Agreed! But it's so unreliable cause a wheel bearing is worn out... ON A 20 YEAR OLD CAR! Plus, it's the type of car that encourages spirited driving, so yes, parts will fail! Definitely the least knowledgeable "review" of any vehicle I've ever seen
If you ever lose Colin's Engine(or something else happens), you should donate your transmission to the Marc Toth foundation. It's a charity in America trying to get Marc Toth a 6 speed manual for his U.S. spec M3. Help those who cannot help themselves. *cough cough* Marc Toth
My God Ethan is so skilled, his creativity amazes me every time ! Car throtte is : 1) 50% Alex being funny af 2) 50% Ethan being incredibly skilled I'm pretty sure nobody really cares about the car, we just care about Alex and Ethan being awesome :) Keep up the good job !
Gautier Caraboeuf no no, mate I found Ethan because of the TV garage show he did with that other guy. But I follow him here because when I move to the UK I am going to Steal Colin. ;) I may even keep Ethan as well
haha cruise control scared the shit out of my mother on the motorway. she didn't know the car had it, then I told her how to turn it on, she whacked the speed up to 65 and she screamed when she took her foot off the throttle and it accelerated, she hasn't used it since xD
I have a 2002 BMW 325ci that's my daily driver.....things are starting to fall apart but it's still holding on. I would still buy another BMW. I love 3 series
Watch more! 26.7 mpg, and you can do better with no roof rack, oem rear tires 245 (Colin has 255's) no stupid spoiler, witch does nothing, only add's drag
Andrew GT-B for that size engine it's really not bad at all. My dads e39 528i wagon struggles to get 23mpg anywhere except motorways, in town and rural areas? lol you're looking at 16
Sam Kent i can get 30mpg in my subaru legacy with a 3.0L flat 6, mainly because of its long 6th gear. The m3 would benefit a lot from a 6th gear for fuel economy.
Andrew GT-B sad thing is that my 1987 Civic sedan averages about 25mpg, and it's only a 1.5L with a 2 barrel Weber carb, 5 speed manual. And that's if I baby it on the freeway.
Alex, I can totally feel you. I'm using as a daily '00 Audi TT 1.8T quattro, and not a single day I've owned it (exactly 11 months now) it has been working properly. At the moment I also have loose wheel bearing at right front wheel, snapped coil spring on left side, some whining from the gearbox/powertrain, broken level motor on right headlamp, loose drivers side window, broken seat heater on drivers seat, warped brake discs at front... and those are just few to mention. I've already replaced the clutch and dual mass flywheel with all the bits, ignition coils and spark plugs, blower motor, fixed gauge cluster etc... It has been so stressful and heavy for my wallet to keep it going, yet I still have hope that some day it will be finally in good nick. :) Well, it also should have been when I bought it, but after a while it turned out that it wasn't. :/
I did 5200 miles from Ohio to Alaska in my 1995 Honda Prelude SiVTEC. Coilovers, full greddy exhaust, short shifter, stage 2 clutch, 17in wheels, CF hood and trunk, strut braces front and rear, aem v2 CAI. Loved every mile, got up to 36mpg on some of the real flat highway stretches.
In a years time I've tracked over 30,000 miles in my E46. Only times it's been down was due to a failed seal in my brake caliper and a failed fuel pump. Both happened at home fortunately. I would drive it anywhere the way it sits though I haven't neglected nor ignored anything so it's very reliable. I actually have a 1996 "reliable" 3.4 4runner in the shop getting its engine replaced at only 123k miles. It sat for a long time but still!!
I did a similar trip twice last year, Stockholm-London-Stockholm in my 2004 X3 3.0i, I also got around 400 miles per tank but I was sitting at 130/140kph. Fantastic long distance machine.
You know components wear out, I have an M3 E36 with over 100,000 mikes on it, solid as can be, I changed all the wheel bearings at around 100,000 miles and now they should be good for another 100k miles. Alternators, fuel sending units, master cylinders,ect. Will wear out. I don't know what your expecting from a 15-20 year old car. If I were you I would change out all the fluids, transmission, brake, power steering ect. They will help the components last longer. Just imagine it's a 50 year old classic 507 or something and you'll see it with new eyes.
E36 M3 was my dream car in the 1990s, along with 911/993. I test drove an E36 M3 from Nathaniel Cars, Bridgend, straight out onto the M4 and straight up to 155mph. It was some kind of spec ed in green with a second lip on the rear spoiler. It was also the same similar era as the Evos and Scoobys etc.
Omfg, this is such a colourful and well done video. Thanks for this! Music, editing, ambient filtering and sky-high-quality filming are things that make watching this so thrilling. No man, this is just so lovely. Sweet. Amazing. Keep up the good work, Car Throttle, I'm with you c:
I drove my e46 m3 from Belgium to Romania, last year, which is about 1300 miles ride. I've achieved a litle over 30 mpg, cruising at 80 miles an hour( with speeding around the autobahn, trying to get it to the top speed and all, lol). It was back breaking, but I had a lot of fun as well. The car did'nt have any issues at all, which why is "superior" over the e36 m3. Lol.
I've driven to Ca'savio (near Venice) from Manchester 3 times. All trips were holidays with my family with the boot jam packed with our luggage. The 1st two were in an 06 Saab 9-3, the last was just this August in my Jaguar XF R-sport. No problems at any time (except the long tailbacks at the Mont Blanc tunnel!)
Bought a 29 year old Volvo 240 this spring. Replaced a brake caliper. Took it for a 2000km journey from Sweden to Germany (and back). Paid 2500 SEK for it, about 210 GBP. That was cheaper than than a one way journey with the ferry to Germany. Did 160kph (100mph) nicely on the autobahn. No signs of giving up. You should do a cheap car challenge, like with the Proton. :D
Love Classic M3s, but any M car is just a weekend toy for the most part. I'm glad the chassis all pretty much the same, cause you couldn't tell my E90 330i from an M3. More reliable, still fun to drive. I drove from TN to Washington state & back, no issues. Still keeping a lookout for the retrofuturisitc E36 build. You only see em once in a blue moon and they are the only M3 worth investing in & paying 20+ grand for, unless you're down to build it yourself.
As as student I have been daily driving an e36, though not an m3, for 2,5 years. It's actually incredibly reliable when you don't thrash it to redline every day, but just drive...normally. Though, it is true that there is ALWAYS some corner that begs for fixing, it's always due for repairs :D Cheers!
I think you have just bought a Lemon. Did 1300 miles from Northeastern Poland to the midlands in one day. Car was a Saab 9-5 Aero manual with a 270HP remap. 3 up with an estate full of luggage and averaged 34MPG. All together I did 4000 miles in two weeks. Only thing that broke was an ABS reluctor ring which cracked and cost me £2 to replace. Got to love Swedish engineering :) Car was on 125k at time of travel.
I honestly forgot how beautiful the E36 M3 was the shots from the second half of the video were amazing. Definitely considering an E36 coupe as my first car
I drove back from Germany this Sunday after a long drive to the Nurburgring for the weekend, in my 2000 330ci with 173,000 miles on the clock. Sadly, during my time out there the power steering pump failed, so I drove it all the way from Germany to the Calais then 130 miles to my buddy's garage with no fluid whatsoever! I was stopping regularly and putting drops of engine oil in the reservoir to lubricate the bearings, lol. Other than that the car handled the epic drive and being thrashed round the ring, 155mph on the autobahn and driven 400 plus miles home, with no power steering fluid, lol! I feel you pain Alex. I love my car too much but every time I fix something, you guessed it, something else goes wrong. I guess it's all part of the ownership of an old high-performance German automobile, eh!
After owning 2 E36s I don't think I'll ever go back to them. I'm fine with my current E34 boat, has a lot of space for a sedan and so far has been more reliable, although normal European BMW issues like rust still trouble me.
1st service station out of the Eurotunnel in calais has it :) I thinks it's a Total fuel station, was my first stop on way across europe to get candy-up
I had to sit in the backseat of a Alfa 155 for 23 (not straight we stayed at a hotel) hours and that was 970 (aproximatly) miles. Going back it was 970 (aproximatly) miles. Altogether we went 1940 miles (aproximatly) in a 1996 Alfa Romeo 155 through several contries.. and they were no problems!! VERY UNCOMFTERBLE!
I think Vanos issues are kind of overblown. I've had 4 BMWs with Vanos, an M62tu, S62, M52 and S52, non of them have ever had Vanos issues. Not including the cooling systems, the engines have all been rock solid.
Oh wow, you also own a Morea Green 36? I got the 318i Convertible in the same color couple days ago, with full black leather interior and sport seats, I love it to pieces
Soo true about the engines being rick solid. I had 2003 BMW 325XI for 4months and had zero issues with the engine but everything else well thats another story. I love her and I hate her,but thats what owning a used BMW means.
yeah I had a 528 wagon 5spd with 260000miles as my daily and you are right. living with a project car is hard. traded it in for a vw jetta and for a daily... its niiiiiice 41.3 mpg;-)
There's just something special about owning a BMW I think. Even though my Z3 has a quite boring 1.8 118HP engine, it's still so much fun to drive and just...special.
Checking the car is just part of reguar maintenance. The thing that sucks on all performance cars is that young people don't have a clue how and what to service on them. they also usually can't afford much more than a cheap oil change and those cars were seriously neglected their entire life. Unfortunately when a guy with fair intentions and willing to care for it comes around, it's usually too late for the car. The good guy then gets to pay all of the sins that were done by the previous 10 boy racers and can easily spend another car worth of money on fixing it. (Engine work is expensive as hell and unless you are a prof. mechanic and have your own workshop,you can't do it yourself). I hope i save someone a bankruptcy because of buying an old performance car by thinking it will be cheap fun. Believe me I'm talking from experience with a few old sports cars Alex gets sponsored well, so he can pay no problem and by the amount of subs he has I bet he also owns a lot of new and good cars, but for the sake of the series and to stay dear and equal to us he only really shows Phill and Collins, which is ok to me btw.
Kameeli Maybe it it is supposed to drink that much, it depends on the car and the engine. I drive a lot on my auris, and previously on my seat ibiza, and i got figures of 5-6l/100km. Sure these are small cars and shouldnt be compared to this BMW but still, I think my wallet preffers smaller cars xD
That is an amazing number for a car, that is not exactly new anymore and it is certainly not slow, even when you compare it with today's car standards.
I don't get it. For what reason have you been doing this? I mean it's cool I love these kind of videos. But from whom did you get the kayak? Why have you been driving to this destination?
Hi Guys, enjoyed the vid as always and a great test/challenge. I think you may have under estimated the effect on mpg of the roof rack. I live in France but still buy most of my cars in England and once I bought a Disco TD5 auto with full length roofie. With the roof rack in place at 120 kph 26 mpg, with it taken off, broken down and put in the boot 35 mpg. Roof racks are killers for mpg.
I own an E36 myself, i drove 2k miles alone but with modified suspension and it was hella comfortable, on the road i saw a lifted E46 flipped on a curve, driver was 18 years old...
Nauman Javed love it! I owned a like new 1992 Ford Crown Victoria for many years. Very similar cars. So quiet and lush ride. Took it on road trips everywhere. Finally sold it when inherited a Toyota Avalon. It was a piece of shite. Sold it last year for a new Civic. Haha.
I did a similar thing after buying a 1963 MKI Cortina GT and drove from Geelong just west of Melbourne all the way to Brisbane via Sydney along the coast road... by myself with no radio. 2100klms.
Agree mostly with your comment on bmw engines. Biggest exception I know is the 2.0 diesels up to around 2013, timing chain would break at as little as 30k miles and eat anything in its path as it breaks. Very expensive fix. I was going for a 123d but decided to go with a 3 series with the trusty 3.0 diesel instead 😊 plus everything I was looking at I was going to remap straight away, so I thought I’d start off at that power instead 😉
You want a real challenge? Take a Dacia 1310 (the old Renault 12 copy) and drive it from Romania to northern Denmark in one day and on unleaded fuel at that, which the old Dacias couldn't run well on
You must have got unlucky with this one, I had my E36 328is for four years and mostly it was fine other than normal old car ware and tear. I do miss it, loved driving it, it must be so much fun with the extra power of the M3 and M3 Evo like this one.
It is quite common for cruise control (at least in older cars, I have no experience with 2010+) to use more fuel than a real driver. The cruise control doesn't know what's coming up, so it will constantly be "surprised" if there are any gradient changes (a hill or a slope) and will be slower to react than a driver who can see what is coming. In my father's 2005 Toyota Previa the cruise control will, in a hilly area, smash the throttle and let it go a whole SECOND after gradient changes. On a motorway I assume the same will be true of the E36 when there's a slight headwind or tailwind - the car will be slow to react and thus have to "over-correct" because the speed has either picked up or fallen too much.
Cruise control tries to always keep the same speed, so it for example accelerates uphill, instead of accelerating a little bit before the hill which consumes much less fuel.
Older Cruise control was more like.. Set a speed and that was it.. and it would try to be on the speed at all times. Modern Cruise control is more like.. Set a speed and then it trys to stay in a window of that, with no hard acceleration say as now you got some gusty wind.
I recently did 1600 miles in 2 1/2 days, could have done it in 2 days, but I had to leave right after work on a Friday to allow time for sight-seeing. I was bringing my girlfriend on a road trip to some scenic places here in the US, as her birthday gift, since she's never even left the county we live in.
Colin has to be the best car you've ever had, ok it was a shed when you brought it and has cost you twice its value, buy still look at what you've done in Colin, awesome!!
My 1996 328i used to go all over the place , yes I had problems all the time but never anything serious where I couldn’t drive home or continue my journey. Rust got the better of it and a less caring owner after me didn’t keep on top of it :(
Thats a dream car for me. But PLEASE ! PLEASE tint these back windows, put some nice wheels on it like OZ or something ... and this car will be a beast !
Longer distance highway miles I've gotten as much as 36mpg at 75mph in my evo, these are also quite comfortable at longer distance journeys even with the vaders
I did the same thing with a 2000 Nissan Altima 2.4L engine in 2 days,The car was 11 years old at the time no problem whatsoever,So there's nothing special about this man.
Can't believe you call yourself a BMW driver... that's right I saw you indicate
I am also an indicating BMW Driver and my head hangs in shame :(
That's because E36 bmw drivers decide to use their indicators,but if they are off,they are broken,lol
He must be keeping his blinker fluid topped up!
its a damn shame when imposters handle the bmw name
@@xenthia There is 1 imposter among us
Honestly, after watching CT videos, sooner or later I will have to drive to France just to buy a bottle of Candy Up
Dmitry L lol! I was just thinking the same ;)
Maybe you can alternatively go to London.
Wouldn't suprise me if that little red boat was filled to the brim with Candy Up-bottles.
Dmitry L Tomorrow I'm going to Andorra, will try to find one bottle to tell if it's worth the hype 😁
I'm going to buy some off the Internet!
We have it in Poland
Thank you to the folks at Car Throttle for using my song!
+Navie D. 👊
Navie D. really liked that tune!
Fezza thank you my friend!
Navie D. O really that's yours, cool.
Vilosey 201 Yessir, thank you man
20 Years old and still looks better than the most of the cars these days
So true
Agreed! But it's so unreliable cause a wheel bearing is worn out... ON A 20 YEAR OLD CAR! Plus, it's the type of car that encourages spirited driving, so yes, parts will fail! Definitely the least knowledgeable "review" of any vehicle I've ever seen
@@mikermilla you should watch the other videos. There was a lot more wrong than the wheel bearing lmao
@@mikermilla not familiar with BMW ownership are ya.. new or old.
mike miller itsctwenty years old whats to expect
If you ever lose Colin's Engine(or something else happens), you should donate your transmission to the Marc Toth foundation. It's a charity in America trying to get Marc Toth a 6 speed manual for his U.S. spec M3. Help those who cannot help themselves.
*cough cough* Marc Toth
My God Ethan is so skilled, his creativity amazes me every time !
Car throtte is :
1) 50% Alex being funny af
2) 50% Ethan being incredibly skilled
I'm pretty sure nobody really cares about the car, we just care about Alex and Ethan being awesome :)
Keep up the good job !
I hope Ethan doesn't see this. I also hope that you amend your comment to me being 100% funny AF and 0% Ethan being skilled. Yeah? OK then...
Sir, your undeniable modesty made my day hahaha
naaah.. this is 75% because of Colin. I like Colin.
Gautier Caraboeuf no no, mate I found Ethan because of the TV garage show he did with that other guy. But I follow him here because when I move to the UK I am going to Steal Colin. ;) I may even keep Ethan as well
I ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT COLIN EVERBODY SHOULD
haha cruise control scared the shit out of my mother on the motorway. she didn't know the car had it, then I told her how to turn it on, she whacked the speed up to 65 and she screamed when she took her foot off the throttle and it accelerated, she hasn't used it since xD
My nan has cruise control in her Vauxhall but doesn't use of she can hold 70 basicly perfectly at this point
The "Life is too short to drive boring cars" sticker! Yes!! I have one as well :) We can be best friends now.
I have a 2002 BMW 325ci that's my daily driver.....things are starting to fall apart but it's still holding on. I would still buy another BMW. I love 3 series
23.8 mpg is not bad for a nice sports coupe like this. Good Grand Touring Car. A wagon would be better though.
Watch more! 26.7 mpg, and you can do better with no roof rack, oem rear tires 245 (Colin has 255's) no stupid spoiler, witch does nothing, only add's drag
Andrew GT-B for that size engine it's really not bad at all. My dads e39 528i wagon struggles to get 23mpg anywhere except motorways, in town and rural areas? lol you're looking at 16
Sam Kent i can get 30mpg in my subaru legacy with a 3.0L flat 6, mainly because of its long 6th gear. The m3 would benefit a lot from a 6th gear for fuel economy.
Andrew GT-B yeah that is ridiculously good for a 3.2l with 300+hp. my 3.7 with 330hp struggles to get 21mpg.
Andrew GT-B sad thing is that my 1987 Civic sedan averages about 25mpg, and it's only a 1.5L with a 2 barrel Weber carb, 5 speed manual. And that's if I baby it on the freeway.
Alex, I can totally feel you. I'm using as a daily '00 Audi TT 1.8T quattro, and not a single day I've owned it (exactly 11 months now) it has been working properly. At the moment I also have loose wheel bearing at right front wheel, snapped coil spring on left side, some whining from the gearbox/powertrain, broken level motor on right headlamp, loose drivers side window, broken seat heater on drivers seat, warped brake discs at front... and those are just few to mention. I've already replaced the clutch and dual mass flywheel with all the bits, ignition coils and spark plugs, blower motor, fixed gauge cluster etc... It has been so stressful and heavy for my wallet to keep it going, yet I still have hope that some day it will be finally in good nick. :) Well, it also should have been when I bought it, but after a while it turned out that it wasn't. :/
Audi . pronounced Owdi , Shit cars forever TT and Q7 are THE worst by a country mile
The editing and filming of this is the best I have ever seen on the internet !!! You're awesome Ethan! So are you Alex! :D
Cheers bro!
totally agree mate! I didn't know that Ethan was the one behind the editing magic!
JennyH 7:20
2:45 looks like the gas station had seen some fire recently
I know its an old comment, but i want to say that it could be a truck there
I did 5200 miles from Ohio to Alaska in my 1995 Honda Prelude SiVTEC. Coilovers, full greddy exhaust, short shifter, stage 2 clutch, 17in wheels, CF hood and trunk, strut braces front and rear, aem v2 CAI. Loved every mile, got up to 36mpg on some of the real flat highway stretches.
This was the longest commercial for Candyup I've seen recently
In a years time I've tracked over 30,000 miles in my E46. Only times it's been down was due to a failed seal in my brake caliper and a failed fuel pump. Both happened at home fortunately. I would drive it anywhere the way it sits though I haven't neglected nor ignored anything so it's very reliable. I actually have a 1996 "reliable" 3.4 4runner in the shop getting its engine replaced at only 123k miles. It sat for a long time but still!!
2:30 that guy watching you the WHOLE time... lol
I did a similar trip twice last year, Stockholm-London-Stockholm in my 2004 X3 3.0i, I also got around 400 miles per tank but I was sitting at 130/140kph. Fantastic long distance machine.
You know components wear out, I have an M3 E36 with over 100,000 mikes on it, solid as can be, I changed all the wheel bearings at around 100,000 miles and now they should be good for another 100k miles. Alternators, fuel sending units, master cylinders,ect. Will wear out. I don't know what your expecting from a 15-20 year old car. If I were you I would change out all the fluids, transmission, brake, power steering ect. They will help the components last longer. Just imagine it's a 50 year old classic 507 or something and you'll see it with new eyes.
Gabriel Sandoval yup. it's a stupid series
Why did your car attract so many mikes? The added weight of all these guys on your car must have seriously effected the performance of the car?
GillyMac you caught that. You have a good eye. Man, that was already 3 years ago. Time flies.
I’m a bit late to the party with carthrottle and I’m catching up. Love your car man 👍🏻
E36 M3 was my dream car in the 1990s, along with 911/993. I test drove an E36 M3 from Nathaniel Cars, Bridgend, straight out onto the M4 and straight up to 155mph. It was some kind of spec ed in green with a second lip on the rear spoiler. It was also the same similar era as the Evos and Scoobys etc.
@CarThrottle forget CandyUp - come to Denmark, and have a Cocio. Preferably served alongside a hotdog.
Omfg, this is such a colourful and well done video. Thanks for this! Music, editing, ambient filtering and sky-high-quality filming are things that make watching this so thrilling. No man, this is just so lovely. Sweet. Amazing. Keep up the good work, Car Throttle, I'm with you c:
I drove my e46 m3 from Belgium to Romania, last year, which is about 1300 miles ride. I've achieved a litle over 30 mpg, cruising at 80 miles an hour( with speeding around the autobahn, trying to get it to the top speed and all, lol). It was back breaking, but I had a lot of fun as well. The car did'nt have any issues at all, which why is "superior" over the e36 m3. Lol.
I've driven to Ca'savio (near Venice) from Manchester 3 times. All trips were holidays with my family with the boot jam packed with our luggage. The 1st two were in an 06 Saab 9-3, the last was just this August in my Jaguar XF R-sport. No problems at any time (except the long tailbacks at the Mont Blanc tunnel!)
Wow Ethan nice shots! You definitely deserve a lot of credits for this amazing video!
Thanks for using our song guys, we really appreciate it!
Loved it!
the cinematography is fabulous
I just love the honesty of that plate: M3 0AF (Old As Fuck)
5:00 this made me feel alot better as i dont have cruise control lol
Bought a 29 year old Volvo 240 this spring. Replaced a brake caliper. Took it for a 2000km journey from Sweden to Germany (and back). Paid 2500 SEK for it, about 210 GBP. That was cheaper than than a one way journey with the ferry to Germany. Did 160kph (100mph) nicely on the autobahn. No signs of giving up.
You should do a cheap car challenge, like with the Proton. :D
7:54 that saab convertible ♥. it probobly leaks in the rain just like mine :(
kirbyswarp I love saabs,shame the company is practically dead :(
JoeOtter3005 Yeah me too. Mine is a decade older than that one, but seeing it in heavy rain without a tarp on it triggered me.
The company is totally dead now. It died in mid to late 2011. Its last hoorah was the Insignia based 9-5 YS3G.
Acme really? Last time I heard about them is that they only make a few cars every year for Swedish people
Saab does not make cars anymore c:
Love Classic M3s, but any M car is just a weekend toy for the most part. I'm glad the chassis all pretty much the same, cause you couldn't tell my E90 330i from an M3. More reliable, still fun to drive. I drove from TN to Washington state & back, no issues.
Still keeping a lookout for the retrofuturisitc E36 build. You only see em once in a blue moon and they are the only M3 worth investing in & paying 20+ grand for, unless you're down to build it yourself.
2:15 That dude in the backround`s picing his nose :P
The m3 is gorgeous. I love older beemers. But newer m cars are sweet too. But the e30,e36 and e46 are just something special.
Oh, u're finally driving on the right side of the road xD
I loved driving through France. They've got some great roads if you can keep away from the autoroutes
I love the E36 M3
I'm going to be super honest, something about that scene at 1:57 with the phone and the car is just really cool.
Nice video, seems like a lot of effort just for a kayak though! ;)
I don't know how much kayaks cost, but with petrol consumption like that, I would have imagined it would be cheaper just to buy a new kayak.
As as student I have been daily driving an e36, though not an m3, for 2,5 years. It's actually incredibly reliable when you don't thrash it to redline every day, but just drive...normally. Though, it is true that there is ALWAYS some corner that begs for fixing, it's always due for repairs :D
Cheers!
Candy Up just kicked in yo!
I think you have just bought a Lemon. Did 1300 miles from Northeastern Poland to the midlands in one day. Car was a Saab 9-5 Aero manual with a 270HP remap. 3 up with an estate full of luggage and averaged 34MPG. All together I did 4000 miles in two weeks. Only thing that broke was an ABS reluctor ring which cracked and cost me £2 to replace. Got to love Swedish engineering :) Car was on 125k at time of travel.
I think candy up supports carthrottle
Nope, but they should!
Try hitting them up on Facebook. Would probably work haha
Alex Kersten dont drink too much of this ! you'Il have a bad surprise :D
H4R1S Akhtar I
I honestly forgot how beautiful the E36 M3 was the shots from the second half of the video were amazing. Definitely considering an E36 coupe as my first car
I drove back from Germany this Sunday after a long drive to the Nurburgring for the weekend, in my 2000 330ci with 173,000 miles on the clock. Sadly, during my time out there the power steering pump failed, so I drove it all the way from Germany to the Calais then 130 miles to my buddy's garage with no fluid whatsoever! I was stopping regularly and putting drops of engine oil in the reservoir to lubricate the bearings, lol. Other than that the car handled the epic drive and being thrashed round the ring, 155mph on the autobahn and driven 400 plus miles home, with no power steering fluid, lol! I feel you pain Alex. I love my car too much but every time I fix something, you guessed it, something else goes wrong. I guess it's all part of the ownership of an old high-performance German automobile, eh!
Not just with Ze Germans. I have the same problems with my high performance Australian car too.
Cool camera work, and the E36 M3 is such a beautiful classic car!
I would do anything to be in the passenger seat. Trip with Alex must be amazing, no matter what you are doing.
Thats just a little bit wierd
@Biggie Smallsyour just a internet gangster you little bitch
Also being a bmw driver, becoming a DIY mechanic mount of things I've had on fix on my 325i e92 is mad but when it work she's a beaut
When are you going to do a follow-up on the dyno test after the valve-adjustment?
After owning 2 E36s I don't think I'll ever go back to them. I'm fine with my current E34 boat, has a lot of space for a sedan and so far has been more reliable, although normal European BMW issues like rust still trouble me.
What shops sell candy up? I looked for some when in France but couldn't find it!
+ThatGuyNamedScott. C Most service stations seem to have it!
Car Throttle thanks!!!!
1st service station out of the Eurotunnel in calais has it :) I thinks it's a Total fuel station, was my first stop on way across europe to get candy-up
Dzero4 that's where I stopped and couldn't get it haha
I had to sit in the backseat of a Alfa 155 for 23 (not straight we stayed at a hotel) hours and that was 970 (aproximatly) miles. Going back it was 970 (aproximatly) miles. Altogether we went 1940 miles (aproximatly) in a 1996 Alfa Romeo 155 through several contries.. and they were no problems!! VERY UNCOMFTERBLE!
ArchmanGaming comfterble?!?!
I'm way too fucking early
me too
+Projat Sarkar And the problem with that is?
mazdarati2 Bet you say that to your girlfriend every night.
Is that supposed to be an insult?
Projat Sarkar Haha yeah, edit it.
Props to Ethan! The shots in this episode we're really cool even though they were of inherently boring things
"BMW engine is solid!"
everybody with VANOS: Excuse me, what?
I think Vanos issues are kind of overblown. I've had 4 BMWs with Vanos, an M62tu, S62, M52 and S52, non of them have ever had Vanos issues. Not including the cooling systems, the engines have all been rock solid.
this is how car reviews should be like. long road trips, that is, for sedans and on-road cars. cheers.
Love the songs! Do you guys know the songs played in this video?
I own an E36 Morea Green BMW 325i Convertible by the way.
+Ned Aznir Hey Ned, all details for the songs are in the video description.
In the description.
Car Throttle where is phill? Missing him a lot
Oh wow, you also own a Morea Green 36? I got the 318i Convertible in the same color couple days ago, with full black leather interior and sport seats, I love it to pieces
Morea green 36 rejoice! Check out my my prized 36 :)
www.mybmw100years.com/gallery/34
great video! $60 and a couple hours and that wheel bearing issue is solved. I've replaced five on four e36s over the past decade.
What day did you go from Folkstone to Calais? If it's Thursday, I'm gonna be so pissed off because I was on the eurotunnel too😂
There on Monday, back on Tuesday
Alex Kersten phew, thought I'd just missed a chance for a photo with you guys😂
BAGUETTES AND CANDY UP !
2:30 xD
the guy in the Volkswagen touran
lol
nice catch
Nico Müller lol only came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed
xD
You still alive?
Soo true about the engines being rick solid. I had 2003 BMW 325XI for 4months and had zero issues with the engine but everything else well thats another story. I love her and I hate her,but thats what owning a used BMW means.
So Alex did you find out if Rob Firretti would ship you that e36 m3 to London ?
Mike Arredondo it's global but you will have to pick up the car in usa
Rob's e36 is a US spec M3
Terry Barkman that's y every1 wants it supercharged
its been in a frame bending accident apparently
themanwiththekx I send an email to him and he answered that I would be responsible to receive the car in the us
yeah I had a 528 wagon 5spd with 260000miles as my daily and you are right. living with a project car is hard. traded it in for a vw jetta and for a daily... its niiiiiice 41.3 mpg;-)
But what about Phil?
You'll see him soon!
There's just something special about owning a BMW I think. Even though my Z3 has a quite boring 1.8 118HP engine, it's still so much fun to drive and just...special.
So: if this series has shown me anything, it's *_NOT_* to buy an E36 M3. Unless I've gone completely mad.
Ben Ward Strange because this series has made me REALLY want an e36 M3. Despite all of the problems
If you do all the proper checks, then you should have a good run. They're awesome. When they work.
Alex Kersten I can't believe it's you! I have always liked the E36, possibly more than the E46!
Checking the car is just part of reguar maintenance. The thing that sucks on all performance cars is that young people don't have a clue how and what to service on them. they also usually can't afford much more than a cheap oil change and those cars were seriously neglected their entire life. Unfortunately when a guy with fair intentions and willing to care for it comes around, it's usually too late for the car. The good guy then gets to pay all of the sins that were done by the previous 10 boy racers and can easily spend another car worth of money on fixing it. (Engine work is expensive as hell and unless you are a prof. mechanic and have your own workshop,you can't do it yourself).
I hope i save someone a bankruptcy because of buying an old performance car by thinking it will be cheap fun.
Believe me I'm talking from experience with a few old sports cars
Alex gets sponsored well, so he can pay no problem and by the amount of subs he has I bet he also owns a lot of new and good cars, but for the sake of the series and to stay dear and equal to us he only really shows Phill and Collins, which is ok to me btw.
Cthelab 04 many people prefer the e36 over the e46
I noticed your friend is very quiet 😁😁
and apparently he's not a car guy like you are 💪😎
25mpg... @9.4 l/100km, that trip would scare my wallet
my mercedes drinks 13l/100km I would gladly take 9.4 haha, Idk what's wrong with my car it drinks way too much fuel
Kameeli Maybe it it is supposed to drink that much, it depends on the car and the engine. I drive a lot on my auris, and previously on my seat ibiza, and i got figures of 5-6l/100km. Sure these are small cars and shouldnt be compared to this BMW but still, I think my wallet preffers smaller cars xD
José Luís Lopes uhh its just a 2liter but I think the fuel injection system has some sort of issues and its running too rich
That is an amazing number for a car, that is not exactly new anymore and it is certainly not slow, even when you compare it with today's car standards.
The music and cinematography made this video good.
I don't get it. For what reason have you been doing this? I mean it's cool I love these kind of videos. But from whom did you get the kayak? Why have you been driving to this destination?
Hi Guys, enjoyed the vid as always and a great test/challenge. I think you may have under estimated the effect on mpg of the roof rack. I live in France but still buy most of my cars in England and once I bought a Disco TD5 auto with full length roofie. With the roof rack in place at 120 kph 26 mpg, with it taken off, broken down and put in the boot 35 mpg. Roof racks are killers for mpg.
put the paddle to the metal
heel andtoe23 LOL
I own an E36 myself, i drove 2k miles alone but with modified suspension and it was hella comfortable, on the road i saw a lifted E46 flipped on a curve, driver was 18 years old...
I did 3000 miles on a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham. Bought the car for $1300 and drove it across the country twice. :D Good times.
Nauman Javed love it! I owned a like new 1992 Ford Crown Victoria for many years. Very similar cars. So quiet and lush ride. Took it on road trips everywhere. Finally sold it when inherited a Toyota Avalon. It was a piece of shite. Sold it last year for a new Civic. Haha.
I did a similar thing after buying a 1963 MKI Cortina GT and drove from Geelong just west of Melbourne all the way to Brisbane via Sydney along the coast road... by myself with no radio. 2100klms.
Agree mostly with your comment on bmw engines. Biggest exception I know is the 2.0 diesels up to around 2013, timing chain would break at as little as 30k miles and eat anything in its path as it breaks. Very expensive fix. I was going for a 123d but decided to go with a 3 series with the trusty 3.0 diesel instead 😊 plus everything I was looking at I was going to remap straight away, so I thought I’d start off at that power instead 😉
I love how 70mph went to 125kmh to 120khm to 110kmh on the first day 😂
You want a real challenge? Take a Dacia 1310 (the old Renault 12 copy) and drive it from Romania to northern Denmark in one day and on unleaded fuel at that, which the old Dacias couldn't run well on
Time for some wiper inserts/blades (U.S.) ... What do you guys call them there in your part of the pond?????
They Call Me The Mayor We call them wiper blades:)
The E36 M3 must felt like an absolute rocket-ship when it came out 20 years ago! They're pretty quick even today.
Also, neither of my E36 M3's had cruise control, I didn't even know that was thing back then!
WHAT GPS APP YOU ARE USYING IT LOOKS SICK 😍😍👌🏻
it's google maps....
adeel ahmed it's Google Maps xDD nothing too special
dont worry he is using an apple phone!
Fjewt ?
+adeel ahmed google maps
You must have got unlucky with this one, I had my E36 328is for four years and mostly it was fine other than normal old car ware and tear. I do miss it, loved driving it, it must be so much fun with the extra power of the M3 and M3 Evo like this one.
why are you using miles and miles per gallon when you're european lol
They want to show off...
nobody here understand kph or km in relation to real world things. its all miles and mpg
ZynovFTW the UK uses miles, all of Europe doesn't use kilometres
@@epender that was going to be my answer too
you should have done the trip in a same year 5 series, BMW, you would have been MUUUCH more comfortable
my dad used the euro tunnel 1 day after you did
Nassim Ouared sooooo?
cabages green lol
tolga1cool he's a fan of the channel and if he went the day before he might have met him
Cool
New Top Gear presented by Car Throttle!
but why with the cruise control was consuming more fuel ?
Lucas Sobrinho probably using less revs when driving himself, using less fuel in turn
It is quite common for cruise control (at least in older cars, I have no experience with 2010+) to use more fuel than a real driver. The cruise control doesn't know what's coming up, so it will constantly be "surprised" if there are any gradient changes (a hill or a slope) and will be slower to react than a driver who can see what is coming. In my father's 2005 Toyota Previa the cruise control will, in a hilly area, smash the throttle and let it go a whole SECOND after gradient changes. On a motorway I assume the same will be true of the E36 when there's a slight headwind or tailwind - the car will be slow to react and thus have to "over-correct" because the speed has either picked up or fallen too much.
Cruise control tries to always keep the same speed, so it for example accelerates uphill, instead of accelerating a little bit before the hill which consumes much less fuel.
Major feature of cruise control is not being tired af on long trip constantly adjusting speed, not really fuel consumption in effect :)
Older Cruise control was more like.. Set a speed and that was it.. and it would try to be on the speed at all times.
Modern Cruise control is more like.. Set a speed and then it trys to stay in a window of that, with no hard acceleration say as now you got some gusty wind.
I recently did 1600 miles in 2 1/2 days, could have done it in 2 days, but I had to leave right after work on a Friday to allow time for sight-seeing. I was bringing my girlfriend on a road trip to some scenic places here in the US, as her birthday gift, since she's never even left the county we live in.
the rims on that thing are horrifyingly ugly
they are the stock E36 M3 rims (i think)
Kiril Zangagolev rims on your bicycle are not better btw.
there forged ltw wheels what r u talking about
Bullshit
Kiril Zangagolev in my opinion they are gorgeous they fit the car age, bmw wheels of that era are my favorite, look at the e39 m5 wheels
Colin has to be the best car you've ever had, ok it was a shed when you brought it and has cost you twice its value, buy still look at what you've done in Colin, awesome!!
euopeans think 1200 miles is long distance. For americans this is just a normal commute to work
Really you're driving whole day just to get to work?
hahahahaha wtf!
dude? we do think it's a long distance because it is. u can't drive this, work and drive back in 24hrs
Classic American. Everything you do I can do bigger mentality. Tosspot.
Douglas no we don't a regular commute to work is like 40 to 60 miles, see now people like you is what makes Americans looks dumb.
My 1996 328i used to go all over the place , yes I had problems all the time but never anything serious where I couldn’t drive home or continue my journey. Rust got the better of it and a less caring owner after me didn’t keep on top of it :(
paint the m3 like that in nfs mw 2005
Arun Unnikrishnan no
that was an e46 m3
your really young or really stupid
Arun Unnikrishnan dafuq
i drove my 1994 GT to Italy and back 4k rpm 150 kmh cruising non stop took me 24 h was the best drive ever in my life :D
I know the feels.... I have a '90 mk2 golf as a daily. Loves throwing little problems my way. Wouldn't choose a different car though!
This is some Top Gear stuff right here, and i can say im not mad!
You know what would look epic on colin, an GT spoiler!! you know the tall one with the extended pieces :P
Thats a dream car for me. But PLEASE ! PLEASE tint these back windows, put some nice wheels on it like OZ or something ... and this car will be a beast !
Longer distance highway miles I've gotten as much as 36mpg at 75mph in my evo, these are also quite comfortable at longer distance journeys even with the vaders
I did the same thing with a 2000 Nissan Altima 2.4L engine in 2 days,The car was 11 years old at the time no problem whatsoever,So there's nothing special about this man.