Hi all,
I've recently registered to the forum, my name is Guillaume, french guy living in the Middle-East. I've had quite a few M3s, about 13 E36s, a few E46s of which 2 CSLs, and I daily drive an E92, but after so many years of wanting an E30 and watching prices rise, this is the story of my first E30 M3.
It all started in May 2020, stuck at home during lockdown, and I discovered a great website: Bring-A-Trailer. I mean no I didn't really found it, I knew it before, but that time I made a step further and registered...
I had been watching E30 M3s classifieds for year, regretting not buying one 10 years ago when they were so cheap. Prices in Europe for a clean one being so high, I thought I might had a chance to get a US Spec car for a better price.
Long story short, I found a listing with a nice story:
- Same owner since 2005
- 76k miles on the clock
- clean Carfax
- bodywork in decent shape, not pristine but relatively well preserved with very little rust
- recently refurbished black leather interior
As far as I know (still not done with going thru the huge history file provided), the car was track prepped in the early 2000s. The lady who was the previous owner was using the car on trackdays, with her brother who is/was driving a F355 Challenge, if I understood correctly, maybe within the Ferrari Club and/or BWM track events.
I think she did not use the car that much, probably about 3,000 miles over the last 15 years, and I reckon she put the car back to stock (almost, we'll get back to it later on) specification in order to sell the car better. I don't mind the track history of the car, and the interior was put back together nicely, something less on my to do list!
The BAT listing had something like 254 photos! Very nice and enough for me to bid.
I've recently registered to the forum, my name is Guillaume, french guy living in the Middle-East. I've had quite a few M3s, about 13 E36s, a few E46s of which 2 CSLs, and I daily drive an E92, but after so many years of wanting an E30 and watching prices rise, this is the story of my first E30 M3.
It all started in May 2020, stuck at home during lockdown, and I discovered a great website: Bring-A-Trailer. I mean no I didn't really found it, I knew it before, but that time I made a step further and registered...
I had been watching E30 M3s classifieds for year, regretting not buying one 10 years ago when they were so cheap. Prices in Europe for a clean one being so high, I thought I might had a chance to get a US Spec car for a better price.
Long story short, I found a listing with a nice story:
- Same owner since 2005
- 76k miles on the clock
- clean Carfax
- bodywork in decent shape, not pristine but relatively well preserved with very little rust
- recently refurbished black leather interior
As far as I know (still not done with going thru the huge history file provided), the car was track prepped in the early 2000s. The lady who was the previous owner was using the car on trackdays, with her brother who is/was driving a F355 Challenge, if I understood correctly, maybe within the Ferrari Club and/or BWM track events.
I think she did not use the car that much, probably about 3,000 miles over the last 15 years, and I reckon she put the car back to stock (almost, we'll get back to it later on) specification in order to sell the car better. I don't mind the track history of the car, and the interior was put back together nicely, something less on my to do list!
The BAT listing had something like 254 photos! Very nice and enough for me to bid.
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