E30 325i or E36 328i

[npower]

I'm looking at getting either a e30 325 or an e36 328 as a second/project car. Which would be the better bet in terms of costs,availibility of performance bits etc?

 

[Psymon69]

What do you plan on doing? E30 with 328 engine gets my vote :rollsmile:

 

[npower]

What do you plan on doing? E30 with 328 engine gets my vote :rollsmile:

Nothing so radical. Just want the pros and cons of buying these cars second hand. Has for mods looking more at things like strut braces, springs/dampers, performance headers and a free flow.Want reliable performance not something temperamentle. So e30 or e36?

 

[Psymon69]

I think go test drive both. The E30 will be more fun to drive with a freeflow and branch with its tail out everywhere.

E36 will be more reliable day to day I think. Im biased towards e30s and believe they have a much more involving drive. But these days they cost quite alot for a nice one and even then they are 20years old so stuff will break.

 

[npower]

Now have to go out and look! Going to be a mission to find an unmolested e30 at a reasonable price.

 

[abmi0000]

E36 for peace of mind :thumbs:

 

[dvst8]

An e30 is bought with the heart. If its what the heart wants, nothing else will satisfy you.

I WANT an e30 and no matter what else i bought it just does not fill that gaping hole in my heart.

2013, i must own an e30.

 

[Doomsdaya]

E36 will be more reliable day to day I think. Im biased towards e30s and believe they have a much more involving drive.

+1

Just by driving an e30 325i will be enough to persuade you :rollsmile:

 

[wikk3d88]

Finding a decent E30 is getting harder and harder

 

[dvst8]

Finding a decent E30 is getting harder and harder

True story.

And most ot the okes want cazy prices for bad examples.

 

[wikk3d88]

Finding a decent E30 is getting harder and harder

True story.

And most ot the okes want cazy prices for bad examples.

*coughs*

 

[Peter@AEW]

For handling an e36 328 will do the trick.
For passion an e30 fullstop.

It really depends on what it is you are looking for on a very personal level.

As to e30s being expensive that is correct,they are expensive to buy and maintain.
I guess it is consistent with how many cars are out there for sale and their overall condition.
At the age they are at now pricing scales are based on what a seller wants and not so much what a buyer is prepared to pay. The neat cars are weekend toys and as such their owners do not need to sell.....unless of course you make them a very appealing offer.
Good Luck in your search.

 

[DROP IT - ZN]

Fun factor = E30 hands down raise:

 

[Gizmo]

Put all your time money and effort into fixing up an e30 and then it gets stolen/hijacked because some local wants a new spinning toy, no thank you. E36 gets my vote as they are much less of a target and have a lot more headroom for modification.

 

[h17m4n]

E30 is the business, my wife will kick me in the nuts if I got anything else. Luckily I found '88 e30 325i convertible, 3 owners from new (me the 3rd) with full service history. Stock standard. looks like new... Paid R42000 for her, She has not dropped me once yet, except for the night a kettle burst under my dash (heater valve).
raise:
Just need to get tires now, you can't help but spinning from time to time....
:thumbs:

 

[Gizmo]

The e30 will pull more attention than the e36 but not the kind of attention you want...

 

[npower]

Its really painful watching all those e30s being tortured in those Spinning shows. Is it a urban myth that when a hijacker dies his mates torch an e30 in his memory?

 

[wikk3d88]

Its really painful watching all those e30s being tortured in those Spinning shows. Is it a urban myth that when a hijacker dies his mates torch an e30 in his memory?

Urban Legend