This is what a 7 year old car project looks like....

[Aleksey]

[dnguyen1963]

Damn...how much has it run you?

[Aleksey]

Damn...how much has it run you?

I stopped counting at 30K. This does not include countless hours of free labor I put into this thing. Let's just keep it at that.

[15Michaeljoseph]

I stopped counting at 30K. This does not include countless hours of free labor I put into this thing. Let's just keep it at that.

30,000. THIRTY thousand. you have spent over e30,000 dollars on the car.


Sir, you are what i hope to one day become. Congratulations on doing it right.




--Mike

[Dirty325ix]

Pic of the 30,000 e30 Please

[Aleksey]

30,000. THIRTY thousand. you have spent over e30,000 dollars on the car.


Sir, you are what i hope to one day become. Congratulations on doing it right.




--Mike

It does account for yearly ownership / repairs / tires / etc. Looking at some of this stuff is depressing; this is my first car (childhood dream) and I saw invoices from 'mechanics' that pretty much milked me until I got smarter.

Invoices for parts I would never want to keep (let's be a dumb 20 year old and get LED lights, huuur), etc. If I had to do it right again this pile would probably be cut in half but at the end of this day I had a blast and learned a shit ton about a car I would like to drive until I die. Making new friends and just having fun.

You can't put a price tag on that... I hope.

Pic of the 30,000 e30 Please

[mlbryant8]

So... was the money spent on the e30 or the e34? Or possibly both?

[UlrichFennec]

Absolutely fucking gorgeous.

[Aleksey]

So... was the money spent on the e30 or the e34? Or possibly both?

I had E30 that I got for $500 but I think I put about $200 into it before blowing HG

Absolutely fucking gorgeous.

Thanks bud ;D

[rcsoundn1]

Much worse things $$ could be spent on. Glad it was fun

[slammin.e28]

This would be a $90k car at EAG.

Jussayin.....

[Reichart12]

It adds up fast. Good to see a long time owner.

[CorvallisBMW]

Beautiful M5, more pics please!

[VitalkaE30]

Wow, what a transformation. I remember reading about how you wrapped the body panels in your apartment a few years back

[CENTURION]

yeezus that's amazing.
is that the original color?