New here..sold E46 M3...looking for E30

[clubspec330i]

After enjoying my M3 ZCP for over a year, I sold it. My friends called my crazy because want to replace my 'modern M3' with 'dated E30'. I drove my friend's '89 325IS Alpina replica and felt in love. M3 ZCP doesn't excite me as much as a clean E30. Anybody can go out and buy E46 M3 today. Can you find or keep E30 in the same fashion?

My daily commuter is a '95 Grand Caravan ES...What an exciting car to been seen in? Wifey is happy because I got her a E90.

Now....the exciting part...looking for a E30. It is going to be a fun journey. So, if I ask stupid question, please be kind to me. I want to get White so it matches my E53 tow vehicle.


Thanks guy,

Mack

[Vedubin01]

welcome to the forums and good luck in your search. What kind of money are you looking to spend and what are your goals for your car?

[Garageaholic]

Do you want to turbo? rebuild? engine swap? There are alot of options. Welcome and congratulations. You finally came to ur senses!

[Stu]

Had to sell the M3 to buy the wife an E90? :)

You can find a clean, low-mileage 325is for about $5,000, give or take. I agree that E30's are more fun/connected/predictable than the E36/E46's I've driven.

[Simon S]

* tips hat to gentleman who sold an e46 m3 en route to an e30 project *

welcome to r3vland.

good shit here.

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[CleanAzzE30z]

* tips hat to gentleman who sold an e46 m3 en route to an e30 project *


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Nice to see someone else is as nutty as me. I passed up getting an E46 ///M3 when they came out in '01 to get a tits E30 ///M3 (one in sig). People said I was out of my tree, I have never regretted it. I foresaw that everyone and their uncle would have an E46 ///M3 and didnt get a hard on about that as much as owning the car I have literally dreamed of owning since I was a boy. This is actually my dream car. FUck it. Maintenance bills do put me back near the ground though, haha.

Mariano

[RCWells]

There are a couple of decent e30s for sale now in the FS forum. Check em out.

[bmwm3n528]

What are your plans for the car? This will really dictate what kind of money is necessary to throw at one....You can find a rust free, original eta with crappy paint, etc. for very, very little(sub $2k) and start from the ground up or you can just buy a super mint car for close to $8k-10k. Many other options.

[mtechnik]

Wow..well I can imagine that took some cajones Clubspec330i !!

Welcome aboard here & happy hunting

[Widm3r]

Congrats on selling the e46, are you looking to get into a 3'er or a e30 M?

Nice to see someone else is as nutty as me. I passed up getting an E46 ///M3 when they came out in '01 to get a tits E30 ///M3 (one in sig). People said I was out of my tree, I have never regretted it. I foresaw that everyone and their uncle would have an E46 ///M3 and didnt get a hard on about that as much as owning the car I have literally dreamed of owning since I was a boy. This is actually my dream car. FUck it. Maintenance bills do put me back near the ground though, haha.

Mariano

I couldnt pass up picking up an e30 either, i could have bought a extremely mint e36 m3. But this has been my dream car since i saw johnny cecotto race at the ring in 1990 in his Schnitzer motorsport e30 m3. N/A 2.5L s14's sound so sexy, too bad they are too expensive to maintain for me right now, after i graduate a agressive 2.5l s14 and a respray are down the road. For now its just cheap fun.

[egk2]

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=604659

[Avus E30]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=74503

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=70912

/hunt

[clubspec330i]

Thanks guys!!!

I guess it is stepping back into a "right" direction. It started off with 330i ZHP that I had for a little over 2 years, sold that one for '05 M3 Competition. After all "Competition" would do it. It took a year to find out that I was searching for a wrong car. Wife didn't want to drive stick M3 so E90 auto would be a good choice for her. So, she hands me down her '05 X5 4.4i after she got her 330i.

Since I won't have to worry about put 2 baby seats in E30, it would be a track only vehicle. I went by Ireland Engineering on Monday to look at E30 they have for sale there. The asking price is $6.5k. I guess it is pretty reasonable since it is ready to run. However, I want to get a joy of building a car up and drive it. I am torn between buying a turn-key or doing my own build up...

I guess a decent '89 E30 325IS would be a good choice to start, right?

[AutoM3otives]

thought you got yourself an E30 M3?

By the way, this is Ryan, Red E30 M3 that lurks Duarte. We crossed paths a couple of times.

[clubspec330i]

Hey Ryan,

Well..long story..

Seller turned out to be very fishy..after cancelling 5 appointment on me and the car didn't turn out to be as good deal as I thought it was..I finally got my deposit back

back in the search again bro..

Let me know when u are back in Duarte so we can join up..I want to get a ride in your M3..