Hi letsplay,
I remember reading in BMW Car that the E30 318is was getting rather rare and increasing in value. I think what happened was when they became an 'old' car rather than future classic they dropped to a price level where the buyers tended to be 19-20 year olds with no appreciation for the cars. Alot where run into the ground with lack of maintenance due to cost while the rest ended up, upside down in fields or having their diffs explode in McDonalds Car parks. Not suggesting all 19-20 are like this though, mainly the citroen saxo/ rice boy brigade.