detroadster
08-06-2007, 01:08 PM
So here's the deal. Some guys are attracted to women who turn out to be nothing but trouble. I find myself attracted to cars that turn out to be nothing but trouble. Every year or so I see something on the road and think "Man, it would be cool to own one of those..."
The other day I saw a late 70s early 80s BMW 653 CSI in the Best Buy parking lot. It brought back so many memories. That was the Euro performance/luxo car to own back in its day. In my opinion at least. I've always loved them. I know next to nothing about them.
I just poked around on E-Bay and AutoTrader and found a whole mess of 635 CSIs. Everywhere from $70,000 to $700. Seems like a nice example can be had for $4,000 to $6,000. What worries me is the number of ads I saw with things like "$20,000 worth of recent mechanical work done."
Anyone know anything about these cars? Is it just a black hole of a money pit waiting to suck me and all my paychecks in or can decent examples be had and enjoyed for a reasonable price?
http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbimages/zgas/models/id/2869/bmw_635csi.jpg
The other day I saw a late 70s early 80s BMW 653 CSI in the Best Buy parking lot. It brought back so many memories. That was the Euro performance/luxo car to own back in its day. In my opinion at least. I've always loved them. I know next to nothing about them.
I just poked around on E-Bay and AutoTrader and found a whole mess of 635 CSIs. Everywhere from $70,000 to $700. Seems like a nice example can be had for $4,000 to $6,000. What worries me is the number of ads I saw with things like "$20,000 worth of recent mechanical work done."
Anyone know anything about these cars? Is it just a black hole of a money pit waiting to suck me and all my paychecks in or can decent examples be had and enjoyed for a reasonable price?
http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbimages/zgas/models/id/2869/bmw_635csi.jpg