Help me pick my new daily. EDIT: bigger budget, need suggestions.

[gazellebeigem3]

no

[Pantless Spency]

diesel w123 FOURDOOR the coupes are ugly.
but damn that e46 is a steal....

[Kershaw]

e46 or the 450. that mbz is beast. interior is so clean.

volvo 240s are great cars. and they really are bomb proof. my mom sold hers with 250k miles for $350. it was gone within 4 hours of me putting the sign on the car.

[Joe G]

the guy with the 450 hasnt got back to me yet. Im hoping to get into the E28 just cause i know a fair bit about them and i think i can get it for a good price. If i cannot get my price on the e28, ill probably go for the volvo.

I like the E46 (love the green and MPGs) but 220 is a lot, and who knows what maintenance has or hasnt been done.

[Joe G]

E28 it is. Will be taking possession tomorrow.

[Stanley Rockafella]

volvo 240's are like a real shitty version of an early 318i. no power and no handling capabilities to save it's life.

[Eecen]

Here ya go. You can thank me later.

[Joe G]

So i had the E28 for about 30 hours....It turns out it needed more work than i expected or was made aware of. The guy i bought it from was a really cool dude, missed his car and took it back, no harm no foul.

I talked to my dad and he offered to lend me some money to get me a car that I dont need to mess with and can just drive without needing to mess with anything. Not that I dislike working on my cars, but i have a small 1 bedroom apartment, my entire collection of tools is at my dads house 800 miles away and between work and school i really dont have time to be without a car, or wrenching.

With that being said, I have around $4-5K to spend and would like to keep it in the BMW family and it must be a 5spd. Any suggestions? Im thinking e28/e34 or clean e30. Only deal breaker is a red car.

[Eecen]

Well, now that your budget has increased might I suggest a monocycle?

I'd be leaning towards this model in your case.

[freeride53]

EWW dont get a 93 850. they're the fucktard oddball.

Get a 90-92 Volvo 240. Look for a 5-speed manual, I'm about to hop in mine right now and head to the safeway to buy some nachos for the game.

That is all.