sharkwits
12-20-2008, 09:19 PM
Hi folks. I made the drive to Bavarian Autosport a few weeks ago, and was encouraged to join the local section of Bimmerforums by one of the salesmen.
Long story short, a crazy woman rear-ended my stopped Porsche 944 in October, and she totaled it. There are more 944s in my family, and I really like them, but they are expensive to maintain ($250 water pumps, $500 clutch kits) and I didn't find any decent, affordable 16 valve ones for sale locally.
So I searched on eBay for all BMWs in a 100 mile radius, and came up with a 90k mile 328is. I didn't think I could pass it up, so I called up the seller, test drove it, made an offer, and took it home. The woman's insurance covered all of it and a little more, so I did well. It's Boston Green/tan. I would post pictures, but can't, being a new member.
It came with glass E-codes without angel eyes, the BSW speaker upgrade with an Alpine deck, sport package, heated seats, the full on-board computer, and the seller threw in his Bentley manual. So far, I've added almost new 16" Nokian snow tires and E46 steelies off of Craigslist, and BMW rubber floormats.
I'm pretty well set up to work on German cars, so I've already changed the engine, trans, and differential oils. On the radar for maintenance, I see small power steering and valve cover leaks, the back rotors are probably original, and I plan to overhaul the cooling system after Christmas, just for peace of mind.
Any upgrades I do will be focused on handling, since onramps are not as much fun as in the 944.
Long story short, a crazy woman rear-ended my stopped Porsche 944 in October, and she totaled it. There are more 944s in my family, and I really like them, but they are expensive to maintain ($250 water pumps, $500 clutch kits) and I didn't find any decent, affordable 16 valve ones for sale locally.
So I searched on eBay for all BMWs in a 100 mile radius, and came up with a 90k mile 328is. I didn't think I could pass it up, so I called up the seller, test drove it, made an offer, and took it home. The woman's insurance covered all of it and a little more, so I did well. It's Boston Green/tan. I would post pictures, but can't, being a new member.
It came with glass E-codes without angel eyes, the BSW speaker upgrade with an Alpine deck, sport package, heated seats, the full on-board computer, and the seller threw in his Bentley manual. So far, I've added almost new 16" Nokian snow tires and E46 steelies off of Craigslist, and BMW rubber floormats.
I'm pretty well set up to work on German cars, so I've already changed the engine, trans, and differential oils. On the radar for maintenance, I see small power steering and valve cover leaks, the back rotors are probably original, and I plan to overhaul the cooling system after Christmas, just for peace of mind.
Any upgrades I do will be focused on handling, since onramps are not as much fun as in the 944.