Sold My E36.......

[fatboy69]

And now regretting it quite a lot.


Where to start..... 318is on 162k miles. Good condition for her age however was starting to play up a little so after finding out that I needed spend a least another £500 to keep her going (on top of the £2k spent in the last 15 months) I got rid of her.

Went in p/x against a Renault Laguna.

Wish I had spent the money & kept the E36.

Regret letting this go.

[Vitorio]

Rather then spending 500 quid to keep a beloved BMW going you trade it in and throw presumably more money at acquiring a laguna?

Im sure any judge will void the transaction on basis of (temporary) insanity.

[fatboy69]

I had one of those spur of the moment rushes of blood to the head.

Unable to explain the reasons for doing what I did. Regretted it even before I drove off the forecourt in the Laguna.

Too late now. It's done.

[wjb]

Sold my 318is about 8 years ago for a grand because I wanted something faster...

[GrantB5]

I've had 2 E36's.

Would have one again in an instant.

[MrVert]

I feel your pain.....

[SebringMan]

fatboy69 said:

And now regretting it quite a lot.


Where to start..... 318is on 162k miles. Good condition for her age however was starting to play up a little so after finding out that I needed spend a least another £500 to keep her going (on top of the £2k spent in the last 15 months) I got rid of her.

Went in p/x against a Renault Laguna.

Wish I had spent the money & kept the E36.

Regret letting this go.

I've been there in the past and TBH it can be good to let go! But a Laguna? Do you like playing French Roulette?

Chin up my friend. I've regretted selling a few cars in the past but TBH you have to look to the other side .

[Monkeylegend]

So how much money did the dealer give you plus the Laguna?

I occasionally have those brain freeze moments when you do completely illogical things, it's like an out of body experience.

You need to start a thread about how reliable the Laguna is, if only to prove you did the right thing.......... maybe

[ambuletz]

all it needed was an extra £500!! and you had already put in 2k. how have you not gone back to the dealer to get the car back? yes i'll make you feel bad/guilty. how many years did you own it for? could you imagine owning a laguna for the same amount of years? I think not!

[soad]

Matey needs some sense knocking into him...unless funds were really tight?
Still not an excuse though.

[fred bloggs]

Oh dear. A laguna ? You should be banned from the forum.

[JT361]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-BMW-318-IS-M-Sport-...

I thought I recognised it, I was going to go up and view it but then the listing ended

[soad]

fred bloggs said:

Oh dear. A laguna ? You should be banned from the forum.

Unless it was powered by a 2.5 V6? Automatic, as I recall.

[fatboy69]

Still finding it difficult to justify it to myself let alone you lot however.....

Needed a car that was newer with less miles due to me driving some weeks over 700 miles. The E36 had in excess of 160k miles on the clock & was starting to show her age.

Couldn't afford to be without a car & couldn't run the risk of breaking her completely so made a snap decision to let her go.

Got offered a decent deal so I took it.

In an ideal world I would have kept the E36 & bought something else. This is not an ideal world so she had to go.

Regretted it when I drove off the forecourt in the other car & regret it now. Always will as had intended her to be a keeper however needs must.

I know where she has gone so hopefully the car will be looked after & maybe, one day, I will get her back.