My BMW E36 320i

[TT]

Well about time to post pics of my car :D especially since we have to set up the "archive"

It is a 1995 E36 320i, sraight 6, 1991 cc, 24v VANOS, developping (factory value), 150 hp. Not a supercar, but fun nonetheless :D

Not many mods on it beside some 17x7 Barracuda wheels, with some Yokohama rubber on them, DTM style Remus muffler and that's about it :D

Let's just post the latest pics, took today, and also my fav, the snowy one ;)

All of them are clickable for higher res

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-29-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-29.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-28-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-28.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-30-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-30.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-31-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-31.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-32-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-32.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-34-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-34.jpg)

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-33-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-33.jpg)

The Snowy one
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83boscosnow2-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83boscosnow2.jpg)

And if you will look closely to the engine bay pic, you will spot two strange things I found in it today :?

A dead rat :( poor little thing :(
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/5840/rat1.th.jpg (http://img23.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img23&image=rat1.jpg)

And this one was left by the BMW mechanics during the last checkup I guess.. I will consider it a present since I paid a hella lot of money :D
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/2416/tool1.th.jpg (http://img23.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img23&image=tool1.jpg)

Ah, and also some PS :D

You can find them all by clicking this one done by me ;)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/510/83ps16bwm320me-med.jpg (http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=192844#192844)

[gis]

dam i know we said a custom pic TT but a rat was over the top,lol

i like your car especially the rims.nice ride :D

[Xploded]

nice ride you have your self there man ...... I like that model of the 3 series nice :D :D :D

[manuf40]

that looks very smart TT, and with a nice choice of wheels too :D

what is it with the rats today :-/, and haha nice find on the long nose pliers, I bet some mechanic is/was pissed he lost those

[TT]

what is it with the rats today :-/, and haha nice find on the long nose pliers, I bet some mechanic is/was pissed he lost those

Considering how much I paid... really, they could have left the whole mechanic under my bonnet!!

As for the rat :? Imageine the suprise.. I was there for a photoshoot and I ended up trying to remove a dead and someway glued rat from my engine bay :(

[kodvaag]

All E36's comes with the standard pliers for easy and clean rat removal!

About the image rules:
Lucky I sold my Mazda Miata, cus I didn't have the instruction booklet for it, so you would have to lock my thread again. :D lol

[TopGearNL]

Nice and good car, my neighbour had one just like yours, always liked it and maybe one day Ill have one 8)

[TT]

Lucky I sold my Mazda Miata, cus I didn't have the instruction booklet for it, so you would have to lock my thread again. lol


HAHA, either the service one or the key could have be ok anyway ;) :P

[SilviaEvo]

where did you find that rat?

[TT]

Check out the big engine bay picture, on the left side you will see the poor little thing

[SilviaEvo]

at least it died in a beautiful car

[Skyliner]

At least you are lucky it didn't die in the ventilation system... My brother once found a dead mouse... The costumer had been complaining about some weird smell :D

A really nice E36 you got there. It looks really well kept and original. How long have it been yours?

[TT]

Yes indeed! Luckily it was small and not in the wrong place ;)

As for the car, I got it in December 2002. It one of my aunts' car and had only 30'000 km I think, probably less. Right now it has around 57'000 ;)

[Anonymous]

Dang TT nice pics, fancy bringing your camera to dorset and taking some new ones of my mini? :P :wink: Its nice to finally see the BM properly, rat and all I particularly like the wheels very smart :D My new pics are really lame by comparison taken from the video stream of my dads camcorder :(

BTW dude maybe you should ask that mechanic if he lost his pet rat aswell as his pliers LOL just careless some people :wink:

[BADMIHAI]

Look at that exhaust pipe. Is TT a ricer? :wink:

Impecable car, TT! You areally are superhuman!

[TT]

Look at that exhaust pipe. Is TT a ricer? :wink:

Impecable car, TT! You really are superhuman!

LOL, it could have been much worse :D that Remus is kinda delicate IMO :D and I will never own a car with stock muffler :D

[sikx5]

you should colour code the bumpers and side skirts dude, it really makes a big difference, we did it on our X and it looks awesome.

[cho_888]

you can tell you put a lot of car into your car, and the effort pays off. The looks great and hasnt aged a day. you should be very proud

[TT]

you should colour code the bumpers and side skirts dude, it really makes a big difference, we did it on our X and it looks awesome.

It was planned, but since the whole paintjob is no more perfect, I would prefer to re-spray the whole car. Sadly it's not that cheap :D

If I will do it, I will let the protective strips not colored.. when I painted them in my previous car, the 106, it was a BIG mistake.. even if I always pay attention while parking, the others don't.. and after some months I had full of little marks allover them :?

[sikx5]

did you buy it brand new TT?

[TT]

Nope, it was owned by my aunt untill 2002, back then my 106 was already near the end of it's life, full of electric problems at only 4 years and 80'000 km, and since both my mom and her borther, my uncle were buying a new Renault Espace. We just sold the 106 to the dealer, got 4700 CHF out of it (3800 USD), and I just gave the money to my aunt for the 320i (great deal). it had probably less than 30'000 km back then!

[fabro_s]

Nice rims dude, I didnt like the color too much, bue the cars is great and the rims look awsome!!

[schnell318]

It looks like you have a nicely kept E36, congrats :) Rims look nice too

Do you have some interior shots?

[TT]

Do you have some interior shots?


This one for instance. Sadly not really clean as I'd like it ;)

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/9135/BMWE36320i35.th.jpg (http://img47.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img47&image=BMWE36320i35.jpg)

[Toronto]

5 spd? my friend has almost the exact same car but his color looks more like the one from the snowy pic, like a dark blue/purple

nice car - small backseats :D and his radio busted on him so i got an aftermarket one

[TT]

Yep, 5 speeds :D

As for the color, the one on my car is "right" in the new set of pics. The snowy one is a bit faked by the lighting conditions.

And yes, the backseats are not that great, but we are rarely more than 2 onboard anyway ;)

[ARMAN]

Nice car Matteo, I would LOVE to have a beemer later too :?
The wheels are clean shape and nice looking just as they should be, BBS's I guess.

[samtek]

i really like your rims, the fit very nice to the car!! cool car TT :P

[TT]

Nice car Matteo, I would LOVE to have a beemer later too :?
The wheels are clean shape and nice looking just as they should be, BBS's I guess.

Nope :( sadly the BBS I wanted were like this:

http://img44.exs.cx/img44/2806/bbs_lm_ci3_l.jpg

I asked for price, for 4 wheels + tires and it was like 1500 USD x wheel (17")... maybe a bit less, but around 4 times what I paid for the ones I actually bought afterall.. and since I paid around 3800 for the car itself, it sounded stupid to pay the same or more for some wheels that will end up (as most of the time), ruined...

So miney are Barracudas.. cheapass manufacturer LOL

[ARMAN]

Those on your car are nice, amature as me even think that they are BBS :P, and BBS should be shamed :wink:
A guy I know had S-class "bear" and bought Lorinsers or so on it, 1000DM at that time(each wheel) :shock:

[MIHALS]

TT, you didn't say you've got a Helicopter - just have a look at the prop on the roof :lol: nice car anyway mate!!!

http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-30-med.jpg (http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/2/83BMW-E36-320i-30.jpg)

[TT]

How do you think I took the car on that rooftop? :D

[MIHALS]

:? hmm, i didn't know it's a rooftop....so sorry then, I didn't get it :lol:

[ARMAN]

No really Matteo, great looking wheels, not too big or too small, 17" I guess

[TT]

Yes 17" indeed. 16 was a bit to small (original are 15 BTW), and 18 was a bit:

- to expensive, also for the tires
- to big IMO for a car with 150 hp only :D I wonder if the engine would have been able to move the wheels :D

[budagboy2]

looking good :) , like the rims too

[ARMAN]

Yes 17" indeed. 16 was a bit to small (original are 15 BTW), and 18 was a bit:

- to expensive, also for the tires
- to big IMO for a car with 150 hp only :D I wonder if the engine would have been able to move the wheels :D

:D Beemers looks good even with stock 15"s but 2 "s help alot. 18"s would not look nice on stock car anyways :wink:

[stradale]

As I've told you before I really like it. When I get a job I want to buy a car too and a secondhand BMW 3-series (E30 or E36) has crossed my mind. The funny thing is, a 106 (1.6 or 1.3 Rallye) did too! :D When the moment is going to be closer I'll have to work out what the wisest thing for me to do is.

What's the fuel consumption like, TT?

[TT]

Oh well if you will base your decision on fuel consumptions:

With my 106 1.4 I was able to ALWAYS do 600 km with 45 liters...
With the 320 and it's 60 liters I'm rarely near 500 :( on highway driving (legal speeds) I can keep it below 10 liters/100 km, but in town and daily driving, it's way above the 10 liters mark, while the Pug was more into the 5 I'd say.

Now, both 1.6 and Rallye will drink a bit more that that probably :D especially because they are more focused -> you will drive them faster more often :D

[stradale]

Now, both 1.6 and Rallye will drink a bit more that that probably :D especially because they are more focused -> you will drive them faster more often :D

Well, that's not too much of a problem :wink: I'm not going to be all sensible about a future car. Don't worry! :D The idea is to have a reliable car that provides fun and a little practicality. I would want a car that doesn't drink too much when used normally but one that is also ready to some evo-style driving when I feel like it.

Oh well if you will base your decision on fuel consumptions

I won't be making my decision on that alone, but I can't deny it will be a factor as I won't be making tons of money.

[TT]

Ok if you want a reliable car, stay away from the 106 I'd say :(

For mine I spent thousands of Francs trying to fix lambda sensors and such, and all the friends owning 106-206-307 I know, already had various sort of electric problems... nobody as bad as mine, but there is always something...

Sure the chassis is great fun and you can really drive it hard and feel very well what's happening. FF sure, but easy to obtain liftoff oversteer and to catch the slide, also pretty grippy. Ah, and also cheap if you want to tune it.. I still miss my belowed 14" alloys!!! But realiable.. I wouldn't say so...

An E30 or E36 can give you as much fun, will be RWD and for sure more reliable. Of course to tune it or to fix it when there are problems (especially if done at a BMW dealership) can be VERY expensive though (my last checkup, around 50'000 km, no major problems, costed more than 1000 €...)

So if I'd have to give an advice to you right now it would be to choose wathever you prefer but try to stay away from a 106 :( I loved the 106 experience myself, but it was a pain in the ass too..

[stradale]

:( Hmmmm, sorry to hear that. I haven't heard too many bad things about 106s, but this doesn't sound confidence inspiring...

Higher costs when problems occur with BMWs I had already anticipated.

It's a good thing I don't have to make a decision just yet. Bad thing is, I don't have to because I don't have a job yet. LOL. It's never perfect...

[MUS911]

wooow TT, its my favorite car, 320i, and as u know i have like ur car,

actually its saloon and sport car at the same time! :P

Lebanon use to bring cars from switzerland! coz
everybody knows here that the swiss cars are the best, specially that the swiss people drive in a very polite way, and they take good care to their cars
i went to a showroom, who has only swiss cars :wink:
and i bought it, i aodre it :lol:

Good luck

[ZfrkS62]

Dude, you should have waited another 4 months..then you probably would now have the record for oldest thread revived :roll: