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Originally Posted by Cortexiphan
Actually, you’re living the best days of BMW. Until approximately a decade ago, BMW were unreliable and unsafe cars with boy racer kind of feel. Then they progressively got better and now they’re better than they’ve ever been.Things that didn’t exist before like: comfort, reliability, security, efficiency, technology comes as standard now in addition to much better performance.
https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/bmw/3-series/15459
E36 is pretty much a moving casket, very unreliable, very bad in terms of build quality and materials, very unstable and doesn’t have 50-50 weight distribution that started with E46. So unless you have nostalgic feelings, E36 is a tractor compared to G20. And E39 M5 is less aggressive and slower than my 540i and floatier and softer than a 530i without an M sport package. If millennial sees all the nonsensical praise for old cars here then goes ahead and drives one, he would be severely disappointed.(Maybe except E46) |
The newer generation of BMWs are safer and very mainstream friendly. They suck at being a BMW. BMW's of yore were buttoned down and were lauded for how they brought excitement to the road. They mocked Audi and Mercedes for offering front wheel drive cars. Unless you drive one for an extended period of time, you won't understand how exciting they were at some point.
