FS: 1984 euro 520i 5spd - Seattle

[dreeves]

I've taken a deposit. I'm giving the buyer a while to fly in and collect the car.

[dreeves]

Sold!

[SD45T-2]

so who got it?

[dreeves]

I'm very confident it'll be in good hands. I'm pretty sure the new owner is a member of this board, but I'll let him out himself. Suffice to say that he's hopefully having a nice drive back through Oregon and Nevada today.

[richys7]

Hi guys! I'm the new lucky owner of this beauty. I must say it runs beautifully. I flew in to Seattle from Los Angeles to pick up the car yesterday morning. I met up with Mr. Reeves and shortly had some breakfast as I was starving upon arrival. Great car, great guy, great city. I've had a blast driving this thing in the city. No issues at all. Clean car overall. I'm driving it down from Seattle to Las Vegas, NV and I'm very confident I will not have any issues on the trip there. I sold my previous e28 which was a 87 535is because I knew I would pick this up. I look forward to posting a lot more on here. Thanks Dave for the great deal.

[SD45T-2]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

[1st 5er]

Hi guys! I'm the new lucky owner...

Congrats, great purchase.

[Rich Euro M5]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

+1

I suspect we'll see a thread about the lack of a BAR sticker, and questions about how to get one in about a week.

[tsmall07]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

+1

I suspect we'll see a thread about the lack of a BAR sticker, and questions about how to get one in about a week.

Does it not matter that it's more than 25 years old?

[richys7]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

+1

I suspect we'll see a thread about the lack of a BAR sticker, and questions about how to get one in about a week.

Does it not matter that it's more than 25 years old?

Thanks guys. Registration was a breeze. No it did not require a BAR sticker.
Yes, do to the fact that Dave imported the car under the NHTSA's exemption for cars 25 years old, the car never needed to be federalized. This meant nothing changed from OEM spec. Dave pretty much did the hardest part importing it to the us. All I had to do was walk in to the DMV with the title, registration from Washington, and smog certificate from my state and I had my states registration paperwork and plates in a matter of minutes. This law applies on a federal level across all states. I'm loving this car already and appreciate the trip I took to go get her. She made it across 5 states with no issues whatsoever.

Thanks Dave once again.

[wkohler]

Jigga how?

[1st 5er]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

+1

I suspect we'll see a thread about the lack of a BAR sticker, and questions about how to get one in about a week.

Does it not matter that it's more than 25 years old?

Thanks guys. Registration was a breeze. No it did not require a BAR sticker.
Yes, do to the fact that Dave imported the car under the NHTSA's exemption for cars 25 years old, the car never needed to be federalized. This meant nothing changed from OEM spec. Dave pretty much did the hardest part importing it to the us. All I had to do was walk in to the DMV with the title, registration from Washington, and smog certificate from my state and I had my states registration paperwork and plates in a matter of minutes. This law applies on a federal level across all states. I'm loving this car already and appreciate the trip I took to go get her. She made it across 5 states with no issues whatsoever.

Thanks Dave once again.

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

[Kyle in NO]

Jigga how?

What the hell? So BAR sticker is only needed for Euro cars under 25 yrs old? Any old 25+ Euro car can be brought into CA and registered with no BAR sticker? No way...

If it is true, I know a certain short old fucker who is going to have a Royalblau 745i in Sacramento soon!

[SD45T-2]

Very Nice.

[dreeves]

Nice. Great to meet you!

Glad to hear it all worked out, and that you had an fun drive back. Any photos from the trip?

[Rich Euro M5]

Nice Buy good luck with Registration.

+1

I suspect we'll see a thread about the lack of a BAR sticker, and questions about how to get one in about a week.

Does it not matter that it's more than 25 years old?

Thanks guys. Registration was a breeze. No it did not require a BAR sticker.
Yes, do to the fact that Dave imported the car under the NHTSA's exemption for cars 25 years old, the car never needed to be federalized. This meant nothing changed from OEM spec. Dave pretty much did the hardest part importing it to the us. All I had to do was walk in to the DMV with the title, registration from Washington, and smog certificate from my state and I had my states registration paperwork and plates in a matter of minutes. This law applies on a federal level across all states. I'm loving this car already and appreciate the trip I took to go get her. She made it across 5 states with no issues whatsoever.

Thanks Dave once again.

Interesting, this might prove to be something your comrades in the collective may be able to use in the future. This means anything older than a '87 is exempt and could be brought into Kalifornia without a BAR sticker. I'm wondering if there would be a hangup to do it directly vs bringing it in through another state first.

[nick520]

I'm almost positive I own this car now. Just happened to stumble upon this thread while researching what diff came in the 520i. Here it is at bimmerfest this past weekend.

[1st 5er]

Nice.

[dreeves]

Nice (just logging in for the first time in a long while).

Glad to see it got some love. From what I can tell it got a motor swap somewhere along the way as well.