Originally Posted by
martysmartie
Do not believe the "Unreliable" rubbish, this comes from people who are either incapable of looking after the cars or by being bodged. The only reliablity issues you need to be concerned about is the fan and fuel pump wiring, you want to make sure the fans work and ideally rewired as well as fuel pump.
Martin
+1000!
Some people aren't prepared to spend the same money on a 20 yo car that they would unthinkingly spend on a new car in maintenance.
I'd drive one first before you do anything else as you might not like the 'feel' of it compared to what you're used to in a Subaru/modern car.
Personally, I've had new BMWs ( 330s ) etc in the past and they've come and gone but I've still got my Sapphire. I've tried new Subarus and EVOs - they're very good to drive and dynamically better
It's very telling that when magazines do tests of all the M-cars/What is the best M-car ever etc they so very often end up picking out the E30 M3 as the one to get and keep even though it is much slower than modern offerings.
Then go back and read the magazine tests from 1988-early 90s. What was the car they ALWAYS put the E30 M3 up against on the road/track. What invariably beat the E30 M3 for driving rewards............? Clue : it wasn't the Mercedes 190E 2.3/2.5-16
That is probably why people come back to them so much....just as with the old E30 M3. They do have a certain something that is missing in most modern cars