>Ctrl+F "BMW thread" 0 results. Lets change that
my 14 year old E46
BMWs are gay
>>14061648
Ugly shitbox. A new Civic has better features, is faster, and has a better suspension.
>>14061648
inb4 "bmw a shit"
>>14061651
Let's see a honda civic do a 1:49 on buttonwillow with 300hp and 3000lb. protip: it can't. FF can't compete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pR3AWPbhRE
BMW over the past decade has really shitted up their brand. All those cheap lease deals. Here in Miami a 3 series is a chicks car. Can get them ultra cheap, for a while could lease a 3 series for less than 300/month because they figured a 82% residual (kek, BMW lost their ass on those cars). Now I see them literally everywhere, parking lots and dealerships have them stacked like firewood.
>>14061651
>>14061679
>btw i drive a camry
>>14061651
>FF better than an FR BMW with 50/50 weight distribution
try harder faggot
>>14061691
Incorrect. And actually leased my gf one of those back when that deal was going, was pretty sweet. Car was annoying though. Heavy, sloppy, shit electronics and it dong'd and beeped all the time.
>>14061648
Fuck off Elliot Rodger, you're supposed to be dead.
>>14061651
a new civic feels like shit to drive though
i`ve had more fun driving a 1995 E36 than a new civic
also the old e46s can be decently equipped, 16:9 sceen sat nav a great harman kardon sound system etc
also they are very cheap nowadays
>>14061651
Post your car then, faggot. People who say this always drive some sort of 90's jap shitbox.
>>14061679
This. New BMW is kind of dildos. They stopped focusing on people who like to drive and tried to turn themselves into the next Mercedes, i.e big ugly automatics that break all the time and are impossible to work on.
>>14061651
>trying this hard
lol
1 series forever <3, also RIP because they stopped production on it(in the states).
I'm in the market for a new luxury car and I'm bored of mercedes (been driving them for 6 years now) and I'm looking at BMW but I know very little about the cars.
What can you guys recommend in the 60K-80k price range for someone who works in a profession where you're actually judge by what you drive (attorney)
Found a 1M with 50,000km going for 25,000$
wat do?
>>14062016
Alpina D3 with a good config or a d5 with a baseline config
>>14062026
shiggy diggy
>>14062026
25k is way too cheap
thats a 135i price
>>14062026
wake up
Looking to get a e38 740. Anything to look out for? Any model years to look out for? Are they as easy to work on as 3 series E36's? Or shitty like 5 series E39's?
>>14062986
I have a E39 540i, what's shitty to work on about it? I've replaced the cooling system, driveshaft, etc. It's a straightforward car.
/o/ may be becoming too poor to buy and mantain a quality bimmer.
>inb4 thanks obama
itt: t*rks
>>14061648
heres my m3
>>14061705
>I leased a car to my girlfriend, was pretty sweet
>Car was annoying though. Heavy, sloppy, shit electronics and it dong'd and beeped all the time.
>was pretty sweet
>leased a fucking civic to a gf
what in the fuck are you trying to say
>>14062999
Electronics
>>14063069
lol i have 150k miles and 9 owners and all my electronics work flawlessly
idk what ur talkin bout m8
>>14062986
>>14062999
electronics aren`t a great problem for neither e39s or e38s.
The usual problems with the old 7 series is the automatic transmission and engine, if they are fine the rest is nothing problematic or is easy to fix.
>>14063102
>150k miles and 9 owners
>lol
>>14063113
better than your shitheap
>>14063132
Not as far as costs and reliability is concerned.
>>14063142
>muh goal posts
>muh unfounded bias
w/e u say turbopleb
tfw no laguna blue e46 m3 ;_;
>>14063148
>w/e u say turbopleb
Is that English?
Do you have autism?
>>14063132
my shitheap had only one owner at 150k miles
at least it wasn't a subject to shitskin gangbangs
>>14063152
>can't into 4chin
lel
>>14063161
Posting on 4chan =/= being a fag
Honestly, I wouldn't expect anyone else who's dumb enough to buy a used BMW with 9 fucking owners though.
>>14063181
fucking retard ass bitch
1. i'm not that guy you're replying to
2. the bmw was free as part of a trade for a datsun 510 i built
i know more about cars than you so shut the fuck up
>>14063202
>i-it wasn't me bro i swear!
>>14063181
>wah i dont like bmws
>bmw a shit heh that will show them
>bask in my superior intelligence *tips fedora*
okay autismo, have a good day now. off to another thread for you.
>>14061677
spoon sports lapped buttonwillow in 1:45 http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2015/11/12/dai-yoshihara-breaks-fwd-buttonwillow-record-in-spoon-sports-civic/
rekt cuck
>>14063272
That's a fully built race car in the pro unlimited class.
That e46 is in the street class.
1:45 with a "professional" driver and 500whp and 2,000lb is actually really sad lmao
FF will never be able to compete. Look at it push through every corner LMAO.
>>14063288
>a fully built race car
>Spoon
Spoon tunes street cars, just because it has colorful stickers, doesn't make it a race car.
>>14063288
>butthurt the civic is faster
stripped the clear coat off a set of style 5s yesterday that i picked up earlier this month. was pretty cool to watch, now im sanding out the curb rashes and going to polish them.
>>14061648
whatsup anon. thats one of my favorite colors ive seen on an e46, also really like the wheels, style 162 right? looking for a set of those for spare. this is my 328 on rpf1s.
>>14062016
M 3
3
You're not gonna look like a rich cunt who buys things just because they have an expensive badge with an M car.
Any guys running on a welded diff? Want to do it to my e36 for winter fun
>>14063202
>trading the bitching 510 wagon for an automatic 540i
man, you make me feel like shit every time you mention it
why would you do that
that 510 was dope
>>14064343
my mate had a welded diff on his e28. it was fucking awful on snow, literally on every snowy highway ride the car was constantly sideways, every snow ride felt like we would die. Undriveable. Open diff is good for snow, weld the diff on spring, it is best suited for asphalt drifting not snow
>>14061742
why would anybody want a screen in their car
especially when you're talking about having fun driving
>>14064383
most older cars are terrible to drive.
they're slow to accelerate, loud on the inside and handle like shit
>>14064688
>why would anybody want a screen in their car
navigation, backup camera, audio track selection
>>14064722
it's just a distraction from actually driving though.
>>14063051
Yeah, sorry, tired. I leased a 3 series BMW for her. The deal was sweet, the car wasn't. She liked it though.
>>14064737
... no it's not, it just adds to the experience
Just ordered an S54 for my 330Ci gonna rebuild and try and squeeze 500HP but staying N/A
Reporting in.
316i here. It's coming back to me tomorrow since my dad had to borrow it to get to Denmark. Can't wait.
I asked this question in another thread and only got one reply, is it possible to swap in a S50B32 into a 316 body? Where I live there's a lot of shitty reverse-sleeper E36s with M-package, ///M badges and 1.6 or 1.8 engines so I wanted to have an actual "sleeper".
>>14064666
Noted and nice trips m8. Might take a trip to the junkyard for a extra diff
>>14066890
Possible since there are guys on forums swapping them in
>>14066890
I was the guy that responded to you in the other thread. Yes, everything is interchangeable. You're better off buying an M3 and putting the entry-level trim options on it if that's what you really want.
Pic related, my 328i.
If I wanna buy an older BMW like around early 2000s. Which would be better? A 330ci, an e36 or an e39. I want it to be manual also
Is it just me or are E36 interiors just shit?
Mine was sitting in a garage for over a decade before I owned it and the interior is chipping away
The weather can get real cold here if that's a major factor
>>14066961
E39-comfy, big, not exciting.
330-all the girls will comment how nice it is. Fast. Electronic throttle (you notice it with the manual) and only open diff.
E36-the most fun to drive
Decide what u want out of it before u pick one
>>14066961
E 4 6
4
6
>>14067255
>>14067578
Which of those four would be more reliable and wouldnt be as bad with things breaking all the time, assuming im working on it myself
>>14067880
they are all good
there is literally almost no difference in reliability if you get one with the i6 petrol engine, the old diesels are quite unreliable though.
Parts are cheapest on the e36, its also the easiest to work on
>>14067880
E46. It's newer than the E36 and parts are generally more robust. Suspension system on the E39 is wayyyy more complex than most people think, lot's of stuff that can fail there, also has more electronics. E46 is also super easy to work on and parts are generally inexpensive.
>>14068107
The E39 is just as easy to work on as the E46, and the parts are just as inexpensive, because it's the same engine with the same parts.
Finding an E39 that hasn't been shit up is way easier than an E46 because of how much more common E46s are. Every 5 series I've ever seen has been better maintained than a 3 series (unless we're talking about M3s which are always babied for obvious reasons)
>>14061648
I have no idea if you're still here but is the low-end torque on the E46 (non M3 models) as bad as people say?
>>14069170
It is if the VANOS seals are fucked, which pretty much all of them are because the OEM get shittered fast as fuck and most people don't notice that it's a problem.
Takes about an hour and a half to do it yourself if you're inclined, proper beisan seals are $60.
>>14069170
idk see for yourself
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mreGzTNk8Hk
not exactly "low end torque" in this video but whatevs
>>14066890
I find the E36 316 so damn fascinating. The front is a regular E36, the back is custom to be hatchback and the dashboard closely resembles an old E34 5 series.
>>14070509
What you're talking about is the E36 compact.
316 alone doesn't automatically mean compact and there were TONS of normal sedan 316 in europe back in the days.
>>14063296
It's a race car you absolute mong.. it's in the UNLIMITED class with a professional driver.
And the civic poster you posted isn't the civic that did the time. the civic that did the 1:45 (a shit time for a car of that horsepower and weight) is a full carbon flat bottom race car.
FF fags truly are desperate.
obligatory 03 540i msport (one of 300 ever made)
god damn i wish i had a garage, i NEED to do the timing cover gaskets, they're leaking much more than i'd like (two or three drips per day on average)
How good are the 5 series wagons? They look like a phat blast to drive but I heard that upkeep can be terrible.
>>14070509
316 means it's a 3 series with a 1.6 engine. It doesn't imply anything about whether it's a compact, sedan, coupe or touring. Although AFAIK touring wasn't sold with the 1.6 engine.
>>14070962
There's still a lot of 316s in poorer regions.
>>14072772
you have to be specific on year/generation
I have 15 years old E46 320d pre lift. Not bad but that fucking acceleration, fuck
>>14074236
Something like late 90's to early 2000's
>>14074659
remap it? you can get like 160hp out of it by a simple ecu flash
>>14070995
Look at this butthurt, are you mad everytime you see a civic or teggy that's faster?
new to the bmw scene, thinking about getting this and doing the clutch/flywheel. worth? https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/5356643457.html
>>14075396
E39s are some of the lowest maintenance BMWs out there, and are probably the easiest to work on.
>>14076689
eeeehhh i wouldn't say that. e36 is really low maintenance, e39 needs some regular loving and things do go wrong. They're not bad to work on though
>>14061651
People like you are why inferior car makes are getting so popular.
"My dream car is a lex-" no fuck you, you inebriate cunt
