Montreal Blue 1996 BMW 328is

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Dammit, you bought a Montreal Blue E36 and haven't posted a project thead yet? WHY MAN WHY.

Hehe, alright alright. Well this would be my second prompting to create a thread, so here we go! I recently sold my Accord mostly because it was automatic, leaking oil from EVERYWHERE and I had no real passion for it. So I went on search for an e34 since that's one of my favorite BMWs. However! I came across this e36 and the asking price was good, the miles were decent (156k) and the body/interior was on point for me. I went to test drive it in Ashburn and loved it more than I thought I would have. I went home and made my parents talk me out of it, they couldn't. Got some friends to talk me out of it, they couldn't. So I went back up there the following week and bought it!









Lol dash is kind of a Christmas tree right now.
Check control: The left brake light isn't working and I think it's something with the wiring because i've changed the bulb and socket but still nothing.

Check Engine: Catalytic Converter, not that I care. This actually turned itself off for a couple weeks and it just came back on when i brought it to Harrisonburg.

ABS Light: Rear left wheel speed sensor. I tried to take this off but its stuck so I'll have to see about that sometime in the future. If I drive over bumps/speedhumps/potholes fast enough park it for five minutes and turn it back on that gets the light off til i park again. :dunno:

Airbag: Seat belt switch.

I also need to do the cooling system stuffs. I already have my radiator hoses, waterpump, thermostat and electric fan I just need to actually do it now. Its overheated...or well got hotter than normal twice (never made it to red) but then it brought itself back down to normal temperature. Then I drove it to harrisonburg with fingers crossed and it stayed cool the whole time but only overheated when I got off 81 and onto Port Repub, again brought itself to normal temp. I've been driving it for the last two weeks all about town and its been fine. Idk. I just need to change everything now. When MM has its first club meeting I'll ask the officers about getting into one of those garages its said is open to members.

I'm sure I could pick on a few more things that are not perfect but then this post would never end. Basically anything else thats "wrong" with it, isn't enough to interfere with my driving experience or the life of the car. So thats it for now. Expected updates will be cooling system, taillight, abs sensor and tying up this heat shield underneath the car thats rubbing on the flex disc. And then it can finally get its inspection done in September/October.... inspection is over this month

Thanks for reading!