The price of older BMW's: The state of things.

[Rowleym]

rampelsauce said:

I've decided Im going to horde rough E30's for my retirement plan.  Dump like ten of them when Im 65 and have about 3.5 million in stupid fresh laser dollars.

I think its time for me to buy a place in the country for this exact plan... I only have room for 6-10 cars and its all full!

[TehRaydarlover]

I don't know much about the prices of non ix e30s, but it seems like you can't find an ix for under $1k, even for the shitbox non running rust buckets. When you make someone an offer on their pos ix they say, "Na, can't do that its worth more in parts" People seem to think that its worth more parted out b/c of the AWD system and can therefore charge more. My experience is that ix parts are indeed becoming harder to find but they also have an increasingly small demand. Your not going to get what you think you should get out of ix parts without sitting on them for a year waiting for someone to have an emergency. Then even when someone does have an emergency you have 5 other people with the same parts for sale. This summer I bought essentially 1.5 ix drivetrains (engine, t-case, tranny, axles, diffs etc) for a total of $300. This was from people who bought an ix for something like the 855 head and wanted to part it out quick, they need it gone and end up selling everything for cheap. Long story short people need to stop parting ix's. Not worth it if your looking for quick cash and its a shame to see them die. (dabs tear)

[YoungCR]

TehRaydarlover said:

Long story short people need to stop parting ix's. Not worth it if your looking for quick cash and its a shame to see them die. (dabs tear)

Same goes for any of our beloved vintage BMW's. Unless there is frame damage people need to stop parting cars out "for profit"

[rampelsauce]

I am guilty of this, and Im sorry.  I had four E30 parts cars at one point.  One of them had no rust.  I'm a fool for scrapping it.

[RamRod E28]

Even e28 prices have risen lately I picked mine up locally for $800 and drove it for 2 years and got a parts car for $500 very recently and it was like pulling teeth to get it for that I think people are realizing there are fewer and fewer each day and that round badge on the front rear and on the steering wheel is fetching premo dollars now