Again, thanks for all the tips, David! :)

The guy was asking $1500, but I only had $1200. His wife insisted he sell it anyway. I don't think he needed the money as bad as she wanted lower insurance rates. ;)

Was that a good price? Everything I'd looked at for $1200 was just trashed (some didn't even have titles!), and I only had 4 days to find a car. (I'd just moved back from WI and didn't bring my car, so my cash was limited, and I was moving 4 hours away from where I was temporarily staying and needed transportation.)

So I have no idea if that was a good price or not. None of the men that I knew lived in that area, so it was just a galpal and I looking at cars, and she doesn't know any more about cars than I do.

One of the car lot salesmen told me that he had one and if it ran good to get it. (It was private sale, not from a lot, but the guy was nice enough to give me some advice because he didn't have anything good in my limited price range.)

So, I have no idea. It does need muffler work (it rattles), and that shimmy thing fixed, and the BMW logo thing keeps popping off my gear shift (I need to glue it in), and the radio doesn't work well. I plan to get a CD player for it.

But there's no dents, and the interior has no rips or tears which I was really impressed by. It's very "clean" for an old car.

Wouldn't it cost a fortune to get a car to Kentucky from Washington?

I'd be scared to sell it to anyone that hadn't looked at it first, because I'm not a car person.

And still not sure if I would. It means trying to find something else, which I find really intimidating.

Although the mechanic here said he'd help me if I decided to sell it and get a newer car. (Which is what he suggests.) He thinks cars like this should belong to people that can do their own work so they don't nickle & dime you to death. (His words.)

• Trying to learn - sea 2005-01-19 03:51:40 (1181 views)
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    • Nice example of a 320i! - davidc 2005-01-19 12:48:52 (1518 views)
      • Re: Nice example of a 320i! - sea 2005-01-19 15:56:09 (1285 views)
        • The shimmy could be alignment and tire balancing, but it (url) - davidc 2005-01-19 23:52:34 (1478 views)
          • Re: The shimmy could be alignment and tire balancing, but it - sea 2005-01-20 00:24:50 (1415 views)
            • This may help you find a good independent BMW mechanic (url) - davidc 2005-01-21 13:46:06 (2412 views)
              • Re: This may help you find a good independent BMW mechanic - sea 2005-01-21 14:19:24 (1314 views)
            • The car probably isn't worth a lot to anyone else, so I'd suggest (url) - davidc 2005-01-21 13:36:11 (1315 views)
              • Re: The car probably isn't worth a lot to anyone else, so I'd suggest - sea 2005-01-21 14:14:25 (1246 views)
                • That wasn't a bad deal, though higher than what Edmunds.com shows. (url) - davidc 2005-01-21 14:51:16 (1321 views)
                  • Re: That wasn't a bad deal, though higher than what Edmunds.com shows. - sea 2005-01-21 14:58:38 (1222 views)
                    • Re: That wasn't a bad deal, though higher than what Edmunds.com shows. - marinersfan 2005-01-22 15:43:02 (1236 views)
                      • Re: That wasn't a bad deal, though higher than what Edmunds.com shows. - sea 2005-01-24 19:03:48 (1206 views)