Beckster's Schwarz Vert

[BECKSTER]

You can put all the photos into one post. Just hit the edit button.

Even if I uploaded them from my phone ? It only let me choose one at a time .

[ST1G]

Even if I uploaded them from my phone ? It only let me choose one at a time .

In a browser it will, I don't know about tap talk.

[e30Ruger]

Dang dude it has a salvage title?? Looks freakin clean to me -bummer

[CRBR30]

Makes me want a vert..

[e30Ruger]

^ Same. how's the exterior compare to the interior beckster?

[BECKSTER]

Dang dude it has a salvage title?? Looks freakin clean to me -bummer

It's CLEAN title .
It's not salvage title haha , I said the interior is salvage .

My interior is actually very bad because the PO let his cat scratch everything to Narnia and back.
The exterior needs alittle TLC as well. Has one small dent and a few scratches here and there

[BECKSTER]

So I got to thinkin.
I'm going to Need a winter beater soon , and I don't know if driving a vert around in Idaho durning December is safe for the car , or if I can Even find a safe storage area for her either since I won't have room in the garage due to my parents cars .

Should I pull a slick rick and drive a vert around this winter and use her to commute up the mountain for slope shredding ?
Or should I sell and get something with a roof and a ski rack and call it safe ?

[BECKSTER]

Anyone have any input on what to do ^^^^^^

I was offered a trade for a Boston green E36 325i with some Dinan parts , coilovers , LSD .
Coolant system overhaul recently , car is well taken care of
If I Trade him I will end up dailying it and start saving money up for another E30.


Should I trade him or not ? I know probably most of you would think to trade an E30 for an E36 would be heresy but I'm just not sure I want to drive a vert this winter

[wcipolli]

I'm in the camp of never doing the e30 for e36 trade. The vert shouldn't be bad in the winter driving wise or at least it shouldn't be much worse than a sedan or coupe. Plus, after spending so much time and effort making this car look and run so well it'd be a shame to toss it aside - when you get the e36 you'll have another project making it yours.

Drive the vert through the winter! You can buy a hard top for it and not have to worry at all - I have one for sale (shameless plug.)

[BECKSTER]

I'm in the camp of never doing the e30 for e36 trade. The vert shouldn't be bad in the winter driving wise or at least it shouldn't be much worse than a sedan or coupe. Plus, after spending so much time and effort making this car look and run so well it'd be a shame to toss it aside - when you get the e36 you'll have another project making it yours.

Drive the vert through the winter! You can buy a hard top for it and not have to worry at all - I have one for sale (shameless plug.)

Yeah it would be a shame to trade but I'll admit I really want something with a real roof over my head and I don't have nearly enough money to afford a hardtop

[e30Ruger]

Yeah dude a vert in winter isn't something I'd want to go for. That sounds like a clean trade even though the e30 is always gonna be the dirty thirty lol but there's always time for a new project!

[BECKSTER]

Yeah dude a vert in winter isn't something I'd want to go for. That sounds like a clean trade even though the e30 is always gonna be the dirty thirty lol but there's always time for a new project!

Yeah hopefully around next spring I can recoup funds to start an early model sedan project up

[phenryiv1]

I was offered a trade for a Boston green E36 325i with some Dinan parts , coilovers , LSD .
Coolant system overhaul recently , car is well taken care of
If I Trade him I will end up dailying it and start saving money up for another E30.


Should I trade him or not ? I know probably most of you would think to trade an E30 for an E36 would be heresy but I'm just not sure I want to drive a vert this winter

I don't find it to be heresy. I have owned both and while I love my 89 convertible my next BMW will probably be an e36 sedan for HPDE use. If I only had 1 car (I have 4) and needed it to pull year-round duty I'd say that an E36 (coupe or sedan) is more useful, overall. You mentioned slopes, so I assume that you ski or snowboard. I cannot imagine my e30 on the roads to go snowboarding, nor would I have any idea where I would put my gear. An e36 with a roof rack would be more useful- and safer. I can't recall if your e30 has an LSD but the e36 does- a nice, rare(-ish) trait in an e36.

If you keep the e30 then snow tires would be a must-have, and you MIGHT be able to rig something up to carry gear off the trunk.

I have a WRX hatchback as my winter daily and even with a rack on the roof it is tight to carry boards for my kids and I and still have all of our gear inside. I could carry their stuff in my e30 but I don't know where I'd carry my board- and I ride a short 151.

[BECKSTER]

I don't find it to be heresy. I have owned both and while I love my 89 convertible my next BMW will probably be an e36 sedan for HPDE use. If I only had 1 car (I have 4) and needed it to pull year-round duty I'd say that an E36 (coupe or sedan) is more useful, overall. You mentioned slopes, so I assume that you ski or snowboard. I cannot imagine my e30 on the roads to go snowboarding, nor would I have any idea where I would put my gear. An e36 with a roof rack would be more useful- and safer. I can't recall if your e30 has an LSD but the e36 does- a nice, rare(-ish) trait in an e36.

If you keep the e30 then snow tires would be a must-have, and you MIGHT be able to rig something up to carry gear off the trunk.

I have a WRX hatchback as my winter daily and even with a rack on the roof it is tight to carry boards for my kids and I and still have all of our gear inside. I could carry their stuff in my e30 but I don't know where I'd carry my board- and I ride a short 151.

Thanks for the advice ! I've decided to go on with the trade and hopefully if everything goes according to plan I'll be driving an E36 this Saturday .

My e30 only has a Open 4.10 , so a 3.15 LSD would be a nice change.

[phenryiv1]

Thanks for the advice ! I've decided to go on with the trade and hopefully if everything goes according to plan I'll be driving an E36 this Saturday .

My e30 only has a Open 4.10 , so a 3.15 LSD would be a nice change.

Sedan or coupe?

I want a 5MT 6-cylinder e36 sedan just as a track toy. And to drive when I don't feel like driving the WRX and it is too cold for the e30 convertible. And just because.

The volume of 5x120 wheel options alone makes me drool.