anxious
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This month is my 5th anniversary of my 1995 E36 325i.Its remarkable for a 17 year old car. I prefer it anytime to my wife's 1 year old Inspira.My experience with Bimmers started in 2003 when I got a 1988 E30 318i 2 door.In 2007 after 4 years of driving a 318, I got into a friend's E30 325i and fell in love with the power and smoothness of a straight 6 engine.Unfortunately there werent many E30 325's around then but E36s were abundant. You could get a 1997 328i for RM40-50k then.I managed to get a direct owner 1995 E36 325i with less than 80000km mileage for RM40k.Needless to say I was over the moon, until I realised that the car was neglected by the previous owner.Bimmers being Bimmers, they dont suffer fools lightly. My first few months of ownership was a nightmare to my pocket when I ended up spending RM20k on the car in 2007 itself.Thankfully, the car has been a dream since then.My expenses on the maintaining the car since then has been as follows:-2008- RM5000(including tyres,wheels & tint)2009- RM30002010- RM50002011- RM5000 (incld tyres & speakers)In the past 5 years I have done about 75000km. My car has now done abt 155k km.Based on my friend's E36 325i which has hit 360k km and still running strong (after engine and gearbox overhall a few years back), I am confident of keeping my E36 for another 10 years.Then perhaps I'll reward myself with a 5 series on my 50th birthday.For all of you out there, if you can find a decent unmodified and welll maintained E36, grab it. Its the best way to start your Bimmer experience. Try to buy direct owner. Used car dealers just scam you.Buy cash. Set aside RM10k for initial repairs and b/w RM3-5k every year thereafter and you'll get a better driving experience than any other new car costing less than RM120k.However if you yearly mileage is above 15k km a year than you should look at something newer, an E46 perhaps as you can't over burden the old lady too much.As for me I am still enjoying my E36 experince..........on my 5th anniversary!!!:burnout:
