If at the liberty to share, how much have you invested...

[Hick]

Ive had a few

84 318i [hand me down after sister wrecked it]
Maybe 500 bucks into it, very long ago

84 318i Purchased for $900
Blown headgasket turned into engine rebuild ~$1000

91 318is Purchased for $1500 with blown headgasket
Bunch of odd and ends, another $1500
Smashed by some fucktard in a mustang, given $3700 after buy back

88 '325is' Purchased $500 [chassis]
$700 in parts as i rebuilt it, now needs nothing
Odds and ends since 'not needing anything' ~ $500
Wheels and tires
- Euro baskets $320 shipped w/o caps, Caps $95, Tires $450
- Kopis $300 shipped, Tire $250
M20 flywheel/clutch, E28 Mtech1 wing $100
Tons more shit prolly adds up to another $500

Throw in a $800 E28 sold for $500 and another $1900 E28 sold for the same price and im set!

[Bdmotherf*cker]

wasnt me that spent the money

but mine has over 3000 in engine work
mainly head work and fastroad cam etc
the 6branch i added
is in theory making around 200bhp now
but its not enough yet

[Dave]

I have no idea at this point. I have bought and sold so much stuff for e30s since 2001 that it would be hard to get an accurate estimate.

[Axxe]

About 6-7k CAD, including maintance, initial purchase price and tires. Sure as hell beats new car payments.

[czag13]

buying price- 2800
engine maintainence- 1500
rims and tires- 450
small mods- 600
being able to drive a good looking e30- priceless

[MrK]

325i Touring - $6000
Mods so far - $10000

Result = teh sex LOL

[rede30]

I am probably at around 8 but after this s50 filled summer that number will be a lot higher.

[hamann318is]

I bought mine for 4.8k. I'd have to say I blew about another 4k on it, but I'm selling a good amount. I can't acturately say how much I've spent.

[Maluco]

far more than i am going to say or you can imagine... but the fucker is still not anywhere near where i want it to be.... its worse than a drug addiction.

Firstly, I did not imagine the numbers some of you guys are throwing out there!!!!!!!!!! Sh**!, You guys define E30 love! Props! I love the above quote, I think that truly defines modding.....

[DarkWing6]

I'd say $6-7K. Probably closer to the 7.

[Digitalwave]

Somewhere between $10 and 15,000 I'd say (including the purchase).

[AdironRider]

Initial purchase of my 318is - 78k great condition - 4200 bones
Brake upgrade - 300 or so
Suspension swap - 200 (I was able to sell my cup kit and recoup most of my costs - problems with busted control arms made it so I didnt break even)
Random maintenance (wax, oil changes, etc.) - maybe 200?
Busted the oil pan - 450 at a shop cause I needed my car asap.
Total - 5350

Ive had two other e30s as well, but the total I had in those combined is about what I have in the current. So 10k in my e30 lifetime.

[James Crivellone]

Easily over 30K at this point.

[YAN-3]

89 325i - bought for $4200 + about $1200 invested
89 325is - bought for $6100 + $3000 invested
89 324td - bought for 2200euro (2500 USD) - invested oh maybe $500
88 325i MTII - bought for $2750 + $3000 invested

xx xx (coming soon the real expensive purchase and the real High maintenance car. cant wait)

total so far is roughly $23,250 WOW thats alot of money. i should of had bought an M3 or something back in High School

[DarkWing6]

Easily over 30K at this point.

e30,000!!!!