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1974 2002 on Craigslist

Reza Taheri

By Reza Taheri,
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Reza Taheri

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What is your experience with these cars? I had an e21 in high school that was fuel injected, so I had a bit of a learning curve with the 4 speed,  carburetors, points, and a mechanical fuel pump. The best thing I did was ditch the points for a 123 ignition distributor. This car has a MSD system that I know nothing about. I'm sure conkitchen will reply to this and tell you all about it. I honestly have no opinion on MSD bc I literally know nothing about it. I'm just bringing it up bc I've been on this forum for 3 years (I think) and have consumed 100s of hours of 02 content, very rarely have I seen MSD on anything outside of a domestic V8.

 

As I've been working on and driving my 74 02, I've found having a mostly stock canvass to start with has made it easy to find information and modestly mod to my taste. So it really depends on what your objective is.

 

This car seems to have all the suspension done with good parts, that has cost me easily $3k and worth every penny. It's also something you will immediately notice on a test drive, so I would definitely get some highway miles in before committing. I personally would be in the $8k range with this car, but the market is absolutely nuts right now so 5 figures might be the going rate. I will say this is probably the best car on craigslist I've seen in months. I also feel conkitchen put it on CL and not here to avoid the scrutiny, which is smart from a business standpoint bc we have a lot of opinions and will find fault in everything. Again, I don't know conkitchen at all, just outside observation.

 

I know many of us would prefer to buy a car from an owner with some history, but that often leads to a ton of work and surprises even though it was "running when parked". If conkitchen already did the digging for you and can accurately/honestly tell you what's left to do, there's probably value in that. 

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Fair rebuttal conkitchen. The market is absolutely nuts right now, and I'd rather buy conkitchens car than Bitcoin or a NFT. If the car is still in 1 piece 3 years from now and you enjoy driving it as much as we do, you won't care if you spent $9k or $13k. So check it out fredaudi and go with your heart.

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Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to the forum and just bought my first 2002 - this one!  I've got another project I'm pretty deep in, so haven't had a chance to dive too much into this one.  I've just been getting it tuned up and driving it.  I've got a bunch of questions, but let me try to figure it out first.

@02Les, you mentioned this car had a 318i motor and a 5 speed?  Are you a past owner of this car?  I'm always curious about a car's past history and I'd be grateful for any insight.  Thanks in advance.

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