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

[m42b32]

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5684596665.html

That price...

[SteelBlue]

m42b32 said:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5684596665.html

That price... 

Almost an M3...lol

[YoungCR]

HipMF said:

e30 parts car

https://racine.craigslist.org/pts/5683367130.html

E30 race car...

[m42b32]

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/5687473192.html

super clean E28 535i for a really good price. Someone buy it so I don't, I already have too many cars.

[reckedhim]

http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/5687184492.html eh?

[KaiserRolls]

SteelBlue said:

m42b32 said:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5684596665.html

That price... 

Almost an M3...lol

Can almost get a real m3 for that

[Boris3]

I wonder if this is the same 318is bought from EAG in spring 2015 for $23k? Looks like it.

http://enthusiastauto.com/qsearch/?id=5132&form_display=51#.VVzuXUJN1Hg

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=356907

 http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=357283

Buyer in 2016 ended up on R3v asking for help with engine issues:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=372751

Wonder if he bailed?

[B C]

E30 asking prices are becoming a public mental health crisis

[KaiserRolls]

It's insane. I should part mine out and retire

[Boris3]

It seems that full partouts (esp including drive lines in good shape: m20s, m42s, g260s, and 3.73 LSDs) have been less common the past few months. Pool drying up, folks selling as full project cars given the trend in asking prices and the pull of prices being paid for pristine ones, or just holding on to them?

[andyhundley]

Boris3 said:

It seems that full partouts (esp including drive lines in good shape: m20s, m42s, g260s, and 3.73 LSDs) have been less common the past few months. Pool drying up, folks selling as full project cars given the trend in asking prices and the pull of prices being paid for pristine ones, or just holding on to them?

This is exactly why I am real hesitant about doing anything drastic to my car. I know its not the nicest car out there but a stock unmolested iS is becoming hard to find.

[B C]

RAGE DRIFT ALL THE THINGS!!!

Driving enjoyment > selling your car and retiring at age 35

[YoungCR]

Snap said:

RAGE DRIFT ALL THE THINGS!!!

Driving enjoyment > selling your car and retiring at age 35

Here's your dream machine

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5690280801.html

[m42b32]

KaiserRolls said:

Can almost get a real m3 for that

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ctd/5685169720.html

You're right!

[KaiserRolls]

m42b32 said:

KaiserRolls said:

Can almost get a real m3 for that

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ctd/5685169720.html

You're right!

Lol!

[B C]

YoungCR said:

Snap said:

RAGE DRIFT ALL THE THINGS!!!

Driving enjoyment > selling your car and retiring at age 35

Here's your dream machine

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5690280801.html

///M20

This qualifies as a weird boner

[i_love_cars]

YoungCR said:

Here's your dream machine

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5690280801.html

i don't understand someone asking $21k for an e30 m3 needing paint when it has an M20 in it and he's selling it as a candidate for an S50 swap. The value of an E30 M3 sinks like a rock if it has any sort of swap whatsoever, in terms of the collectible-level prices it has achieved as of late. 

At this point you may as well buy a regular E30 and save the money. This guy wants way too much for his car.

[Boris3]

Ignore the m20 and the seller's swap suggestion for the moment. The bigger picture is that with the stupid price escalation of e30 m3s in good condition ($30-40k) and pristine up to $80-90k there is an upward pull on all things e30 m3. Rolling shells have appeal even needing work, and there are buyers out there. For example http://www.ebay.com/itm/262313105535 (though from other threads we know that until the money is in hand, and ebay sale is just an ebay sale)

All that said, I'm with you that the absence of an s14 seriously hurts the value... and why oh why would someone drop an m20 in an e30 M3????

[Earl]

Boris3 said:

Ignore the m20 and the seller's swap suggestion for the moment. The bigger picture is that with the stupid price escalation of e30 m3s in good condition ($30-40k) and pristine up to $80-90k there is an upward pull on all things e30 m3. Rolling shells have appeal even needing work, and there are buyers out there. For example http://www.ebay.com/itm/262313105535 (though from other threads we know that until the money is in hand, and ebay sale is just an ebay sale)

All that said, I'm with you that the absence of an s14 seriously hurts the value... and why oh why would someone drop an m20 in an e30 M3????

Found it in a field with a dead s14 and had an m20 laying around to just get the car on the road. That's about the only sane reason

[B C]

Swapping out an S14 for an M20 makes sense to me. There are fewer valves so technically less could go wrong, valve adjustments would be completed more quickly (time is money), and the engine code has an "M" to match the badge on the trunk.