1986 BMW 3 Series 325E review from North America

Basic mat. Spark plus, wires, cap, rotor, fuel filter, air filter, oil. (Full Syn still till this day!)

Transmission clutch died @ 560,000Mi ($1,500)

Fuel pump and all hoses front to rear (2 times) ($230)

Fuel pressure regulator @ 550,000Mi ($60)

Brake pads, rotors, calipers a couple times ($700+ each time)

Front rack, inner tie rods, outer tie rods, ball joints ($2000+) (used M3 and Poly mounts)

18 inch wheels 7.5 225-40-18 front and 8.5 245-35-18.

All air hoses and intake boot replaced.

All coolant sensors and fan sensors replaced.

All components of the AC unit replaced, retrofitted and recharged.

Exhaust changed at around 500.000 to a 3 inch cat back exhaust (old one was starting to rust).

There is plenty more stuff that went wrong also.

All in all I know this seems like a lot of stuff going wrong on the car. But if really you count what I spent, and the mileage, it was well worth it.

They don't call these cars the million mile car for nothing. I have almost 600,000 mikes on this thing, and the paint is brand new, and I'm still riding on stock suspension and many other parts that would have died long ago on many cars.

The car still gets over 40 miles per gallon, and with the chip reaches a whopping 146mph topped out with the 325i gears in the rear with the stock motor (may take 10 minutes :) )

Never ever broke down it; always gave me the heads up when something was gonna go or getting bad. Once you own these for many years you just know what is going, and what exactly it's going to be. The bad side is no codes, so if you do run into a horrid mess that you can't fix, it's a guessing game. I baby it and trying to get 1 million miles on the stock motor. Good luck everyone with the E30s!