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  1. The E36 is a great little car, not quite as connected to the road as the E30, but definitely not too far off. Unfortunately I see quite a few abused E36's on our roads, come to think of it, actually it seems to be a global trend, as they are prime targets for youngsters who just wanna look cool, but ultimately mess the car up. I'd suggest you think long and hard about the purchase, especially as you're coming from a jap, there is a great chance you'll be cursing the marque for life. That said, compared with newer BMW's, I personally feel the quality and reliability of the older ones far surpasses that of the new breed. Be prepared to pay a premium for parts etc, but not as much as people would have you believe, especially if you can use your own methods of getting parts down. Off the top of my head I'd suggest you check things like service history, whether it was performed at the correct intervals, and the suspension (if you can, take it up to 80-100 check that there's no steering wobble) in addition to the obvious things you check prior to buying. I do personally recommend you look for a 318 too. The difference in all areas is not gonna be great (initial purchase price, maintenance, economy, performance), but at the end of the day the 1.8 will feel less underpowered. I don't think it should be deal breaker though, especially if you find a 316 in very good condition. If you're really looking for silky smooth performance then go for a 6 pot. But again, economy will suffer if its your daily commuter. The E36 also came with two variations of engine in the 1.6 lines: the M40 (1991-93?) and M43 (93 onwards?). Long story short, the M40 uses a timing belt as opposed to the timing chain of the M43. The latter is more reliable due to the chain, and again has a slight performance increase. Hope I haven't scared you away, but I can guarantee the driving pleasure you'll get once everything is working perfectly, will far surpass most Japanese cars. The 36 is a GREAT car, and you'd be joining quite a few people who've been bitten by the 36 bug. Add Rukster to the list of 36 owners too
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  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnRvcTWTSM0
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  3. looked at quite a few old Carinas in my day and I can safely say there were quite a few forieng bodies lodged in them
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  4. Wow, JD, you have a fanboy... who actually searched the forum to find some dirt on ya!!!!! Anyway OP, I suggest you stay well away from the mentioned finance company. First, if they are offering incentives to get more FD, that means they are short of cash. Second, it is owned by one of the big guy's thumbs... so that means if all goes south, there is no way in this fresh hell you will see a cent. Stop being greedy for a small difference in interests rates, put the money in a reputed bank like HNB or COM Bank or even NTB. Avoid finance companies as much as you can. When will our people ever learn that most finance companies are running on the brink of bankruptcy at any given time.
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  5. Seems like some people are getting carbon fiber and normal fiber glass confused.Basically carbon fiber is an exotic light weight and extremely strong material used on racing cars and high end sports cars whereas fiber glass is the most common and the cheapest material used for bodykit building and other rice related activities.In this case just go to a bodykit place and tell them repair the the broken fiber kit.If it's just a tear they;ll stitch it and do a paint touch up.it doesn't have to be a high end bodykit joint like Dumi##a or macvud either,just go to your local 'bodykit guy' cos it's a straight forward job not needing any imagination or talent.
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  6. The two years refers to the current generation latest attempt at electric cars, such as the 2010 Nissan Leaf, that have come on the market within the last two years. . . .
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  7. Carboy2011 You have got 14 reply posts for your request of a particular Finance company is good or not to invest. Now it is left for you to decide good or bad. Many Finance companies have come and gone. They all started with not good intentions. Their directors idea was to play out, the investors most of directors on those finance companies were accountants. Due to our finance regulations were not that strong at that time they started with high returns promising to investors. Even at present there is one finance company originally they were Vehicle importers. Now they have switched on to Financing. They get open papers signed by the borrower of their personal valuable properties and lend about 50% value of the property to the borrower. If the borrow fails to pay the dues in time, property is transferred to an unknown party and the borrower has no say after that. There are lot of more I can inform to the forum, but this is an Automobile forum so it is not good to disclose all what I know about finance companies in our paradise island. I am living in a place there were few finance companies existed. They all cheated out our senior citizens. Some have died without a cent of their invested money. One company build a large building in early 1980s with Japanese partners’ advertised in Japan that to say a he is big importer of Japanese used vehicles to SL. Japanese came to the laying of the foundation stone. Japanese also invested. He was married to a two Japanese girls first went to Japan for motor mechanical training in Isuzu factory in late 1950s or early 1960. As I said on my post you think of investing on a land, start plantation. No risk. If you are young can drive every week end, see the progress of same. This is the best advice I can give to any person. Good relaxation I did same for very long years sold same buildup my building in Colombo now enjoying returns without any problem at my last stages of my life. Take it or leave it. Sylvi Wijesinghe.
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