Evo 2

Spotted this on ebay and was wondering what you all thought. It looks a bit rough but price might be cheap enough. Travelling from Glasgow it's 7 hours away so don't want to waste my time. What is going rate for evo2 in rough and good condition?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1988-BMW-E30-M3-EVO-2-IN-MACAU-BLUE_W0 QQitemZ150033018981QQihZ005QQcategoryZ9837QQssPageNameZWDVWQ QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Alan.

Cheers Paul, don't mind getting something that requires some work but if this was my car I don't think I would have let it get into this condition.

Might e-mail him and offer less since I be travelling ...dunno, long way to go to find an absolute plug.

Alan.

Selling due to wedding and honeymoon! live in sin and keep the car.

And its been written off....probably a Cat d but what I dont understand is if it had 'front wing damage' why would it need 10k spending on it to make it right?

Wonder why?? Too many dodgy adverts these days for the potential e30 owner. I remember when I was looking for mine and it took me 3 years to find a 'good' one bearing in mind the work Ive done which is probably nothing compared to some.

Some money pits around that people are thinking are bargains....they need to realise there isnt such a thing as a bargain M3

People think the *M* stands for motorsport. But as these cars get older it stands for *Money* 

But you look at most adverts for M3s around the 5/6k mark and they will say something like.....'car is in pretty good condition with only a bubble of rust under the windscreen and above the rear number plate'

To anyone that knows that means jesus h christ and about a grand to spend but if you dont know much about them and take the rest of the shiny car as a gauge then you will be shocked when the bills start rolling in.

lyndonbuck wrote: Or you just drive around in a dirty rusty M3 and enjoy it like I do, horses for courses I suppose

There is actually alot to be said about that. I actually enjoyed driving my Evo2 more than my Sport Evo because of that reason. But it too is in the middle of a full restoration - not planned, just ended up that way. But although I am looking forward to getting it back, I think some of the enjoyment may go due to the fact it will be a minter when its done.

The Carbon airbox, etc may put pay to that though!

lyndonbuck wrote: Or you just drive around in a dirty rusty M3 and enjoy it like I do, horses for courses I suppose

that sums it up for me as well! I spray mine with a can because it's not worth to get it properly sprayed. If I spend that sort of money, I would have to sort out a few bits under the skin first to justify the expense. But I just don't like to end up with a years of work, 10k plus spent (and probably half of the work gets messed up by "specialists") and a car I don't dare to trash round a track because it mitght get stone chips.
Don't get me wrong, I would also appreciate if my car was a minter and spend the money to keep it decent.

But would the driving fun be different then? Don't think so.

Edited by UweM3