Ross
04-25-2008, 08:39 AM
An '89 M30 powered 535i with manual box. Black on black.
It has a bit over 300,000 miles near as anyone can figure. The speedo/odo only work very sporadically, the speed sensor wiring is suspected.
It has received very good care all it's life, mostly at the dealer, all documented.
It came to me with a bad head gasket a year and a half ago from the second owner who is a member here. I repaired the gasket, replaced some hoses, put on nice Nokian rubber, brakes and a few other misc. items. It has been my beater for the winter and never fails, still uses no oil and drives very well. I would not hesitate a moment to drive it cross country right now.
It is rusty in the door bottoms, the left quarter panel above the bumper and has peeling clear coat on the hood and a well peppered grille surround and leading edge..
The interior is still nice, no rips or cracks in the leather or dash, headliner still mostly atttatched.
The central lock system is goofy but manageable(almost certainly a bad microswitch or actuator), the windows and sunroof are intermittantly inoperative(I will fix this unless it turns out to be $$) and the a/c doesn't work, my recollection is the previous owner stated the compressor clutch was NG. The gearshift is very stiff in forward and back motion, I have a complete set of new bushings but have either been too busy or weather too poor to get at it.
Mechanically sounder than most of the cars here, what I gather from others posts. Cosmetically a bit challenged but certainly fixable for someone with the skills or willing to spend.
So, does this sound like $2500 worth?
It has a bit over 300,000 miles near as anyone can figure. The speedo/odo only work very sporadically, the speed sensor wiring is suspected.
It has received very good care all it's life, mostly at the dealer, all documented.
It came to me with a bad head gasket a year and a half ago from the second owner who is a member here. I repaired the gasket, replaced some hoses, put on nice Nokian rubber, brakes and a few other misc. items. It has been my beater for the winter and never fails, still uses no oil and drives very well. I would not hesitate a moment to drive it cross country right now.
It is rusty in the door bottoms, the left quarter panel above the bumper and has peeling clear coat on the hood and a well peppered grille surround and leading edge..
The interior is still nice, no rips or cracks in the leather or dash, headliner still mostly atttatched.
The central lock system is goofy but manageable(almost certainly a bad microswitch or actuator), the windows and sunroof are intermittantly inoperative(I will fix this unless it turns out to be $$) and the a/c doesn't work, my recollection is the previous owner stated the compressor clutch was NG. The gearshift is very stiff in forward and back motion, I have a complete set of new bushings but have either been too busy or weather too poor to get at it.
Mechanically sounder than most of the cars here, what I gather from others posts. Cosmetically a bit challenged but certainly fixable for someone with the skills or willing to spend.
So, does this sound like $2500 worth?