IS THE E36 A GOOD DAILY DRIVER? (or a terrible mistake)

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[miguelacalpotura]

i daily'd my first E36, a 328i sedan, for two years, 100 mile commute 5 days out of the week and it never left me stranded. Recently got into a E36 M3 coupe and I am convinced that E36's are the best cars I've owned so far.

[claudeakel]

the e36 is a mistake that you will fall in love with

[NativesMC]

I've had my 99' M3 as a daily for about 6 years now. It has only left me stranded twice, once was a battery the other was the radiator. The cooling system is the achilles heel of these cars, I upgraded to an over the top cooling system. Never selling this car, it rules the mountain roads.

[dogfish]

I daily an E36 M3 in the mountains of NC. Kirkey racing seats, back half roll bar and all. Only car I own. Does everything I need it to do. Late model cars are numb and boring. E36 M3 is... not. 😜

[imnota]

I don't know why people talk about bmw and vw being unreliable.
They have small problems that you need to take care of, but they will literally outlive you if you do those little cheap stuff.
They're the kinda cars that will give you small problems once in a while (still less often than a lot of other brands, really don't know why people hate on german car's reliability when they're more reliable than 80% of other cars) but you will never have a real engine failure. And I'd rather have that than a car that won't give you problems but that will have really worn out bearings and piston rings and low compression at 170k miles.

[MrXeleris]

I daily drive my e36 m3, and it works for me! It has all of the creature comforts that I'd ever need, and it makes every commute a blast! It sure wakes me up in the morning before work haha

[williamprice]

It has problems, but you'll seriously fall in love with it, all you really need to do is take care of the body, refresh cooling, and suspension, change the oil every 3, 000 miles and you'll be good.

[hovakazi]

I just bought my first car today and it happened to be a e36 323i for a crazy ass deal! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[obeybosss]

e36 318i - my daily for 8 years - cheap, reliable, and does 47mpg on autobahn. Looks cool with schnitzer type 3 rims

[sanjyuSAN]

homie cruising the same 4 blocks for like 20 minutes

[ShivaalTiluk]

Awesome vid!! I now (past 3 months), daily drive my '93 328i. Have it for 3 years now. almost 37k kilometers on it. Best cars ever!!

[johnjayalves]

Mine is a ‘96 convertible I bought used 15 years ago, I still have it. Best car ever

[johnpearson]

I daily drive my e36 M3, summer, winter, autocross, runs to the ski slope, long highway trips, it works great for everything! Only had it towed once due to a dead alternator. I am not afraid to drive it anywhere, put 20k miles a year on it. I highly recommend as a daily. Mine has been way more reliable than the 2013 Mini R56 and 2002 BMW M5 that proceeded it in my garage. It's also less expensive to maintain from a parts cost standpoint.

[arontphotos]

I daily drive my E36 every summer, can’t wait for it!

[phakamisa_mandindi]

Thanks for this bro. I'm all the way in South Africa 🇿🇦. Love your stuff man.

[Fatlipss]

Ive bought an 95 325is & ive been daily driving since August .. not one issue. Ive reinforced my whole rear end & put a new clutch & thats all ive done for her to run good

[Jason-gtkx]

All used cars have their unique problems. As long as you know what to look for when buying a specific are, and you replace those parts as need you should be ok. The E36 has great bones and worth investing in. IMO

[TolandTheShattered]

Been using my e36 m3 as a daily now for the last 6 months with around 230k on the clock. Not once did I ever get left stranded or have to perform anything other than regular maintenance. Of course from person to person it varies but, for the most part these cars are just tanks. It’s taken all the abuse and begged for more. But watch out, these cars are really really hard to put down when you get rolling with them.

[MADMAN]

You guys in the U.S got lucky with the M52 engine E36's, everyone else got the aluminium block M52 aka the butterblock... I'd strongly suggest you look at 325i E36's over the 328i if you're outside the U.S and Manual over Auto. and don't touch a 4 cylinder one for the love of god if you want reliability...
My current 1991 325i Manual E36 Sedan (U.S missed out on 1991 models) is awesome to drive and a super reliable daily and my previous 1993 325i Manual Coupe was also awesome but didn't quite handle corners as well as my current 4 door sedan does. Also worth noting I live in Australia so the usual E36 wear and tear on trim pieces can be a nuisance because it happens twice as fast here. Mechanically they are awesome and incredibly easy to work on, cosmetically they can be a bit iffy especially if they see the sun a lot but regardless they are a great car and extremely fun. If you get a proper one with a 141kw+ 6 cylinder it will be easily comparable to the Toyota GT86.
In fact my 1991 325i is quicker with stock engine parts and handles better with the coilovers I have installed than an 86 with a catback and stock suspension, for the price of the E36 325i and coilovers you get more car and more performance in comparison to the GT86 in my opinion haha

[Boz]

you are correct. My 318 puts a smile on my face every time i drive it.. just regular drive and i like it. And i like your videos, like the toning or video profile you are using