So how did u find your E30??

[Jand3rson]

Eurospeed.. I like this.. Your my personal bouncer on here.. heh... and I agree with the salvage title thing... I bought a Mk3 GTI a few years back for 2k with salvage title.. If you plan on owning it a long time it just means a better deal for you.. and some shiny new paint.. :)

I know, everyone is always going "you bought a car with a totalled title?!?!?!" Like I give a damn, it doesn't change anything, other than the amount I would get if I tried to sell it, which I don't ever plan to do. There's NOTHING wrong with it, no damage to the frame, the body panel graft was perfect, and there's no way anyone could ever tell.

[Avus E30]

Bought mine from my mechanic that had been working on our volvos. He also did the paint and engine swap at his shop for the second e30.

[MR 325]

Bought mine from a friend 2 years ago. he sold it to buy an E36. Well, he sold the E36 a couple weeks ago and bought another E30 this past Sunday, haha.

[SpecM]

-I didn't... my e30 found me... awww <3 <3 <3

[Julien]

let's see

1991 318is: bought at the WPB auto auction in SF for like 3k$

1988 325is: Local paper for 500$ (kid thought motor was blown. turned out to be a leaky fuel system and clogged filter..) this was the "redbull 325is"

1991 324td touring,.. freind of my dads.. car had been sitting for a year, needed a flywheel

1989 318is: off r3v (sorta) bought from BAVARIAN BIMMER

1990 BMW 325ic, bought off my mom (bought the car w/ her a year before hand and did all the mtn to it)

now
1989 BMW 325i, bought off MitchM for lots and lots of buttsex.

[E30isGIRL]

-I didn't... my e30 found me... awww <3 <3 <3

aww. so sweet! It must have been meant to be <3 hehe

[ColdAccord]

black 87 325e: cars.com

black 85 modded 325e: 130hp at the wheels! daN on here (we've been friends since we were like 14).

black 90 325is 2.7i: thm03 or whatever on r3v

white 90 325is: on maxbimmer, picking it up monday or tuesday.

now for the touring. long read, and I'm bored so I'll write it out.

my 87 325e was out of comission to get a built stroker swap. had the motor out, still couldnt find a couple parts. I had some $ saved up, and decided it was time I got an e30 m3. Picked one out, alp white w/cardinal. Forget how i found it, bimmerforums maybe?

Got everything set. talked to the guy a million times. Took off work, as did my buddy who was gonna drive down. Got everything the guy said it needed, plus alternator belt, oil filter, couple misc items.

9am on a friday, 2 hours before we were supposed to drive down to get it; guy has HIS DAD call me, didnt even call me himself, saying someone came at midnight, looked at it till 4am, and bought it for a few hundred to a grand more than what we had agreed upon

i was PISSED! went home after class, hit up some bourbon and stewed in my misery. Started browsing maxbimmer. Saw this touring:

http://maxbimmer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49475

it was posted for a GREAT price. as i scrolled, he dropped the price twice! I kept expecting to see "SOLD" in big bold letters, but didn't!

so I called the guy. damnit. Some guy was bringing his 318is to trade plus cash. I was buuuummmmeeeddd. Went out to a bar with my friends

1:30am guy calls me up, says the 318 was a pos and I could check it out. don (Clutterbucker) took me up there the next day, where I bought it on the spot. Gave him a hundred bucks, and he drove it down for me a few days later

I was at my gf's apartment, had him meet me there (only a couple blocks from my apt). Actually broke up with her like minutes before. He calls me, says he's out front. She's sobbing and whatnot. I felt bad, but I was thinking "fuck it, my touring's outside!"

ran out the door and i've been loving it ever since

[luvin my 325es]

I got my 86 325es from a lady I work with who said she just wanted it out of her yard. All she knew was it was a 86 BMW. Had been sitting in her yard for 4 years. Cost me the $42 tow bill, although it was driveable. I am slowly getting it back into shape to be my DD. 164k with usual problems but no rust and paint is in good condition after buff and wax.

[Bimmerista]

My dad found my e30 sitting in a mechanic's parking lot. It had sat there for 2 years before we got it.

[E30isGIRL]

That Touring is hot! are those 3pc BBSs? I can barely see the pic...

[ColdAccord]

they're the 15" euro bbs baskets. they were on the car in the old pics in the fs thread (which still work btw).

I sold the baskets and I'm currently looking for something to get on there. don't know what yet though. its off the road right now, I've been waiting 3 months for my catcams cam which just came in, but they forgot the valve springs.

still waiting

[Lair]

Found this one on the intarweb. Some college kid did some mods to it and lost interest when it wouldn't pass smog.

8-) Lucky me.

My first e30 came from a salvage yard in Anniston, AL in 1993. The car was an '86 325es, and was loaded. Somebody took a baseball bat and beat the shit out of the car. The seats and door panels were cut up, nd the roof, fenders, quarters, and hood were all caved in. The back window and the windshield were hammered as well.It was an auto, but it only had 52K miles on it. I got it for $2800, and spent $3500 making it mint again.

I put 15 x 7 Fittipaldi Indy wheels on it with 205/55/15 tires. Sold it a few years later for $6500.

Second one was an '84 318i that I saw in a guy's back yard. his son had just gotten the car, and he rolled it almost immediately. I replaced the trailing arms and control arms and sold it to a guy a few days later.

Third one was a mint '91 318ic that I bought from the original owner in 1996. It was black with tan cloth, and had the optional BMW 15 x 7 Star Spoke wheels.

I've also owned a sport package '93 325is that I updated with '96 bumpers, rockers, and 17 inch MSW Type 55C wheels.

Also a '99 328i sport package E46, a '97 Arctic M3/4, and another '93 325is - black with automatic.

[BMW BMXER]

It was sitting in my uncles garage for about 2 years. I needed a car, my uncle didn't want it (shot paint, clutch master cyl toast seats garbage), I got it shipped from the ATL to canada and have been stumbling my way through e30 ownership and modding ever since.

[ColdAccord]

oh damn i never even realized you were so close.

whats up

edit: bmx'er? you ever go to Oakville? i actually had mike (mr m tech) meet me at that parks o Ic ould skateboard while I waited for him when we met up to buy his ground controls

[84_318i]

$0- 84 318i
blown headgasket
bad clutch disc
noisy rear end
stupid crap... brakes, clutch slave cylinder, bad wiper motor, falling apart interior, rust behind left rear wheel/left side floor panel/ underside of hood.
Ive spent about $400 on it and it runs pretty good... but Im hoping something is gonna blow soon so i can get something nicer :mrgreen: