DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Another Chapter comes to an end.

Had a few people coming to look this week, one guy seemed particularly interested. I planned to WFH after lunch so I could handle a quick sell. That did not happen. The guy rolled up in a Saab Wagon and started looking. I pointed out every single thing I could think was wrong with the car. Then he asked about the sunroof. I informed him it had always worked fine except the headliner sagged a tad; I encouraged him to give it a try.

What happens?

The headliner gets jammed in the ceiling, of course. So I spent 30 minutes ripping it out and tearing up my headliner to get the sunroof to close. All the while thinking about the offer he gave me that was $200 less than what I even paid for the car. Understandable, I overpaid and the maintenance I did doesn't really add that much value when you consider how royally I borked the starter and how bad the oil leak has gotten. After getting the sunroof closed, we agree on a price that was a bit lower than what I originally planned, but at this point, any money I get is more than I started the day with and I'd be happy. The only stipulation on this agreement was that I drive the E30 to Maryland for him and he would drive me back. Fair enough, I can't sell a car in good faith that I wouldn't trust to drive myself. The only problem is the 100 year old tires on the bent bottle caps. Oh well, time for an adventure. I go to get in the seat and notice the carpet is completely saturated. I ask if he had noticed and he said no, so I pointed it out to him and offered him $100 off as a gesture of me being a polite idiot. He agreed and we set off to Maryland.

"One hour" he said. Waze says it's 2 hours... TO BALTIMORE. So it ended up being an awesome drive in a (Now very well running) E30 as my final hurrah. I put the wrong plugs in before I sold it, so it would occasionally stumble if you're WOT above 5k RPM, but it was no matter to keep the revs low with the gobs of torque that motor has. I dropped the car off and he did about 100 MPH through downtown Baltimore and I made it back home in under 4 hours round trip.

SOLD