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Look at this beauty (not on bring a trailer)
Gonna be messing up someone's auction maybe...
It's just that I've never seen something so beautiful... a stroker E30 M3 (2.5) with the later E46M3 laguna blue (smurf as I call it) and what looks like a porsche wolfshound interior... Wayne ? you got some money left ? This is as close to seeing a bright light in a near death experience as I get... https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/1990-bmw-m3-3/    
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and now for the inevitable internet -> that's ugly, wrong color, my Elantra is nicer... ;-)
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Gorgeous!
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I've never been much of a BMW fan, but that one sure looks better to my eyes than the new stuff. Just a cleaner design.
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Beautiful!
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Color is phenomenal and that was a $40K paint job if I ever saw one. A lot of depth in that paint.
I will pitch in to the inevitable internet however. That car is crying for some E50s. And -1 on the wheel size with a little extra sidewall. Will make a huge difference. Less than an hour to go. $100k? or +?
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Pretty tough to find fault in any of that, very well done. I don’t personally love the gold BBS centers, but it works and has a period correct look.
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I like that. Though not a 128k of like.
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Agreed, though in comparison to a normal M3 at 80-100, not nutso... if not a CA resident, you can grab a 325i and make something close for 50-60 with a nice body kit (even the different C pillar)... but it'll never be real. ....and I am now surfing for 325is anyway LOL ;-)
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Merry Christmas to me, Merry Christmas to me!
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It’s a nice car but there is so many cars I would buy before that for the money. The cost/bang ratio is way off on this one. I get what it is, but what do you do with it. I suppose this is either pocket change to someone or someone thinks it’s a good investment. Most likely won’t see the road. Dam shame.
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As a former E30 M3 owner, I can tell you, those motors had no torque. You really had to wind them out to get some power. I traded mine to a friend for his E34 M5, and was much happier. Then I got my 85 Carrera. No comparison at all. The Porsche is way better!
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Torn between that and plaid for the 914
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