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Aug. 19, 2009 5:42 p.m. SupraWes Dork

Howdy folks, I'm looking for a lead on the best forum to partake in for an E36 owner.
Aug. 19, 2009 6:39 p.m. Gimp Dork

Bimmerforums, assuming you stay in the track section.

http:www.teamziptie.com
Aug. 19, 2009 7:11 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

Bimmerforums has about a 75% to 25% BS to hard fact ratio. Too many kids spouting off bad or wrong information or just venting their spleen on either what is wrong with their car or better yet.. what they don't like about somebody elses' car.

Heaven forbid you have a 318ti/compact. they seem to universally hate that car.

You will definatly need some thick skin there

German, Italian, Swedish, Collecting Europe one car at a time
Aug. 19, 2009 10:25 p.m. Josh HalfDork

Yeah, they don't do a whole lot to dispel the notion that pricks drive BMWs over there, unfortunately. I basically stay in the Regional and Track sections, with the occasional foray into Rides&Styling for giggles. I wish I could say there was a better place, as I don't think bf.c is run very well or fairly, and the ownership seems to be in bed financially with some pretty E36 M3ty "sponsor" vendors (deleting threads about problems and such). But the fact is that's where all the E36 guys are, nobody else has the traffic to foster a decent community.

Formerly known as SoloSE-R, now with less SR20DE
Aug. 19, 2009 10:29 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

For my Ti.. I liked www.318ti.org I would not be surprised of there were other forums just for the coupe and sedan somewhere on the net.

German, Italian, Swedish, Collecting Europe one car at a time
Aug. 20, 2009 5:49 a.m. mel_horn Dork

SupraWes wrote: Howdy folks, I'm looking for a lead on the best forum to partake in for an E36 owner.

This one.
Aug. 20, 2009 7:28 a.m. 02Pilot New Reader

I'm not active there, but www.bimmerfest.com has a fair bit of traffic as well. On Bimmerforums, the General Mechanical Help section is pretty good as well (well, the responders are; the questions are sometimes pretty silly, but there are some good mechanics who post frequently).
Aug. 20, 2009 7:41 a.m. Ian F HalfDork

If looking for pure tech/maintenance info, the Bentley forums are pretty good.
Aug. 20, 2009 4:53 p.m. SupraWes Dork

Thanks folks, I'll lurk on some of these and see how it goes.