1990 BMW 3 Series 325ic from North America - Comments

I rescued the car from an abusive owner and have had to do maintenance that should have been done at 60K miles. Replaced front control arms, struts, mounting plates, rear shocks and mounts, all wheel bearings and passenger side outer axle bearing. The real bugger of a problem was an elusive and massive trunk leak. It's fixed now, but I lost the CD changer and the jack to water damage.

I love this car and have named it "Lara." It gets looks just about everywhere I go (brilliant rot color), and handles like a dream.

I took it to the Utah Salt Flats and drove on the Bonneville Race track. The car reached 135mph before I finally chickened out. The engine is stock, no modifications yet, and it zooms around town like it's running on NOS. And the cornering is superb. I have fish tailed only to straighten out as the limited slip kicked in and saved my butt.

I have driven the car from Seattle to Key West and from there to Connecticut, and I have to say the seats are less comfortable than granite.

The BMW dealers are patient and always help me when I come in with my neurotic search for the little pieces of the car that have no impact on looks or performance, but are just missing.

BT.

I need to find out who wrote the review of the 1990 BMW 325ic. I have an elusive trunk leak for years and I TO LOST MY JACK AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. My name is Marc and they can contact me at Marc.Licciardi@aexp.com.

Same goes for me!

Flooded trunk, lost carpet, lost CD changer, lost jack.

There must be someone who knows why this happens, just with the 1987-1990 models.

Besides all this the car had done almost 325000 km.

The last 4 years for a total of 1000$ repair and maintenance. My wife is a quiet driver.

Still running with the original softop. Using a hardtop since 5 years. Has never seen the inside of my garage.

This is reserved for my 911 3.6 convertible.

I live close to the German borders and the 320i convertible it is by far the most popular convertible.

If anyone knows how to find that leak, I'd love to know too! I'm guessing, as the brake light failure indicator keeps going on, that it might actually be the "middle" light installed in the truck lid. I also see condensation there. Might be the seal there... I replaced the rear light assembly seals, but that hasn't stopped the indicator light. So my next guess is that one unless someone knows more... maybe it's the whole trunk seal?

Thanks,

Kevin

Brooklyn.

Just picked up an '89 325ic last week - haven't had much opportunity to get it out on the road, but so far no leaking (even on the 'wet coast' of Vancouver).

Can anyone tell me if and where you can get a hard-top for one of these cars?

I also have the leak problem. I have found a hard top, and don't figure I'll ever have the rag up again. I'll set off the hard top if need be, but the rag is history. I may even remove it all together for weight.

Man I love my car. Problems, quirks, gripes, and all.