Is it worth fixing...

[esheg4ever23]

Lol..so...much...pressure. Like I said I'm not doing anything until I get it checked out.

I'm most probably going to go with the repairs, because aside from wanting to fix it up or whatever, it's also my only car until i get the mazdaspeed3 in September.

[E30 Wagen]

Well, you're obviously fixed on your opinion, but here's the point that I mainly want to get across: for those of us confident in our mechanical abilities and are also smart shoppers, it can be just as fun to start out with a blank slate and restore a car as much as it is to go out and buy one that is ready to drive. It's the chance to add your own history to the car and to value what has the potential to be fixed. Your way just seems like the easy way out, not to mention wasteful.

Sorry, I have just come to the conclusion that e30s are very special cars and I want to see as many of them on the road as possible. They are incredibly scarce where I live.

[E30 Cabrio]

stfu about service records its a fucking e30 not a goddamn roldsroyce i got my car in worse condition and payed two grand (but the interior itself is almost worth it) and ive never regreted it a second....seriously though why would you care about service records? there isnt a one on my car and its practically new now...and stereo installers right if you arent going to even bother to work on it yourself-you dont want an e30

STFU?

Wow, someone is flexing their internet muscles today. Or maybe needs a Midol.

I care about service/repair records because I don't like expensive surprises, and it tells me the PO cared about his car and had it maintained and serviced and kept up to date on things and didn't let things go.

It also gives me a history of the car. What has been replaced and when.

I'm glad your situation worked out for you, but not everyone else is as fortunate.

Personally, I would never buy an E30 without records unless it was a beat fixer-upper.

[-limp-]

At least when buying a car with records, one can see what's been done, what hasn't been done, and what will need to be done and how much it will cost.

stfu about service records its a fucking e30 not a goddamn roldsroyce i got my car in worse condition and payed two grand (but the interior itself is almost worth it) and ive never regreted it a second....seriously though why would you care about service records? there isnt a one on my car and its practically new now...and stereo installers right if you arent going to even bother to work on it yourself-you dont want an e30

[rede30]

I will give you 400 bucks for it.

[E30 Cabrio]

^ ignore him please. I'm so sick of seeing solid e30 chassis, especially late models, being parted out for a quick buck because some kid didn't have the measly $2000 to get it back on the road or else gave up half-way on his "track car" project he knows he never should have started. Man up and do it and be proud that you saved one.

/rant

I advised the kid on what is best for him, not for you and what you want.

It's not your car or your money, although you sure seem to be generous spending his "measly $2000"

An 18 year old car that has been neglected for 17 years is going to be expensive to get in good running condition. The fact that it's been sitting for the last 3 years doesn't help either.

Part it out. Use the money you have along with the money you make from parting out the car and buy yourself something that won't be a money pit and a headache.

It's not about "Manning up" or some other macho BS - it's about doing what's best for him, the guy who owns the car.

Becoming emotionally attached to a car, or worse, letting your ego make your decisions for you rarely ends up well.

Either way, he needs to go thru the car and make a list of what it needs and add it up, plus his time and then add another 20% on top of that.

And that doesn't even include the unexpected.

At least when buying a car with records, one can see what's been done, what hasn't been done, and what will need to be done and how much it will cost.

[StereoInstaller1]

Hey man...let me tell you something right here: That car is worth fixing. I promise, mine was worse when I got it.

Let me tell you something else: If you lack the desire to develop mechanic skills, you DO NOT WANT an E30...it will eat your wallet. We all love these cars...but that antifreeze smell? Likely heater core. Gonna wanna replace the heater core AND the valve, hoses too. If TNG can do that for much under $800, I would be amazed...and I bet they give more bang for the buck than any other E30 shop around.

I can do it from spare parts 3X over. I have done 3 so far, only takes me about 3 hours...and I am a dashboard genuis, WAY faster than any mechanic you have ever seen in doing dashboard work.

Odometer issue? rebuild kit, like $40. Lock cylinders? Again, rebuild kit, like $20 (ea) Labor to do those? Likely about 6 to 7 hours, so $500 on a HUGE discount...if you have no skills, and are not wanting to develop skills (oh yeah, TOOLS too) buy something else.

Oh yeah...sell that E30 on here.

[ldsbeaker]

It runs, huh?
Well you better get the timing belt changed ASAP! Not kidding.
I think $2K is a bit modest, it might be a little more expensive, but that thing sounds pretty bombed out.

[esheg4ever23]

haha...man.
i'm in the same predicament right now.

except mine is an '85 eta with 215,000+ miles on it.

Just got the control arms and bushings replaced along with the clutch and shifter linkage...but it needs SO much more work.

I've dropped a little over 1500 in it so far and I've still got a lot to go.

Damn, that's alot of miles. Good luck with the build

[mikejungle]

haha...man.
i'm in the same predicament right now.

except mine is an '85 eta with 215,000+ miles on it.

Just got the control arms and bushings replaced along with the clutch and shifter linkage...but it needs SO much more work.

I've dropped a little over 1500 in it so far and I've still got a lot to go.

[esheg4ever23]

if you spent $15k on a 325i it would be a solid gold rocket car

Lmao..too much for me...just for now

[eric (^__^)]

if you spent $15k on a 325i it would be a solid gold rocket car

[esheg4ever23]

Yeah, I have about $3k to spend, my stupid know it all neighbor said it would cost around $15k to get it just to driveable condition. Yeah, go drive your Oldsmobile...

[eric (^__^)]

You've done the right thing.

[esheg4ever23]

Lol..so...much...pressure. Like I said I'm not doing anything until I get it checked out.