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more about #targa more comments → Six Flags Over Tomsk: Nice price for a rare machine. Perfect for Eurosnobs who secretly pine for a Nash ragtop. #1985bmw318ibaur more » wheatieboy: Can't say I love the top but, $4k for an E30 in good shape. Nice price. #1985bmw318ibaur more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: For those still running R-12 in automotive A/C systems, I've used R-290, camping stove propane, and it blends/cools just fine. Even crunched the fron... more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: I HATE 318s, but for $4K? NP. #1985bmw318ibaur more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: It is getting to the point that ANY e30 with a very nice interior, decent paint, and strong mechanicals is a $4k car, especially if the A/C and all t... more » Jim Hubert: Sorry, it's a nice car, but... I'm pretty sure I can find a decent black 1984 'Screamin' Chicken' Trans-Am with T-Tops and 60-100 more horsepower, f... more » LTDScott: All pre-89 E30s in the US came with chrome (actually aluminum) bumpers. The difference is that these ones are shorties. If it was a Baur 325 (even an... more » Jeb_Hoge: Drop the price $1000 and I'd probably call NP, but the rear suspension height looks very wonky to me. Something just isn't right. #1985bmw318ibaur more » smalleyxb122: I do like E30s. And nice ones tend to bring a healthy price. This looks to be in pretty nice shape, but what makes it rare doesn't really impress me... more » UDMan: Hey, what a surprise, a BMW that other BMW-o-philes hate. What's the chance of that? BMW's are marvelous cars, it's the owners who gave it the "Ultim... more » HurtsSoGood: A friend of mine in Germany had a 318i, and he used to fly down the Autobahn at around 110 MPH in it. It's not Mercedes-Benz serene at that speed, bu... more » tonyola: So it's a four-cylinder with a really, really big sunroof. The Baur conversion was fairly nice in its day, but the introduction of the e30 convertible... more » brandegee: CP. There's plenty of actual 318i convertibles out there forcheap money. These Baurs were cool for the 3 or 4 years in which droptops disappeared in t... more » 80Kofdrew: If this is crack, I'd hit it. As for the reflectors, for a little more cash at the body shop can fix that. And I like those wheels!! #1985bmw318ibaur more » SagarikaLumos: Too many ugly changes, not enough horsepower. If this one were a 325 with the stock wheels at the same price, that'd be nice. As it is, and think ab... more » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
1985 Baur 318i for a Top-Dropping $3,995
E30s are a dime a dozen, and you probably wouldn't give an early 318i a second glance. But today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has one with a sassy top that's ready to give you a peek. More » -
#racingcars
STILLEN R35 GT-R Targa Race Car
Steve Millen has a long history tweaking Nissans and this version of the STILLEN GT-R for the Targa Newfoundland has been bumped to provide 620 HP AWD horsies — good enough for a 0-to-60 MPH jaunt of 2.9 seconds. More » -
#supercars
World's Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport
The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is officially the fastest road legal production convertible. That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a "production" model. -
#montereyauctions
The Ten Crappiest Cars Of The 2008 Monterey Auctions
The Pebble Beach Concours is always a spectacle of the well-heeled celebrating the well-known in the fancy-pants car show circuit. To go along with the car show wine is the cheese, also known as the Monterey Auctions, put on every year by the house of RM Auctions. There are always hit lists of the most desirable and historical cars crossing the blocks for huge sums of money; to wit, Edmunds Inside Line just did their "10 Best Cars at the 2008 Monterey Auctions" piece today. But we tire of such endeavors. That's why we dug around and found out what's at the bottom of the list. Below the fold: The ten crappiest cars at the 2008 Monterey Auctions. More » -
