but also on that i think appearing more lively helps a lot. like if someone joins and sees last post 7 days ago, they would prob presume dead. will try to make more of an effort of replying to stuff every day.

I try to reply to as much as I can too, I'm just not very good at starting conversations >_<

In an effort to though... A while ago, against my best judgement, I bought a BMW E36 328i!

    malmon one of the guys at work owns one of these and he perpetually has issues with it, hope yours runs smoothly besides the alternator!

        clare Cool! Fortunately this is the only thing that has gone wrong with it so far ^_^' Aside from the AC not working, but that was the case when I bought it. Any horror stories from your colleague?

          It always seems so sudden when the days get shorter. It feels like winter again.

          E36_fiend Thank you for reminding me! Turns out I completely forgot to mention that I took it to get "rustproofed" ^^'7 Might write about that later today or this week.

          And welcome to lewd! Judging by your username, I'm guessing you either found this place while searching for E36-related things online, or we happen to fit into the same niche in our Venn diagrams!

              malmon I got nostalgic and visited some old websites I used to frequent. The E36 turned a switch.

                  Yeah, hi. I remember Madoka Magica was really popular here, there were even some RP battles going on, I kind of envied that. Also some drama about links to lain and the rest of the chans. I can't remember what year it was, must have been somewhere between 2014 and 2018. I did write some posts, but the only one I remember is when I wrote that I would name my band 2AMPE, and I got a compliment on it! (can't remember from who, sorry)

                    malmon I sold it because the underside got so rusty, it couldn't even be lifted by the sills. I'm still bitter about it, mostly because I'm rather submissive and sold it for way less than it was worth. It had the original M sport package and a lot of valuable parts could be recovered.

                        E36_fiend Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that :(

                        Rust is a pretty difficult one, to be fair. To most potential buyers, that brings the value down to zero.

                            malmon Ye, I explicitly stated that the underside is beyond repair and still got like a dozen responses. Then I sold the car to the first and lowest bidder.

                            Anyway, I'm glad that the E36 finds its way into soulful hands. I think it's a rather underappreciated car with a poor reputation. In my experience it doesn't take nearly as much care as some haters say it does, and it's far more refined than how it may seem. Really I think it's one of the most brilliant cars of the 90s, with an amazing quality to price ratio.

                            On a different note, some time ago I got the idea that a car is a physical manifestation of its designer's dream. I wish you the determination to keep the dream alive.

                                E36_fiend Once man's "beyond repair" is another man's welding project. Worst case you can just rebuild the shell from scratch, or part it out.

                                The E36 is certainly refined in some ways more than others. Ride quality, for example, is immensely better in the E36 than my Volvo S40. The interior. however, certainly feels more... basic. I'm not sure about the price to quality ratio... Maybe before Covid that was true, but ever since their prices have been silly. My one was a complete fluke in terms of pricing: £6200 for a manual non-sunroof 328i with like, 58k miles on the clock. Normally they'd go for over £10k in that condition.

                                I really want to do my best to keep the dream alive. While maintenance so far hasn't really been that bad, considering its age, it's still an expensive hobby! I can probably think of at least £5k of stuff I still need/want to do to the car.

                                  I'm alive and kicking. Things turning worse and better. Never stop gratefully for the life.

                                  malmon Was in the same situation, kinda lost in all the variants and surge in prices. What did you end up getting? An e36 uh, sounds comfy. I went with a Clio 3 myself, good shitbox.

                                  clare Tbf I don't think it misses features. Also probably come from one of the chans.