My New IX

[Chisum]

How did you find a rust free one in Michigan? I was just talking to a friend of mine, a master tech at BMW, about getting an iX trade in or auction car and he said forget it--all the ones he's seen around here are rusted and beat. He's from Texas, and PA winters and salt rot were a bit of a shock to him. Salt just kills cars around here. And isn't that why people bought the iX? They wanted something for winter?
Cali would be a great place to get one, but I guess they weren't needed there as much cause snow in Cali isn't too common.
There's a guy here from New York trying to move an 88 iX, non running, salvaged title car. Price is right, but you should see the corrosion on the valve cover. That's from salt, and damn, if that's what you can see...

[kid325e]

Nice purchase. Worth every cent.

[TDE30]

Snow tires and no rust, you don't see that everyday.

Congrats, with proper documentation and no rust you have found a very good starting point.

[88e30is]

Thats kinda what I figured. This guy never really drove this car in the snow. He had an SUV for the winter and this was his weekend joy car. I could not believe there was no rust on the car when I looked at it. I am going to drive it year round but I live a block from a car wash and it will be washed daily to keep the salt and sand off of it. I am so excited about this one. I'm just going to make sure all the general maintenance is taken care of for the time being but come spring time I'm going to start some simple mods. Other then some suspension and handling upgrades other then the ones that are on it I'm going to keep it fairly simple as it will be my dd. Its already got enough goodies for me as is. Possibly thinking a small turbo set up in the future or maybe a m52 swap if funds are available.