I need Your Help, with M3 E30!
 

Hello guys, I come to you in a very urgent call...

A 87 BMW M3 (E30) has just appeared for sale here in brazil, at a very good price. I would like to know from u guys what should the Buyer (in this case, my father) be looking for when buying one of these cars???

The seller says the car has 76000km on the clock, and in the pictures the car seems to be in good order. We havn't had a chance to go visit it, yet, so all I have to judge the car on are the Pictures...

That is why I am askig for your help...Ideally i would take a mechanic to go visit it, but i do not know if it'll be possible..Are there any experts out there??

Thanks

Here are the pictures...sorry they are small...

http://www.webmotors.com.br/_fotos/a...1109101636.jpg

http://www.webmotors.com.br/_fotos/a...1109101651.jpg

http://www.webmotors.com.br/_fotos/a...1109101705.jpg

http://www.webmotors.com.br/_fotos/a...1109101721.jpg

OK, that's it...hope it helps

http://member.rivernet.com.au/btaylo...ingAdvice.html 8)

:P

this is an excelent sie for m3e30 info, there is a forum also you might ask gus there :wink:

Btw here we have one BMW expert ZfrkS62 :)

75000!!! Its like new, check everything ofcourse, without mechanic dont go to check it ask official BMW mechanick to go with you tey'll do it for some fee but they also know what to look at.

Wish you good luck with buying and wainting for bunch of vids and pix :P

I have seen many E30 for sale this is one of the realy good conditions! :P

And the other stuff you do as ARMAN wrote 8)

keep us updated :D

As far as visual quality wise, it looks great, interior looks pretty damn flawless as well

I'd probably jump on this before anyone else did. How much does the owner want?

Just by curiosity, how much does it cost??

he's asking about 15K dollars

pretty good price...very cheap, because the car does not have this grand status here
I bet it's just another old car for them...

GOFORIT then!!! :P

we will

what's the stats on the E30? Hp, top speed, etc...??

EDIT: Never mind, i was just curious about Dani's claim that the car has 200+ Hp...well the one for sale is the base model, so it's 195 HP...But i still have to take a proper look...

http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=8

congrats on 500's post btw 8)

Hehe, nothing better than finishing 500 posts well made, and most important, Usefully!

Thanks for the link too

Now my biggest problem would be the mileage...it just seems too little, and might have been changed...but one hopes it hasn't been...

Get a BMW mechanic with you he will see if its matches or not.
You have a great chance to miss thisone thou, great deal never wait. If I would have money, needed a car I would be there yesterday already :wink:

always check the carpets, the...rubber things around the doors, signs of repainting in the bonnet and hinges of the doors, state of the gearbox, the oil pan must not look smashed to pieces or too new. the steering wheel will have signs of use, but not abuse.
Try all the gears at different speeds, don't turn on the stereo on your test drives (used-car salesmen do this to hide any strange noises...like me :mrgreen:)
76k kms for that year is great, but I would look carefuly at every detail

99% sure we are buying the car....it's got great history...and is completely original '87.....

score!

Cool! Looks great in the (albeit small) pics!

Whoa! That would be an amazing car to buy. From what I can tell from these small pictures, the car looks to be in excellent condition and very original at that. Good luck getting the car and when you do, post some high-res pics, please.

Very nice find mate, and that price is just great. This car is around $25-40,000AU here and quite rare also, good examples cost more than the e36 M3 here, hope it all works out for you mate 8)

Maybe i'm gunna go visit it and lay down the money today...

Humm.. noticed now, you're 16! You can drive a car in Brazil with 16 years old?

Be careful... it's very funny car, but can also be very dangerous. Don't try to squeese all of him in the first rides! :D

No I can't..actually it's my father who's payin for it (i put that in the first post)....But he doesn't know much about the car..but he's always loved it, and so have i, so i convinced him to get it...when i turn 18, then i'll take it for a spin...

I couldn't go today..so now i'll have to see when, but we're gettin it for sure...i have some new pics, but theyre on another PC...i'll post them later..

http://www.uploadhouse.com/images/643697264excited.gif Tell your father that we all -> http://www.uploadhouse.com/images/106381651fingers.gif so it will be a good buy :wink:

you lucky bastard. :lol:

Price on these have bottomed out and will probably continued to rise. Right now, that car in the US could definitely fetch more than $15k. Sometimes I see double that mileage for around the same price.

Bring it in to a BMW Dealer or a good independent shop and have them do a Pre Buyer Inspection. That should cover a lot of the trouble areas.