New to 90's BMW's - Advice wanted!

Bayerische Bombe

lol, I don't think he'd be too disappointed, plus this isn't my absolute car. Just kinda something I came across and was feeling it. My mom always told me that if you're shopping and something catches your eye but you don't know if you should do it, ask yourself if you'll regret passing it by if you don't buy it. Same with cars I feel, if I find myself thinking about it some time after I saw it online, maybe it's something I should look into further. The longer I thought about it the better it sounded. Although now I'm a little bit put off by it since the problems people are saying to look for are pretty much the same things I'm facing/have faced with my Talon. Last fall my dad helped me replace the rear strut towers and shocks. I'm unhappy that it seems my front ones are also now due... putting that off a bit... oil is also leaking in my car at a frightening pace. It had been worse but I switched to a 10W 40 as opposed to the previous 5W 30. Before it had been smoking because some horrible leak is causing it to spray all over everything under my hood. Unfortunately, looking at bimmers, this seems to be still a common issue. I just wanna avoid that whole deal AND have the 5-speed bimmer of my dreams. lol. Dirte or not.

Ryan...

Either one will be a good choice; e30s are great, and I love the TI. Whichever you get, you obviously know the rules; pics or it did not happen

Bayerische Bombe

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=76085671&listingRecNum=3&criteria=prMx%3D5000%26sf1Dir%3DASC%26prMn%3D0%26mkId%3D20005%26stkTyp%3DU%26rd%3D100%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-pseudoPrice-transTypeId%26zc%3D53219%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-0-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DDESC%26sf1Nm%3Dmiles%26sf2Nm%3Dprice%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26transTypeId%3D28112%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national

Here's a link to the one. Thoughts?

Ryan...

I think it looks nice, fair price too but I'm sure they can be talked down! I like the color, and an M bumper on that would be teh seks..

mystere30

good god it would need new wheels though...lol

Earl

Needs low like me=) Not a horrid price. Check the underbody and if you go look at it, remove the carpet over the rear wheel wells and check the towers. I din't know to check, but I got lucky and have a crazy solid car. The reason the price seems high to me though is only because mine had 145,000 miles and i only paid $2,200;) But If you want something more reliable, I'd get an e30=P It seems like they can handle anything you throw at them. E36's seem like they'll take it for a while and then they'll tell you that they don't like it, and they'll start falling apart.

Bayerische Bombe

Ryan... said:

... and an M bumper on that would be teh seks..

lol sauce was telling me that yesterday. Even if I didn't agree I suppose he'd find a way to make it happen.

Bayerische Bombe

mystere30 said:

good god it would need new wheels though...lol

I knew someone would have an issue with that, and I do agree.

Earl

Ryan... said:

I think it looks nice, fair price too but I'm sure they can be talked down! I like the color, and an M bumper on that would be teh seks..

Or my bumper;) lol

rampelsauce

If she gets a ti, its going to have an ///M bumper and all the suspension and wheels and goodies money can buy. Its gonna be wicked.

Ryan...

rampelsauce said:

If she gets a ti, its going to have an ///M bumper and all the suspension and wheels and goodies money can buy. Its gonna be wicked.

This is what I like to hear

Earl

Wanna have a competition to have the most wicked Ti then?

Bayerische Bombe

then it's between you and Zach. I'll be poor till I finish college this year and get a real job. Relatively few changes will be made using my own funding. lol.

Ryan...

Bayerische Bombe said:

Relatively few changes will be made using my own funding. lol.

Those are the best kind

Snyperx

Link isn't working:-( I wanna see...I wanna seee....

camarok

Snyperx said:

Link isn't working:-( I wanna see...I wanna seee....

+1

Bayerische Bombe

it must be gone. The search goes on. You can peep my current interest here: http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=75776187&listingRecNum=3&criteria=prMx%3D5000%26sf1Dir%3DDESC%26prMn%3D0%26mkId%3D20005%26stkTyp%3DU%26rd%3D100%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-pseudoPrice-transTypeId%26zc%3D53219%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-0-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dprice%26sf2Nm%3Dmiles%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26transTypeId%3D28112%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national

The bad news is miles aren't posted. I just emailed requesting to know how much. I gotta start posting my Talon up on Craigslist this weekend too. Gonna try to time it so I can sell and buy in a pretty close time frame.