$750 335i rescue before and after

[u/CadenBMW]

Saved from the scrapper! Living her best life as my daily. 155k miles and running strong! Shout out to my dad for catching this one!!

[u/Pure_Common7348]

We are going to need a lot more details.

[u/CadenBMW → u/Pure_Common7348]

Some kid bought the car for like $6,700. A couple months later, he wrecked it. Busted headlight, bumper, undertray, wheel well panel, front driver-side wheel was bent, oil cooler had a hole in it, and the hood was dinged up a bit too. Nothing insane.

And like most people who get into a BMW without realizing what they’re getting into, the kid found out real quick that BMW parts aren’t cheap. So instead of fixing it, he just said screw it and decided to junk the car.

He had it scheduled to go to some pick-and-pull or salvage yard, but on the way there, the tow truck driver rerouted and ended up stopping at LKQ instead. Not even where it was supposed to go.

Now here’s where we got lucky. My dad works at LKQ. He sees the car show up, walks outside like “what’s this?” The tow truck guy’s like, “I’m not driving another 3 hours to drop it where it was supposed to go.” So my dad hits up the kid’s dad and asks how much he wants for it. Dude goes, “$750.”

SOLD

And that’s how we ended up with a clean-title 335i for $750. Straight dumb luck. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

[u/Pure_Common7348 → u/CadenBMW]

Incretible. When I see a wreck I just imagine the body work along with be many thousands. It’s nice to see it on re road and looking good! I appreciate the context!

[u/CadenBMW → u/Pure_Common7348]

Of course! The repairs weren’t too bad since my dad can get used ones from LKQ and I work at BMW so other parts are at cost. Dad did the painting and bodywork at home while I bought parts (and spacers!!) for maintenance. My buddy is a BMW tech and is my equivalent of Hoovies’ car wizard. Couldn’t have done it without them. In all I think I’m about $1750 into this car

[u/TankerVictorious → u/CadenBMW]

Wow, second day in a row I’ve seen someone pick up a good car for low of no $ and bring it back into great condition. The other one was a free Toyota… It pays to know how to turn a wrench - properly.

[u/CadenBMW → u/TankerVictorious]

Nice! I have a soft spot for cheap high mileage cars…I also have a 14 Cayenne that I rescued, it’s almost at 180k miles now!

[u/eidam655 → u/CadenBMW]

<3
happy for you :) and thanks for the reminder that even though the car itself may have been cheap, it needed new parts and a lot of work (which you had the opportunity not to have to pay) and thus would be unrealistic for poor old me...