WTB: BMW in the DC/NoVA area! [Archive] - Bimmerforums

PaliE39

01-08-2007, 04:46 PM

Hey guys.. its time for me to buy another car. I'm very open in terms of which model i'm looking for. I just want to find something that'll get my attention and i'll fall in love with, so here are my options:

E39 540i - transmission can be either or, but it MUST be a sports package model!

E34 - Not the base model, sports package a must, auto or manual. a 540i would be preferable, an M5 would make me incredibly happy in my pants!

E36 M3 - I saved the best for last.. i've really fallen in love with the E36 M3 recently.. it must be a stick, power seats are preferred (not a fan of the manual seats).

For any of these cars.. lower mileage is preferred.. it MUST be well maintained! leather needs to be in good shape. and no history of accidents!

Thanks for taking the time to read this.. I'm already approved for the loan.. so now all i need is the right car.. i hope its yours!

One more thing.. i AM willing to travel a bit for a nice vehicle.. so if you're not too far, feel free to post!

mdriverrad

01-10-2007, 08:40 PM

I am a privileged original owner of a 1999 E36 M3; below is a detailed description of the car's history, so thank you for reading. I am now looking to find a new home for it. I ordered the car from BMW in November 1998, and picked it up in April of 1999. It has every option from the factory except: the forged wheels or an automatic transmission. It’s Fern Green – only offered in 1999. It’s not the typical Boston Green that you may be used to seeing; it’s much more like a deep metallic British Racing Green – very dark, with flecks of silver and dark blue. It has magma leather interior – a sort of marble brown. The seats look brand new, particularly the passenger seat – as it has gotten very little use. For the first three years of owning it, it was my daily driver – during that time I put about 60K miles on it. Many folks say “all highway” but, in my case, the first 60K really was all highway miles; I am in business consulting and spend a lot of time on the highways around New England. It was not driven during the winters – I had an old Ford Bronco for that. During the last 4 years I have been driving an X5 4.6iS, and a Euro M5 as my daily drivers, so I have only put about 3,000 miles per year on the M3 – it gets regular exercise, primarily to and from driving schools with BMWCCA and SCDA, but mostly sits under a cover in the garage. Additionally during that time, I have made only minor and tasteful performance modifications to it. I have installed Bilstein PSS9 adjustable coilovers, Racing Dynamic’s sway bars including TMS reinforced brackets, TMS adjustable rear camber arms, TMS trailing arm reinforcement shims, front adjustable camber plates, and an X-brace. I haven’t modified the engine in any way, not even a shark injector, so the factory’s redline has never been exceeded. Cosmetically, the only addition has been the European clear corners, side, and brake lights. Maintenance-wise, there has only been Mobil 1 in the engine, and the only mechanical issue that it ever had was a quirky driver side seat heater – which was “fixed” twice before BMW finally replaced it. The car is in impeccable condition, and a new owner will really enjoy it. I am looking to sell it because I would like to spend more time at the race track at driving schools and eventually get into club racing in a properly set up and dedicated race car. I would have a difficult time turning a car that I bought from the factory into a race car – it would cost me too much money, therefore I am going to just buy a race car that someone else has gone to the trouble of building, but I don’t have room for three BMWs plus my wife’s Audi so as much as I would like to hold on to everything, something has to go. This car will put many smiles on the face of its new owner, and the unique color will turn heads when you drive it. This is a perfect car for daily driving, as well as set up for learning to drive at high performance driving schools. If you’re looking for a professionally driven and maintained, never ever wrecked, damaged or hit, and mostly unmolested but tastefully upgraded M-car, with an entire history spent with ONE driver (I am a BMWCCA instructor, and yes, it's been to driving schools...) then please give me a call or email me and I will return your message in a timely manner Thanks for your time and consideration. I am in New Hampshire.