At $7,500, Is This 1976 Bmw 2002 A Well-worn Classic?

While acold from perfect, today's Nice Price aliases No Dice 2002 is claimed to beryllium solid, needing only immoderate TLC. Let's spot if its value aligns pinch that information aliases has america exclaiming, "WTF?"

Have you ever considered nan oddness of nan look "not my cup of tea?" Used to convey disinterest successful an entity aliases enactment politely, it's thought to person originated successful early 20th-century Britain. That seems meticulous since nan Brits person agelong turned nan enactment of nan courteous brush-off into an creation form.

Along those lines, nan takeaway of opinions connected nan 1992 Isuzu Gemini Irmscher Coupe we considered yesterday was generally, "Glad it exists, but it's not for me." A Japanese home-market car imported by a institution that specializes successful doing conscionable that, it hailed from nan heyday of nan Japanese coupe craze. At $14,450, however, that throwback acquisition doesn't travel cheap. Adding nan inconvenience of an RHD car successful a state built astir LHD sealed nan Isuzu's fate. A monolithic 95% No Dice nonaccomplishment proved that nan Gemini wasn't everyone's coupe of tea.

Today we're going to instrumentality pinch nan coupe milieu, but we're going to spell moreover much old-school, and, happily, pinch thing really intended to beryllium sold here. Although it whitethorn beryllium aged now, erstwhile introduced, this 1976 BMW 2002 was portion of a bid of cars that BMW dubbed nan New Class (Neue Klasse successful German). That was backmost successful nan early 1960s, truthful by nan clip this 1 rolled retired of Bavaria, it wasn't really each that new. It was still beautiful classy, though.

We looked astatine a very cleanable and fancy 2002Tii version of this exemplary not that agelong ago. However, befitting its stature arsenic nan hottie of nan line, and its presentation, that 1 asked a buyer's slope relationship to do immoderate dense lifting. This carburetor-equipped car isn't nan astir desirable model, but it has each nan aforesaid basal bones and should connection thing astir seven-eighths of nan driving experience.

It should besides beryllium little fiddly to activity connected since it sports a two-barrel Solex carburetor connected its 2.0-liter M10 SOHC four-cylinder alternatively than nan much analyzable mechanical substance injection of nan Tii.

This 2002 is besides a spot rougher astir nan edges. The beige-painted bodywork appears to beryllium free of immoderate awesome rust issues, but does person a fewer dings and crinkles. That's particularly noticeable connected nan rider side, wherever nan doorway shows immoderate conflict scars and missing trim.

Other issues see immoderate dents successful nan remaining stainless alloy trim encircling nan beltline, cracked and faded lenses connected nan moving and tail lights, and immoderate beautiful janky-looking rubber astir nan windscreen. More odd, nan rubber accordions capping nan diving committee bumpers grounds what looks for illustration overspray. Weirdly, nan measurement it's positioned makes it look to beryllium overspray from thing nan car was adjacent to, not nan car itself. That's moreover much puzzling arsenic nan advertisement claims nan overgarment to beryllium "all original."

On nan positive side, nan alloy wheels look downright awesome and person their trim rings and unfaded roundels successful nan centers. Those wheels look to person decent tires wrapped astir them, but nary mention is made successful nan advertisement arsenic to their age.

It's a akin communicative successful nan cabin. Overall, it's each there, and successful reasonably decent shape, though pinch immoderate issues present and there. The dashboard suffers a fewer cracks, arsenic do astir from this era, and nan driver's spot has a divided successful nan leatherette on a seam. Both seats look a small tired, though nan backmost chair seems fine. There is nary power successful nan dash, but nan gaping spread adjacent to nan cigaret lighter and dangling wires beneath that bespeak that 1 could beryllium fitted.

One spot of old-school cool is nan "Fasten Seat Belts" informing which BMW engineers thought warranted its ain container connected nan apical of nan dash alternatively than being incorporated into it connected U.S.-bound cars.

According to nan seller, this car is each original, though that's tempered by nan aftermarket steering instrumentality (albeit period-correct), and nan later five-speed instrumentality that person been fitted to nan car. Per nan ad, it "Runs Awesome!" and comes pinch some a cleanable title and a ample stack of receipts for activity done connected nan car complete nan years.

Classic 02s for illustration this are becoming much and much rare, and those pinch manual gearboxes and moving sunroofs are, these days, arsenic difficult to find arsenic poultry molars. Sure, this one's a small hit up, but its bones look solid. As always, anyone earnestly considering a acquisition of this type should do a deeper dive into nan car to make judge it's not hiding a rich | vein of Bondo successful nan bodywork aliases different malfeasance. We'll person to spell pinch what we tin show astir nan car from nan advertisement erstwhile judging its $7,500 asking price.

What do we deliberation astir that value for this 2002? Does that asking look adjacent fixed nan car's information weighed against its classical status? Or does nan deterioration outweigh nan want astatine that price?

You decide!

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