What/When did you pay for your E30?

[Jean]

Bought it in 7/3/06 with 158xxx for $1700. Took another 200 to bring the registration up to date and smog . (I bought it AS IS and took a gamble with smog). Spent about 7-8k on maint and couple upgrades since then, haven't even touched body and paint yet... ugh.

[uofom3]

bought it in 2000 and paid 11.5k for the m3.

[Emre]

Just curious as to how much money you originally spent to buy your E30 and at what point in time.

My 1991 318is was bought new by my dad 16 years ago. I've had it since the mid-1990's. I don't remember exactly what he paid for it, but I think I still have the original window sticker somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up.

Spent about $1,800 on it so far, with another $1,600 of parts in the mail, and another $2,300 going towards it in the next month. This thing better be running/looking like a p-i-m-p by the end of it all :)

Let's not even get into that! I stopped keeping track of how much money I was pouring into my car many years ago.

Emre

[robtech]

Let's not even get into that! I stopped keeping track of how much money I was pouring into my car many years ago.

Emre

true story! i dont even want to think about the obscene amounts of money i've put into my cars

[Spec]

I approached the PO and told her I wanted it. When I asked what she might want for it, she said, "I don't know, 2 (thousand)?" I told her I'd help her decide what to get next, as the e30 was too small for her lifestyle needs. Interesting lady; used to own a Citroen! Anyway, 3 months later she calls and tells me she found a car. I go to test drive the BMW and look it over, and it turns out my friend had serviced it before. He just said, "Good car." The radio was fucked and it had some goofy isses like a pegged temp gauge, but she had an assload of receipts totaling around $15k and had only put 5k on it in the last two years. First owner installed Bilstein BTS setup plus bushings and a Dinan chip. She didn't really understand all that but liked how it drove. Engine had only 53k (113k on chassis) due to an incident with a large rock on the highway. She hoped I wasn't mad that it wasn't the orginal engine... receipt said complete rebuilt motor installed so ok.

She ended up dropping the price to $1800 and told the titling place it was only $200 to save me money. She hugged me when I took the keys. I still feel like I robbed her.

A gift from the heavens.

[markseven]

I got a 90 325is w/ 130k on the clock - heated seats - new timing belt, clutch, and water pump - maplight mirror, ect for $1100 last month.

Deal of the Century :D

[einstein57]

1050 in oct of 06. brakes were shot, it needed a fuel line, it had a rubber hose clamped to where the oilcooler was supposed to be and a freshly egged new paint job. $7500 later my insurance company feels its worth $6500. Not to bad i guess.

[markseven]

$5K for an '87 325is with 250K on the chassis and 25K on a rebuilt engine. She was extensivley modded by the PO:

Jim Conforti chip
Lightened aluminum flywheel-14lb
Lightened clutch
4.10 LSD
E36 SSK
Sparco STB
Bilstein front shocks
Koni rear shocks
H&R Race springs
Racing Dynamics sways-22mm front / 19mm rear
M3 camber bushings
Dinan camber plates-3degree
SS brake lines
BMP Designs body kit
BMW M-tech spoiler
Momo wheel
Sparco shifter knob
M3 (E36 style) mirrors
E30 M3 seats
Shadowline
Schroth harness
Updated AC system

I've done the following:
Silver Stars
Rota Slipstreams with BF Goodrich gForce Sport 205/50/16
Replacement Dash
Re-covered the front seats
Replaced the door panels, lateral panels, arm rests and map pockets
New oil cooler lines
New drive shaft
Replaced the HVAC blower
New HVAC resistor
Replaced cluster
Alignment
Brakes, rotors, pads
Coolan flush

Coming soon:
Fuel pre-pump
Z3 2.8 SSK
Gearbox and dif flush

So far I have about $3K in mods/repairs/labor

[Cory1970]

Bought the M3 in June 2001. One owner bone stock car w/ 77k miles. Paid $7,000 8)

What a find...

[Court M3]

323i 9/98 $1200

///M 05/2005 $11k

[Tavern Gnome]

88 325i cabrio 114,000 miles, LOTS of maintenance receipts, and all stock. $2000 bucks + a 200 dollar plane ticket to San Fran and the gas to drive back. This was 3 or 4 months ago?

[Van Westervelt]

In order

1991 318is/2 in '99 for 5,000 -- Sold for 5,500
1991 318i/4 in '03 for 3,000 -- Sold for 3,200
1988 325/2 in '04 for 2,700 -- Now the s50 plastic bumpered 5 lug car
1989 325i/4 in '06 for 2,000 -- Sold for 6,000
1984 318i/4 in '07 for 400 -- Parked Roto30
1988 325i/4 in '07 for 1,200 -- Parted/Parting
1991 318i/4 in '07 for 2,000 -- Fixing
1989 m3 in '07 for 1,500 -- Totalled shell

[rs4pro3]

85 318i-$1500 2002 (ran good but a rust bucket)
88 325is-$500 2003 (drove it home and everyday for the next year)
87 325is-$400 didn't run parts car 2004
84 318i-$400 didn't run when purchased but had it running that afternoon 2004
85 325es-$1500 (ran great, needed work) 2005

[BDSax]

$1, 75k on the clock and ran like shit.

[Jand3rson]

Got my first E30 (Bronzit 88 325) in I think August of 2002, from a female friend for $3200.



I bought my present E30 (Schwarz 86 325es) from Ted Whitney (uofom3) in Feb of 2005 for $2500. It was near-bone stock with only a Magnaflow muffler and a Z3 1.9 ssk.



She's a bit different now: