My new daily driver?
 

I guess this could almost be considered a 'coming out' post. Went and looked at a '95 E36 M3 today. 137k, 1-owner, Artic silver/Mullberry, luxo package, clean carfax, $10.7k

http://home.pacbell.net/minkt/thomm3_1.jpg
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Sweet car, I got passed by one of those at my last DE. It was the only car to pass me all day. That's a fast car with style at a great price. Have fun with it.

Are you gonna remove the "W" in '04 bumper sticker? (great car!)

Bmw's are POS just wait. Break My Wallet.

hey now be nice...thats a great looking ride for a nice price.

go for it!

nice ride

LOL . . .just what I was thinking.

Thom has turned YUPPIE.

All the guys I know who work on them wont own em.

Please share with us *your* personal experience with the E36 M3. Not your friends' experience, yours.

I have never met an M3 owner (myself included) that didn't absolutely love the car.



P.S. Mine has a John Kerry sticker on it. :D

Gee I have own BMW's since 1974 In fact one of my cars was is now in the Factory Museum.
Just wait tell it breaks. I dont know any M 3 owners Just Mechanics that work on them, Most of them drive 911's.
The last good BMW from a Quailty stand point was the 3.0 CS they went down hill from there.
And how long have you been a BMW owner?
Ever driven a Bat mobile?

To tell the build quality of a car the key thing to look at is resale value that tells the whole story.

Given your experience, I'd expect you to have more respect for the marque.

BMWs are FAR from being POS's. I've owned mine for many trouble-free years. Small things have broken, sure, but nothing catastrophic, and that's with an assload of track use.

I really think your characterization of the E36 M3 as a POS is completely and totally off-base.

Have you owned one?

from a Quailty stand point was the 3.0 CS

Ha! Except for steel quality that is ;)

I live in SO CAL Rust whats that.

No but I have owned 328 504 700cs 1800Ti 2002TII 2000CS 3.0 CSL.
Never wanted a late model I like resale value in cars I buy.

LOL, tell us the price to replace the tranny, Minky.

Couldn't say, I haven't had to replace mine. Neither has any other M3 owner I know. I'm sure someone has, just nobody *I* know.

It's taken all the abuse I can throw at it and then some. And then some more. I'm not exactly easy on these things, ya know?

Hey, now: I've heard the M3 is a pretty healthy machine, but I know nothin' about them other than they're fast. The new ones are butt-ugly, as are almost all the Bimmers. They look like they were drawn up by animators working on Batman/Superman.

But I'd definitely take the oldest M3 series - seems like a simple, straightforward and buildable car. I hear they kick booty beautifully on a track.

BTW Thom, just so you know, M3s are the favorite ride of the Jewish-American Princess down here in SoCal. Hardly a "right"-bend car in Beverly Hills, so to speak. ;)

Some other noteable favorite sedans I like:

http://www.benzworld.org/gallery/goto.asp?id=450

Little Benz - AMG style - my ass was whipped by one at Willow.

And this:

http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/04/ctsv04_03.jpg

Little Caddy - V style - put better shocks and race tires on this, and watch out...

Go ahead and ask pbanders on the teener board. Fortunately his was under warranty.

I like this: a thread talking about AMG MBs racing M3s on a track. It's short, but you get the point about who thinks who is faster.

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1185453&posts=7&fid=3