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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Motherland on June 08, 2012, 11:38:01 PM
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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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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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cars.com and autotrader.com have the majority of listings.
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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
Good Luck in your search!
:cheers: Oz
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cars.com and autotrader.com have the majority of listings.
carmax comes up with some good finds as well.
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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
Boo
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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.
-Frank aka GE
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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
Boo
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.
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/Davis_Andrews/IMG_0010.jpg)
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/Davis_Andrews/IMG_2471a.jpg)
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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.
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/Davis_Andrews/IMG_0010.jpg)
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/Davis_Andrews/IMG_2471a.jpg)
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.