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The e36 m3 is awesome!
As a current E39 M5 owner, going out to drive an e36 I was a bit skeptical about it not having enough power. Despite it being the US 240hp version I was still blown away. What a fun car to drive. It sounds great, has go-kartish handling and is well under $15,000. For anyone interested I filmed a review on the car, providing my thoughts. If you've never driven one, do your self a favor and do it!
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02-09-2014, 02:20 PM | #2 |
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The car is amazing. It's amazing how much joy it gives me compared to the e90
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I can't complain because I have the best of both worlds. I'm extremely lucky. Don't get me wrong I love the e90 in so many ways, but I think it's the rawness of the e36 that gets me and it's handling
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02-09-2014, 07:16 PM | #6 |
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Love the E36. Have a 95 M3 turbo and it does feel like an overpowered go-kart. Enjoy it a tad more than my old e92 M3.
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02-10-2014, 09:20 AM | #8 |
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I had wanted an Estoril '99 M3 for a decade.
When I had a DD that allowed me a toy car, I stumbled on the M Roadster while looking for M3s. I didn't need a backseat, shit I didn't need a roof either. Talk about raw and feedback, the E36/7 is like a mullet, E36 business in the front, E30 party in the back. BUT I still love the lines of the E36 and might find an excuse to have one in my stable. Maybe with an LSx so it does not overlap my E36/7 drivetrain.
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02-10-2014, 09:33 AM | #9 |
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My son has a 1996 328i with which we pulled the motor and put in E46 pistons and crank, as well as S50 cams and Ford 24 lb injectos. Add a custom tune, ZF 5 speed manual and 3.23 LSD his car is alot of fun. for not alot of money.
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Sounds like a lot of money lol should have just bought an m3
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02-10-2014, 10:18 AM | #11 |
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Not always.
M3s really hold their value. My friend got an '99 328IS which has the OEM M3 front bumper, looks like an M3 for all intents and purposes. It came with a solid aftermarket suspension and under 100k miles for $3k. A similar M3 would be closer to $10k. Since then he gets a lot of my left overs at a fair price like S52 cams. He has about an extra $1000 in the car and it basically has M3 power now and M3 Contours for wheels. He still has plenty of money left over before approaching M3 money and will add a blower for $2k and call it a day.
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Personally, I think the E36 M3 is the "worst" looking out of all the M3's, but it's the one that makes the most sense to add to the E9x (minus the new M3/4). To autotrader I go.
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Prices are high enough where I am seeing overlap between E46 and E36 M3s There is a MINT local '01 E46 M3 vert(heavy for my taste) with a 6mt and 78k miles, BONE stock for $12k OBO.
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I gave up so I started looking at BMW wagons instead
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I would not bother with Autotrader for an E36. Bimmerforums had dakar and estoril cars, the CCA classifieds and even Craigs are the best way of finding E36's for fair money.
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I think an M3/4/5 in a bright color would be a great addition. Must resist
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M3/4/5 is a great way to get the experience at discount as the sedan sells for a fair bit less than the coupes. Sedans might even be more torsionally rigid but I forget.
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I think they were more rigid. They were only available in 1997-98 so you don't get the nice steering wheel update from 1999 and they were not available with the vader seats that the coupe had as an option. Many of them were also automatic.
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But you can get a nice M3/4/5 for under $10k, you need $2500 more for an equal coupe.
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