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Offline Motherland

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Finding cars online
« on: June 08, 2012, 11:38:01 PM »
What are good sites to look for classifieds for cars? I've been searching craigslist religiously for the past few weeks for BMW E30s but ones in good running condition for a reasonable sum tend to either be rare or gone within days. I'm trying to make my search as wide as possible but the only sites I can think of are craigslist and ebay.

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2012, 11:58:03 PM »
A few years ago, I was looking for a Fiat Spyder like I had driven while in college...  I started by simply google searching Fiat for sale...  That pulled up a few...  When I clicked the same search over to Images, i found some pictures of several cars that were of interest.

One of the images took me to a car dealership in Michigan that specializes in used high end Italian Sports cars...  It just so happened that they had an 83 Fiat sitting in a corner of their lot, ignored...  Cheapest thing they had for sale by a wide wide margin.

I called them up and asked for some photos.  Salesman e-mailed me about 2 dozen photos from various angles.  I asked him to focus in on some things I wanted to see better.  He did.  I liked what I saw.  Made an offer.  They countered.  I agreed to their counter if they would deliver (about a 9 hour drive).  They agreed.  Money was transferred.  About a week later, the salesman showed up in front of my house with my car on a trailer.

It was exactly what they advertised and showed in all of the photos.  No regrets from me after a couple of years of Fiat convertible summer driving fun!

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Offline AAJagerX

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 12:31:55 AM »
cars.com and autotrader.com have the majority of listings.
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Offline ozrocker

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 07:15:39 AM »
Check BMW Forums too.
Lots of stuff on line, check Carsense.com, Cars.com, autolenders.com, as
well as ones mentioned above.
Here's one in NJ for sale.

http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=12105792

Just listed a couple of days ago
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 07:24:37 AM »
cars.com and autotrader.com have the majority of listings.
carmax comes up with some good finds as well.
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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2012, 08:12:12 AM »
Dave, my buddy and I would spend time wih his Dad in Oxnard, California during the Summer cruisn in his Dad's Fiat Spyder.

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Offline Grayeagle

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2012, 10:49:39 AM »
I use a couple sites depending on what I am lookin for.

'Normal' cars I look at autotrader.com

'squeakin' cars I look at:

http://www.cars-on-line.com/

Vettes I look at:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/

Craigslist is a crapshoot .. but I do look now and then just on the off chance there may be somethin worth lookin at if I am in the market.

..and of course, Google search the car by make and model is pretty much where I began.

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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2012, 11:37:10 AM »
Dave, my buddy and I would spend time wih his Dad in Oxnard, California during the Summer cruisn in his Dad's Fiat Spyder.

 :aok

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I've owned three of them now.  A 72, 74, and now an 83.  Tons of fun to drive!  This one isn't nearly as fast as the earlier ones were.  I need to re-do the interior, maybe this winter.



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Re: Finding cars online
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2012, 10:08:58 PM »
I've owned three of them now.  A 72, 74, and now an 83.  Tons of fun to drive!  This one isn't nearly as fast as the earlier ones were.  I need to re-do the interior, maybe this winter.

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Man, that's... awesome. To be honest I've never even seen a FIAT in the states until recently with some new hot hatches.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.