Outrageous E30 prices

[Tavern Gnome]

couple more (private sales):

'87 M3 Evo II Shwartz
171,000 km's, manual
CLEAN
$56,500AU
(there is enough M3's in AUS you could just about count them on one hand)

'90 318is henna vert
194,000 km's, manual
pretty clean, complete with fucking disgusting chrome rims and arches.
$20,000AU

I don't feel sorry you one bit, you guys get kangaroo crossing signs!

[JamesE30]

Its known that Australia has the highest priced E30's, along with New Zealand. Everywhere else they're pretty cheap.

Yeh I know, god it's so unfair.
I cant believe some of the deals you guys get.
A running e30 for under a grand? Un-fucking-believable.

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I don't feel sorry you one bit, you guys get kangaroo crossing signs!

That's true...

[Borat]

Nah aussie has it way worse than us. We get all of japans old rubbish which keeps 2nd hand cars pretty cheap. From what I've been told aus has much stricter import laws to protect its local new car industry.

A mint vert or F/L M325i can still command a 5 figure price but the cooking model e30's are anywhere from $1000 to $5000+ depending on condition, milage, motor, manual etc. I think they were actually cheapest about 2 years ago, theres still some dogs around but the good ones certainly aren't getting any cheaper, not like e36's are

nice 320i vert, NZ$8500

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/BMW/auction-123989570.htm?key=229525

M325i. NZ$7500

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/BMW/auction-126942328.htm?key=224338

87 325i with mtec1, NZ$3000

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/BMW/auction-126574105.htm?key=224338

86 320i, NZ$1000

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/BMW/auction-126437744.htm?key=225558

and then theres cars like this:
90 318iS, NZ$15000

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/BMW/auction-125433688.htm?key=229525

[oldcarskickass]

You guys should check out Greece.

Here a 85 - 86 318i costs about 3K AT LEAST no matter the condition, it is just the lower price of an E30.

You can also find a 316 (not I, it had the carb'd 1593cc M10, i own one)with a lot of rust not under 2K.


A friend of mine is looking for a 325i and he bumped into a 325 convertible that was "born" as a 318i with 300K+ on the odo and the guy asked for 6.8K!!

Also here in Greece due to the tax system and the low incomes most swapped cars are illegal because the owners do (edit-->>)NOT complete the necessary papers to state that the engine is swapped, if you get pulled over and a cop opens the hood...hmmm from that moment the car belongs to the state!!


So prices here are quite high for a 17+ year old car (but very low for a piece of art)
P.S.All prices are in Euro

[golde30]

whats the import tax for bringing used e30's into Australia? one could make a decent living it seems importing e30's from USA into Aus...

[E30SPDFRK]

It wasn't on a lot, but I saw a crappy condition vert with a torn top and tons of rust for $12,999.

[JamesE30]

whats the import tax for bringing used e30's into Australia? one could make a decent living it seems importing e30's from USA into Aus...

I've very quickly looked into this just now, it seems to be about 10% import tax, ad that to value of car then 10% of that total in GST.

So between 10-20% of The customs value of the vehicle.

You're right though, I am definitely going to look into this in the future.

[golde30]

I've very quickly looked into this just now, it seems to be about 10% import tax, ad that to value of car then 10% of that total in GST.

So between 10-20% of The customs value of the vehicle.

You're right though, I am definitely going to look into this in the future.

+ ~$1000 shipping charge. i have done some research re: shipping vehicles over seas, i even have an account with a large shipping carrier in Socal when i was shipping to Japan a couple years ago. wanna go into business?

[Ray Smoodiver]

and then theres cars like this:
90 318iS, NZ$15000
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...htm?key=229525

You penis mike I was going to post that. It is mint though, maybe 10K?

[Ray Smoodiver]

whats the import tax for bringing used e30's into Australia? one could make a decent living it seems importing e30's from USA into Aus...

Except all Aussie cars need to be RHD...

[Axxe]

$8500 CAD for a red automatic 4 door with tan cloth 318i. Plastic bumpers, mint body and interior, only 160k kms, but still, $8500!?

[Axxe]

Except all Aussie cars need to be RHD...

England?

[LINUS]

at a lot? (Jordan's former E30 excluded).

Anyone know what his old car sold for? IIRC, I saw like $17,500 as the asking.

Jordan - did they tell you what it sold for? Was it even still yours when it went to M-cars?

[mark247]

Its known that Australia has the highest priced E30's, along with New Zealand. Everywhere else they're pretty cheap.

New Zealand isn't nearly as expensive as Aussie. Australia is expensive for E30s because they have high import taxs to help there local car manufacturers. In New Zealand we don't make any vehicles at all so we dont have that. You can get a straight E30 which is manual for say $4000NZD off trademe.co.nz, or even less. I paid $3900 for mine and it was auto, wasnt the best deal but wasnt too bad.

[JamesE30]

+ ~$1000 shipping charge. i have done some research re: shipping vehicles over seas, i even have an account with a large shipping carrier in Socal when i was shipping to Japan a couple years ago. wanna go into business?

Ha ha, I'd need to think about it alot more than 5 min's.
Plus, as said above, cars need to be RHD, something that didn't even cross my mind till just now lol.

Except all Aussie cars need to be RHD...

England?

Definite possibility...


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Even more off topic,
^^^ What front airdam is that?! looks damn nice, You and drifty, NZ represent teh rare e30 prts