318i RIP
Sad day. Bushing in my differential silently went, causing enough stress to break the head off the front differential bolt. Most likely during a pleasure cruise through the mountains. The stress from the turns caused the differential to shake about and pull the aged and weakening subframe differential mounts to wear and, yesterday, the subframe ripped to pieces. Glorious. So, I've decided after 5 years and 112,000 miles of faithful service, it is time to move on.
Any car guy will mourn the loss of a car. I put a lot(way too much) into this car and enjoyed the HELL out of it. Now, it will be a parts car, or, possibly, a fix up car for someone else.
I am looking at procuring a 98-99 e36 M3 or a 99-2001 M roadster with hopefully under 90k miles and a clean bill of health, checked out by my long time mechanic, Stan and Precision Autowerks on Wolfpack LN in Raleigh, NC. Of course, the girly keeps saying "get a newer car and consider something other than a bimmer." But, damnit, I'm a bimmerhead, and I figure I might as well get something with power while I can get away with it. Plus, I don't drive much, so it would strictly be a pleasure drive and highway/interstate vehicle. Good times.
93 318i, may you rest in peace and give a helping hand to whoever acquires you. Hell, I'm in a college town, maybe some ricer moron will buy the car cheap and fix the subframe issue. Everything else is fine, excepting it's probably time to replace the valve stem seals.
Any car guy will mourn the loss of a car. I put a lot(way too much) into this car and enjoyed the HELL out of it. Now, it will be a parts car, or, possibly, a fix up car for someone else.
I am looking at procuring a 98-99 e36 M3 or a 99-2001 M roadster with hopefully under 90k miles and a clean bill of health, checked out by my long time mechanic, Stan and Precision Autowerks on Wolfpack LN in Raleigh, NC. Of course, the girly keeps saying "get a newer car and consider something other than a bimmer." But, damnit, I'm a bimmerhead, and I figure I might as well get something with power while I can get away with it. Plus, I don't drive much, so it would strictly be a pleasure drive and highway/interstate vehicle. Good times.
93 318i, may you rest in peace and give a helping hand to whoever acquires you. Hell, I'm in a college town, maybe some ricer moron will buy the car cheap and fix the subframe issue. Everything else is fine, excepting it's probably time to replace the valve stem seals.