I'm stuck at home because of a real bad sore throat. I have no insurance. Little money. About to lose my job. But I have an e30.
It's first picture:
The owner owned a hole in the wall dealership near the airport but he wanted to sell this one privately because of it's "minor" problems I guess. I later learned why.
He was a strange Russian guy. Since I'm convinced wine makes me feel better I'll go into how I got it even more, keep on scrolling if you're only here for the photos....
Sooooooooo my friend's are pretty deep within the "drift" community here in Vegas. I owned a mk2 and mk3 VW at the time. (still do) and before it owned a Corrado and Camaro. Had to get rid of the Corrado because of family problems and I traded the Camaro for the mk2. Well being surrounded by cars going sideways and peer pressure made me want to do what they're doing. So I got $2000 from uncle Sam and started my search via newspapers, autotrader and Craigslist of course. I called everyone with a Datsun, E-70's Corolla, Cressida, Z31, e30, e28 and 2002 in the $2000 and bellow range
At first I tried to trade for my Jetta, plus cash if I think their car is worth it. Most were gone by the time I called, or they was just something not worth the hassle (hole through block, no title, blah blah).
Then one guy finally text'd back saying he's coming back into town in a few hours and wanted to show me this e30.
I take a look at it. It was night. First thing he had to open the doors through the trunk lock. Then it wouldn't start. He said someone stole the battery. Uh the dome light is on. So I jump it with my GTI. Sounds AMAZING. Then this rattling noise showed up when he let go of the clutch. I look at him and notice he's sitting on the floor of the car. It had no front seats.
I said, "What? I can't even test drive it?!" He kept apologizing and would never look me in the eye in a lack-of-self-confidence-way. Not I'm-lying-to-you kind. So I talked him down to 500 and he offered to get his tow guy to deliver it wherever I liked.
It was a Saturday night so I met up with him again on Monday and got the car.
It's first picture:
The owner owned a hole in the wall dealership near the airport but he wanted to sell this one privately because of it's "minor" problems I guess. I later learned why.
He was a strange Russian guy. Since I'm convinced wine makes me feel better I'll go into how I got it even more, keep on scrolling if you're only here for the photos....
Sooooooooo my friend's are pretty deep within the "drift" community here in Vegas. I owned a mk2 and mk3 VW at the time. (still do) and before it owned a Corrado and Camaro. Had to get rid of the Corrado because of family problems and I traded the Camaro for the mk2. Well being surrounded by cars going sideways and peer pressure made me want to do what they're doing. So I got $2000 from uncle Sam and started my search via newspapers, autotrader and Craigslist of course. I called everyone with a Datsun, E-70's Corolla, Cressida, Z31, e30, e28 and 2002 in the $2000 and bellow range
At first I tried to trade for my Jetta, plus cash if I think their car is worth it. Most were gone by the time I called, or they was just something not worth the hassle (hole through block, no title, blah blah).
Then one guy finally text'd back saying he's coming back into town in a few hours and wanted to show me this e30.
I take a look at it. It was night. First thing he had to open the doors through the trunk lock. Then it wouldn't start. He said someone stole the battery. Uh the dome light is on. So I jump it with my GTI. Sounds AMAZING. Then this rattling noise showed up when he let go of the clutch. I look at him and notice he's sitting on the floor of the car. It had no front seats.
I said, "What? I can't even test drive it?!" He kept apologizing and would never look me in the eye in a lack-of-self-confidence-way. Not I'm-lying-to-you kind. So I talked him down to 500 and he offered to get his tow guy to deliver it wherever I liked.It was a Saturday night so I met up with him again on Monday and got the car.
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