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<blockquote data-quote="anxious" data-source="post: 597703" data-attributes="member: 193"><p>My 5th Anniversary</p><p></p><p>This month is my 5th anniversary of my 1995 E36 325i.</p><p></p><p>Its remarkable for a 17 year old car. I prefer it anytime to my wife's 1 year old Inspira.</p><p></p><p>My experience with Bimmers started in 2003 when I got a 1988 E30 318i 2 door.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately there werent many E30 325's around then but E36s were abundant. You could get a 1997 328i for RM40-50k.</p><p></p><p>I managed to get a direct owner 1995 E36 325i with less than 80000km mileage for RM40k.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say I was over the moon, until I realised that the car was neglected by the previous owner.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, the car has been a dream since then.</p><p></p><p>My expenses on the maintaining the car since then has been as follows:-</p><p></p><p>2008- RM5000(including tyres,wheels & tint)</p><p>2009- RM3000</p><p>2010- RM5000</p><p>2011- RM5000 (incld tyres & speakers)</p><p></p><p>In the past 5 years I have done about 75000km. </p><p></p><p>My car has done 155k km.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Then perhaps I'll reward myself with a 5 series on my 50th birthday.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>Buy cash. Set aside RM10k for initial repairs and b/w RM3-5k every year after that and you'll get a better driving experience than any other new car costing less than RM120k.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>As for me I am still enjoying my E36 experince..........on my 5th anniversary!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anxious, post: 597703, member: 193"] My 5th Anniversary 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. 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- RM3000 2010- RM5000 2011- RM5000 (incld tyres & speakers) In the past 5 years I have done about 75000km. My car has done 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. Buy cash. Set aside RM10k for initial repairs and b/w RM3-5k every year after that 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!!! [/QUOTE]
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