1986 BMW 3 Series 325es review from North America

Idle was very rough when car ran for a long period of time.

Rest of things that went bad on the car was simply regular maintenance Such as paint, brakes, tires, plugs, wires, oil changes, etc.

This car was absolutely amazing. I was truly in love with it. I bought it when it was rather beat up. Only paid $800 and then painted it re-did the wheels, put a high performance exhaust on it (which by the way sounded excellent) I put at most $600 into the car in the entire 2 years I had owned it! I thought that was spectacular especially considering I spent $350 on the paint alone. The car was pretty quick and very responsive. I had a blast every single time I drove this car. It also handled like a go-kart, an absolute blast! Unfortunately, after two years the idle was getting extremely rough and it was pushing black smoke out of the pipes. I had assumed I blew the head gasket, but wasn't positive. My friend gave me a decent offer for it ($1500) so I made a mistake and sold it. I have been searching all around for another one and haven't yet found the "right" deal just yet. I highly recommend this car. You WON'T be let down!