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Next good RWD used car. 200

posted by  Farm Boy on  Tue Sep 19 17:32 CST 2006
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What to buy when the yuppy's bricks are all gone? At the risk of going off-topic:

BMW sold a LOT of e36 body style sedans in the 1990s. They are all basically the same car. They just upgraded the self-diagnostics to OBDII in 1997.

They are harder to work on than bricks, but not as hard as an S70.

Dealer prices for parts are better than Volvo. On-line parts are comperable.

They are VERY reliable. I have one with 200k mi and one with 140k mi, and they have both had fewer repairs than my bricks at that mileage. The in-line six is a wonderful engine. The 4 cyl in the 318 model is only fair.

They suffer from plastic/aluminum radiators like the later bricks.

They have problems with cold/cracking solder joints, but the problems are in the radio and climate control, rather than the fuel relay and temperature guage. Same soldering iron fixes all problems.

They far more fun to drive than a brick, though those hard seats are tough on my middle-aged posterior on long trips.






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