1988 BMW 325i Convertible

• Red paint is glossy and even with the top down and up, panels line up straight, the black soft top looks tight with a clear rear window in the rear photo and the tail lamps are crisp — no paint or hood budget from these photos.
• Basketweave wheels are bright in the front close-up and the tyre shows deep tread, with a clean arch lip — no wheel or tyre budget from these photos.
• Black leather seats with red stitching show creasing and wear on the driver bolster and cushion in the open-door photo, passenger side cleaner — budget for leather treatment, not a full retrim from these photos.
• Dash looks tidy from the driver seat view and the stalk and wheel close-up is clean, with no dash cracks visible in the sampled photos — no dash budget from these photos.
• Engine bay is honest and grubby around the red strut towers, with a stained coolant tank and aged hoses — budget for a bay clean and fluid-age check; photos cannot judge how it runs.
• Sill close-up is the warning shot: the black rocker is scuffed and its lower edge is bent and peeling with rust spots at the seam — budget for sill repair and paint, not just a tidy, from these photos.

Money: At $19,900, $2,000 under the other red E30 convertible in this set, the photos point to why — same glossy top side, but a worn driver seat, grubby bay and a damaged, rust-spotted sill edge underneath.