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

[pointofdeparture]

Ultra cheap E34 535i/5...looks pretty clean, too! Someone grab this before it gets scrapped, I'm in Minneapolis for work otherwise I would!

http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/4796185883.html

[Earl]

Guarantee this is the one Todd just picked up=)

[DrLeadFoot]

Earl said:

Slowmatic  

That is the downside. A five speed swap into it would be perfect=)

I'll have a driveshaft and diff to swap in this soon! Tranny as well but it is a little loud.

[GunMetalGrey]

pointofdeparture said:

Ultra cheap E34 535i/5...looks pretty clean, too! Someone grab this before it gets scrapped, I'm in Minneapolis for work otherwise I would!

http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/4796185883.html

I like how in the ad the seller cut the o2 sensor wires to try to get it out, and also claims it isn't running because of the o2 sensor wires being cut.

[patsbimmer1]

GunMetalGrey said:

I like how in the ad the seller cut the o2 sensor wires to try to get it out, and also claims it isn't running because of the o2 sensor wires being cut. 

I caught that to!  Cutting the o2 won't cause it to not run... go ahead and ask me how I know lol.  Cutting the wires makes sense when you're in the moment until you realize that o2 sensors NEVER COME OUT OF A BMW!  I have yet to have one that I didn't have to rethread or weld on a new o2 bung.

[jc43089]

Depending on what wire are shorted at the hacked off end it may cause a no start. I had the o2 cable get melted on the ex manifold of my e30 and it wouldn't start because it was pulling down the ecu voltage. If this fella would just unplug the connector it would start right up most likely. Unless there are other problems, it looks as though it sat for a long time.

Sent from my potato phone

[Earl]

It definitely ran or Todd got it running=P

[pointofdeparture]

Let's get real here, it's an M30 with less than 200k...there can't be THAT much keeping it from running!

[TCD]

pointofdeparture said:

Ultra cheap E34 535i/5...looks pretty clean, too! Someone grab this before it gets scrapped, I'm in Minneapolis for work otherwise I would!

http://racine.craigslist.org/cto/4796185883.html

It was already at the shop by the time you posted it.  Very clean it is not.  I filled the tires with air, stuck a battery in it and blasted around in it.  Sounds good with no muffler too. 

[Jdesign]

http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/4796696985.html

[jockhater2]

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/4800472663.html

[patsbimmer1]

jockhater2 said:

http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/4800472663.html

Wow that looks clean! And stupidly overpriced for a 325is!

[Earl]

Pretty tastefully done besides the m5 brake ducts and angel eyes. The seats look like normal sport seats to me too

[Earl]

Boats

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4800534019.html

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4800318173.html

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4793029504.html

Someone please save this thing=( 

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4793899790.html

The interior is wicked=P 

Cheap but rough m3

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4799597076.html

This is a steal!

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4797611876.html

[jockhater2]

Earl said:

Boats

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4800534019.html

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4800318173.html

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4793029504.html

Someone please save this thing=( 

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4793899790.html

The interior is wicked=P 

Cheap but rough m3

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4799597076.html

This is a steal!

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4797611876.html

That e21 looks like shit. He is asking $1500? Yeah. He can get bent. I wouldn't even buy that as a parts car for mine. The rust damage is significant.

[Earl]

The seats man!

[jockhater2]

Earl said:

The seats man!

They are cloth? It was a low model. I mean. The blue is different.

But you at least want the pleather seats or the sport recaros.

And when he says that car was made in germany and shipped to the U.S....they all were.

[jockhater2]

patsbimmer1 said:

Wow that looks clean! And stupidly overpriced for a 325is!

I think the price is fine.

Especially considering that someone would probably pay that for a plane as jane E30.

[Earl]

Grey market would mean it is a euro model....you know that haha.see the euro bumpers and such? Some people think it is cool to have euro only interiors in their cars over here=) I also disagree that pleather is better than cloth. Cloth is easier to care for and isn't slippery when ripping around in corners

That e36 is a little high priced for what it is. That is clean, decent mileage e36 m3 price territory.

E30 prices are on the uprise since clean, unmolested ones are getting scarcer and scarcer too.

[Ryan...]

Anyone seen a clean e30 vert recently? I've emailed the 2 I saw on CL, no lucks

I'm thinking of grabbing one if I can find it for right around $1k, would like a project car.