Working on an E46 makes me appreciate my E30

[Dozyproductions]

Slamming, its okay that your e46 sucks okay? ;)

[QUKBMER]

Lol..so you'd rather have everyone drive e30s with no issues than driving cars that do have issues and come to your shop to have them fixed, therefore making you money?

What i said was my on the matter. I didnt say that i dont want customers to come in to have there cars worked on OR dont want them to own the cars that they now own now did i ? I just stated that they are BIG piece's of shit. Get your facts straight.

[10Toes]

I manage a euro shop here in cali and have been since 94 and i have to say that beyond a e34/e36 f@#King forget it bro.All these newer cars are pieces of SHIT !!!!!!!! It really make's me appreciate my e30. I have customer's that had e30's before and wish they had never sold them compared to the e46/e60/e90's they are driving now they are just unhappy.Not with having to pay more for service,just that the cars are always having issues.;)

An E36 is a piece of shit car.

[QUKBMER]

Between the 2 models- if god took all the e30's of the face of the earth and i had to choose. I would drive an e36 over an e46. I have owned about 6 e36's. E46's i wouldn't touch if my life depended on it bro.

[kts]

All the work I had to do to replace the crank position sensor on my E36 was such a PITA. Really just about everything I have done on that car is a pain.

I cried when I saw where the crank position sensor was on my E30 and how easy it was to get to and replace. 5 minute job vs the hours spend pulling everything to get to it on my E30.

[ohthejosh]

An E28 is a piece of shit car.

fixed.























and now i wait

[kway]

Anyone that has a hard time working on e46s shouldn't be working on cars. Biggest pita I've dealt with on one is a/c evaporator (dashboard out job) and that wasnt even that bad.

[Dominic49]

All the work I had to do to replace the crank position sensor on my E36 was such a PITA. Really just about everything I have done on that car is a pain.

I cried when I saw where the crank position sensor was on my E30 and how easy it was to get to and replace. 5 minute job vs the hours spend pulling everything to get to it on my E30.

i've done a crank sensor in an e36 in about 20 minutes either obd1 or obd2 how is it a PITA??

[cabin]

E36 a pain to work on? Seriously? I've had 3 of them and I cant think of any particular job that was more complicated than any other car I have owned.

[blocke]

And to further compound my frustration:
Finally get the old ball joint out of the trailing arm, and the replacement that I bought is too small. Called Pelican, determined that I ordered the correct PN but it was somehow mis-packaged. New one will be here tomorrow.

Hopefully it fits.

[kts]

i've done a crank sensor in an e36 in about 20 minutes either obd1 or obd2 how is it a PITA??

I had to remove the intake manifold which was a PITA. I couldn't get a socket securely on the last nut all the way in the back too so I had to pull the valve cover. Also had to pull the upper radiator hose.

For my first go around it took a while. Having done it I could do another one in a lot less time. 20 minutes is pretty damn quick. You must have shape shifting hands to get to the wiring harness, I doubt I'd be able to get to it with the manifold or oil filter housing still in place with my hands.

[bestwheelbase]

Looking at E46 leather wearing out prematurely reminds me how good the E30 does it's thing.

-Best