hasn't completely rotted away is all that keeps that car priced accordingly. Get anywhere west of Alberta and you'll see prices become far more realistic for a stock e30 like that (say 4-5k TOPS!)

[Dj Buttchug]

there were only 1 million sent to the US. Sooner or later the clean chassis is going to run out and that is why prices will change

[Shangsta]

Ebbs and Flows - Right now the market is up a bit, most of the observations are in North America, where it's the height of the summer and most of what I'm reading on this thread are asking prices. I did see a few transactions, but they didn't seem too inflated.

I get it, It hurts when you define part of yourself through something that is unique and that thing gets exploited. Though, I feel owning an e30 is still and always will be an enthusiast motivated culture -I think that is what defines and shapes the magic of ownership, and owner persona more than simply the car itself. The enthusiast made the e30 > the e30 made the enthusiast. I don't see that going away.














Let us hold hands and sing together..."kumbaya my lord, kumbayaaaaaa"

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[PeteD]

Ebbs and Flows - Right now the market is up a bit, most of the observations are in North America, where it's the height of the summer and most of what I'm reading on this thread are asking prices. I did see a few transactions, but they didn't seem too inflated.

I get it, It hurts when you define part of yourself through something that is unique and that thing gets exploited. Though, I feel owning an e30 is still and always will be an enthusiast motivated culture -I think that is what defines and shapes the magic of ownership, and owner persona more than simply the car itself. The enthusiast made the e30 > the e30 made the enthusiast. I don't see that going away.














Let us hold hands and sing together..."kumbaya my lord, kumbayaaaaaa"