Sammo

Cheers man! Will hit you up for sure once I do 😎

Cheers - definitely budgeting plenty of refreshing, regardless.

No, facelift slicktop so ‘lower risk’ - apparently ‘no known rust’ for what that’s worth…

Question for the wiser E30 heads: Would it be foolish to purchase an E30, sight unseen? Or is it an acceptable risk in today’s market / buying a 30+ year old car? While the car in question does look clean and has had the same owner for 5+ years, I am planning / prepared to spend plenty of money on maintenance/ restoration of anything I buy anyway so niggles won’t be a major factor. Necessary evil or shall I just wait until us filthy Aucklanders can leave the region (2022/2023😬) ?

I think we are at 'Devil you know' territory now haha I knew its first proper service wasn't going to be cheap but the front ADS shocks were an unpleasant surprise indeed ($1200 each)

Got it back today finally - feels like a new car, as one would hope after the $5K plus bill. Tyres and alignment tomorrow 4 x Control arm bushes / 2 x front electronic adjustable shocks / spring pads and bump stops / Big old oil leak in rear of engine from cam chain cover / coil pack connectors / Brake fluid / Diff fluid / service. Oil leak and bushes (surprisingly) were covered through warranty so the shop went through replacing anything and everything they could while they were in there 👍 At least I have better leverage on the wife when the time comes to sink some coin into my BMW 🤣

Withdrawn already...

Jeez, makes me wonder what mine would go for

That thing is gorgeous!!

Interesting - fantastic colour and factory manual helps but will be interesting how much its average condition and lack of WOF / Cert holds it back...

Haha gotta be to snap up the deals (well not ‘deals’ at all but you know haha) Half these cars don’t seem to hit TM

Facebook group (E30 Classifieds)

Those two PFLs went in like an hour as well 😱

Personally I would be looking to the manual 323i Polaris Silver sedan over that - manual / better colour(?) and also has black leather sport seats in seemingly good nick with an Mtech wheel which adds further value. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3260294076?bof=hnsnFXPs I imagine you could get it for $14k easy enough as well - where this one has been slowly drifting down from the low 20's asking price over months, so imagine seller isn't motivated to go much lower?

This has been up for sometime now but no threads yet - 1982 E21 320i looks nicely restored and pending eventual sale price, on the market at $15,999 looking like great value for money. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320i/listing/3243052618?bof=d6IsAtLi Just popped up - 1972 1602, partially restored albeit not to factory (not so sure on the raspberry paint) which likely impacts value - must say I actually like the interior - quite the vibe! https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3293563670?bof=nFirlg1q Can you dig it maaaaaan?

Beautiful example, GLWS

$8k - if it was a tidy Msport quite a lot more.

Yeah, I saw that comment - sad to see what people say on a public forum, makes you wonder how they are behind closed doors. I'm not really seeing too many people buying these average and overpriced cars TBH? Keep seeing the same sedans on FB pop up time and time again for more money than they failed to sell for previously...I've been watching pretty closely to get a gauge on how poor a financial mistake I'm going to make 🤣 Assuming you're not having too many issues with yours, its certainly looking like a deal given coupe / M52 / Manual in a good colour. Im factoring just about any E30 I buy is going to to need $10k plus on it to get up to standard.

So good! sounds so good, wouldn't care if it had half the power

E36 chancers coming out of the woodwork now! $13,500 for a Silver sedan in reasonable condition: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3285968082?bof=crt4ol8M $15,000 for an average looking coupe with a G220 conversion and Triangle tyres: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3285913333?bof=iaYFyEnp Also saw a pretty rough 318i Vert on Facebook for $12,500 yesterday and a white 320i sedan that 'could use a respray if you're fussy' for $10k - Hilarious. As a slightly fastidious owner, it does niggle me a bit when people don't see the value difference in their average car and mint, fully sorted one.

Credit: lukas_e24

Someone either got the bargain of their life or a whole lotta pain. Will no doubt see this on TM soon with some nice pics for $30k.

Haha I zoomed into the full size pics and looked brilliant!

Is it even a BMW without orange peel 😂 looks amazing