WTT/WTS 1988 E30 325iX 5spd Alpine white

[Killacortes]

Lol

[kid325e]

Doesnt hurt me one bit. Just sharing what I know to be true as far as US market cars go. GLWS.

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[nomansland92]

I used to have the production numbers, ill have to dig them up sometime. But there's actually a lot of 88Ix 2dr's. I believe over a thousand iirc. And just to confirm in US were all 2dr 5sp sport package, I never knew there were that many in Canada though.

Post some pics I love seeing other 88ix's, especially white it's like my cars twin haha.

[cg138]

If I was in the market for one, the first thing I would want to see in a thread are pictures. As the cliche goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Nonetheless, good luck with your sale.

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Maybe do some research homie like I did. And read. I have no problem sending pictures but I don't have a desktop this sight won't let me up load.

Upload to Photobucket, Imageshack or Tinypic. There are a ton of picture hosts out there on the web.

Most 1988 iX were 4 doors and of the ones that were 2 doors, only so many came manual as autos were more abundant.

All 1988 US cars are 5 speed coupes. All 1988 Canadian cars are 5 speed sedans.

Just putting that out there because I certainly know what I have.

And so does the rest of the people on this board. Spend a little time and think about your audience, man.

I suppose the info I read was suggesting the number of North American 325ix's. that would therefore include Canada so... I ask all you who seem to know these cars better than I do... How many 1988 325ix cars were brought to the us. I can guarantee far less than any other model.

You are correct that the iX is one of the rarer models of the E30. BMW has never officially broken out region specific production numbers by year of the various models of the E30. Nando had someone who pulled data and compiled a pretty definitive list of all North American iXes from BMW software (all credit goes to them), and it goes:

1988: 1715
1989: 2797
1990: 997
1991: 857

and

2 door, automatic: 769
2 door, manual: 2095
4 door, automatic: 2131
4 door, manual: 1351

This leaves 20 cars' transmissions unaccounted for. Even if you lump the rest of the cars as anything other than a 2 door manual, then you'll still be hard pressed to claim that 2 door manual iXes are rare as far as iXes are concerned.

And just an era fact for
You all, did you know that a 325ix went for $33k (more than E30 M3's back then)

Yes, and that is why BMW de-optioned all the subsequent years' iXes, to try and make them cheaper starting. They still sold poorly.

Guaranteed if I posted a tread on swapping this bitch to RWD I would've had a lot more haters.

Heh, I know someone with an 88 iX that essentially is converted to RWD. I really don't give a shit.

Okay so I found the reference on bimmerforums where someone got a response from BMW about 325ix production numbers for the US only. Around 56 of the 1100 or so 2 door 325iX's came as manual and far less 4 doors were produced for America in 1988---something like a few hundred total 4doors of which the majority was there again automatic. The production numbers drop significantly each year till 1991 where a mere 3 total were bought to America and again, automatics out populated the 325ix.

Link?

Those numbers sound way off. There are also numbers that says there are only 310 US 88 iXes, which also seem way off. See above.

though 1988 had the most 325ixs produced-- roughly 60 2 doors came with manual.

Hard to believe. After all these years, I highly doubt that I have personally seen 10% of the entire 88 manual production in the Puget Sound area, let alone the numerous other 88 iXes on this forum in other states.

[nomansland92]

WTT/WTS 1988 E30 325iX 5spd Alpine white

+1 ^ I like the way you think

[Pdxseth]

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[dogsbark26]

Other than that... GLWS OP.