New or Used: A Flip of the E36 Coin
Danny writes: Dear Sajeev and Steve, This is not necessarily a purchase conundrum, but I hope that you’ll help me anyway. I’m currently the owner of a lovely, well-kept 1998 BMW 323is Coupe (E36) that...
View ArticlePiston Slap: E36, The Immaculata!
Robert writes: Sajeev – My wife drives a 1998 328i that we bought new for her- it currently has 64,300 miles on it. She drives it more or less daily (just not very far) so we couldn ’t just get rid of...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Need a “Hans and Franz” ABS Workout?
Craig writes: Sajeev, Some time ago I purchased a 1995 (E36) BMW M3 as a project car. Mostly I have limited myself to bringing the maintenance up to date. I have a more than averagely equipped...
View ArticleCrapwagon Outtake: The Ultimate … Machine
Insert your own preferred derogatory descriptor in the title. The E36 M3 – lauded as a wonderful driver’s car, yet derided as a watered-down car unworthy of the ///M badge. Built in reasonably high...
View ArticleToday’s Most Over-styled Car Is …
I recently started to think about automotive over styling. This is because many of today’s cars are styled to the point where you wonder if they had some contractual obligation with the supplier to put...
View ArticleDigestible Collectible: 1995 BMW 318ti
Last week, we looked at a bunch of hot hatches — or, at least, hatchbacks that were hot back in the day. Those cars lost some luster over the years. Though, if they were clean, they’d clearly still be...
View ArticleA Little Japanese Sausage: 35 Years of Honda’s Takes on Leading German Cars
How ’bout that new Civic sedan? I don’t know about you, but I think it’s the boldest mainstream design I’ve seen from a Japanese manufacturer since Honda got rid of the hidden headlamps on the Accord...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1996 BMW 328i Convertible
Internet Car Experts have spent the last decade explaining to the rest of us how every example of the BMW E30 3 Series, no matter how decrepit, is worth at least a couple of grand. This claim is even...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1996 BMW 318ti California Edition
The most affordable BMW in the United States, during the middle years of the E36 platform, was the 318ti. A four-cylinder hatchback, it sold for about two-thirds the price of a six-cylinder 328 sedan...
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