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I have a neighbor who is literally 100 years old, up until a few years ago he would creep out of his driveway with his pristine fox body GT and go down the road at 15mph. It now stays in the garage, I think he is in a nursing home. I keep waiting for the white wreath on the door.

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2002 MCS, 2003 MCS Track Rat, 2003 Generic White Yukon, 2003 BMWk1200rs, 1973 CB350F, 02 996. 08 Cayenne Turbo
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Damn Steve...nice find. I don't think I'll ever buy an e36 now . The list would have been shorter for things that are GOOD about the model .

How have the e46s done in correcting that list of faults? I know double vanos is hard on oil, but I haven't heard too many suspension issues on the e46 other than the infamous outer balljoint on the LCA shearing off....does BMWCCA require the LCAs to be replaced every 3 years or so?

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hmmn good about an E36? oh yeah, it'll whoop the ass of anything else on the prospective list on any road course in the country.

but i might be slightly biased.

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another one of those damn LeMons heads

just another Chump

we are an Autocross Club Dammit............

Steve,

Not implying that E36s are bad--sorry if that came across that way. Just noting that in that price range the list of possible problems is long and potentially expensive.

On balance though, I agree that it's the better platform given the supplied list of alternatives

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Steve Carter
1972 Datsun 240Z-- resto pics at http://picasaweb.google.com/srcartermd
2007 GPW Honda S2000-- STR 86

That is an excellent list. The reason such a good list exists is because a LOT of people own, care for, and race E36 BMWs. I have owned and worked on a lot of cars (including 2 E30's, 2 E36's, and 1 E46), and the E36 chassis is right smack dab in the middle of the range in terms of reliability and maintenance needs, IMO.

I am sure if there were as many enthusiasts out there DIYing and documenting just about any 20 year old car platform, a similar list could be generated. I'd suspect a GOOD list like this for E30s would be just as long and probably longer. For E39, twice the length. Miata? Maybe 1/2 as many issues, mostly because it's a simpler car.

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i see nothing good all week, than as soon as i'm out of town for the weekend all of these pop up on fri evening:

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1663065725.html
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1662676366.html
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1662739296.html