Hello.
Thought I would share this journey with you.
Been working on 911s and 914s for years.
Decided to try something a little different.
Been looking for another fun project.
Requirements:
- Fun to drive on mountain roads
- Occasional DD duty.
- Convertible.
- Not needed for DE's.
- Reliable.
- Relatively affordable to purchase.
- Relatively affordable to maintain.
- Relatively easy to work on.
- Manual Transmission
A couple of options available, that somewhat fit the requirements (e.g., 650i, SL500, SL550), but none that really met all the criteria.
Then there was this add in a local CL for a 2013 328i (E93)with Manual, low miles, clean Carfax, southern car, and sport package. Sounded interesting.
The car was interesting. Looked like a clean BMW that had been somewhat maintained, but not loved. Good car.
Typically, in a used European car's life, two things will happen:
Option 1: Someone will purchase the car, but cannot really afford to keep up with the maintenance, let alone, all the deferred maintenance. (most common)
Option 2: Someone will purchase the car and catch up on all the maintenance and bring the car back to where it mechanically should be.
A Photo from the add:
