New to me Euro E30 M3 and the crazy story behind it...

[getouth]

Nicely done!

[thatphysicsguy]

Gorgeous!
Enjoy your newest purchase, you lucky dog!

[StatußQuoColonia]

Well, you're the lucky guy who catched this M3 near Hannover.
I had seen the announcement on "eBay Kleinanzeigen" for a very short time.

[evil-diesel]

Well, you're the lucky guy who catched this M3 near Hannover.
I had seen the announcement on "eBay Kleinanzeigen" for a very short time.

funny you mention that ad... when I bought it, the car was not listed for sale anywhere... a friend who is trying to sell me his Porsche 996 actually put that ad up after I bought the car... he tried to convince me to flip the M3 for a profit...:roll:

he listed it for 10K EUR and he had 170 missed calls and like 80 e-mails in under 30 minutes...

[evil-diesel]

Congratulations on your find!
Looks like it has extended leather rear side panels too?

Enjoy!

the front panels are different from the rear... I don't know why that's the case, but it's bothering me...

School me on extended leather door panels please...

[SSE30]

I don't want to get into too much detail, but the previous owner was suffering from depression due to a tragic accident he was involved in (fortunately this didn't happen in the M3). He lost interest in everything after the accident.

Oh man, that is terrible. Must have been pretty debilitating to neglect a car like that. I hope he is doing ok.

[808e30325i]

Nice save! I had a similar story to how I acquired my e30 m3.

[StatußQuoColonia]

funny you mention that ad... when I bought it, the car was not listed for sale anywhere... a friend who is trying to sell me his Porsche 996 actually put that ad up after I bought the car... he tried to convince me to flip the M3 for a profit...:roll:

he listed it for 10K EUR and he had 170 missed calls and like 80 e-mails in under 30 minutes...

ah ok, that will be a teaching for him. :nice:
Even with 10k € it were a bargain.
Are you German?

[evil-diesel]

ah ok, that will be a teaching for him. :nice:
Even with 10k € it were a bargain.
Are you German?

Born in Germany, raised in the US, currently back in Germany.

[Vokuhila]

Dude, you're so lucky... :D another guy from the German e30 forums (who appearantly also lives in your neighborhood) also stalked that car out for quite some time... you should definetly thank your lucky stars :)

7k for an M3 is an amazing deal anywhere... I'm looking forward to thread updates!

[///M-TRD3]

Amazing luck, wish it was me but glad it went to someone who truly had a long standing vested interest in owning it.
Da kann man ja neidisch werden... und bei man meine ich mich ;) lol.

[UNHCLL]

the front panels are different from the rear... I don't know why that's the case, but it's bothering me...

School me on extended leather door panels please...

See how the rear side panels are stitched on an angle?
That indicates they are leather side panels.
Standard vinyl panels are "Stitched" (Heat embossed) on a horizontal pattern.

Shame the front ones went missing, but you may be able to find replacements for the front doors.

[evil-diesel]

The seats have been getting some love this week. Fortunately they didn't have any serious damage to begin with and the drivers seat came out almost perfect.

before on the right, after on the left:



also ordered some NOS ///M seat badges that should be here tomorrow.

[Isostar13]

Way to be persistent. Congrats!

[jhaurimn]

Would you mind sharing what you refreshed your seats with?