1980 BMW 3-Series

Touring Wagon

6 cyl inline gas

Manual

Clear

When it becomes more difficult every ear to find a clean and straight, unmolested E30, that is even more so for Wagons. They were usually workhorses calculated by the miles they can do per year. This is why I am happy to offer a rare example in both condition and combined features. This BMW spent all its life with one owner in sunny and dry Udine, a small italian town between Venice and the alps. The owner gave up driving now, and being in contact with his family since quite some time, I am selling this nice driving machine in my name. I have driven the BMW from Udine to Munich last week, took an overnight car train to Berlin and drove another hour to a dry storage you see in the pictures. Manufactured in late 1988 - sorry Ebay puts it to 1980 by not acknowledging the Euro VIN - this BMW is subject to a simplified US import, with low customs and, being exempt of DOT and EPA, registration as is. This auction is on the car as shown and described. Boat trip to, say, Los Angeles and all customs paperwork in your name will be provided for an additional 2,000 USD. With the BMW, the customs paperwork and the fedexed italian title you can get your US title at every DMV office. You will check my feedback for reference. The only thing to watch out for is smog, if you live in CA. (I guarantee you can register easily, which is why location is set inside the US as required by ebay. We recently did it several times.) The BMW comes with - air condition, which you almost never find due to mild european climate and the standards of the time - manual shifting, which is almost impossible to find together with a/c - the smooth and powerful 6 - cyl. inline gas engine. (Italy has a luxury tax on engines above 2 liters, which is why BMW offered a special 126 HP version that revs up as willingly as it has torque in the low rpms. ) - leather seats - rear headrests - a sound system - outdoor temperature indicator - the pretty distinguished malachitgreen - cross spokes alloys - power steering, front windows, mirrors and locks. The mileage is very low with 158,000 km = 98,000 miles. The condition of this BMW is even way better than these miles and age would make you think it is. Pictures tell most of it: The owner kept it like his own eyeballs. This BMW drives like on the first day. No vibrations, clattering or rattling from neither the interior nor the undercarriage neither on cobblestones nor at the typical speeds of wheel resonances. No play in steering, clutch or shifter, any of the locks, the turn lever or whatever else you can touch. Everything feels and looks like two years old. Windows are crystal clear, wipers in good shape, oil is new. Cosmetical wear is minimal. No cracks in dash, no rips in the leather. Factory paint. Not smoked in, no smells. The heating control, often nasty, works. Doors open and close like on a new car, the BMW drives and stops as straight as it looks. Only minus is a headliner that should see the saddler, as the glue obv. fades. More than common problem of the Touring. I stowed the removable original cassette player in the glove box. Once in the US, this wagon gains a lot of value, since these cars were not sold by BMW on the market. Check ebay item 111188358875 for comparison. But also in Europe they took a quantum jump up this year. I confess, I love the BMW driving machines of the late eighties for their design, but also for their quality. These were the best years car builders had. After all a BMW that does not come again, neither in features nor in condition. If you want to built your own special custom Touring, this is not your car. Please send a deposit within a day by paypal and the balance as wire in USD to my bank account within a week. Thanks for that.