I saw someone with a 1984 BMW 733i. The car was pretty decent. I asked him what he had to pay for it, and he told me $200. It needed some love, but it could be brought back. Anyway, I was born in 84 and this car would have been right up there with the 380SEL etc, and to see that it sold for a meere $200 is just sad. I think it should have been worth a coulple of thousand at least as these were really great cars. It just feels weird to me that this car was brand new when I was born and was probably in some accountants garage/ parking spot, how did it ever become a $200 car. It should still be worth good money as people spend it on honda for some reason. end of rant.

I bought an 84 733i for $450 about 10 years ago. It was an okay car but I didn't have the money at the time to properly maintain it.

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

My friend had to practically give away his nice, well kept 1991 750IL for $2,000. Now that's depreciation!

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Well I was 2 ( I was also born in 84) when my car was being driven and had a $50k car payment behind it. I paid 3500, and I think I paid too much for mine.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I was thinking the same thing as you when I bought my 1985 380SE a couple of years ago for $1000. I remember thinking that this was a $45,000 automobile in 1985, when I was starting 4th grade and not even my parents could come close to owning one back then! In 1985, my parents had a 1972 Lincoln Continental Town Car (back then, "Town Car" was a rare and optional luxury package, which it had) (moms car) and a 1969 Pontiac GTO (dads car and would be worth a fortune now) and they also had a 1967 Chevelle Malibu and inherited grandmas 1974 Pontiac Catalina as 3rd/4th cars and the cars were not all that old then and were like new. My aunt had a 1974 Mercedes 240D (was only 11 years old at the time) and I thought they were rich! It was still like new - they actually bought it new in 1974 and it was not that cheap if I recall.

I had a 1982 BMW 733i back in the late 1990s. I bought it from a car lot, owned by a friend of my uncles. I only paid $700 for it (and it needed lots of TLC), but I thought - "HEY, $700 for a 7-series BMW? WOW!" I drove it home - it ran good, but I soon discovered that the original 3.3L had been replaced with a 2.8L out of a 5-series. Then I discovered that it would not start when hot if a certain sensor was plugged up under the hood, but on the flip side, if it was unhooked, it would not start when it was cold. Someone had removed the original radio and literally chopped up the wires to where the radio plugged in, so they were cut, spliced and taped up electrical wires dangling around in the radio slot - the HVAC controls were completely on the fritz (nothing worked), the console lights never went off (I had to keep the battery disconnected when not driving it) and the computer control warning systems were always showing things that were low on fluid, etc, even when it was not. Then there was something funny with the steering wheel... it either made a rattle or scraping sound.... I cannot recall, but it was annoying.

Other than that, it was still a powerful and nice driving car. I decided to sell it soon after that. I came out even though, as I sold it to a young couple for $700. That was in the late 1990s (around 1997-1998- MAYBE as late as 1999), so Lord only knows where the car is now.. probably junked out, smashed, etc.