How many 1'ers left?

[NorthernDancer]

I expect to keep mine "forever". Now forever in my case is unknown because I'm a really old fart so medical issues may mean I have to sell before I want to.
Sold my E30 last fall; had for 12 yrs & sold it for $3000 more than I paid for it. It was mint/showroom. It was a 1989 and still ran like a top. Expect my 128 to last as long (but maybe longer than me).
The E30 is a classic. M3's are in a class by themselves. 325iS's are next on the desireability list-you can't find good ones now for much under $15K. So, what's left? Anything which is not a rust bucket and they are $5K-$10K.

The 1M is obvious classic. The 135iS will soon be difficult to find. Any other 1 series with a manual trans, rust free and not beat to shit will always be in demand but calling them classics is a bit of a stretch. Look at how fast a 1987 325i, 2 door, manual trans, rust free will sell. It's not a "classic" but everybody wants one.

Some day some small mechanic shop will do a auto to manual tranny conversion on a 1 series and they'll keep doing them as demand will be there.

[TridenTBoy]

Originally Posted by HyeWarrior

Really lol? Because I've only owned mine for 20k of its total 70k miles, and you'd think this thing was a 2002 Jaguar in terms of reliability

I've owned mine for <10k and similar story... Pretty sure I'll have spent over $1000 just in parts soon enough. Can't bare to imagine how much this would cost if I had gone to a shop to do the repairs.

Water pump failure. Charge pipe failure. Driveshaft parts have failed. Oil filter housing is leaking mad amounts of oil. Random bulbs failing and lying about which are failing. I know there's more but I can't remember what.

I got this car in what seemed like pretty damn good condition too. I can see why the last owner only kept it for about 5-6k miles...