So how did u find your E30??

E30isGIRL · 09-07-2006, 12:32 PM

holmes... that IS very cheap for here! nice

reelizmpro · 09-07-2006, 12:20 PM

Got my M3 from a UCLA college student who lived in Beverly Hills with his parents and only did basic maintenance and didn't really keep up the car. They drove the car into the ground and took it to Beverly Hills BMW for every little problem it had which really put a dent in their pocket book so the parents decided to sell it and cut their losses. The son was not happy about it. Paid $7800 with 77K miles =] back in 2000. LA Recycler.

09-07-2006, 12:16 PM

I bought mine from a guy here on r3v. It had an engine fire and nearly the entire front end was replaced including body panels. It was in great shape when I got it and had a lot of mods already done. Cost me 1900 which is a steal in WA.

wycoco · 09-07-2006, 12:11 PM

request: pics of E30isGIRL...oh and your car ;)

E30isGIRL · 09-07-2006, 12:08 PM

Originally posted by Jordan325iC

And both of you massively overpaid.

Dont think so... I put mine on CL for sale a year and a half ago for $3500 and got and offer for $3200 after a guy came and test drove it... seems more like an investment to me... thats when I realized I should just hold on to the beast a bit longer since it wasnt having a single issue at the time... plus.. it has a special place in my heart .. hahaha

mattdk318i · 09-07-2006, 12:04 PM

Mine was in the family since 1991. Was wrecked by my cousin before i got it. But it was fixed.
So i bought it for 2000. Interior and exterior were mint before the accident.

E30isGIRL · 09-07-2006, 12:03 PM

lol.. well thats the drawbacks of auctions.... you dont really know what your getting till u get it home... but added up my dads buddy did the engine work for under $1100 and I sanded and resprayed/clearcoated the roof and hood for another $100 or so... $2000 all together for a nice clean 325is isnt all that bad being that it now runs perfect and looks perfect (and had brand new shocks on from previous owner) :)

... and the baby mice thing... did they die?! They still look like little pinkys.. :(

Jordan325iC · 09-07-2006, 12:01 PM

I looked for a long time on CL, bimmerforums, ect..., but eventually I found one on roadfly.

And both of you massively overpaid.

hugh jass · 09-07-2006, 11:59 AM

I Bought Mine From A Gay Guy On Craigslist

f u z z · 09-07-2006, 11:55 AM

ALL THREE OF MINE CAME FROM TEH INTARWEBNET!!%w!`1

Garageaholic · 09-07-2006, 11:50 AM

$950? you overpaid for that. lololol
Try this one for size
1 year ago, I bought an 88 325 supereta for $1100. Brought it on ebay in Mass.(5 hrs from my house) I got a friend to drive me there and I picked it up. It's a project car so I didn't insure/register it bc all i watned to do is bring it home and work on it for a year.
Found out when I got there about all the things that the seller didnt' tell me about the car in the auction...that the wipers didn't work (at all, blown motor) radio was broken (no code), hood would not close (broken latch), 2 window motors were seized (rusted shut).
Since the wipers didn't work, I had to drive it home anyway, but it happened to be in the rain!! of course this has to happen to me! So i bought a squeegee as a temporary solution because driving AT NIGHT without wipers on the highway is very difficult! so I stuck my hand out the window every 30 seconds to manually wipe my side of the windshield. It was bad, but the best one of all.......
I turned on the blower motor to get some ventilation and the more air that came out, the more I heard/felt this vibration... So after looking into it and pulled the shroud for the blower fan, I found that there were field mice chillin out there. They were little baby mice scurrying away. I determined that the mice had eaten through the plastic fan blades to make their little nest, hence the vibration that got worse as the fan got faster. Funny story!

The car is now a great handling, reliable, perfectly working 335i that is amazingly fun to drive!

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