{"id":1724,"date":"2010-01-17T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2010-01-17T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:31:07","slug":"bmwotd-1985-euro-635csi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/17\/bmwotd-1985-euro-635csi\/cars\/","title":{"rendered":"BMWotD \u2014 1985 Euro 635CSi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this car first in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mye28.com\/viewforum.php?f=14\">Cars For Sale forum at MyE28.com<\/a>, then it showed up on <a href=\"http:\/\/bringatrailer.com\/2010\/01\/04\/sub-5k-euro-coupe-1985-bmw-635csi\/\">BringATrailer.com<\/a>. I&#8217;ve always liked the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BMW_E24\">BMW e24&#8217;s<\/a>, built from 1976 through 1989; they are cool, sexy machines, and the form factor has aged well. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-2-400x243.jpg\" alt=\"635-2\" title=\"635-2\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1726\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"635-1\" title=\"635-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1725\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The e24 is an oddity in the BMW lineup because there were major changes in 1982 that should have deserved a change in the designation, but it remained the e24. The earlier cars were based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BMW_E12\">e12<\/a> and the later ones on the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BMW_E28\">e28<\/a>. The later cars were slightly lighter and had higher engine output. 25-plus years out, the later cars are generally better buys because they are newer, if only by a few years, and are generally in better shape. I think the sheet metal is the same, but much under the skin is different. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-3-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"635-3\" title=\"635-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is located in Ridgecrest, California, looks to be extremely clean, and has been converted from the original autotragic to a 5-speed; sweet. The seller has a great reputation on MyE28.com (that counts for a lot!); very unlikely that there are any unsorted issues on this car. And given the location &mdash; high desert area of southern CA &mdash; very likely that the air conditioning works! Priced at only $4,800, it&#8217;s a wonder it hasn&#8217;t sold yet. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/635-4-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"635-4\" title=\"635-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1728\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this car first in the Cars For Sale forum at MyE28.com, then it showed up on BringATrailer.com. I&#8217;ve always liked the BMW e24&#8217;s, built from 1976 through 1989; they are cool, sexy machines, and the form factor has aged well. The e24 is an oddity in the BMW lineup because there were major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmw-of-the-day","category-cars"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}