RE: Daily driver

["Fadeev, Alex" <alex.fadeev@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John A. Virnig [mailto:john@domain.elided] wrote:
> 
> > Are the E36s any good?
> 
> If I were you, Scott, I'd put on the flame retardant gear ASAP! ;-)
> The E36 is a very good car.  I'ts not an E46 and you'll probably be
> able to tell the difference pretty quick, 

very true.

> but its solid, smooth, reliable and will do the trick.  You might
> find some people who say it's best car in the world and others
> who think it's overpriced for the performance. I happen to enjoy
> my '97 328is very much!  Basically, all the aspects of the 323 
> that lured you into a BMW will be present in an E36, just a little
> bit older.

... and faster, unless you find one of those elusive 318 ...
Seriously, E46 323 is hardly a car you would want to 'preserve' for weekend
drives or anything else for that matter. Getting any E36 (325/328/M3) for a
'daily driver' while an E46 323 is depreciating in the garage makes as much
sense as buying a 360 because you can't stomach putting miles on your M3. 
FWIW, we test drove E46 323 and 328 in '99 thinking of getting one for my
better half before turning around and picking up a barely used E36 328.
Yeah, I guess that makes me a bit biased ;-) 
 
alex f
'95 M3
'98 328i (daily driver)
'89 325i (daily driver)

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