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PAPER OR PLASTIC => For Sale => Topic started by: keflaman on March 17, 2012, 05:36:23 AM

Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: keflaman on March 17, 2012, 05:36:23 AM: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/2905256428.html

No affiliation, but a low mileage car at decent asking price IMHO. I'd buy it for the drivetrain alone...if I had room...and $1K.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: ose30 on March 17, 2012, 08:32:24 AM: Keith,
most likely it is with 8V M40 engine. At least here in europe M42 Verts were not available.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: keflaman on March 17, 2012, 08:58:31 AM: I don't think any BMWs came with the M40 after the M42 was introduced here in 1990.

According to BMWfans.info the Cabrio came with an M42 after build date 06/90 which would probably be a '91 model year for us.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: DesktopDave on March 17, 2012, 09:06:41 AM: Hrm...that is a pretty decent deal if something could be done with the title. There are some legal hoops that you'd need to jump through for that. I'd suspect a decent interior is worth nearly that much...

The M40 was never sold in the USA, AFAIK. Oddly, Americans look down on the M42 as a budget engine...usually swapping them out for larger motors. Only 8v BMW we ever had over here is the old M10.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: keflaman on March 17, 2012, 09:17:01 AM: Well, maybe I could find a spot...I must apply logic...my motor runs fine...but still...if I parked it behind the garage I wonder how long it would take my wife to realize I brought another one home? :rolleyes:

(http://m42club.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=69&pictureid=1208)
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: DesktopDave on March 17, 2012, 11:48:08 AM: ^^^ LOL that...looks like my driveway did last year.

Kef...If it's OK with you I'll use this the next time my wife infers that I have a problem...

What's under the lift? Can't see that area clearly enough, too many BMWs...
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: keflaman on March 17, 2012, 12:19:05 PM: We don't have problems...our wives do. :p

Nothing under the lift as that is the car I'm working towards daily status. To the right of the picture behind the black car is also a '75 CB750(K5) and to the left of the primer black car is a '95 Electra Glide awaiting an '07 Street Glide suspension swap.

I need a storage shed.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: DesktopDave on March 17, 2012, 01:19:56 PM: I hear you. My wife needs the therapy. A shed would help her, no doubt...

I had a CB750 K3 myself! Great bike, funkadelic OEM metallic brownish/purple paint, looked like I was riding with an eggplant. Now I have a bunch of v65 Sabres...far more powerful bike, but with substantially less style.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: Geoff on March 18, 2012, 06:12:45 AM: lol, even the dog is like-" at least leave me this spot on the floor" :)
Geoff
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: asmir on March 18, 2012, 07:09:33 AM: Just called this seller and car is NOT for sale any more?
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: keflaman on March 18, 2012, 07:42:22 AM: I'm not surprised. The DC/NOVA crowd moves in pretty fast on these types of listings.
Title: Low Mileage 318i Vert
Post by: ose30 on March 21, 2012, 05:49:22 AM: I suppose there will be a lot more space in Keith's garage when he have sold all the parts he have to me..... You can also send that CB750, not a problem. I used to have a CB 500 when i was a teenager. My dad said no to CB 750 back then :(