[s-cars] Re: BMW M3 E36 (JR)

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 Just as an FYI I have a 95 m3, with 220k on it .. It has been VERY VERY trouble free... the head has never been off the car.. The car is tracked regularly and it burns literally no oil... 

I have owned a 93 s4, great car.. also.. I would say the BMW technology is a but newer, its is abit more reliable not to say that the s4 wasnt. dollar for dollar the m3 is less expensive to maintain and there is probably a greater amount of people out there who can service it properly than a ur-s4

Hope that helps//

Fabryce




In a message dated 7/9/2004 7:04:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Alex M <foralex at gmail.com> writes:

>E36 M3 is my favorite BMW in general. Great brakes, great handling,
>good power, very fun to drive. Stock vs Stock, performance wise M3
>beats the UrS4 hands down, but if your brother has a family and kids
>and needs a little bit more room in the back and has tons of snow in
>the winter, then UrS4 is the winner.
>
>I will own one myself some day.. oops I better stop or Dave F. will
>never give me a ride in his RS2'd UrS4 :-P
>
>Anyways, tell you brother he wont be disappointed either way. No
>serious issues with those cars either, just routine maintenance. On
>high mileage bimmers the vanos starts making noises, but nobody knows
>how long before it completely fails. Until 120+K he doesn't have to
>worry about it at all. Another issue was water pump and radiator
>failure due to the fact that water early water pumps had plastic
>propellers, but a new water pump with metal propellers is available
>for 50$ so that should be a big problem either. 98 and 99 are the best
>years so there wont be much to worry about.
>
>Ok ok Dave I will stop now :-)
>
>Regards,
>Xel
>
>> Message: 
>> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:13:22 -0500
>> From: JR <urs4 at magnaspeed.net>
>> Subject: [s-cars] BMW M3 E36
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>> My brother is looking at a 98 M3 for sale in the area.  What does the
>> group think of this car in general?  How does it compare to the URS4?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> JR
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