My Story

I have been a car enthusiast my whole life, loving cars of all shapes and sizes, models and makes. However it was when I was in college that I found the car that I would eventually have to have. It was a BMW E30 M3. At the time three guys on campus were lucky enough […]

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import

The Importation/Federalization Page (a simplified 10 step how to guide…) Step 1 – Commit yourself totally to spending a lot of time and money, make sure you want this car. The MINIMUM amount of money required to import and federalize a European car is approximately $10,000.  (There are exceptions for race cars and display cars, […]

The Inspection

The pre purchase inspection was done by my friend Jake Larsen. He went over the car and graded all major items on a scale from 1-10. Below you will read his report and will find I could not be happier with what he found. He scored 53 separate items with everything coming together at an […]

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Photos and Media

A collection of photos of the cabrio over the years.

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Links and Contacts

Here are some useful links I gathered while doing my research. If you want to contact me please email me at: james@bmwe30m3cabrio.com Importation information: The general step by step guide to how to import a car from Europe by Phil Cataldi Basic government guidelines in order to import a vehicle from Wallace Labs in Houston, […]

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