318ti on CL Richmond, Va

[e30jrosso]

http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/2843481580.html

I have seen this car for sale so many times I have lost count. Keeps getting bought and abused by the honda crowd. Every time I see it it is in worse shape than before (like now it doesn't have a hood) but somehow the price never goes down.

[slow_ti]

This is my buddy bens. He drifted it and it was SLAMMED. He broke I think 4 or 5 oil pans. This car was driven haha

[1996 328ti]

Originally Posted by slow_ti

This is my buddy bens. He drifted it and it was SLAMMED. He broke I think 4 or 5 oil pans. This car was driven haha

HE may need to pick a new career or he is an expert at replacing oil pans. That's not a cheap repair.

[slow_ti]

He does it all himself. The pan was probably an inch off the ground haha. It was stupid low

[spidertri]

He should have put a xbrace on to protect the pan

[slow_ti]

That's What I said but the xbrace wouldnt have cleared.

[e30jrosso]

From what I can tell it has been all over the place. This thing needs help. I reached out to the the guy who has it now and he shot me down quick and I offered to bring my own rims. The car is pretty much worth nothing without them. I heard nothing back.

[csk]

slow ti did ben actually put a new motor in the car back when he had it
and do you remember it having any wiring problems? im interested in it and would like to know anything else you can tell me before i go look at it

[slow_ti]

I don't know that much. I've talked to him a couple if times at drift events and he's good friends with my buddy. I know he was always changing things up. I don't know what this owner has done. This car belongs on the track and track only, Ben daily'ed it but in this state, i wouldn't daily it. I was actually talking to my dad about picking this up as a dedicated drift slut that can get ragged on.

[csk]

yea ive sourced out a parts car for it for the interior and other parts it needs to make it alittle more dd able...thanks for the info if you could get any more on it that would be great ...e30jrosso and i are going to look at it today...im just worried about wiring for bmw's

[slow_ti]

It should be fine. Report back about it. I haven't seen this car in a while

[familytruckster]

Wonder how it would pass inspection with the hydraulic parking brake?

That kinda stuff is funny to me, keeps cranking pans, but doesn't raise the car or make some kind of skidplate to protect it, or shim the motor mounts to raise the motor for a little added clearance.

Would make a good beater/auto-x car with a few more inches of ride height.

[csk]

this car was a disaster and should never/will never be a daily

[slow_ti]

knew thatt haha, howd it run?

[e30jrosso]

This thing is beat to hell. To offer $1000 would be very generous. This thing should never see the road it is pretty unsafe. It actually does have a skid plate now. The fenders have been rolled and the paint has chipped off and there is now rust. No blinkers, ghetto mono wiper and horrid hack job wiring. I have never sat in sparco seats before so maybe this is with all of them but I couldn't actually fit my body into them, much less get the harness straps around my shoulders. There is a metallic clanking coming from up front, probably the rim which has welds in it because they are messed up. For some reason I though the RS' had bigger lips, they do not, .5" lips and they are painted a creamy off-white color. Basically I could go on and on about this car. The kid who has it is a dumbass, it was so low on gas it was starving off. He is actually DDing it without a hood or inspection. He is expecting to get what he paid for it a week ago at $1700 although he said he would do $1500 at the lowest. With or without the RS' I wouldn't pay $800 without feeling ripped off. If someone is looking for a complete beater/track rat that's about all this is good for. I couldn't possibly justify putting this on the road and feel safe.