I know that one pretty well. My first E30 was my favorite car ever, at least up til that time. Not as fast as some of the Bimmers, but plenty fast enough and just a great feel. I got 450k out of that one, got it at 214K. Helped that the PO was a Bimmer fanatic , took it to an expensive indie garage every 6 months. Good God, the new parts in that car. I had service records a quarter inch thick. I welded 4 CATs into it, put in new intake manifold gaskets (biatch of a job), added E36 injectors (noticeable power boost), new clutch and driveline (heaviest tranny I ever pulled, even compared to trucks), new rear bearings, rear tranny bushing, control arms, 3 racks, too much to go into. Would have been nutty to pay someone for all that work.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K