I recently purchased this 1992 325i convertible as a replacement for my 1989 325i convertible in Cirrus.
First weekend of March and 70+ degree weather means top down quick trips around.
The Cirrus 89 was bought for a sweet deal back in 2017 (project thread https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...aigslist-steal) for almost nothing and had hoped to have a car with a cool/sketchy backstory that I owned forever and loved. Unfortunately, it seemed that for every step I took with that car it ended up taking two steps back. What I thought was a clean enough car with just a sketchy past, ended up being a car with a sketchy past, rust that would have been financially irresponsible to repair and some bad luck. I was sad to be abandoning the 89 project at first as I had a real connection to the car (Stockholm Syndrome maybe) but after getting to know the 92 and looking at it I can't say I feel that way anymore. It will now serve as a parts car for the 92.
The 89 showing off its "good angle".
The 92 is Schwarz 2 over tan automatic with approx 105k. The previous owner reset the trip odo and the gears destroyed themselves but claims they've only driven it a few miles since that happened so that number is close to actual mileage. Unfortunately they reported that to DMV so it has a "TMU" brand on the title, oh well. The previous owner bought it from a relative of the original owner. That person rarely drove it and let it sit in their backyard before selling it to their neighbor who let it sit in his driveway before selling it to me.
First weekend of March and 70+ degree weather means top down quick trips around.
The Cirrus 89 was bought for a sweet deal back in 2017 (project thread https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/for...aigslist-steal) for almost nothing and had hoped to have a car with a cool/sketchy backstory that I owned forever and loved. Unfortunately, it seemed that for every step I took with that car it ended up taking two steps back. What I thought was a clean enough car with just a sketchy past, ended up being a car with a sketchy past, rust that would have been financially irresponsible to repair and some bad luck. I was sad to be abandoning the 89 project at first as I had a real connection to the car (Stockholm Syndrome maybe) but after getting to know the 92 and looking at it I can't say I feel that way anymore. It will now serve as a parts car for the 92.
The 89 showing off its "good angle".
The 92 is Schwarz 2 over tan automatic with approx 105k. The previous owner reset the trip odo and the gears destroyed themselves but claims they've only driven it a few miles since that happened so that number is close to actual mileage. Unfortunately they reported that to DMV so it has a "TMU" brand on the title, oh well. The previous owner bought it from a relative of the original owner. That person rarely drove it and let it sit in their backyard before selling it to their neighbor who let it sit in his driveway before selling it to me.
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