So I bought one... a 98 BMW 318ti for a not so shabby $2500. It has 180K miles ( ick! ) and the engine light is on (just need to do an OBD II scan). Previous owner was a chick wanting to focus more on her turbo Volvo. Wha Wha! Had to snap a couple quick pics:

 

Not bad man, not bad at all.

 

Nice car! Looks like you got a good deal....

 

what is up with these good deals you keep getting, so the other one for sale now, whats up with this. Thats hella cheap though, find me one, or sell me the other!

 

looks good, now where's the pics of the chick?

 

ok... here's a couple better pics from driving her around tonight. If it didn't get dark at frickin 4PM everyday now, I could get some actual shots... black doesn't photoshoot too well in the dark.

 

2500 dollars??? dude.... if it werent foryou starting my B-day thread id kick you in the nuts for that hella good price rape... mann....

 

nice executive cruiser

 

dude what a steal i luv beamers..... was up wit the fog lights

 

Good find! Are you going to keep both Bimmers? Im sure you could turn around and sell that for twice what you paid. And have more money for the ZX

 

Nice!

...thats a lotta cars you have listed!
You buy just to drive for a little while or are most actually gonna be longterm?

81 Porsche 924 Turbo
81 280zx Turbo
82 280zx Turbo
83 280zx Turbo
92 BMW 325i E36
98 BMW 318ti E36

 

As much as I like this new car, I bought it to fix & flip it. KBB value on it is about $5500. If I can put in less than $500 & sell for at least $4500 I'll be happy. The 318's are pretty popular now because they get great MPG, so it should sell fast. If not, I'll drive it around for the winter & sell in the spring.

 

very nice, too bad those are worth like 8000 up here, or id have a 318, love them. too bad its a 4 door, i likethe ones that are 2 door. dont see many around, but is it called a 325 then?

 

$8k in Canada? That's like $7k here... I better sell it up there!

This black one I just picked up is a 2dr... my white 92 is a 4dr. They are both 3 Series cars. There is a BMW 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 series. After that series # is the engine in the car. 318 is a 3 series 1.8L 4cyl engine.... 540i is a 5 series 4L V8. The "t" in 318ti stands for "touring package" aka hatch or wagon.

and there ya have a nifty lil lesson on Bimmers.

 

nice find.. ure one lucky man. congrats on the new vehicle

 

yeah but think of the conversion rate... oule get like 1300 for it after that jazz. lol.

oh and i was thinking about it.. check engine light.. 180K... you do know that that BMW is the perfect car to recieve an M3 engine swap right? very very popular.. HAULS ***... do it.. you could sell it for so much more... that or just have a sick ride... its so much lighter tooo....

 

Speaking of which... I just came across a 318ti converted to ///M3 engine:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1996-...QQcmdZViewItem

Starting bid... $11.5k

 

so when you going to sell me that white bimmer of your...i'm in the market.

 

hehe... I'm better at hogging cars than selling them.

 

How much do E36 M3 motors go for and where can you get them? (S50 or S52).

 

hmmmm....m3 motor in a s30..... i like the outcome.

 

I'm sure there are companies that do the same thing as JDM engines... but here's some on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-e...spagenameZWDVW
$6500




http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-1...spagenameZWDVW
$5500


One from the UK (I'm sure that's gunna have a healthy shipping price to the USA) http://cgi.ebay.com/BMW-M3-E46-MOTOR...QQcmdZViewItem

 

come on Marc, i'm going to need a car since the zx, is crapping out. Plus i'm going to give you the shell after i'm done with the swap into the 240...Plus i can one up my mom's cedes' she'll be getting in a few. Oh and i need a car for college.

 

I doubt my E36 would "one up" a new Cedes... But you'd still be big pimpin!

 

dude come on, just sell it or trade me for the zx...Come on...Yeah i no, but it'll still be a good competition..And i would of paid hella less then a new 'cedes.