Euro vs. US E30s

[royalflush313]

What is the diff between EURO and US E30s, spec wise? (318is and 325is)

How hard/easy is it to import an E30 from Europs? (to Canada, and insure it...)

[Jordan]

Re: Euro vs. US E30s

What is the diff between EURO and US E30s, spec wise?

Pic one of the many models, maybe then someone can help you.

How hard/easy is it to import an E30 from Europs? (to Canada, and insure it...)

Dont know about Canada, but it would cost far more then the value of the car to do so to USA.

[royalflush313]

^^^ oops :oops: I was thinking 318is and 325is in my head, but forgot to type it out...

[MikesJo]

You don't want to import one to canada...you wouldn't really know the history of the thing or be able to contact the person who use to work on the car. lots of other stuff to. your from vancouver right :).

[royalflush313]

You don't want to import one to canada...you wouldn't really know the history of the thing or be able to contact the person who use to work on the car. lots of other stuff to. your from vancouver right :).

hey well actually i was thinking of importing one from Japan more. Importing straight from Germany seem like it would make more sense.... but like you said i wouldnt know anything about the car.
My dad, uncle and some friends are in car business in Japan, so it would be really easy for me to find a good car.

I just love E30s, and I wanna get one as a weekender. But then I realized the Euros just look better, and seem like the thing to go after 8)

Im thinking M3 too, but I like how the 325is drives, and call me crazy but I like the body lines of the regular boxy E30s better than the M . . .

Either way, I'm not in need to buy a car right now, so I just wanted to see how much more beneficial it would be to pick up a Euro besides the nicer bumpers... just take my time and pick up somethin that makes me really happy :D

[MikesJo]

Have you looked at a 318is? If you ever want a ride in one just holler :) haha. Not the M though, lol. The 325is has a lot more torque in the low end for city. Like i told you before, the m3 is a bitch to drive around town and the gas consumption is a lot more also. When I first took it for a spin, taking a right out of my neighbourhood, the first thing i said to myself was, holy shit this thing is worse than the 318is (torque wise). Once you get it over 3500 it pulls though.

[royalflush313]

^^ yah i've looked at the 318is too. The 3 cars, they all have good qualities of its own.

I could invest for a M, but for that cost, I could have a really nice 318is/325is

Anyways, so anyone know the diff between Euro and US 318is/325is?

[mikeedler]

there really isnt much of a difference, other than the bumpers on the older ones. the motors are the same, and they had the same options available. I think if you got one from germany, the car was serviced with genuine german parts, and there is a lot less chance of little things being broken.

[hammoj28]

I think that the lights are different.

[Ryan Stewart]

All the lights are different. The late model cars you are looking at have different trim peices on the bumpers that have sidemarker lights in them. Greg has been bringing over the trim without the sidemarker for a while, easy to do. Engine wise its just a matter of the catalyst. Some grille differences and a few other details that are hardly noticeable too.

It would be infinitely cheaper to just but the euro stuff and build it over. That is what I did.

[royalflush313]

cool, thanks for the info