Where do I find one of those cool e30 hatchbacks.

[dp2002]

I saw a pic of one and I now want one.

Let me know if someone has one or a site to find these cars.

I like the grey color.

TIA

Brandon

Dana Point, CA

Like this one

[firefirefire90]

they're scattered over the united states. This is an E30 touring. One of my buddies in San Diego had one for sale with alpina wheels. He was looking for 22k for it. There are only a handful in the US as they were never imported. Only a few imported to Canada/Mexico. Could probably import one from the EU of Japan now because of their age.

[sebandwhit]

I love those. I wish I could find one as well.

[RayC911]

The few that are in the states will more than likely come up for sale on r3vlimited or Bimmerforum. Someone was asking $7k for one last year. Unless it has an S50/52 or super clean, I wouldn't pay much more than $7k. And it might be even more of a bitch for smog if you are in Cali.

Edit: the same guy that was selling the $7k touring is selling his silver one with a euro S50 for 9500.00. Here's your chance!!

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?s=a748957842040c7d0d666444403b9993&t=97785&page=5

[firefirefire90]

wow, they've really come down in the last couple years. I would love to pick one up. I guess one way is buy a trashed E30 then swap vin numbers(For CA cars) and trash the other one.

[Gordon]

Remember that any car that's 25 years old is exempt from DOT federalization. It costs a lot of money to import and then federalize a gray market car to include bringing in cars from Canada and Mexico. I'm not to sure when the first E30 touring was introduced but I'm thinking late 80's so possibly in a couple of years, you can import a E30 without having to federalize it. If you live in CA, don't even think of importing a gray market car, even if it's over 25 years old. The CA Air Resources Board (CARB) will require a gray market car to have the same emissions test as a U.S spec car. Even if you bring a gray market car from another state, they will treat the car like it came off the boat from Europe. AMHIK. Here's my CA CARB/DMV horror story regarding my 81 Euro spec E12.

http://www.firstfives.org/carmonth/may2009.html

So if you live in CA, you want to import a 75 or older model unless you have real deep pockets to pay for a certificate on conformance or if you can prove your gray market car was registered in CA prior to 1988.

G-Man

[andrewro]

They're really cool cars! A Canadian friend of mine had one with some square headlight modification... In my opinion it looks better with the correct lights.

There was a silver one on ebay a couple months ago.

[leadphut]

Also try r3vlimited.com

It's all e30 cars - mostly.

[dlmrun2002]

How about the e30 325ix touring? That would be ultimate.

dlm ny country

http://cgi.ebay.de/BMW-325-ix-E30-Touring-Allrad-HU-neu-KLR-/150535098922?pt=Automobile&hash=item230c97522a

[BlindRhino]

One of those was sold in Seattle Craigslist for $2500. The car was gone in under two hours from the post time. What a steal.

Russ

[MrNvgtr]

http://www.firstfives.org/carmonth/may2009.html

G-Man

SOT - Gordon, I love your e12! Such a horror story with the CA DMV and CARB hats but looks like it was worth it.

[RayC911]

One of those was sold in Seattle Craigslist for $2500. The car was gone in under two hours from the post time. What a steal.

Russ

That was a prank....Dude knew way too much about the touring to have it so cheap plus no pics.

[BlindRhino]

The guy said it was his dads and it sat in the garage. Dad died and he was selling his stuff...who knows. 3nsahalee Steve called and ... gone. What kind of wackjob would do that as a prank...

[RayC911]

The guy said it was his dads and it sat in the garage. Dad died and he was selling his stuff...who knows. 3nsahalee Steve called and ... gone. What kind of wackjob would do that as a prank...

Apparently an e30 wacko looking to get a rise...

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,0/page,viewtopic/t,346806/view,next/sid,8de2859f1e7a31fc1cb83b65ceb3c986/