Intro and question

[mac]

Don't buy that car!! 

 

It looks way to nice.  Probably needs very little.  If it doesn't need anything, you won't have to fix anything and you won't learn about the mechanicals of an '02.  All you'll get to do is drive it around with a big smile on your face, feel REAL good and have to answer all sorts of questions by other people admiring your car. 

 

Is that REALLY what you want to have to do?

 

Good Luck.

 

mac.

[infanterene`]

36 minutes ago, Stuart said:

San Francisco Bay Area?   

Very close by Walnut Creek 

[CoastalCrush]

22 hours ago, infanterene` said:

I just found out the car has a rebuilt title. Apparently in California if a car has not been registered in over 20 years it becomes a salvage title. This concerns me not as much as it would in other cars. For some reason I am willing to lower my standards for a 2002. Maybe because I plan to keep it forever and pass it on, title branding is not such a big deal? Many 2002's have been taken to the shell and had major panels replaced from rust and accidents yet have clean titles. 

 

Quickly my initial 10k budget has escalated to about $18k. 

 

I really want to buy the right car for us

 

20 years not being registered does not equal a salvage title... the car was hit/stolen/crashed etc and the insurance company deemed it a total loss, that's how you get a salvage title. My 69' Colorado hadn't been registered for 20+ years until I bought it and registered it, it has a clean title. If I wasn't out of town this week/weekend I'd offer to go check it out for you. I'm sure someone in the Bay Area 02 community would be willing. You might as well check out others in the area if you're planning on flying out...

 

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/d/1973-bmw-2002-colorado-orange/6243042089.html