Interesting - Money Pit Assassins

[2ndName]

Good to know that I'm not the only one that's hooked into this car. I love it and I just want more. The barrier to entry (Cost wise) is so cheap that it's only after the fact that the cost starts to sink in.

How are you guys handling insurance for multi cars? Those of you that have 3-4 of these e30s. Full coverage on all??

[Roysneon]

Sell the e30.

[atmobenzin]

Sell the e30.

[VinniE30]

OP, I had an e46 a long time ago and then I bought an e30 just like you. I then just never drove the e46 because the e30 is so damn awesome so I sold the e46. Now I have 2 e30s. One is engine swapped and one is soon to be also engine swapped with also coil overs and lots of cool stuff. I'm completely obsessed with e30s now and a good portion of my income goes towards my e30s. I don't regret getting into e30s at all.

As far as having one car vs two there are good arguments for both.
Having two cars you can drive one while working on the other and vice versa. You can also go the route of making one more street friendly and one more of a track car.
On the other hand, with having only one car you can focus all your time and money on it and have a way better e30 than you would have splitting your time and money between two.

I would just sell the e90 and focus on the e30. The e30 is more worthy of putting money into anyway.

[PeteD]

Just wait until you get it to the point where it's too nice to take to the track, so you buy a second car for the racetrack. Then you make that one too nice to actually race because it's so nice and you can't bear the thought of wrecking it in an actual race, so you can only do DEs in it, so you have to buy a 3rd car to be a track rat... Yeah. Started selling plasma yet? Whatever you do, don't start talking to Levent at Guten Parts, or it's all over!

I keep thinking "this is the last mod and ill be set"....... never ends though!

Haha speaking the truth.

[AirplaneBuilder]

I keep thinking "this is the last mod and ill be set"....... never ends though!

[slammin.e28]

OP, you need to sell that e90 and put the money into the e30. Then you will be happy. Only then.

[kingston]

Just wait until you get it to the point where it's too nice to take to the track, so you buy a second car for the racetrack. Then you make that one too nice to actually race because it's so nice and you can't bear the thought of wrecking it in an actual race, so you can only do DEs in it, so you have to buy a 3rd car to be a track rat... Yeah. Started selling plasma yet? Whatever you do, don't start talking to Levent at Guten Parts, or it's all over!

[2ndName]

lol, this thread is becoming an AA version for E30 owners.

[caffeinatedsoap]

I bought a 325e as a beater for $325 so I didn't wear down my M3 too much years back. I ended up sinking like 3-4 grand into it as well as doing a complete I drive train swap.

[SGT4677]

I bought my 4th e30 in 3 1/2 years in July.We broke our racecar and our track rat last friday at a HPDE and had to make 2 trips to tow them both home,we think it cost us about 1k so far,but we spent the whole 18 hr day laughing our heads off.

My advice:Get that e30 to the track as soon as possible,drive the snot out of it until it breaks,sell your house, trade the e90 for a truck and trailer and live in the truck underneath a bridge to afford more e30 parts.

[2ndName]

I started off just wanting to do an engine swap and its turned into a complete restoration....http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=250378

Today we decided to re-install the heater box and dash. I thought I would clean out the heater box and ended up replacing the ac evaporator and the heater core....$375.00....lol

lol, that's a might fine car to base your project on.

[LSM3]

I started off just wanting to do an engine swap and its turned into a complete restoration....http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=250378

Today we decided to re-install the heater box and dash. I thought I would clean out the heater box and ended up replacing the ac evaporator and the heater core....$375.00....lol

[2ndName]

They're more fun to mod than an E90 as well because parts are generally cheaper, which means you can buy more and not worry about it as much.

You nailed it. I've modded my E90 to the point where the next mods are going to be $1000+ per mod. With the E30, I get more mods for my dollars but that thinking of saving money gets negated when I add it all up, haha...assassins!!!!!

[Buzztt]

I've modded a few cars and I've gotta say this is the most fun I've ever had