There is a 323 touring on the Detroit CL and I was wondering if anyone is close enough to it to test drive it for me. I would pay your expenses including adult beverages for your time!
There is a 323 touring on the Detroit CL and I was wondering if anyone is close enough to it to test drive it for me. I would pay your expenses including adult beverages for your time!
AHHH! Stupid phone changed BMW to Names?!?
Justjim75 said:AHHH! Stupid phone changed BMW to Names?!?
Ah, OK. At first I was looking for a Mazda subcompact.
Southfield isn't too particularly close for me, but I might be able to find some time next week, depending on my schedule.
It's a kind of hard to find 3 series wagon manual and the guy is amenable to meeting me halfway and flying back "out west" where he is moving. If you can check.it out I'll be happy to provide dinner and gas or whatever for your trouble. He has only emailed me at this point though so I have no address or phone ATM
In reply to Justjim75 : This one is about 10 minutes from my house. Mamaroneck e46 Wagon 15 miles north of LaGuardia airport. Happy to check out for you, facilitate pickup or whatever.
I work in Southfield. And I kinda know BMWs. Hit me up.
Trumbull St, downtown Detroit?
Trumbull and what? Could be a nice place to get murdered and raped, in that order.
In reply to AngryCorvair :
Yikes, the address is 1753 Trumbull st Detroit, he has (corktown) written exactly like I did. His car has 205k and detailed pics with no rust but says it needs a guibo or wheel bearing. The one that ManhattanM (THANK YOU!) posted has a lot less miles but several pesky issues. To complicate things, another car popped up, a 2000 528iT manual in Illinois, 1 owner 166k with some rust bubbles on the tailgate and a wheel arch. I think I'd prefer the 5 series but as a resident of the South rust terrifies me ( if there's any you can see on painted surfaces.....) and don't these have VANOS? Is that good or bad?
So my choices:
2000 323iT 5m 205k no rust one issue
2000 323iT 5m 171k several issues not sure about rust (New York car)
2000 528iT 5m little bit of rust 166k no other known issues
What say you?
Blazing Saddles and BMW wagons with 3 pedles! I started a good thread for once!! Thanks to all, especially whoever changed the title
Justjim75 said:Blazing Saddles and BMW wagons with 3 pedles! I started a good thread for once!! Thanks to all, especially whoever changed the title
That movie and old BMWs have one thing in common: You're going to need a E36 M3load of dimes.
The old Tigers Stadium (baseball) was located in Corktown
I don't want any part of getting someone raped, murdered and raped
528>323 of same year?
Don't worry, I heard the Sheriff is near. Good luck on your purchase
That's not a horrible neighborhood for Detroit, but I've never ever had any luck looking at a car that was listed in Detroit proper. This ad is well written so it might be good, but I've been heartbroken enough times, and read enough bad stories, to know buying a used car in Detroit is dicey.
Justjim75 said:I don't want any part of getting someone raped, murdered and raped
Should I take this to mean you have no moral objection to arson? 
FIRE!, FIRE! I AM BUNGHOLIO!
If you are originally from Alabama, my guess is that you are not ready to find out what 200+k miles of "Detroit" could mean to a car. Some of the worst road anywhere combined with road salt should make for a much different (worse) vehicle than a 200k+ mile Alabama car.
So much rock salt is put onto the roads in The Great Lakes region that the stuff is moved by Lake Frieghter. Here is a trypical image of rock salt being delivered to Detroit via the Detroit River which connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie.
He's not lying, you know. 200k in MI pretty much horse-berkeleys a car. Between the salt and the potholes and the no-fault insurance, a 15-year-old 200k Mile car can be a real disaster.
Except the 740iL I'm selling. That thing's a cream puff. ;-)
Southern New York is kind of hit or miss for salted up suspensions, and I can't figure out why. My neighbors 10 year old Forrester looks like it's fresh off the showroom floor, but other neighbor's mustang is totally crusty. The messed up thing is that the seller may not even know - You really have to get under the car to tell.
Did the seller of the touring I posted tell you there were more issues? From the listing, the only thing I'd be worried about is he sunroof. (Don't worry, I won't grab it out from under you, SWMBO would leave me!)
I would very much agree with above posters about the rustiness of Michigan cars. The roads here are white in the winter, and not with snow. I've bought 200k mile vehicles here but they've always spent a significant portion of their previous lives out of state.
It may look rust-free in photos but if it's an in-state car, it's not.
In my experience with BMWs, if they are truly accident-free, there's a decent chance of getting away without rust. Modern BMWs use almost entirely aluminum suspension components, including the subframes, which eliminates corrosion issues there. Any body work and the factory rustproofing and body sealing are shot, and even the best shops are going to struggle to get things as well-sealed as the factory. FWIW, I'm in NY about an hour or so north of the E46 posted above.
The lower backseat looks kind of odd.
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