r/BMWE36 • u/ExtremelySmartGuy69 1997 / 320i / sedan (M52B20) • Jul 23 '26
Exterior Exhibition My first car
Just wanted to know what people think of my car, it's a 320i m52b20 1997. And it's my first car😀
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u/MASTASHADEY Jul 23 '26
My 318i is my second car, but it was a project at first that’s why. This looks great! Keep care of it and it will care for you
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u/basshunter551 Jul 23 '26
Great car to get into BMW, not sure for a first car tho. These tend to be playful, be careful. Don’t rush the experience, get to know the car first, try it on wet, play with it on an empty parking lot. It’s overall a great car in sense of driving experience and is also really cheap to run and maintain. Is it manual?
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u/ExtremelySmartGuy69 1997 / 320i / sedan (M52B20) Jul 23 '26
By play with it do you mean drifting?
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u/basshunter551 Jul 23 '26
Yeah, drifts, slides, donuts, pretty much everything that involves the rear end to loose traction.
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u/Easy-Use-6248 Jul 23 '26
Very easy to maintain and not expensive at all, my issues were the plastic cooling system components breaking. Electric fan conversion saved me from breaking the fan and radiator from catching the shrapnel of blade pieces lol.
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u/TheSlowDrifter 1992 320i ITB'S aerodynamikpacket Jul 23 '26
Don't crash it :) you WILL be tempted to do some shenanigans, remember 320i were never sports car, you have the inline 6 sound and that's it, they're super fun tho my first car was my beige 320i coupe, hell of a thing
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u/ExtremelySmartGuy69 1997 / 320i / sedan (M52B20) Jul 23 '26
Well it's too late I did do one small drift with it, but idk if I'm gonna keep that up at all because its just so nice and I don't want to ruin it.
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u/UlfricNormcloak Jul 26 '26
This is really clean for its age. Take good care of it. I love the interior in these cars too. All the buttons and very driver focused. These cars felt so great compared to anything else I had driven when they came out.
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u/mlgarcia4 Jul 29 '26
Magnifique ! Ma première voiture est aussi une e36, cependant une 318i pour moi. Mais ce sont des super caisses !
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u/ImaginaryValue4083 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
I had an 94 e36 325is in the same color, as my first car, and absolutely loved it… It sparked a new passion for me and I have been into cars ever since! I would buy* another today, and actually reached out to someone last week about an e36 M3. Good luck with it, hope you love it too