» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 0 Replies, 962 Views | | | | | 03-11-2005, 12:04 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cola. SC Posts: 344 | Scam-Bay! Here are a few no-no ebay auctions. The biggest thing wrong with these auctions, are that the auctioners are shady. Who sells their car on ebay with just one sentence to describe it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6007 He's also got a Cali top... umm... kinda fishy he doesn't have a picture with it open. wth? ----------------- Car #2:"To the best of my knowledge this car will need.: a hood , a fender , a bumper cover , fog lights , a headlight , front passenger suspension , a wheel and thats it .The frame will need to be pulled a bit but it is nothing major ." Hmmm... last I checked, pulling a frame can cost an arm and a leg for labor. And you might be able to buy the stated parts for cheap but to align them just right and tweaking the fitment (due to the damaged frame)... yeah... the car should be going for "Buy It Now:$1,200" or even better, parting the car out, because you'll be paying atleast 3 more thousand dollars just to have it fixed. Why, when you can buy an unwrecked '96 active for the same amount? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6007 | | | 03-11-2005, 01:49 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manhattan Kansas Posts: 242 | Yea, I saw car 2 and wondered the same thing. | | | 03-11-2005, 03:52 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 678 | On an amusing sales note, I love seening the classifieds that say their 525i has a V6. Shows how much these people actually know their car. __________________ BostonGreen 97' w/ DASC & Technique Stage 1 software M3 front bumper. BavAuto Springs. Bilstein Sport Shocks. Xbrace. BA Short Shifter. Angel Eyes Headlights, doubled brake lights 225/50/16's Yokohama Advan S4's Panasonic 70Wx4 CD/MP3 player + 4x Alpine 6x9's rear | | | 03-11-2005, 08:56 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 368 | Quote: Originally Posted by bluebastion Car #1: Lies: Leather seats (leather only came on sport seats)... to my knowledge there was never an all leather option on our cars. | Uhh, my '98 is an Active package car and has leather seats and steering wheel, and shift knob . It was a normal option for all except the Sports. | | | 03-11-2005, 11:48 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cola. SC Posts: 344 | hmm... in my '98 ti brochure it doesn't list the all leather seat option. Only cloth/leather option on sport seats. | | | 03-11-2005, 01:36 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 368 | Well, my car's window sticker, showing your home state of SC as the "port of entry", has it as a $1,450 option "Black Leather". The Vehicle History report from BMW's DCS lists "P9SW (black leather)" for the car, and both the "1998" and "1998-99" BMW "Suggested Retail Prices" lists show "leather upholstery" as a $1,450 option, for the ti as well as all the other 3 Series cars of that year. I suppose the brochure could be wrong: From the book BMW Fast Facts 1998: The following additional stand-alone options are available for the 318ti: Metallic paint (base model or Sport Package) Cruise control (base model or Sport Package) Leather upholstery (base model or Active Package) Heated front seats, windshield-washer jets and drivers door lock Onboard Computer (base model or Sport Package) Power 2-way sunroof Upgraded Scheduled Maintenance Program or Full Maintenance Programs. | | | 03-11-2005, 02:28 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 148 | Full leather seats were an option (at least in Canada). Also a lot of tis in Europe have leather seats. SL Quote: Originally Posted by Phil Marx Well, my car's window sticker, showing your home state of SC as the "port of entry", has it as a $1,450 option "Black Leather". The Vehicle History report from BMW's DCS lists "P9SW (black leather)" for the car, and both the "1998" and "1998-99" BMW "Suggested Retail Prices" lists show "leather upholstery" as a $1,450 option, for the ti as well as all the other 3 Series cars of that year. I suppose the brochure could be wrong: From the book BMW Fast Facts 1998: The following additional stand-alone options are available for the 318ti: Metallic paint (base model or Sport Package) Cruise control (base model or Sport Package) Leather upholstery (base model or Active Package) Heated front seats, windshield-washer jets and drivers door lock Onboard Computer (base model or Sport Package) Power 2-way sunroof Upgraded Scheduled Maintenance Program or Full Maintenance Programs. | __________________ 1996 318ti Active Garrett aspirated... 1996 318ti Sport | | | 03-11-2005, 02:50 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cola. SC Posts: 344 | Interesting. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I always went by the '98 brochure as the TI "Bible" of what was available and what wasn't (except for the later 98 and 99 3 spoke steering wheel). It's funny how the swatches tell a different story. EDIT: Also sorry if I mislead anyone. And I retract my statement of the dude as a liar I will edit the first post to reflect that. | | | 03-11-2005, 06:03 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 | As far as the first car not showing an open roof, I don't open my roof below 45 degrees for anything. Poor advertising, but on ebay every photo costs $$. He may have more photos for mailing. __________________ My Former Rides 1999 318ti Alpine White, Cali Roof, Dinan goodies 1996 318ti Hellrot California Edition | | | 03-11-2005, 08:00 PM | #10 | Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 44 | Car number 1 -- Well the guy has no idea how to sell a car. Other than that, I don't see a problem. I wouldn't buy a car sight unseen anyway. But car number two. YIKES. It is up to $3250! That car is a mess. It needs many more more parts than the seller is admitting to. And that's just what I can see from the photos. Looks like the passenger door is out of alignment. I wonder if the right rear window will open and close. I hope the high bidder owns a body shop. I had to laugh at the 'Can the car be driven' question. -------------------------- My turn: For sale '96 318ti. Car won't start, maybe because it ran out of coolant. Should be easy to fix. It has a CD player and a sunroof. Sorry no photos, my digital camera is out of film. $7000 BIN | | | 03-11-2005, 08:23 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD/VA/DC Posts: 834 | he lives realy close to me i can go and take pics of the car | | | 03-13-2005, 07:36 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 | I have a 1998 standard model with all leather heated seats. Quote: Originally Posted by bluebastion Interesting. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I always went by the '98 brochure as the TI "Bible" of what was available and what wasn't (except for the later 98 and 99 3 spoke steering wheel). It's funny how the swatches tell a different story. EDIT: Also sorry if I mislead anyone. And I retract my statement of the dude as a liar I will edit the first post to reflect that. | __________________ 1998 (July) 318ti, 5-spd OEM Armrest Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD50 CD Player/Compact Drive MP3 Player Diamond Audio 5.25" rear speakers Navman ICN 530 GPS BMWALARM.COM (with comfort settings) after market alarm system Magnecor 8.5mm wires M-Z3 Shifter/Momo Knob Burlwood Dashboard Stromung Exhaust X-brace Racing Dynamics Front Strut Bar Carbonio C.A.I. 17" Rial Rims Vader Seats/Heated/Lumbar Support M-tech Steering Wheel/Front Sway Bar/Front & Rear Bumper Depos/w 6500K Angel Eyes/6000K HIDs Clear Corners M3 Mirrors UUC Light Weight Flywheel/M5 Clutch/M3 Clutch Slave E28 3.46 LSD/Mcoupe Cover/E30 Flanges & Halfshafts UUC S.S. Brake/Clutch Lines Hartge Roof Spoiler BavAuto Springs Bilstein Sport Struts/Shocks E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts SPC Front Camber Kit Reiger Hatch Spoiler BavAuto Rear Camber Kit Dinan Stage II Software Turner Rear Sway Bar Reinforcements BMW E46 Auto dimming mirror with Clown Nose alarm Engine Compartment Light Heated Wiper Fluid Retrofit OEM Fire Extinguisher Da'lan Trailer Hitch Rear Sun Shade OEM Fog Light Retrofit H & R MZ3 Rear Sway Bar/ UUC Adjustable End Links Cruise Control Retrofit On Board Computer Retrofit M3 twistie style side skirts Carbon Fiber Hood | | | 03-14-2005, 12:28 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 120 | i dont even have a ti __________________ 95' black 318i fogged airbox, understeer SSK, euro clear corners, blacked out kidney grill, custom (black) painted side skirts and bumpers, PBR brake pads, zimmerman rotors, | | | 03-14-2005, 05:29 PM | #14 | Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 44 | The red one sold for an amazing $3,500.00 Maybe I should put mine on eBas as-is... | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |