E36 M3 Evo

**glendog74** · 09-01-2010, 09:29 PM

Looking to get one of these as a daily drive cheap shitter to do the nursery run!

Anyone know of a nice one for sale or have any experience of these and any of their issues? I presume wishbones, bushes and Vanos are the common snags?

A 328 Coupe would suffice too i suppose...

NZ_M3 · 10-01-2010, 12:36 AM

Buy the 3 litre non EVO less issues.

Bounce · 10-01-2010, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by glendog74

Looking to get one of these as a daily drive cheap shitter to do the nursery run!

Anyone know of a nice one for sale or have any experience of these and any of their issues? I presume wishbones, bushes and Vanos are the common snags?

A 328 Coupe would suffice too i suppose...

Have a look at a 30.L M3 Rob,great car, less issues,better 5 speed box,than the notchy 6 speed in the Evo,not much in it in performance,and no Vanos issues,i used to have a black one a few years ago,pretty much bullet proof.

danp · 10-01-2010, 09:39 AM

If it was me I'd be slightly nervy about either E36 M3 as a rat car - as potential bills could be high IMHO (I ran an Evo for a while, which was pretty solid to be fair, but poss not so many of these about nowadays in good shape)

IMHO E36 328i likely to be cheaper to run/insure/fuel and perhaps owned by less of a boy racer/chav... E46's are pretty cheap also. (and much better in a crash)

Depends what out there and what turns up tho..

My rat cars have tended to be old Golf's - have a couple of lovely mk2's at the mo! (the 1.3 doesn't quite have the speed of an M3 though, with a mighty 55bhp ;-) .. but I do find it strangely enjoyable to drive... almost the complete opposite to the CSL.

**Mark CSL** · 10-01-2010, 11:50 AM

Hi Rob
I have owned 11 e36 M3s not a lot goes wrong
Vanos is an issue with them you can tell let the car tick over open the bonnet and give it a rev when the revs drop you will here a rattel slowing down if it does the vanos or the vanos gears are on there way out.

I liked the 3.2 evo over the 3.0 better car to drive and better on fuel
rear trailing arm bushes go on them if they feel lose at the rear
also top shock mounts are crap £21 each not a big problem.

black leather is the best as the silver leather does not wear well

I had 1 convertabile but its not me would not buy another

There are some great e36s out there but there is also a lot of dogs

This was my fav e36 M3 Ac Schnitzer only 3 in the UK

**glendog74** · 10-01-2010, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mark csl

I have owned 11 e36 M3s

Feck me! I know who to turn to for advice then, LOL!

Thanks for the helpful comments fellas

**TMAQ** · 10-01-2010, 09:08 PM

my mate is selling his at the moment, think it is currently (only) advertised on e36coupe.com, i will get him to send you or post some details. it has done 80k and is very well looked after by an enthusiast. (btw its purple

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danp S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 177 Casino cash: $6280	If it was me I'd be slightly nervy about either E36 M3 as a rat car - as potential bills could be high IMHO (I ran an Evo for a while, which was pretty solid to be fair, but poss not so many of these about nowadays in good shape) IMHO E36 328i likely to be cheaper to run/insure/fuel and perhaps owned by less of a boy racer/chav... E46's are pretty cheap also. (and much better in a crash) Depends what out there and what turns up tho.. My rat cars have tended to be old Golf's - have a couple of lovely mk2's at the mo! (the 1.3 doesn't quite have the speed of an M3 though, with a mighty 55bhp ;-) .. but I do find it strangely enjoyable to drive... almost the complete opposite to the CSL.