This past weekend, I flew down to Oakland and picked up my new-to-me '98 M3 coupe, estoril blue, black leather, practically every option except the rear spoiler. Completely stock and in immaculate condition. I'll be using this as my daily and keeping the 964 as a weekend warrior.

The previous owner is a car dealer and this was his personal car. He mostly kept it at his 2nd home in Vancouver BC and put a total of about 3K miles on it over 4 years, 2K from driving it up and back from Canada. He sold it to make room in his garage for a '74 911 RS that just had a major restoration completed. Really great guy and true car enthusiast.

Only mods planned are upgrading to ZKW headlights with HIDs and maybe some Bilstein dampers and H&R springs to firm up the ride a bit. Enjoy the pics. Jim

 

Hey nice ride I must say

 

very nice!!! great pictures too! congrats! and it looks like you were enjoying yourself a nice inn n out burger! lol!

 

nice find, looks well worth a drive to California to pick up that beauty.


John

 

Beautiful car!
Estoril on Black is not an easy find.

I've got an estoril m3 for the track: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=83927

Its more fun every day.

I'm definitely a fan of the no-spoiler look. It understates the car a bit and looks so damn clean.
Congrats!

 

Nice looking M3! I love the seats. The e36 m3 is something special for sure, perfect steering and just the right ammout of power to get in to trouble with. Congrats!

 

congrats on the new car!! i have thought about one of those cars for a while! Would be a great car that you can drive, and take to the track.

You seemed to find a prefect one though! How many total miles on the car?

 

Really nice! congrats!

 

I actually considered getting a 135i and test drove one twice. Ultimately, I ended up with the E36 because it is so balanced, looks terrific, and easy to mod. Cheap too. The 135 is wicked fast, but the driving experience is still too detached for me. But the E36 fits like a glove every time I get in. It's almost uncanny. It's still an amazing car, even today.

The M3 had 108K miles on it when I picked it up, along with new tires and clutch. Otherwise, completely stock and very well maintained. Thanks for the compliments.

 

Estoril blue......my favorite color for that model run.

SWEET!

 

almost to clean to use as a daily!

very nice

or use it up and put the LS1 conversion into it!
http://www.vorshlag.com/ls1bmw0.php

no affiliation... I just want one

 

Jim, that is clean! Good find! It's hard to leave BMW's behind!

 

Congrats, Jim! Wow..amazing mileage.

 

Yeah, they are difficult to resist. The M makes a great daily driver. I'd forgotten how smooth the E36 is to drive. And it makes me appreciate the 964 even more every time I hop in. I'm very fortunate to have both.

 

siiiick!

Nice pick up, can't go wrong with estoril on black.