I bought another one this weekend, I'm a sick puppy but I couldn't pass this one up. My friend Pierre gave me a heads up about a 91 318is with 136K that the owner died a couple of years and the daughter is finally getting around to selling it. I contacted the daughter and arranged to look at the car in Santa Ynez (near Solvang, about 30 minutes away from me). It's a black 91 318is, gray cloth sport seats, 15" Borbet wheels with Kumho tires. The dash is crack free, no dents on the exterior. Seats are in excellent condition (sheep skins seatcovers are on them), I bought it for $500. One problem, the daughter never registered the car non-op after her father died so the DMV will want close to $500 in back fees, (I checked with the DMV last Friday). The sticker on the license plate is 2006. Of course I couldn't drive it for a road test since with no current registration but I did start it up and let it run for a few minutes and no problems. Then the daughter says, I think there are some extra parts under a tarp over here. I find a complete set of 5 lug 15" BBS Mahle wheels which would look perfect on my E28. I offer her an extra $100 for the wheels and she accepts. Then she says, I may have some extra parts in the house. In a box I find six 7" H4 lights, to include two Cibie H4's still in a unopened box, perfect for my 2002. I offer $50 for the lights and she accepts. I couldn't pass that deal up even though I have a set of Cibie H4's on my tii already.
I'm having the car delivered to 2002 Haus in SLO on Friday, where Rob will get the car ready for a smog test. Even the though the seller is responsible for smog test here in CA, the daughter was clueless and was almost ready to donate the car to charity before I stepped in. I didn't want to push my luck and have her say screw it, don't want to deal with it, and have her call a charity to haul it away.
I'll probably sell my 86 325 with 290K on it when I get the 91 318is on the road. All in all, a good day I must admit.
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G-Man
91 318i (girlfriends DD)
89 325i (RIP, parts car)
86 325eta 5 speed coupe (youngest daughters DD)
85 525e 5 speed (Euro spec, oldest daughters DD)
81 528iA (Euro spec, 5 speed conversion starts next month)
74 2002tii (many mods)
70 E3 2800 (Euro spec) 108K original KM's
96 4Runner (parts hauler)
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