This thread is mostly for my PNW buddies who remember when I got this car a couple years ago. It wasn't in bad shape, it just needed some TLC. I've probably put a total of two or three thousand miles on this car in the two years I've owned it; it's just kinda been a 'spare'. I've been meaning to sell it for quite some time now, but I just now got some free time to attend to all the things I've wanted since I purchased it.
The name obviously refers to the color, which I referred to when speaking about this car, as I've had a few e30's over the years. In the last three days I've done quite a bit of maintenance, buffed and polished the paint, trashed the ripped cloth interior for mint black vinyl, dyed the rear speaker shelf, ran a compression test, and fixed some little stuff. There's still more to do, including that dreaded timing belt, but when I sell this I intend to get as much as possible. Funny thing is, I'm starting to reconsider my decision to sell.
For some reason I always sort of viewed this car as the one that would leave me stranded, but it's always proved me wrong. I've always had this tendency to think every e30 has (or had) some serious problem, when in reality that just isn't true. This car has never failed to start, even after months of sitting, and has always got me to my destination. After the maintenance I did today and the compression test results (137-145, less than 7.5% variance, woohoo!), I wouldn't be surprised if this car goes another 173,000 miles.
Yeah, I think I'll probably drive it for the first few months of spring/summer ;)
P.S. Sorry about the camera phone pics, someone's brother doesn't know how to recharge battery packs. Better pics will be posted soon (with the grill intact!).
The name obviously refers to the color, which I referred to when speaking about this car, as I've had a few e30's over the years. In the last three days I've done quite a bit of maintenance, buffed and polished the paint, trashed the ripped cloth interior for mint black vinyl, dyed the rear speaker shelf, ran a compression test, and fixed some little stuff. There's still more to do, including that dreaded timing belt, but when I sell this I intend to get as much as possible. Funny thing is, I'm starting to reconsider my decision to sell.
For some reason I always sort of viewed this car as the one that would leave me stranded, but it's always proved me wrong. I've always had this tendency to think every e30 has (or had) some serious problem, when in reality that just isn't true. This car has never failed to start, even after months of sitting, and has always got me to my destination. After the maintenance I did today and the compression test results (137-145, less than 7.5% variance, woohoo!), I wouldn't be surprised if this car goes another 173,000 miles.
Yeah, I think I'll probably drive it for the first few months of spring/summer ;)
P.S. Sorry about the camera phone pics, someone's brother doesn't know how to recharge battery packs. Better pics will be posted soon (with the grill intact!).
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