1997 black/black 4-door 5-speed with 142k miles. Had the premium and sport packages. They wanted $11k for it.

Wasn't really impressed. Fun car, but the high speed stability wasn't really impressive and cornering wasn't all that great even though they claimed it had new struts. No real service records to be seen, and the guy had no idea who had owned it before. Dealership/salesman were spectacular...it's a small luxury-only dealer like 5 miles east of flint. Salesman used to professionally race E30 M3's in Europe and said that if I bought a car there he'd let me use the lift when it was open and would give me his advice (he knows everything about BMWs) and help if I wanted it.

Interior was also pretty beat up...the wood trim had taken a beating. Transmission was pretty awful...there was at least 2 inches of lateral play in the shifter while in gear.

Car had several electrical problems - stab control didn't work, ABS didn't work, sunroof didn't work, driver's window didn't work. I can see one of those problems happening or four of them happening seperately, but having all 4 of them at once without them being fixed by the previous owner? Odd.

Engine was spectacular...very smooth, great engine note, but not as fast as I expected. I think that the AV6 6-speed might actually be a bit quicker, and my buddy thought that my car could probably keep up with it on the highway.

Looks like I'll be saving for something closer to $20k :happysad:

 

The handling is different especially for someone used to driving the fwd understeer cars

 

Beemers aren't exactly reliable cars either. When I was in Germany I was surprised at the attitude that the Germans have towards BMW's. They say their great cars in the first few years but then they're shit. Might as well throw them away after that.

 

Yeah I expected that, it definitely felt a lot more controllable...but the body roll was as bad as my car. It just didn't feel quite right. I've been in E36 M3's before and they felt a lot tighter.

I wish Honda made a RWD Coupe

 

It's called an S2k with hardtop

Yeah I just wasn't sure if that was the issue. I know a lot of people who go from fwd to rwd or vice versa and don't like the feel because of the under/oversterr differences.

 

*cough* NSX *cough* h:

 

Hardtop on an S2K is pointless IMO. And I need something with real cargo capacity unless I want to hook a trailer up to it, which is starting to look like a good option.

 

O'rly? A trailer? Looking for a new home for you and your future wife? :chuckles:

 

Bimmer h:

 

I hope you are joking. I wouldn't tow a trailer even a light one for very long or very regularly with an S2k because the tranny is bound to fail at some point prematurely.