| Colinevan |
12-02-2010 11:18 PM |
Ben,
e36coupe.com is a fab forum, it now has been renamed bmwowner.com and covers all e36's and e46 3 series.It also caters for the 5s, 7s etc etc.
Personally i would look at a 318is as its more powerful, and has a 1.9 16v engine (e36) and develops 140 bhp and is generally nicknamed the baby M3, they are light agile revy and the 4 pot engine is rumoured to be the best engine that bmw have produced on both reliablilty and performance and becuase its light very chuckable.
Iv had various e36's a 318is, 328 ( briefly ) and the last one was the M3 evo (321 bhp ) and iv never looked back. I now run an e46 320d which despite having a bad reputation for turbos going bang, swirl flaps dropping into the engine and destroying it, has been excellent. Maintenance can be expensive, but its a well built car and built for driving.
Thumbs up from me.
Col.
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