For starters, I'm a Senior in high school getting ready to graduate and move away from my parents in the bay area and down to LA for college. I currently drive an automatic 1990 325i.
A little history, My first car was a 2003 330i 6spd in absolutely pristine condition but I shamefully totaled it screwing around so my father bought this e30 from a mechanic(thinking that 3k was a good price for it in s*** condition.)
My punishment for crashing was having to manual swap it on my own but that seemed to be a bigger task than anticipated in my current situation. Its currently in the process of getting repainted but my dad has asked me if I want to give it to my sister and he would buy me another car. Once I get to college I don't think I'll be able to do much large scale work on the car since all my tools and garage space will be at my parent's house.
As the car sits, it has 116,000 miles, leaks oil from multiple locations, the transmission leaks, has blown suspension, the dash is in horrible condition, the entire cooling system needs to be replaced. I pulled the rear subframe out and replaced all suspension bushings with condor UHMW (original plan was to turn into hpde/autocross car to go with my friend and his dad.) I have around 65% of the swap parts needed.
If I were to keep the e30, my plans would be to restore it to OEM+ condition.
I love the car and how it drives(even with blown stock suspension), but I don't want it to be a hassle and money pit. Is it worth it to keep it and hope it makes it through college or should I let my dad get me another car for college, what are yall's opinions on this?
A little history, My first car was a 2003 330i 6spd in absolutely pristine condition but I shamefully totaled it screwing around so my father bought this e30 from a mechanic(thinking that 3k was a good price for it in s*** condition.)
My punishment for crashing was having to manual swap it on my own but that seemed to be a bigger task than anticipated in my current situation. Its currently in the process of getting repainted but my dad has asked me if I want to give it to my sister and he would buy me another car. Once I get to college I don't think I'll be able to do much large scale work on the car since all my tools and garage space will be at my parent's house.
As the car sits, it has 116,000 miles, leaks oil from multiple locations, the transmission leaks, has blown suspension, the dash is in horrible condition, the entire cooling system needs to be replaced. I pulled the rear subframe out and replaced all suspension bushings with condor UHMW (original plan was to turn into hpde/autocross car to go with my friend and his dad.) I have around 65% of the swap parts needed.
If I were to keep the e30, my plans would be to restore it to OEM+ condition.
I love the car and how it drives(even with blown stock suspension), but I don't want it to be a hassle and money pit. Is it worth it to keep it and hope it makes it through college or should I let my dad get me another car for college, what are yall's opinions on this?
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