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Like said above, E30s were awesome cars, really a golden age for BMW, IMO.

But they are generally treated as "drivers," and are quickly getting used up, so finding a good, clean one with lots of good life left in it is getting harder by the day.

Heck, even the E36 is starting to get to that stage, esp. on the early ones.

If you aren't dead set on an E30, I wouldn't be afraid of an E36. (I've had both). There is a jump in complexity. The E30 is really the last of the "old school" 3 series BMWs, i.e., cars of the 70s and 80s. Minimal electronics and power stuff, single coil DME, regular style valve train, etc. And the E36 is the first of the "new school" 3 series BMWs. But the E36 is by no means an overly complex car, not by a long shot.
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