Amen

No its better alfa 75 for me

@@MrVideogiocatore96 Alfa 75 is garbage.

@@OhioBoy1440 you are garbage

Indeed. Beautiful

agreed!

Their mission has changed a bit. BMW were not reaching to make all out performance cars like they are now. They just made good BMW's. Sound coachwork and a solid road manors was more their focus. Times changed, the World as a market opened up and competition took them in to another direction.

BMW today is what Toyota was in 1993, a good, mainstream carmaker who makes boring cars.

777jones That is funny. Back in the eighties we thought of BMW and Volvo as solid but boring cars that cost too much and most Toyota's were throw away commuters that began rusting apart in a few short years.

I 100% agree! Growing up (I'm 35) I was the biggest BMW fanboy. Lusting after e30's, e28's, 2002 tii's and e39 M5's. Now I look at BMW and all I see is boringly styled, bloated X-Drive this, I-Drive that cars and SUV's. They're just so damn boring now. Are they fast? Of course they are. But you're so isolated from the road and the sensation of speed that it doesn't even matter. You're more of a passenger than a driver. I want old BMW to come back.

Lol! I was thinking why is he rubbing the interior all over like a madman.

Hahahaha

Then his buddy, the dealer, in the drivers seat operating the sunroof! Check out that stache.

@coffeeinthemorning I think these morons really do think that. Compared to marijuana, which is another thing not everyone used back in the '60's or '70's like people seem to think, cocaine use was very small.

Just think of the daft sound effects in the electric cars they make.

Gravitationally challenged

Hahaha

777jones this is my favorite BMW body style. Wish they would bring it back

M2 maybe?

adriancsamson That would've been reeeaaally expensive back then

$69,391.56 in today’s market value. It was also made to be more durable than today’s BMWs.

Could have had Celica and Land cruiser for the same price.

@@ricksays7133 In the mid-90s I had a mid 80s BMW, it broke down every 3 months on average. They're not as well made as your average Japanese car.

tn18977 Okay. I had an ‘87 325 in the early 2000s for 4 years. There were old parts that needed to be replaced. Yet with regular maintenance, it never gave me much issues.

German hydraulic my friend

Hydraulics **

I had an 05’ X5 4.4i back when I was a little younger. Also had a Nissan 350Z at the same time (one of at least a dozen performance cars I’ve owned). I am a quite capable driver; I raced competitively (semi-professionally) for roughly a decade. Anyway, I swear that 2 1/2 ton SUV (or, rather, SAV as BMW like to call it) would perform every bit as well as that 350Z would. Roughly equal acceleration (0-60: 6 sec), Top speed (155+ for both), braking, and surprisingly, handling! It blew my mind how high the limits were in that X5. With a new set of high-performance Michelin tires and a competent driver, I’m not confident the Z could’ve beaten the Beemer on a backroad. It truly shocked me. Not to mention the trick off-road electronic systems (downhill assist, differentials and whatnot). Don’t get me wrong, it’s not AM General Humvee or anything, but with a solid set of 33”-35” mud tires and maybe a modest 3” lift, I can’t imagine much outbogging it short of dedicated front, center, and rear diff. locked Jeeps and shit.

to think nowadays 30k is nothing for a car. back then you were turning heads everywhere with a car that expensive

+geoff Yeah it's 66k in today's money.

In Germany restored one is 35 000 euro. This car doesnt know for years. I have one from end 1986 4 door. Great car.

@@duro845 $30k is expensive for a car even today, most cars are simply overpriced.

***** Older cars with the ABS that weighed less than todays cars were very good stoppers indeed. My '91 Oldsmobile full size wagon will stop in 128 feet from 60, which is as good as or better than every compact car made today.

+Craig J Yes but safety...

the drivers face would be the crumple zone on a car like this! :p

+Buck Futter Safety is for the incompetent driver.

MegaRingstar Either that or in case you, a competent driver, gets hit by an incompetent drunk driver

Starting price “was equivalent” to that amount back then, 3 years later today is equivalent to almost 76K 😒😞😔😟😕

taylor christensen agreed, I had a 87 and it was bulletproof

I'm considering buying one. Seems well taken care of and has had some motor work done to it. Should I buy it?

Had M50 engines as well as M20 engines I have now, prefer the M20 for their sound

Jorge Lopez I bet BMW could sell this car mildly updated and it would sell out.

Americans😂

Yuriy Klimin I know, Americans, am I right? I heard that guy they put on the moon was done by accident; darn Americans and their trampolines. What idiots!

@@dr.lyleevans6915 well a huge portion of them ARE idiots.. that's what they're without modern easy life

@@ayva6ovay3gmail31 What are you smoking?

If you look at something like an Acura Legend of the same vintage, the BMW is more complicated.

My mom had the '88 325iS, one of the most unique on the road.

This car will always rock. Same for the e36. My first car was an e36 compact. Great first car. Just enough power, great practicality for a young lad, reliable, handled so well. Immense fun. I'm now driving an e90 320d; it's great but it's very "antiseptic" compared to the organic and connected feel of these old BMWs.

☝🏽Here, Take this L 👊🏽

+Ryan Miller awd sucks on low-power cars, sorry

+Nick Motsarsky it's a 63:37 mix, 63% of the torque goes to the rear, it's better than anything I've ever driven in the snow

169hp might sound low, but at the time that was quite a bit. Even today, M20 E30s keep up with average family vehicles pretty handily. They might have another hundred horsepower but they've got another thousand pounds to pull around, too. 0-60 in 8.3 seconds is nothing to scoff at.

Nick meant that awd has on average 5% more power loss on drivetrain than rwd.

Ryan Miller Old thread, but is it 63/37 static, or variable based on settings/traction etc? Also, what type of differential is it? I bet it truly is a beast in the dirt, mud, and snow.

Lies

About 70k I believe. But there is other factors that don’t tell the whole story

Where it's meant to sit.

Ed Jack I think it’s so they can fit the front diff

What? That can’t be right lol

I use them all the time. That spark plug tool in particular is super handy, especially since e30s run through spark plugs pretty fast.

Whats the difference 325ix and 325i in engins

Nawaf jamali nothing. Except lsd is standard and of coarse ix is awd

Ive used them to work on a Ford I had, hehe

And douggystyle has 3m subs. It's fucked. Go watch kaplan American from new england motorcycle museum

jeepthing98 it said stop from 55mph, not 60mph.

jeepthing98 And MotorWeek uses a different method to measure stopping distance compared to other magazines' test results -- this is why you always see very short 'distances' given from Motorweek.

89 ft from 55 -> 106 ft from 60

Those are plenty good times for good passing power.. 8.3 seconds to 60 MPH is quick enough to have a good time passing a slow traffic jam lol.