» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 0 Replies, 514 Views | | | | | 01-08-2016, 05:33 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Western MA Posts: 16 | New here. No TI (yet) but looking Hello New guy here. I have not owned a 318ti or any e36 for that matter but am not new to BMW's either. I currently have an '85 325e with a hopped up 'i' swap that I was autocrossing until rust got bad. I have a clean e30 shell that is about to get the motor and drive train swapped into and a few parts e30's cars. I have also owned an '92 e32 740il and an '98 e39 528i. My winter beater is a 2002 VW Golf. My dad owned and raced a half dozen 2002's in the 70's and 80's. I grew up with him talking about the virtues BMW's and fun, light, practical, rwd cars. I've been wanting to find a 318ti for a couple years now. However, I havn't really be searching much until a TI purchase fell through a few weeks ago Thanks for having me! Looking forward to finding one and starting my next project! | | | 01-15-2016, 07:13 PM | #2 | Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: MD Posts: 35 | welcome fellow E30 pilot! I have a '90 325i that turned into a garage queen after getting the ti. Good luck finding your ti! | | | 01-16-2016, 01:50 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 118 | Welcome and don't give up.. It takes awhile to find the right one. | | | 01-19-2016, 06:52 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | Don't be afraid of hopping on a plane and driving the right car back home. It sounds like you and your dad have plenty of car savvy to determine the condition of a car by using pics and conversation with the seller. I have done that successfully on three occasions. Good luck and keep us up to date on your search. John | | | 01-21-2016, 05:20 PM | #5 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Western MA Posts: 16 | Quote: Originally Posted by jca Don't be afraid of hopping on a plane and driving the right car back home. It sounds like you and your dad have plenty of car savvy to determine the condition of a car by using pics and conversation with the seller. I have done that successfully on three occasions. Good luck and keep us up to date on your search. John | Thanks. Yeah I have been looking nation wide. Flights are super cheap right now. I have had a few that were close to what I am looking for but had bad Carfax's. I have been tempted on numerous occasions to ignore that and buy anyways but I've had bad experiences buying cars with reconstructed titles. I also have a limited budget so I am not looking for the cleanest or lowest mile example. My current criteria: - Must: - - Manual - - Less than 240k miles - - No rust - Ideally: - - Sport seats - - Heated seats - - M bumpers - - dark color interior - - not a swapped car - - '96-'99 - - $2,500 or less (I can go higher but am trying to keep it under that amount if possible) - - Owned by BMW enthusiast I am running nation wide craigslist searches, have alerts set on ebay, have joined several forums, checking BMWCCA classifieds regularly, checking the bimmer forums Panjo classifides. Am I missing any places? Where else can I look? | | | 01-23-2016, 03:35 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | How do you set up a nationwide Craigslist search?? | | | 01-29-2016, 05:30 AM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Western MA Posts: 16 | Quote: Originally Posted by jca How do you set up a nationwide Craigslist search?? | I was using searchtempast and running several searches that may result in finding a TI including: 318ti, BMW hatchback, BMW 4 cylinder 1995-1997, BMW 3 series 1995-1999, and a few others from time to time. Ended up finding a car by putting out feelers on several east coast/New England Facebook groups. Someone sent me a link to a fresh cl add and I took a trip down to RI to check it out and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk | | | 01-29-2016, 05:48 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 118 | Quote: Originally Posted by 6cyl I was using searchtempast and running several searches that may result in finding a TI including: 318ti, BMW hatchback, BMW 4 cylinder 1995-1997, BMW 3 series 1995-1999, and a few others from time to time. Ended up finding a car by putting out feelers on several east coast/New England Facebook groups. Someone sent me a link to a fresh cl add and I took a trip down to RI to check it out and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk | So did you end purchasing the vehicle ? | | | 01-29-2016, 06:00 AM | #9 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Western MA Posts: 16 | Quote: Originally Posted by Disast3r_Ti So did you end purchasing the vehicle ? | Yes I found one and brought it home tonight! The good: A little over 200k miles but very clean on the outside. Interior is decent but the seats are a bit weathered. Armrest, roof rack, Remus exhaust and Bilstein suspension (one rear will need to be replaced). Came with 2 additional full sets of wheels. The bad: Bad headliner but have a friend who has done several headliners. No parcel shelf but I can track one of those down. Needs a windshield as the current one is cracked. If the ad is still active there are a few better photos of the car. http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/5420364809.html | | | 01-29-2016, 05:46 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 118 | Congratulations and welcome to the family. Very nice looking car, hellrot has always been one of my favorite colors. | | | 01-29-2016, 05:51 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 118 | Don't feel bad about the mileage. I saved mines from scraper... 263k on original m44. Not much known about previous Maitenance. Still running strong. | | | 01-29-2016, 06:18 PM | #12 | Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 37 | Very nice find! Looks great | | | 01-30-2016, 02:37 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sheboygan,Wi Posts: 135 | Mines hellrot also.Hated at first but it continues to grow on me. It appears your rims are off a z3? | | | 01-30-2016, 08:15 PM | #14 | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 20 | Hellrot herr too! Welcome to the forum and very nice addition. | | | 01-31-2016, 06:30 AM | #15 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Western MA Posts: 16 | Thanks guys. Yeah I never thought I would get a red car but I really like this red on this car. The wheels it came with where BMW style 18, style 35 (on the car) and style 42 2-piece (3-piece?) wheels. I like the style 35s that are on the car. I think ill probably sell the other ones. At first I thought the style 42's were gross but the more I look at photos of them online the more I like them and maybe they just need a refinishing. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |