Brett_Murphy wrote:I just sent you a message, ShadowSix.
Buy the best E30 you can, the cleaner it is when you get it the more you'll love it. That said:
There is what appears to be a really nice 1991 318is for sale in this area; I can go look at it and give you my impressions of it if you want to travel.
Thanks man, I am trying to spend a little less than that, and I actually want a car that isn't in really beautiful physical shape. As I recall, college is pretty hard on cars.
I kinda want the big 5 MPH bumpers on the older E30's for maximum durability, but then my choices are the turtle-like M10 318i, the uninspiring 325e, or the somewhat thirsty 325i. The M42 318i seems more like my kind of ride.
After some additional digging, I found out that you shouldn't install poly trans mounts w/o installing the motor mounts as well or it can snap off the cast mounting tabs on the trans tail.
