BMW 318i E36 - Good first car? My Profile My Preferences My Mates. Search My Stuff. What's New 3 12 24 72. BMW 318i E36 - Good first car? Reply OP Posts Only. Prev When looking for a first car, most people feel excited and enthusiastic to get on the road. BMWs are undoubtedly cool and well-performing vehicles. They are built with quality materials and are quite safe, but should be driven with caution as most of them are quite powerful. A BMW can be a good first car if you avoid the more powerful engine The BMW M3 E36 is one of the go-to drift cars all over the world. Used by many to this day, the M3 E36 is a solid choice for a drift car for beginners. The two-door performance coupe used a 3.0-liter straight-six engine that produced 243 horsepower and 225 pound-feet of torque when it rolled out of the production line. The BMW E36 generally improved on the previous-gen 3-Series on multiple fronts and is a good first car for BMW shoppers in the used market: Relatively more fuel-efficient – the 328i is one of the thriftier used 3-Series models. The BMW 325i is a pretty sick car to have for your first car. My parents and everyone I work with are all jealous of my BMW. My BMW 325i costed me about 4 grand and for that price I got a great car. My Cars. e36 m3 rip, e36 truck :D. welded is great, but the intensity of it while dailying your car---if you're doing that---takes quite a toll. Now that I've had welded over the 1.5 way m3 diff, I can't go back to 25% lock. my welded cost me a whole 50.00. and I have a 3.91 which made the car a much quicker. A BMW Individual E36 Touring is a worthwhile addition to any BMW collection. The car in question was a 1996 BMW Individual 323i Touring finished in Estoril Blue over a blue-and-black interior. At first glance it looked like an M3, despite the 2.5-liter M52 engine under the hood. A BMW can make a good first car, but it depends on the model. A new model BMW makes a very poor first car because they are extremely expensive, maintenance is high, and insurance is costly. But older model BMWs are cheap to maintain, reliable, and are extremely safe cars. In this article, you will see that some BMWs make pretty good first cars The 2011 BMW 328i hails from a long line of amazing 3 Series cars. This model line got its start in 1975 with the release of the E21 coupe. Within just a couple years, this car went from a basic four-cylinder automobile to a six-cylinder marvel. The iconic E30 came on the scene next in 1982, immediately wowing the crowds and setting the stage The good news is that E36s are very cheap and this is one of the most affordable ways into any BMW. £1350 will get you behind the wheel of an 80k-mile 328i Convertible, you can get yourself a 320i SE Saloon with 85k miles for £1500, or a 318iS for £1520. We also found an 80,000-mile 325i Coupé for £1650, a 150k-mile 323i Touring for £1800 vIVe.