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    #1

    Looking at another e30...

    I posted a little while ago about an alpineweiss '91 318i in Orange County but unfortunately wasn't able to check it out.

    I found another 318is on craigslist about 3 hours away that looks to be a pretty good deal. It's got 202,000 miles and the only real problems are faded paint on the roof and right hand side, a broken radio, a power steering leak, and some slightly cracked front seats. The seller has partial maintenance records, some notable entries including a replaced A/C system, new front struts, new brakes all around, new timing chain, a replaced profile gasket, and a new "MW driveline" all in the last few years. The best part is that she's only asking $1750, which could probably be talked down a bit.

    Here are some pics:









    What do you guys think?
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    #2
    I'd go $1250 if it runs well.

    More if you really love it.
    McCain's military draft: Are you willing to bet your life?

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      #3
      That's a good price based on those pics, but if you could talk the seller down, it would be a steal!

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        #4
        looks like a decent deal. let me know if you don't get that. my brother is thinking of selling his 325is ('90?). he's out of town right now but should be back in a few days. i don't have much info on it, but can send you some pics if you want.

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          #5
          Apparently there's another prospective buyer and I might not end up getting it because I won't be able to get up there until wednesday. I'd love to see some pictures of your brother's car if possible.

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            #6
            Car sold on tuesday. Now I'm looking at this cabrio also on CL: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/786270219.html

            She's lowered the price from $3k to $2.3k and now to $2k in a pretty short period of time so she seems desperate to get rid of it. Any thoughts on this one? I've never driven a e30 cabrio before. Does it feel much different from a 318is? How is the road noise with the top up?

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              #7
              Looks like I found another potential buy about 3 hours away.

              http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/791262351.html


              Obviously the valences looked pretty trashed, but it could be a deal if it's in good mechanical condition.

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                #8
                Originally posted by agealy View Post
                Looks like I found another potential buy about 3 hours away.

                http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/791262351.html


                Obviously the valences looked pretty trashed, but it could be a deal if it's in good mechanical condition.
                I like this one and the first one you looked at that sold. I'm not a huge fan of convertibles though. If this 91' 318 was near me I'd buy it tomorrow. I can't find much of anything here in Seattle, let alone something for a good deal. I've even been searching in Oregon, California and Vancouver, BC (Canada). I actually noticed this one you're looking at but realized I don't actually want to go that far for a project/2nd car that I'll have for fun.

                Well, posterity, you will never know what it cost us to preserve your freedom. I only hope that you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.
                ~ John Adams ~

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                  #9
                  I actually plan on driving up tomorrow if I can get into contact with the guy. I'll let you know what happens.

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                    #10
                    Well, after some further communication with the seller, I found that the only real problem that needed to be was broken blinkers. A friend and I drove up to Santa Cruz yesterday and took a look at the car at 1:00PM. The paint was in worse condition than I had hoped and it looked as if there could be some minor oil leaks from the engine (Nothing dripping, but plenty of thick black gunk). During the test drive, the engine felt a little rough at low RPM, but smoothed out at around 3500 or higher. The transmission felt fine, and the only other thing I noticed was some faint "ticking" from the engine which I presumed to be noisy valves (am I right on this?).

                    This being said, I still felt the car was worth $1700 but I figured I might try to barter a bit so I offered the woman and her dad, who did most of the talking, $1550 assuming it would pass smog. They said they would think about it and get back to me in an hour and half or so. After about two hours hanging around the beach and boardwalk, I got a call from the woman saying that someone had driven it before us and offered $1700. I said that if she was firm on the price, I would accomodate, but apparently since we had left she promised it to the "first" drivers.

                    Even worse, she said that they weren't sure they wanted the car but refused to sell it to me. The seller also said that she couldn't tell me that day, but might be able to tell me the next (today) if they had made up their minds. My friend and I ended up visiting some of his family in San Jose, but she never ended up returning my calls. Our assumption is that the "first" drivers had really checked it out after us, but the whole thing still doesn't make much sense. Anyway, it looks like I'm going to have to pass on this one so my search continues. I'm still considering one in SLO, but I'm not too sure about the price.

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