Hey guys, I'm Evan. I recently got a 318is from a friend of mine to fix up and use as a daily driver. I'm not new to BMW's as I used to have an E28 535is, and as you might have guessed from my username, I am a BMW technician
The very rumored story behind this e30 is as this. Original owner (extremely possible he is not the actual original owner, but for the story, he is, haha) had this 318is sitting around and decided to rally race it. Apparently he had the engine rebuilt, and the diff. upgraded (pretty sure it's just welded :rolleyes:). The car also has a Z3 rack installed, along with H&R sports and bilstein sports. Came with some 16" Borbet type C's as well. So on with the story.... The original owner apparently does well enough racing that he gets sponsored with a car and everything. Fuel pump in the e30 dies. Enter my friend who finds the dead e30 on CL. He picks it up and fixes it. Then the ignition housing breaks and the car is parked for a while. My friend buys another e30 that needs interior. He then takes out all the interior from the 318is for his new car (thank god he left the headliner and dash!). My friend then goes in the steering column and removes the ignition switch so you can start the car with a screwdriver, installs an extra passenger side comfort seat in the drivers side and a 3 point harness and lends it to a friend in need...and she looses the key so you can't lock it anymore :mad:
Enter me! I see the car sitting at my friends house, and decide I have to have the car! I have been daily driving a '98 Jeep grand cherokee 5.9l on 35's (10mpg on a downhill with a tailwind!) so the MPG of the e30 was my biggest turn on! Work out a deal and the car is mine! I start daily driving it immediately. I got a key cut along the next day so I could lock it and had a new factory lighted master key ordered from Germany (LOL!) along with replacing the ignition housing. I ordered and installed an IS front lip last week, and got super lucky and found a rear parcel shelf minus premium speaker setup and a black leather rear seat and door cards and all seatbelts and things I was missing. now all I need are some front seats and a carpet kit for the interior! Ill get some more pics up of it later today showing the interior and IS lip
Here is a pic from when it was delivered to me
Here is a pic of my old e28.....I like my BMW's old, clean, and low
And I might as well show off my other vehicle since I am whoring it up, lol (This pic was taken yesterday up tinkham road getting my xmas tree)
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