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<blockquote data-quote="RCBL" data-source="post: 463075" data-attributes="member: 15145"><p>As we are all afraid of picking a lemon model, it wud be equally difficult to advice through pictures w/o inspecting the car. Close to 8 years ago, I had my chance of picking my 1st beemer. After more than 50 cars inspected and countless visits to my father's mech and not to mention over a duration of 6 months, I finally found the best condition E36 318i 1996 tat i cud afford during tat time. Placed my deposit, loan approved the next day and took the car the following day. A week after driving the car ard to get a feel of wat needs repairing, took my car to my dad's trusty mech & my 1st repair bill was close to RM4k. 3 months down the road, another repair bill came up to RM5k and the next repair bill was almost similiar in amount. Eventually over the years, the repair bill tapered off and came to mere 5000km oil change only. </p><p></p><p>At times (after looking at the repair bills), I sweared tat tis is my first & final beemer! But once my car leaves the workshop and after a few quick spin, I start singing praises about beemers again. Call this the love/hate relationship. However, this did not push me away frm BMWs but actually made me appreciate them more. BMWs are very precise piece of engineering and requires proper & skillful mechs to look after them. I hv now moved on to another Beemer, albeit a diesel model and learning to appreciate her like how the E36 grew on me. My only advice is to make the best informed decision (of course with your trusted mech's approval) and take the plunge. Make sure you have sufficient moolahs if the unexpected do crops up (GB & maybe the need for top-overhaul). E36 318i is a basic model. Once the wear & tear is taken care off, she will be a joy to drive. Lastly, enjoy the whole experience of ownership. Jst wanted to share wat little experience tat i hv gained ovr the years of driving an E36</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RCBL, post: 463075, member: 15145"] As we are all afraid of picking a lemon model, it wud be equally difficult to advice through pictures w/o inspecting the car. Close to 8 years ago, I had my chance of picking my 1st beemer. After more than 50 cars inspected and countless visits to my father's mech and not to mention over a duration of 6 months, I finally found the best condition E36 318i 1996 tat i cud afford during tat time. Placed my deposit, loan approved the next day and took the car the following day. A week after driving the car ard to get a feel of wat needs repairing, took my car to my dad's trusty mech & my 1st repair bill was close to RM4k. 3 months down the road, another repair bill came up to RM5k and the next repair bill was almost similiar in amount. Eventually over the years, the repair bill tapered off and came to mere 5000km oil change only. At times (after looking at the repair bills), I sweared tat tis is my first & final beemer! But once my car leaves the workshop and after a few quick spin, I start singing praises about beemers again. Call this the love/hate relationship. However, this did not push me away frm BMWs but actually made me appreciate them more. BMWs are very precise piece of engineering and requires proper & skillful mechs to look after them. I hv now moved on to another Beemer, albeit a diesel model and learning to appreciate her like how the E36 grew on me. My only advice is to make the best informed decision (of course with your trusted mech's approval) and take the plunge. Make sure you have sufficient moolahs if the unexpected do crops up (GB & maybe the need for top-overhaul). E36 318i is a basic model. Once the wear & tear is taken care off, she will be a joy to drive. Lastly, enjoy the whole experience of ownership. Jst wanted to share wat little experience tat i hv gained ovr the years of driving an E36 [/QUOTE]
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