1989 BMW 3 Series Reviews - Page 5 of 9

Nothing as of yet has gone wrong with this car!

This car is probably one of the finest examples of it's type. It has been fully maintained by BMW since it's conception in 1989.

The soft top is in prestine condition and is a seriously quick car.

It drives like a new car and is a real head turner with the top up or down.

Advice from me. If you can get hold of a TC BAUR buy one, you will have so much fun!!

2 times the fuel pump quit requiring a tow. Whatever BMW calls its transfer case starting leaking badly at 125,000 miles.

Car was relatively fast. Handling was terrific. Went through snow like a banshee.

The cabin is small.

Almost everything (that's a little harsh)

Rear disks/pads replaced.

Rear handbrake shoes and fitting kit.

Rear shocks/springs/top mounts.

Rear axle mount and trailing arm bushes.

Diff rebuilt.

Rear wheel bearings changed.

Front disks/pads replaced.

Front shocks/springs/top mounts.

Front wishbones and all bushes.

Track rod ends.

Cambelt and tensioner.

Serviced.

Brake pipes.

Rear tyres.

More rear tyres.

Lock set.

Windscreen wiper relay (s) x 4.

Fog light.

I've replaced all of the above during the first year of ownership.

What can I say, I keep throwing money at this car and it keeps absorbing it and still refusing to be fully fixed. Yesterday I loved it, today I loathe it, and so it goes on like that day in, day out. Fortunateley I have a friend at a local garage who helps keep the costs down, other than that it would have gone a long time ago.

I keep it because it goes so very very sideways, but at 4 turns lock to lock, and the estate body it often gets out of shape! Not where near as easy to drive sideways as a Mk2 Escort for example. but much cheaper now.

They're fast once you get them wound up, but woefully torque-less low down.

Over engineered and harder to work on than other cars of their era. Just try getting to the cambelt.

I truly want to love this car, but it keeps disgracing itself with it's thousands of niggles.

A couple of questions though, do they all turn over for ages before starting?

Does anyones intermittent wipe work?

Does anyone have silent tappets? (I've done mine twice and they still aren't!)

It's a real shame that there's a generation growing up now who will never know how glorious it feels to go sideways on a wet roundabout.

Everything. Especially, the radiator and differentials. The car had to be recovered after 2000 miles when new.

Cost me over £8000 in 10 years in repairs. Unfortunately I couldn't afford anything else to replace this car. I wish I got a Volvo 440 - would have been more reliable I'm told.

It was a good car when I got it until it cost me £1000 per year in repairs.