I found out some distressing news this last week. As some of you know, I bought my car from Ted (uofom3) and his father. It was previously owned by Dave and Evan Lumbra of 2002 Restorations in Eugene. Well, years back my car was in an accident in which the passenger rear quarter panel was smashed in. There was no frame damage, so a new panel was grafted in, and everything was fixed. The problem is, there was enough damage to the car to total it, so now the car has a reconstructed (totalled) title. Before anyone freaks, I knew that when I bought it. So what's the problem? I found out that I can't put full coverage insurance on the car. Oregon state law prohibits full coverage insurance from being placed on a car with a reconstructed or salvage title, since to the insurance companies, it's a dead car that's not worth anything. I can only insure it with liability. Which means if someone hits me, I'm fucked.
So I've decided that I'm going to sell the car, and buy another E30, and here's the decision I'm faced with. I've got a good deal into the suspension (IE stage III's and Konis), and it's also got a JimC chip. I'm going to either get a 325i or a 318iS, so that wouldn't be of any use to me, anyway. Since I can't afford to buy another E30, and swap the suspension and a few other things from it to the new one, I've got to sell this one first. Should I leave the suspension, in order to get more for the car, or should I keep it, and chance not getting as much? I don't have another set of rims to put on it, so the wheels would go with it, helping a fair amount. I paid $2500 for the car, bone stock and in pristine shape. It's still in beautiful condition, and it would be sold with the chip and the wheels, so those would be good selling points, and I'd ask for the same. With the wheels and the chip, I think that's reasonable. I really don't want to have to start all over with suspension, and this stuff has hardly any mileage on it, so I'd really like to keep it, and just swap it into the new car.
What do you guys think?
So I've decided that I'm going to sell the car, and buy another E30, and here's the decision I'm faced with. I've got a good deal into the suspension (IE stage III's and Konis), and it's also got a JimC chip. I'm going to either get a 325i or a 318iS, so that wouldn't be of any use to me, anyway. Since I can't afford to buy another E30, and swap the suspension and a few other things from it to the new one, I've got to sell this one first. Should I leave the suspension, in order to get more for the car, or should I keep it, and chance not getting as much? I don't have another set of rims to put on it, so the wheels would go with it, helping a fair amount. I paid $2500 for the car, bone stock and in pristine shape. It's still in beautiful condition, and it would be sold with the chip and the wheels, so those would be good selling points, and I'd ask for the same. With the wheels and the chip, I think that's reasonable. I really don't want to have to start all over with suspension, and this stuff has hardly any mileage on it, so I'd really like to keep it, and just swap it into the new car.
What do you guys think?
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