As a first car, I don’t imagine you’ll find a car in perfect condition but the cars are easy to work on and you can find tons of information and DIY videos on YouTube so you should be able to tackle everything. I plan on buying my kids an E36 as a first car and just maintaining it. I’ve owned E36’s since 2000 and have loved them!
I'm shopping for my first drift car currently. I'm looking to do a BMW E36 coupe with the goal of an LS1 swap. The build to me is just as fun as the Drifting, so I'm not concerned with the time or money that will go into this. My question for you all today pertains to which E36 I should buy.
E28s are good cars but a 32 year old car is going to inherently have more issues just due to its age. Go for an e30 or an e36 instead My first car was a $1000
So first of all: ECE 318i was never available as a coupe, so it's either a 316i, a 318is. Second: 5 owners is not bad by itself, but it increases the chances that one of these was an asshole. Third: lookout for rust, this is really the main issue with these cars, maybe if you buy it in italy/spain they're going to be fine, but as you go up LpHLC.