European accesories for our E36 cars

Subject: European accesories for our E36 cars
From: Mike Whitley (whitleym@domain.elided) (Mike Whitley) <Whitley#u#ML@domain.elided>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 23:48:27 -0500

A friend of mine recently mentioned the European BMW catalog for E36
accessories. (E36 is the designation for 3 series made after 1992)
The catalog has many neat things that don't seem to be available in
the US, such as the rear window sun shade.  It includes prices too,
and the German prices are quite a bit cheaper that US delaers seem to
charge on the same items.

My question is this.  Do any of you have contacts in Europe from
which one can mail BMW parts that aren't necessarily available here? 
I have traveled around Munich in Germany myself, but never found
anyone who could sell parts via mail order.  (The BMW factory sells
anything and everything over the counter, but you are stuck carrying
stuff back home on your own.)

Any info or advice would be appreciated!

Thanks
Mike