So how did u find your E30??

[Ziggens96]

eBay, beetch. Picked up car on Halloween 2004 from PA; wasn't far, I lived in MD at the time. Did anybody here bid on my car too? Auction was in like sept./oct. 2004, obviously. I haven't seen a better example of a 318is on ebay since then. I paid $3600 with 112k on the odo. I know it's high, I thought the bid i entered would be the max bid...instead the auction price went right to that number...but i got the car. I think its totally worth it.

Apparently my car originally came from (dirty) JErsey, and had two owners in PA...at some point it sat in somebody's back yard, I have no idea why.

[Simon S]

Prerequisites: German. Bucket seats. Rear wheel drive. 4 cylinder. 5-speed. Sporty. Semi-reliable. Fun. Cool. ~$7K purchase price.

I was 944 all the way. Test drove one. A nice, clean, beautiful one. Drove like magic..

But the cockpit was too cramped, and the dash (even in good condition) looked like crap.. and overwhelming maintenance costs spooked me.

Same dealership had an eBay auction on a 318is.. it totally fit the bill. The purchase price much lower – which led to a greater budget for me to ‘recondition’ it as I saw fit.

Love/Hate fun ever since.

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[M42Technik]

My dad is an independent car dealer. I was told by my good friend to get an "E30" and I said "what the hell is that?".

Told my dad I was looking for a 325iS. Of course thats far too fast for an 18 year old kid, so I got a 318iS, and little did I realize how lucky I'd be.

June 13th, 2003 I go to pickup a car with my dad, a common routine, drive out to Northern VA, and I find a black E30 with so much junk from trees, bushes, and its underneath a tree with the branches running against the hood.

July 4th, the car is back in running condition and I receive my car. $2,750 Diamantschwarz E30. And I had euro grilles the next day, and the modding couldn't stop. I couldn't be happier.

[Lair]

I think he was talking about you and not the car.

[TwoJ's]

that's a wonderfully incorrect response. I was the one looking for the car, and I told her which one to get.

It was exactly what i was looking for.

[ZinRot325i]

Maybe she shoulda shopped around first.

[TwoJ's]

my senior year in high school, my girlfriend at the time bought me my e30. It had smashed windows and a broken timing belt.

What a cool girlfriend.

[ZinRot325i]

I got mine for free. Along with two other BMWs.

Someone had to die first though, so I was sad.

[JJe30]

Mine was across the street from my house. I noticed it had been sittin for 2 months or so and never used. The guy use to drive it daily so I went over and asked if he was interested in sellin it and he was thinkin about it...so, I bought it.

[cochran]

Found my 88 325 cabrio in the local newspaper. I had a limited budget, the car fit in the budget, and the other half approved. I really wanted the Fiat spyder I looked at first, but she vetoed is as "impractical, and it will break down by the time we get it home." I was bummed at first, but now VERY glad I got the bimmer.

[cramer]

My story is rather boring, found the M3 on Autotrader out of Seattle, guy was selling it because he wanted a White on Black M3 and didn't need two. Haggled on the price and picked it up the following week.

[Jand3rson]

$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:

Wonderfully imformative post, but it doesn't really have much to do with the title of this thread.

[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:

[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

[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.