1990 BMW 3 Series I review from Lithuania
"Not bad, could be better. Well built"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
At first I got this car, it's inside lighting system was dead - no lights on speedometer, on heat knobs, etc.
Seats a weak constructed, wearing bad.
Fails any electrical part of car, except the ECU controller.
Clamp is not working so soft as in my previous Audi 100 - it's not easy to begin ride from the 0kph - it pulls strongly than acceleration disappears, makes you feel discomforted. Especially, when car is filled with 3 persons or more in 1st and 2nd gears.
The fuel pump makes a big noise - it's gonna fail some day, and need to be changed. But with this noise I drew almost 20.000 of km!
Some kind of convulsions, when going at low speeds in low gears. No body can solve this problem.
Front ant rear shock absorbers are near to end.
Drive colon is need to be changed, because bigger amount of parts of this unit is unfixable failed.
Replaced the front sway bar.
Replaced the front brake disc's.
Replaced the front bearings in above sides.
Strange vibration to the steering wheel - nobody also can solve this problem.
Changed rear springs, enough cheap to fix.
General comments?
This is not a bad car. Pulls 0 to 100 kph up to 10.5 sec.
The stronger pull reaches up in 4000 RPM.
Easy to handle.
Economical, escpecially in city.
The interior design could be better - plenty of cheap details.
Too big noise of engine inside.
Seat material also could be better.
If you do a tuning inside car - it becomes more fine.
Also it starts without any problems, while standing in cold temperature all night.
Not too much rust.
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| First year of ownership | 2003 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2003 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.8i 16v Manual |
| Performance marks | 7/10 |
| Reliability marks | 9/10 |
| Comfort marks | 5/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 7/10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 8/10 |
| Distance when acquired | 222000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 244000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Audi 100 |
| Date of Entry | 26th November, 2003 |
