I would hope that an anecdote for one particular model 20 years old would not be interpreted as my opinion on 40 years of vehicles. I would love to read stories

I would hope that an anecdote for one particular model 20 years old would not be interpreted as my opinion on 40 years of vehicles. I would love to read stories both good and bad about peoples experience with a 3 series. I would love to have an E30 3 or M3 as a play around car. That said, that '95 318is was garbage and does not even come close to "the ultimate driving machine". A 325 of that era would be way better. Im really surprised that BMW even sold that car with the 1.8l engine anywhere- it was way too underpowered for a near luxury/sport coupe. At the time, that car was 25k(39,213.76 in todays dollars according to http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=25000&year=1995 http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=25...) which can get you 3-400 horsepower depending on what you buy these days. Engine technology has come a long way in those 20 years, you have to get into econobox cars to find 136hp vehicles now.