hi all, to continue the storySo i have finally decided to purchase my first E36, (and also my first bmw)after seeing so many cars, i thinking to take the best that i have seen, which is the car belong to Venon (he is member here)So i paid the deposit, and take 2 days leave just to go KL to take the car.I took to my friend YSKhong to check , actually wanted to go to BMW specialist, but unfortunately, i dono that day 11th of Dec is public holiday for Selangor.So luckily my friend help me outso he check and said the car is ok,So the owner (venon's mom) said she have service the car earlier, (change oil and oil filter, and check other things, at the shop name 'Eneos')and also she have service the air cond (now is cold, last time i saw the car is very hot)(more on this below)so in the afternoon, i proceed with paying herfirst time i pay so much cash... and now my account is empty.
THan afternoon, we go to puspakom inspect the car, its very troublesom, at first need to get some oth with buyer n sellerthan after that go puspakom, than realize need original car grant, so go to the bank n take the grant, than go again.than everything pass, except, the tint that venon put, is too dark, cannot pass, so have to tear it out. so its being tear out and left many glue mark than i found out there is another layer of tint already(more on this later)luckily vivien (venon's mom) quite helpful, drove around , to puspakom, to runner, and other placeso we manage to get the car inspected.in the evening , i go to KLCC to buy annivesary and xmas present for my gf (luckily got some cash left)but than i notice cause is public holiday, i cannot go homecause the LRT station is so pack, that i cant even buy ticketso i walk aroundthan i saw vivien, she said, the traffic jam is so bad, so she drove in KLCC and walk aruond first, so since we have time, she buy me dinner.Than rest for one night, i drove back 11th Dec.In the morning, go to fill in petrol, than after having breakfast, i drove the car back.so its a long drive. i notice the absorber is really bad already, the car keep on jumping n jumping ... i feel very frustrated, i not notice this in city drive, it only jump a bit...venon said its blistein black, and only used for 2 years the absorber, and also the spring is eibach lowered springthan half way , i notice, there is CRACK in the windscreen!how can this happened.. i not follow close to any truckthere is total 3 .... 1 major one is 2mmx3mm wide, with some line beside already2 is small one, 1mmx1mm big... so because worried the thing will suddently break, i drive very slow back.
on the way keep on being bullied by myvi and vios.so before i go home, i stop by the 'windscreen doctor' shopto repair it,he told me the 1mm one no need repair, so do the major one only than comes the interesting part, there are 2 more crack on the windscreen, which i only notice yesterday. Vivien told me the previos owner said is repair before, but, the mechanic told me, there are no repair mark.So total i repair 3 star-crack. total cost me RM200. THe mechanic very nice told me, to observe how it looks like, before and after repair.Now only i learn how to see if the windscreen crack is repaired before or not.so after get the repair done, and the owner told me got 3 month warranty it wont spread. i drove back home.once i reach penang island, i go to buy insurance for the car, because i need so much cassh, to change absorber, spring, tyre, etci can only buy 3rd party one, so .. RM278 for 1 year insurance + PA.than, i cant wait to try on the moutain road back to my homeONLY i realize, the car DOSEN't behave like the other E36 that i droveit keep on UNDERSTEER in cornersi dono what happened actually, maybe is not lowered properly? (the front is more lower than the back, so weight distribution is out?) maybe the absorber is gone making the lack of traction?maybe the tyre ? i dono....i feel very frustratedThan, i reach homeand start to tidy up the carfirst i clean the tint glue mark on front windowstook me 30 minutes, cant even finish one windowsthan i try to take off some sticker, also very hard to tear offthe A-pillar interior (dono what it called), is broke and cannot fix properlycan we buy that?than comes the interesting part yesterday the runner tear of the tint to pass puspakom testthere is half of the rear windscreen is in fog color, i look at it, and think maybe is just glue markthan today i realize, is the ORIGINAL layer of tint being tear off...it is original tint, where there is line at the heater area of the rear windscreen...now i feel very pissed off, how to find replacement for this?Than i open the boot and saw the leftover oil from last serviceTO MY SUPRISE, its normal 15w40 Esso Mineral OIL!!its the same oil i put for my DATSUN 120y....what kind of mechanic at ENEOS shop ..... put low grade oil for a M43 engine?now extra overhead, i have to change oil soon So the most expensive toy i ever bought for myself, turn out with so many unexpected happeningi know when my parents know, sure they will said "u see, i told u so, not to buy car so far away, now your windscreen got crack"....btw, i cant even know if the windscreen is original BMW windscreen or nothow can it so easily get crack... i have been driving proton behind stone lorry and see many stone n sand fly to the windscreen and never got crackand i know Germans, i know how they used things, and i know German product are made to be toughso why is it the windscreen so easily get crack(i drive below 110kph)so far my spending- car inspection RM100 (dono why runner charge so much, in the bill from puspakom is RM30)- name transfer, RM150 (need to wait 1 week)- insurance , RM278 (3rd party)- windscreen repair , RM200 (3 star-shape-crack)and my near future spending - original spring- original absorber- rear windscreen tint (dono where to get this one)- 17' tyreand now, i am brokedono have so many overhead.