Basically the newer cars are huge improvements in the reducing the less dangerous or severe injuries then older cars but as for surviving the e36 is still a very safe car. I've seen some e36's take violent accidents and the owners survive with only minor or at least non life threatening injuries. Shark Edit is coming. We Drive the Busted-Out BMW M3 Lightweight That Helped Develop Michelin Performance Tires. An analog test bed that worked deep into the digital age. Tires have benefited from the digital age as The BMW E36 is an old car now, and with age, some weaknesses have appeared. There are some BMW E36 M3 rust problems to note: anywhere on the underbody, inside the wheel wells and shock towers, and Test drive Used BMW Cars at home from the top dealers in your area. Search from 52590 Used BMW cars for sale, including a 2013 BMW 320i xDrive Sedan, a 2015 BMW 428i Convertible, and a 2015 BMW X5 xDrive35i ranging in price from $1,000 to $289,650. When the BMW released the E46, it had some pretty big shoes to fill. The success of every 3-series before lay on its shoulders. But, BMW has always been pretty good at outdoing themselves, and the E46 is no exception. It was faster, more luxurious, and safer than the outgoing E36 model. Buying a 190,000-Mile E39 BMW M5 Was Either a Fantastic or Terrible Idea But the Boxster was never a car I idolized and not one I ever found charming. Ads for E55 AMGs, GTOs, E36 M3s, G8s 16 posts · Joined 2022. #7 · Mar 7, 2023. I bought a used E36 convert. and it was a good deal but I did have to do some work, minor for me but a major undertaking for most. Parts are available for most repairs on Rockauto.com, so depending on skill level and if the car is for A-B or for fun would be the decider. The 300-horsepower turbocharged 135i often overshadows the 128i, but the latter’s naturally aspirated 230-horsepower N52 engine is no slouch, delivering a zero-to-60 time of 5.7 seconds—that’s E36 M3 territory. The 128i is also remarkably more reliable, having none of the 135i’s turbocharged engine proclivities. From the November 2022 issue of Car and Driver.. Unlike the E30 M3 that came before it, BMW's E36 M3 (1995–99) lacks the homologation pedigree that comes from racing. The decision to water down The BMW E36 M3 is considered to be one of the better-handling cars of all time, and was awarded "Best-Handling Car" award by Car and Driver magazine in 1997. PV5EEp.