My New E36 328i!

[Darren156]

Hi everyone,

Picked up my new car today, it's brilliant!

She's a 1996 BMW 328i Manual w/ 120k on the clock and FSH.

It's been extremely looked after by the looks of it and goes like murder, very quick for such a large car.

Here's a few snaps of the old girl:








The wheels are a bit on the small side at only 15" but I suppose beggars can't be choosers, lol

Cheers!
Darren

Edited by Darren156 on Sunday 5th October 23:38

[vincenz]

Does look a good car and very tidy, but i'd hardly call it large

Enjoy

[B17NNS]

I ran a '97 328i Touring for a couple of years. Fantastic car - enjoy!

[Shropshiremike]

Looks very nice - hope you enjoy it!

[TJW]

Great cars, I'm running my 323coupe on about 197bhp! Its proper fun around the bends and sweeping cruising roads!

[paoloh]

Love the car but please colour code those parking sensors.

[clonmult]

vincenz said:

Does look a good car and very tidy, but i'd hardly call it large

Enjoy

Totally agree - the E36 was never a large car, its smaller than the later 3's, thats for sure!

Keep on pining to go back to one, will keep an eye out for a 318iS saloon ... not very many around though ...

[Jimbomofo]

Great purchase, enjoy! Now get your self signed up to www.bmwowner.com.

Jim

[A S P]

clonmult said:

vincenz said:

Does look a good car and very tidy, but i'd hardly call it large

Enjoy

Totally agree - the E36 was never a large car, its smaller than the later 3's, thats for sure!
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Yep, it amazes me driving my E36 after previoulsy having an E46. It feels like a class smaller, but the benefits are a more nimble size, feels lighter, and cetainly quicker. I've gone from an E46 328 touring to an E36 328 touring.

Hope you enjoy your coupe!

[parke]

Hi Darren156. I would have to agree with you when you say "large" car. It was and still is after all a true 4 x seater, albeit a fast one! It's also got the 2.8 lump in the front, so it's no Mazda MX5, thats for sure. Looks like a great buy, do you mind me asking how much you paid for it, or is that a bit rude? (I'm after one myself, and am fed up travelling miles to see clapped out rust buckets with 8 x zillion miles on the clock and a bad paint job!- Know what a mean?). Cheers, Big Dan Palowski.

[chrisr29]

parke said:

Hi Darren156. I would have to agree with you when you say "large" car. It was and still is after all a true 4 x seater, albeit a fast one! It's also got the 2.8 lump in the front, so it's no Mazda MX5, thats for sure. Looks like a great buy, do you mind me asking how much you paid for it, or is that a bit rude? (I'm after one myself, and am fed up travelling miles to see clapped out rust buckets with 8 x zillion miles on the clock and a bad paint job!- Know what a mean?). Cheers, Big Dan Palowski.

How much you looking to spend?

I'm thinking of selling my 1998 328i Sport. It's a very, very nice car. 146k but drives like it's done less than half that. It's been very well looked after in its time, by previous owners and myself.

Recently looked at a e36 m3 evo. Same age but a lot less miles. Whilst it was quicker it didn't feel any where near as sharp to drive.

To the OP. Looks like a nice car, they really are excellent all rounders, especially for what they cost.

[Darren156]

Cheers for all the comments guys!

Palowski, there are decent ones out there, you just have to bide your time and look at a few. I do agree though, there are sadly alot of E36 Sheds out there, I remember a neighbor had a 4 Door E36 in red and it was rusted to hell and faded as well, not a good look!

I paid less than what I thought I'd have to pay for it, that's all that matters, lol

[parke]

Hi chrisr29, well, with over 1800 series 3's in the classifieds (take a look!) you would think that there would be plenty of motors to choose from. Trouble is, it really means that there are so many all over Britain, and of such varying prices and condition, you have to be real carefull before choosing which one's to go look at. I know it sounds crazy, but in some ways more choice means more head scratching! Price? I'm in the 1600 to 2000 squids bracket.

[chrisr29]

parke said:

Hi chrisr29, well, with over 1800 series 3's in the classifieds (take a look!) you would think that there would be plenty of motors to choose from. Trouble is, it really means that there are so many all over Britain, and of such varying prices and condition, you have to be real carefull before choosing which one's to go look at. I know it sounds crazy, but in some ways more choice means more head scratching! Price? I'm in the 1600 to 2000 squids bracket.

I'm looking for a bit more than that. I'm sure gooduns exist in that price range, just need to look carefully. Mine was the first one I looked at and it was so good I didn't bother looking at any others. I don't really want to sell it but I have way too many cars and.....well you know what it's like!

[scottbm]

Just paid £2000 for a 328i m sport E36 N reg. This car has the LSD not traction control. Looked at loads before finding this gem. Full BMW history with 112,000 on the clock. Nice 18in CSL wheels.
No air-con but didn`t want the weight due to being used as track car.
Nice buy though

[chrisr29]

scottbm said:

Just paid £2000 for a 328i m sport E36 N reg. This car has the LSD not traction control. Looked at loads before finding this gem. Full BMW history with 112,000 on the clock. Nice 18in CSL wheels.
No air-con but didn`t want the weight due to being used as track car.
Nice buy though

Sounds great, make good track cars those. Mines a later one with traction. Wish it had an lsd as the ASD's pretty crap really, especially when you pull away on a wet round about, get a bit of wheel spin and it kills the power!

You going for the 325 manifold mod and big bore throttle body? Keep thinking about doing it to mine but really want to keep it standard for resale purposes.

[chrisr29]

anonymous said:

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True, have you done it to yours? Want to try one really that's had it done in case it screws up the mid range torque.

[chrisr29]

anonymous said:

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Yeah, think I'll just leave it standard. As an all round package it's pretty much spot on as it is.

I remember, years ago, sticking a throttly body from a 5 pot Audi onto my Mk1 Jetta GLi. Whilst it boosted the top end urge it mullered the low end torque....but as it wasn't a five minute mod and I couldn't be arsed to swap it back, I just convinced myself the results where worth the effort. Though that theory washes less as you get older....

[Shropshiremike]

anonymous said:

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I would imagine the 328 with that manifold becomes much more like the e36 325 in character - likes to rev much more but with less low down pull. A friend has an e36 325i and you have to work the engine a bit harder to make the same progress as a 328 ime

[scottbm]

not sure about the manifold mod. By the time you do that and some other bits and pieces you are entering M3 world. The car performs well on track and i am not sure i would benefit on the longer tracks.
will keep it in mind