5 Reasons Why I Love The BMW E36
5 Reasons Why I Love The BMW E36
I do own a BMW E36 Coupe 316i since 6 years. It was my first car, not because i liked BMW’s or something like that, it was a very reasonable choice..
When I got my license i realised that i wanted a RWD car(for obvious reasons), so i searched for a cheap car with RWD.
Nearly every car with RWD was a possible choice, I dont gave a sh*t about looks or anything like that.
I live in Europe so there were no Japanese Cars that I could afford, Mercedes was never an option for me. So after a while i realised that the only car with RWD and nice handling, that I could afford was a BMW. At first i wanted to buy a E34 525i(which I did twice later on), but I realised that I could not pay the taxes and insurance for a car with neraly 200hp.
So one day i saw a E36 316i Coupe with 128tkm, which I bought..
I know the 316i with it’s “enourmous” power of 102bhp is more like a joke..but it’s still an E36..and I learned to love the E36.
And because the E36 is not one of the more loved cars from BMW I wanted to tell you why I like it so much..
It has a special character
I’ve driven quite a lot of cars, for example the E46 330Ci of a friend of mine. Yeah it is quite fast, looks good, has a nice interiour and so on.
But it doesn’t have that feeling of an E36..
Whenever I’m in a E36 my driving style goes nuts. The car just makes me want to drive fast. My friend with the E46 also expierenced that when he had a 320i Coupe as a winter beater.
It just feels different, the E46 is more like a small E39 while the E36 feels very light and easy to get it sideways. It wants to be pushed hard. Even the 316i does make quite a lot fun when its wet.
I’ve driven a lot of E36 and every time i get this feeling, and i don’t get that in my E34 525i, or the E46.
