Funfunfer was really responsive and great to work with. He seemed to be happy with where the car was headed and our plans for it. Ironically, we even have some common acquaintances. It took a bit to get everything sorted out, but the car was purchased delivered to us second week of March. That worked to our benefit as we had time to get our garage sorted out. You should hear the video of it coming up our block. It’s hilarious, we were cheering.
A bit about us. I’ve been working on cars since I started driving, mostly because I couldn’t afford to have others do it for me. My first German was a 84 318i Bronzit Beige MT in the mid 90s. One of the first jobs I did on the streets of the Bronx was a fan clutch (hence the name). Since then, I’ve owned and/or worked on 80s-2010s BMW, Audi, Porsche and Volkswagens.
Brody is 15 and has been a car guy since diapers. I knew it when I did the seasonal summer wheel swap on my 02 Volkswagen GTI 337. He waddled out to the driveway and lowered down to the BBS RCs and “ohhhhed”. He was a year and a half old. Since then, he’s been around and gotten rides in some cool cars, e30 M3, 944 Turbo, 930, S3, and MK1 GTI to name a few. An E28 M5 is pretty much his dream project car. He’s been really great so far prepping the garage and gathering information. His enthusiasm gives me a lot of energy!
One of the things that made the car attractive to us is that Funfunfer included many of the parts that will be needed to deal with the known issues. He also included a ton of PO documentation, printed reference manuals that are available online and digests from bmwcca. We’ve already begun to sort though the included parts and materials. We’re still building our plan, but we think the aim is to bring it back to the state of a well enjoyed and maintained driver.
Well, here’s some pic of the journey thus far. We hope to document this as best possible to give back to the community in any way that we can. A very special thank you and best of luck to Funfunfer.
