Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)

Snap said:

Just saw this thing driving around unscathed last week

135i, damaged $5k

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/5581777971.html

screaming deal!

i've seen this car when driving and talked to the owner once at a stoplight in New Berlin. I recognize the smoked tails and stupid M badge on a white 135i. I wouldn't trust that anything is legit, not even the motor. The guy claims "it's just a shame that it was hit by a careless driver", when it is almost 100% certain that he rear-ended someone himself based on the damage. The lower half of the front bumper is in perfect condition practically, no dents or smashing, and all damage is sloping upwards on the hood, indicating that he slammed on the brakes and nose-dived into either a truck or SUV. The only other possibility was a head-on collision which would have done far more damage throughout the front end of the car.

Did I mention he said he can't afford to repair it? So you either have no insurance, or.....??? This is typical of where the N-series community is going. Just a bunch of broke ass 20-somethings who saw a quick 135i on youtube dusting some stupid WRX "Stage 2" Subro, and realized they can buy the 135i for $12,000 dollars with like 100k miles on it, and now think they own race cars but can't afford to maintain/repair/keep the car in proper condition. Go buy a Civic.

This seller is full of shit. And anyone who puts an M badge, black racing stripes, and a wing on a 135i should not be trusted as someone who "took care of the car".

Shitfuck. Through and through.

reckedhim

i_love_cars said:

i've seen this car when driving and talked to the owner once at a stoplight in New Berlin. I recognize the smoked tails and stupid M badge on a white 135i. I wouldn't trust that anything is legit, not even the motor. The guy claims "it's just a shame that it was hit by a careless driver", when it is almost 100% certain that he rear-ended someone himself based on the damage. The lower half of the front bumper is in perfect condition practically, no dents or smashing, and all damage is sloping upwards on the hood, indicating that he slammed on the brakes and nose-dived into either a truck or SUV. The only other possibility was a head-on collision which would have done far more damage throughout the front end of the car.

Did I mention he said he can't afford to repair it? So you either have no insurance, or.....??? This is typical of where the N-series community is going. Just a bunch of broke ass 20-somethings who saw a quick 135i on youtube dusting some stupid WRX "Stage 2" Subro, and realized they can buy the 135i for $12,000 dollars with like 100k miles on it, and now think they own race cars but can't afford to maintain/repair/keep the car in proper condition. Go buy a Civic.

This seller is full of shit. And anyone who puts an M badge, black racing stripes, and a wing on a 135i should not be trusted as someone who "took care of the car".

Shitfuck. Through and through.

I didn't even notice that wing or M badge. Both are horrible.

Earl

I mean even though the owner was an idiot, this is a cheap car to grab a swap from or even a spare motor to build up=)

patsbimmer1

Between parting the car out and scrapping it you may get $5k out of it. It would be a good swap car if the engine hasn't been fucked. Even mistreated the N5x has proven to be pretty sturdy internally

i_love_cars

i think you're all crazy.

A complete n54 engine, including turbos with 100k miles is worth $2000, MAYBE $2500 tops coming out of a crashed car like this with no warranty. There is nothing special about the motors - they are a dime a dozen and were put into multiple BMW models and on the used market they just are not worth a ton of money. The interior trim will sell, the seats will sell, nobody will want the differential and people don't typically blow up gears on the stock manual transmission so not a lot of people are looking to replace those either. In my completely irrefutable opinion it's a lot of work just to recoupe the $5k investment. You've invested 20 hours into taking stuff apart including pulling the motor so you have to make up that time plus the initial investment just to break even, and then you need to worry about having enough to sell that people want to turn a profit.

And while I admire Earl's positive outlook on things in general, there isn't much reason to build up an n54 block. Even if the motor were trashed and you needed to rebuild it, there isn't much sense in using aftermarket internals and paying the premium for those when 99.9% of N54 builds are not going to make enough power to require anything other than stock n54 internals.

The only legitimate reason to purchase this car is if you want to swap the n54 into something and thus need to ensure you have all necessary components like wiring harnesses. I forbid anyone on this forum, as their friend, from purchasing this vehicle for any reason other than to swap the engine.

patsbimmer1

You just said what I said in many more words.

WIBIMMERS

Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)