What are these cars worth? Noob trying to get into e30 game

[Poorhouse]

My advice for anyone in the areas where cars rust is to find a non- rusty car. Period. It would be worth the price to ship/drive a car from south of you to get a low rust car. It really is. You will forever be fighting rust if not. It will be on every bolt under the car. Rusty nuts round off way easy. And on top of it all, no one will want to buy a car lfrom you if it is rusty. Mechanical stuff is manageable with a Bently manual.

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Shipping a car across the country is much cheaper than fixing rust.

[dubdub]

My advice for anyone in the areas where cars rust is to find a non- rusty car. Period. It would be worth the price to ship/drive a car from south of you to get a low rust car. It really is. You will forever be fighting rust if not. It will be on every bolt under the car. Rusty nuts round off way easy. And on top of it all, no one will want to buy a car lfrom you if it is rusty. Mechanical stuff is manageable with a Bently manual.

[itsonlygeorge]

What are these cars worth? Noob trying to get into e30 game

Go for the is but check the body for rust. Bring a flashlight. And a jack.

Also:

http://www.rtsauto.com/e30-bmw-buying-guide-translated-from-german/

Worth a read.



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[TRAK WDW]

254,xxx isn't to many for an e30?

As long as it's well maintained, there should be relatively no issues.

My last E30 had 340k + on the stock motor and drifted/hooned a ton on closed courses.

[Staszek]

I agree with the others buy the IS, thats a pretty good price for an IS at least what I can see from the pics. You will be fine with the resale unless its completely rusted out under the floorboards.

[laidback93]

Go check out the black IS like right now! That car would have sold in less than an hour after posting in Cali or the entire west coast for that matter.

[MrBurgundy]

GL, I wouldn't be surprised if it were gone by this weekend. Where was it advertised? CL?

[The30man]

Lol the wrx was pure stupidity but the auto actually went up the first time I drove it. I'm pretty sure it was due to the fact that I revved the car (i took of the rusty exhaust) in my driveway and supposedly those trans hate being revved in neutral or park or whatnot. But thanks for the guidance! I'll go and look at the 325is this weekend and hopefully buy it.

[MrBurgundy]

A 2 door late 325is with a straight body and decent interior will sell fast at that price.

If it runs like shit and you have 2k to invest in it, who cares how it runs. With that budget you'll be able to make it run beautifully with money to spare if you do the work yourself.

Llike the others said, fuck miles, if it has a good history that's what truly matters.

And stop fucking your cars up lol

[ELVA164]

I previously had a blobeye wrx but I recently totaled it :(.

then I hooned it too much and the auto trans went up.

[rturbo 930]

250k is fine as long as it has been maintained. Maintenance is more important than miles.

Go get the black one before someone else does.

[MR E30 325is]

If I was in your area, I'd probably buy the black one today.

Seriously. Does not look like a bad deal on the surface.

[MR E30 325is]

Thank you for the welcome. I know this is extremely hard to tell from just a few photos but what would you deem the value of the two cars to be? And I previously flipped a facelift auto sedan and ended up making about 300 dollars. I bought the car for 500 fully running and would of really made a killing but then I hooned it to much and the auto trans went up. But that dosent really relate to the post. However, I know a thing or to about e30s but still not much. Thanks for the welcome!

I have the money if I need to fix something but my income is pretty low (I'm still in high school) so I really do not want any serious work that would need to be done. I could invest about 2 grand in parts and stuff if I knew there was going to be a return. But I don't want to spend money to keep a broken car running.

254,xxx isn't to many for an e30?
thanks again for the advice!

Mileage is deemed by many on this forum to be irrelevant. Knowing the cars history is far more valuable.

If you are really worried about getting into trouble with repairs, find someone near you who can go check out the car with you. Preferably someone who knows E30's well.

The pictures you provided us with wont tell us enough to get the certainty in an answer that you are looking for.

[roguetoaster]

We can't tell you what either car is actually worth without real pictures or an in person inspection, so if you want values you'll have to take what you know about theses cars and compare it to advertised prices locally.

1,000,000 miles is not too many for an E30 that's been maintained, mileage to most enthusiasts means very little and it's condition that's the main factor. However, you may not be selling to enthusiasts, so mileage will probably be a factor to the general public.

[e30davie]

Reality is miles on a 30year old car mean nothing. I've seen cars with 350,000 miles that i would happily own, and if seen some with 140,000 miles that id never touch.

For me the thing that gives an old car "worth" is body condition, paint and rust. Everything else can be fixed using spanners by a home gamer. There are not enough photos to determine the rust situation, under the carpet? battery box?