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1991 325i test drive question
Hello,
I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of questions. First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were very quick, automatics too. When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way out? Thanks for your help. |
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"Delboy" > wrote
> Hello, > I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of > questions. > > First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). > > It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was > a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were > very quick, automatics too. > > When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then > seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else > seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. > > What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way > out? Some things: 1) The '91 325i had the M20 2-valve engine, which isn't as rev-happy and snappy as the later M50 engine. 2) IIRC, the US got different autos than Europe. 3) A 52K car probably badly needs a tune-up. Also, the vacuum hoses might be bad (or the catalytic converter); both kill the older engines. Floyd |
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In article >, fbloogyudsr wrote:
>"Delboy" > wrote >> Hello, >> I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of >> questions. >> >> First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). >> >> It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was >> a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were >> very quick, automatics too. >> >> When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then >> seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else >> seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. >> >> What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way >> out? > >Some things: >1) The '91 325i had the M20 2-valve engine, which isn't as rev-happy >and snappy as the later M50 engine. IIRC all E36 325i had M50 engines. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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"Jan Kalin" > wrote in message ... > In article >, fbloogyudsr wrote: >>"Delboy" > wrote >>> Hello, >>> I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of >>> questions. >>> >>> First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). >>> >>> It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was >>> a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were >>> very quick, automatics too. >>> >>> When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then >>> seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else >>> seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. >>> >>> What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way >>> out? >> >>Some things: >>1) The '91 325i had the M20 2-valve engine, which isn't as rev-happy >>and snappy as the later M50 engine. > > IIRC all E36 325i had M50 engines. > They did. A '91 here in the US was the last year of the E30 325i. Kyle. 98 740iL 97 M3 |
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Jan Kalin wrote:
> In article >, fbloogyudsr wrote: > >>"Delboy" > wrote >> >>>Hello, >>>I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of >>>questions. >>> >>>First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). >>> >>>It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was >>>a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were >>>very quick, automatics too. >>> >>>When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then >>>seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else >>>seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. >>> >>>What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way >>>out? >> >>Some things: >>1) The '91 325i had the M20 2-valve engine, which isn't as rev-happy >>and snappy as the later M50 engine. > > > IIRC all E36 325i had M50 engines. > > But a '91 is an E30 isn't it? Any BMW with a slushbox is not a *real* BMW anyway... :-) |
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In article >, JimV wrote:
>Jan Kalin wrote: >> In article >, fbloogyudsr wrote: >> >>>"Delboy" > wrote >>> >>>>Hello, >>>>I just test drove a 1991 325i in Los Angeles, and I have a couple of >>>>questions. >>>> >>>>First of all, it only has 52000 miles(checked with Carfax). >>>> >>>>It was an automatic, and it seemed very slow to me, I thought this was >>>>a fast car, I remember driving 325i's in the UK, and they really were >>>>very quick, automatics too. >>>> >>>>When I floored it, the tranny hesitated to find the right gear, then >>>>seemed to pick the wrong one. The car felt heavy. Everything else >>>>seemed to be fine, just a lack of pick up. >>>> >>>>What could be the cause of this, is the automatic tranny on the way >>>>out? >>> >>>Some things: >>>1) The '91 325i had the M20 2-valve engine, which isn't as rev-happy >>>and snappy as the later M50 engine. >> >> >> IIRC all E36 325i had M50 engines. >> >> >But a '91 is an E30 isn't it? Any BMW with a slushbox is not a *real* >BMW anyway... :-) I know some people that disagree vehemently But yes, I assumed that the E36 was introduced in the US the same year as in Europe. My mistake. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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"Kyle and Lori Greene" > wrote in message m... > > > > > They did. A '91 here in the US was the last year of the E30 325i. > > Kyle. > 98 740iL > 97 M3 > Except the E30 325ic which remained until 1992/93. |
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"Jan Kalin" > wrote
> In article >, JimV wrote: >>Jan Kalin wrote: >>But a '91 is an E30 isn't it? Any BMW with a slushbox is not a *real* >>BMW anyway... :-) > > I know some people that disagree vehemently > > But yes, I assumed that the E36 was introduced in the US the same year as > in Europe. My mistake. I almost noted the US/E30/'91 thing in my post, but figured I'd just confuse the OP. The whole US vs. rest-of-the-world and Coupe/Sedan/ Convertible thing is confusing enough to the BMW community... Floyd (never had an auto BMW) |
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