Long ago, around August 2003, my dad brought home a new E30 convertible. It was white and had 120,000 miles on it. Six years later, he sold it with a broken heater core, broken odometer (broke at 215k, driven until around 250k,) and a rust problem for $500 less than he paid for it.
At the time, I was driving around in a 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon, which suited me fine at 150k miles. However, after the BMW left, "The Wagen" got old fast. Like downright geriatric. Parts began falling off and it became unsuitable for my needs.
I began to look for a replacement car in February of 2010. I looked at nearly every car sold in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Finally, I found it. A 1992 vert, finished in Sterlingsilber with only 89,000 miles. Never seen snow. The only downside was the fact that it was an automatic. Nevertheless, I sold the wagen and bought the vert.
I'll never forget, I was nearly home and I had stopped at a stoplight. The driver of the Subaru next to me called out to me. "Nice car," he said, "Can I buy it from you?" After explaining that I had just bought the car two hours prior, I pulled away with an unbreakable smile on my face. I had a nice car to call my own! So much better than the car it replaced! It was a great car to enjoy the end of the summer with, and I had the top down nearly all of the time. However, this fun was short-lived, and one morning everything changed.
I was driving to school one morning at the end of October when I approached a drawbridge in the upright position. I, along with many other cars, turned around and continued in the other direction. However, after I had turned around, I had not traveled thirty feet when an individual in an Infiniti G35 made a left turn into the side of my pride and joy. The results were saddening.
What made things worse was that the driver fled the scene as I tried unsuccessfully to open the driver's side door. After giving up, I climbed over the seats to exit and he drove right by me. My insurance company would not cover the damages because of a limited collision plan.
Faced with a repair bill for nearly $5,000 for a car that I had bought for $3,350 six weeks prior, I felt dejected. However, through sheer luck, the innards of the driver's side door were not harmed, saving us nearly $1,000. So the car went in to the shop in November. On December 13th, exactly three months after bringing my car home, I got my car back. It looked great, nearly unnoticable that the car had been wrecked so severely.
However, the '325i' badge was in the wrong place. For me, that detracted from the entire repair job. My father tried to tell me that it would be fine, but I was dejected.
Shortly after, I posted a thread on Bimmerfest asking where the badge should be. Several members suggested that I debadge it, which is what I did.
Yes, I know, the bumper sticker detracts from the car, but I thought it was very funny. I thought that the debadge made the car look so much cleaner and better, which brightened up my mood considerably. To top it off, we found the guy who hit the car!
The real fun will be what's hidden under the bumper cover, as those cars performed atrociously in low speed front-end collisions. The insurance check arrived on Christmas Eve. I suppose it was all a blessing in disguise, as the insurance company would've totaled the car because of this, so this way, I get both a fixed car and a clean title!
So the next thing that I want to do is to get smoked turn signals for the front, and possibly wire in LEDs similar to another E30 that I saw here on R3V.
I hope you have enjoyed my photoreel, and I want to keep everyone updated as I work to make my E30 a reflection of me.
At the time, I was driving around in a 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon, which suited me fine at 150k miles. However, after the BMW left, "The Wagen" got old fast. Like downright geriatric. Parts began falling off and it became unsuitable for my needs.
I began to look for a replacement car in February of 2010. I looked at nearly every car sold in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Finally, I found it. A 1992 vert, finished in Sterlingsilber with only 89,000 miles. Never seen snow. The only downside was the fact that it was an automatic. Nevertheless, I sold the wagen and bought the vert.
I'll never forget, I was nearly home and I had stopped at a stoplight. The driver of the Subaru next to me called out to me. "Nice car," he said, "Can I buy it from you?" After explaining that I had just bought the car two hours prior, I pulled away with an unbreakable smile on my face. I had a nice car to call my own! So much better than the car it replaced! It was a great car to enjoy the end of the summer with, and I had the top down nearly all of the time. However, this fun was short-lived, and one morning everything changed.
I was driving to school one morning at the end of October when I approached a drawbridge in the upright position. I, along with many other cars, turned around and continued in the other direction. However, after I had turned around, I had not traveled thirty feet when an individual in an Infiniti G35 made a left turn into the side of my pride and joy. The results were saddening.
What made things worse was that the driver fled the scene as I tried unsuccessfully to open the driver's side door. After giving up, I climbed over the seats to exit and he drove right by me. My insurance company would not cover the damages because of a limited collision plan.
Faced with a repair bill for nearly $5,000 for a car that I had bought for $3,350 six weeks prior, I felt dejected. However, through sheer luck, the innards of the driver's side door were not harmed, saving us nearly $1,000. So the car went in to the shop in November. On December 13th, exactly three months after bringing my car home, I got my car back. It looked great, nearly unnoticable that the car had been wrecked so severely.
However, the '325i' badge was in the wrong place. For me, that detracted from the entire repair job. My father tried to tell me that it would be fine, but I was dejected.
Shortly after, I posted a thread on Bimmerfest asking where the badge should be. Several members suggested that I debadge it, which is what I did.
Yes, I know, the bumper sticker detracts from the car, but I thought it was very funny. I thought that the debadge made the car look so much cleaner and better, which brightened up my mood considerably. To top it off, we found the guy who hit the car!
The real fun will be what's hidden under the bumper cover, as those cars performed atrociously in low speed front-end collisions. The insurance check arrived on Christmas Eve. I suppose it was all a blessing in disguise, as the insurance company would've totaled the car because of this, so this way, I get both a fixed car and a clean title!
So the next thing that I want to do is to get smoked turn signals for the front, and possibly wire in LEDs similar to another E30 that I saw here on R3V.
I hope you have enjoyed my photoreel, and I want to keep everyone updated as I work to make my E30 a reflection of me.
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