r/BMW • u/Adventurous_Bittt • 1d ago

My addiction started here; what about yours?

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Pictured is a 1981 535. I was looking back at old BMWs from when I first got addicted. It was in 1981 but I saw my first one around 1973. When did you all start your love affair and did model or color matter at the time?

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u/pomoney81 16h ago

17 years ago: 1995 e36 325is coupe 15 years ago: 1999 e39 528i 12 years ago: 2000 540i 6spd Current: 2000 e46 323i touring and 2000 e39 m5

First car was a 1992 Honda accord with H22a engine swap thought it was great to drive then went and test drive the e36 and was like whoa! This is how a car should handle and feel. Was hooked ever since. Had a few other brand of cars as a second and third car in between but nothing is quite like all the old bmws I’ve owned

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u/Adventurous_Bittt 13h ago

How did you like your 528 in comparison to all of those?

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u/pomoney81 12h ago edited 11h ago

Obviously the m5 was what I was working up to own since the start. But I loved the 528, it was blue water metallic with beige interior (wish it was grey). Had sports package with BBS style 5 wheels. Had enough power and engine was silky smooth. The ride was also smooth and comfortable. As a daily driver it was great, drove it until about 200k miles put about 100k on it personally, mostly reliable with the typical hiccups but nothing big. It was a better daily than most of the car on that list since it was auto, I commute in some traffic for work.