1990 BMW 325i 2 Door

[DarkWing6]

just use autotrader.com and cars.com and newspaper classifieds mostly

[Den]

You should've asked how much it went for. I doubt it sold for $5k unless it was very cherry, but there's a sucker born every minute . . .

Anyhow, I didn't say to 'lowball.' I said to to make 'reasonable' offers. $3k is a very reasonable offer for many E30's. Go and look at several E30's and you will get a feel for the pricing. For example, you will see 2 cars in very similar condition with 1 seller asking $2500 and another asking $3500. What makes one car worth $1k more?
Nothing.

In my part of the country, most BMW's >10 years old have some issues with the clearcoat blistering and the leather cracking. If someone is asking for $thousands more than the going rate for a car, I'd expect the paint and leather to be near perfect. Maybe this $5k car was near perfect, but personally, I'd rather buy a car with a few blemishes for half the price, especially if it was to be my first car, which would probably be taking a few hits(Not a comment on anyone's driving skills, shit just happens.)
Yes, E30 owners are cheap bastards, but $5k is really pegging the E30 val-U-meter.

I agree that mods don't necessarily add to the value of a car. Buyers may not want a car with a particular mod, or they may have doubts about how well the mod was done. If it's riced out, the mods probably decrease the value for many buyers.

[Super Eta]

blah blah.

Okay was that car you described when you first posted about the 1991 325i was it black?

because some kid up here in Gig Harbor just bought a black 325i with heated seats and all the goodies with i think 131k on the clock.

He is rather well lets just say shouldnt have the car as it will be in a ditch in a few weeks. :?

BTW there is this side street dealer that defintally has an E30 in the yard and its a white 325i maybe and then i saw another one just osme private seller trying to get rid of it and that was also a white 87 325iS. same street just different locations on that street. :P

Weird though how both are white anyway if you are intrested hit me a pm and i can try and get you more info on the cars and of course i can get you some prices and phone numbers for ya. its only a 12 minute drive it wont kill me too much 8)

Damn this must be a white month . just remembered a body shop less then a mile down the road from me just fixed up a 4 door 325i auto and i beileve thats for sale between 5k-6k (80k ish miles on the clock), this one i have personally looked at it and it is not all that shabby and if you need a 5spd tranny i can cut you a realll good deal on one (i have one i need gone).

*phew takes a deep breath*

have fun reading all this babble.

Ryan

[Kruzen]

blah blah.

Okay was that car you described when you first posted about the 1991 325i was it black?

because some kid up here in Gig Harbor just bought a black 325i with heated seats and all the goodies with i think 131k on the clock.

He is rather well lets just say shouldnt have the car as it will be in a ditch in a few weeks. :?

BTW there is this side street dealer that defintally has an E30 in the yard and its a white 325i maybe and then i saw another one just osme private seller trying to get rid of it and that was also a white 87 325iS. same street just different locations on that street. :P

Weird though how both are white anyway if you are intrested hit me a pm and i can try and get you more info on the cars and of course i can get you some prices and phone numbers for ya. its only a 12 minute drive it wont kill me too much 8)

Damn this must be a white month . just remembered a body shop less then a mile down the road from me just fixed up a 4 door 325i auto and i beileve thats for sale between 5k-6k (80k ish miles on the clock), this one i have personally looked at it and it is not all that shabby and if you need a 5spd tranny i can cut you a realll good deal on one (i have one i need gone).

*phew takes a deep breath*

have fun reading all this babble.

Ryan

yar i'm in GH. if you could pm me some info about all those cars, where they are , etc.. so i could go check em out, that'd be tiight.

[DarkWing6]

I test drove that one with 80k on it and it runs great the only problem is they are asking way too much. Originally that thought it was a 5 series so at $5500 they thought they were $3000 under dealer book selling at $5500. When I corrected her they left it at $5500 because I think they bought it thinking it was a 5 series and they paid too mcuh. It also has a lot of body damage. Probably close to a grand to get all that fixed.

[Kruzen]

I went and looked for the one with 80k today.

i was told it was over by the benz connection in the harbor, around the business park.

i drove around for 20 minutes looking for it and couldn't find it ANYWHERE!

where the heck is it, i'd like to go check it out.

on another note.. i went over to tacoma today to look for those two white e30's.

Super ETA told me they were by the DMV.. well i went down by the old DMV near the fred meyer, over on 19th/mildred and couldn't find anything there..

so i drove down to the DOL a few streets down, and there is some sord of Bosch Repair shop / dealer down there with a bunch of bimmers out front.. so i stopped in there and asked about a 3 series (There was a 318is out front.. ) and the guy said they do sell bimmers when they get them through, and one of the guys that works there just bought a '87 325is from the shop itself.. which i think is probably one of the ones you were talking about, perhaps not.

other than that, i couldnt' find ANY 'White' 3 series anywhere in teh area..

i did manage to see one parked outside of an auto parts store, stopped in and asked if it was for sale.. the dude was like ' well if you wanna pay me 4000 for it.. hah i paid like 2300 for it a year ago.. anythings for sale if the price is right..'

so erm.. yeah. Super ETA.. WHERE THE HELL are the cars you are talking about.

[Super Eta]

I went and looked for the one with 80k today.

i was told it was over by the benz connection in the harbor, around the business park.

i drove around for 20 minutes looking for it and couldn't find it ANYWHERE!

where the heck is it, i'd like to go check it out.

on another note.. i went over to tacoma today to look for those two white e30's.

Super ETA told me they were by the DMV.. well i went down by the old DMV near the fred meyer, over on 19th/mildred and couldn't find anything there..

so i drove down to the DOL a few streets down, and there is some sord of Bosch Repair shop / dealer down there with a bunch of bimmers out front.. so i stopped in there and asked about a 3 series (There was a 318is out front.. ) and the guy said they do sell bimmers when they get them through, and one of the guys that works there just bought a '87 325is from the shop itself.. which i think is probably one of the ones you were talking about, perhaps not.

other than that, i couldnt' find ANY 'White' 3 series anywhere in teh area..

i did manage to see one parked outside of an auto parts store, stopped in and asked if it was for sale.. the dude was like ' well if you wanna pay me 4000 for it.. hah i paid like 2300 for it a year ago.. anythings for sale if the price is right..'

so erm.. yeah. Super ETA.. WHERE THE HELL are the cars you are talking about.

Okay calm down...okay i live like not even a mile from the benz connection sooo why dont you just stop by and pick me up and ill give you a little tour of where everything is.
Sound good

Cool...Hit me up on AIM annnd maybe we can get this sorted out today.