[kiley_sean]

Originally Posted by quillbro

Then the alternator went, (the guy that owned the car before me had some POS alternator in there) it was replaced with a 140 amp Bosch with cooling impeller.Those are the only things i have done since I bought the car.

The alternator that you replaced was a 140 amp!!! LOL!!! BOSCH...whooohh.....I have used plenty of Bosch, Valeo, and Sun belt alts. They all burn out one way or another. I actually pointed out how much the car ate up Alternators to you in my driveway, remember? You asked “Why is that dryer hose sticking up?”. It was the cooling vent for the alt. But I never found the finishing piece that sat above the aux. Fan (the air dam). Thus, it ate through two alternators with me. No biggie because the alternators were lifetime guaranteed so it was a matter of a half
hour to change it out for a fresh one. This was too much for you I guess.

I know you haven’t had many cars, or probably changed your own oil, but here is a tip: Starters, Alts., Thermostats, Water pumps, brake pads, rotors, clutches, brake and clutch master cylinder, slave cylinders, carrier bearings, flex discs (guibos), any ball joint or bushing, dampners, mufler bearings, etc….are wear items!!! They go out, so get used to it. You can pay a shop to replace them or you can save the money by doing it yourself. You didn’t deserve this car. Too bad I didn't find this out sooner.

Originally Posted by quillbro

There is a problem with the suspension im not sure what it is. when I bought it the guy told me that the two mismatched front wheels were bent and that was why the car was shaking but it turned out he was full of ****.

Another bent wheel perhaps? Ball joint? Unbalanced tire? Lower control arm- inner ball joint or rear bushing? Wheel bearing? Did you even take it to an alignment shop or, at the very least, grab ahold of the tires and shake them down? NO! You are speculating.

YOU don’t even know what it is that you are badmouthing me about it. Get a clue. You thought the engine was blown when you thrashed the clutch system!!! I hope you sold it to someone who "knows". Again..you don’t deserve it.

Originally Posted by quillbro

What it needs:

-The window regulators are acting-up. The previous owner was an idiot and had them all Fcuked up, I got the windows back in the regulator arms but they are still not in the tracks. Also the drivers side regulator is acting up and needs to be securely bolted into the door.

Remember this from my for sale thread? You should....you copy and pasted it.

Originally Posted by kiley_sean

The window regulators (the 'arms',) are bent. I replaced the drive's side regulator a year ago, but it went off-track and the motors are too insenstive to just "stop pushing" so the tin foil of a regulator is bent again. I pulled the passenger side trim off and inspected it's too, and gosh dang was it bent, too, and I shouldn't have tried to re-bend it because it never went-up again (about a month ago)

They are about 85$ from alloembmwparts, but I just don't have time to replace them. The motors, windows are fine. The door trim was left off.

Again… no effort on your part. Project cars are not your forte. The window regulators were clearly, and I mean CLEARLY explained on the for sale listing, and INPERSON (what ticks me off the most)!!! Why are you acting surprised? Check the listing again. You need to REPLACE the window regulators!!! They are bent and no matter how you arrange them to the door, they are going to rip the casters back out of the rails.

Originally Posted by quillbro

-There is a short in the brake lights, running lights and panel lights.

The rear lights work, but the brakes likes don't
(third brake does, however). They would need to be wired to bypass the curcuits to work.

Remember saying something like this:
“Oh....the brake lights won’t be a problem…me and my buddy can fix that no problem.”

Originally Posted by quillbro

This car is not 100% perfect....no way. Running condition is awesome, but it has it's little quirks as far as what was stated above.

QFTMFT!!!!

Originally Posted by quillbro

Also the previous owner treated it like **** so the car would probably need a new paint job. From 10 feet it looks good but get up close and its not good.

Excuse me? I treated it like crap? This comment punched me in the throat. How dare you!

Do these pics look like I was "treating it like crap"? http://www.drunkdubs.com/gallery/vie...lbumName=kiley

I spent every dang weekend working on this thing. I had about the most intimate relationship you could have with an inanimate object with this car. I felt like giving up some many times, but kept going. When I look back in several years, that bimmer will be the only only that I can honestly say caused me the most Pain and Joy. It was emotional for me to sell it, but I out-grew the car. You didn't even know what that car was about, man.

You did NOTHING to the car yourself. Whoopty-frigin-doo...you PAID to replace a clutch kit, that YOU destroyed, and an alternator that burned out. Now you are giving up on the car like that? You will never have the heart to customize your own car. Things break. You gotta pay to play. Remember that, Evan.

Mechanically...it was well- and I mean WELL- maintained, but then again I wouldn't expect a guy like Evan to understand. He hardly knows the difference between a wrench and a rachet it seems.

The interior/ exterior might not have been show-quality...but it was pretty much the way it was when I bought it 2 years ago. You gonna badmouth Gene_Tinik, now?!!! I really don't know what you were expectin, Evan. Most E36's I have seen , that are driven, have wear on their paint. Unless you were expecting a garage kept, waxed every month show car....the paint was in pretty dang good shape. Sorry it didn't meet your standards. You didn't have to buy it, right?

Now, about the “abuse”. I never, ever abused this car. It ran a good number of Autox’s and made passes at the drag strip, but I never over-revved it, side-stepped the clutch, power-shifted, spun out, etc. I always let it cool down, always warmed it up (remember how anal I was about your warming it up, Evan?). I changed fluids routinely and had it on a lift atleast twice a month.


I didn’t beat on the car for three reasons:

1. I was 26 years old when I first bought it, and respected it way more than I could have at 19-20 years old (*hint*). Point blank: Maturity.

2. My buddy Joe and I were the sole people to work on this car. You are less likely to abuse and break things when you are the one to fix it.It’s kind of like stealing money from yourself.

3. It was my daily driver for the majority of those 2 years. This kind of connects with the above statement. If it broke down.....I had to walk to work.

Originally Posted by quillbro

so....I bought a 97 330ti off a shady guy in South Carolina about 3 weeks ago.

SHADY!!! I did so much for you, you jerk. I gave you tons of parts that were new-in-box. Anything you asked for, I gave it to you. Offered you to stay over night at my place, escorted you to the interstate. You ingrate. You conveniently left out the fact that I signed the title over to you before the payment was even cleared. Thanks for nothing, I guess.

Originally Posted by quillbro

The car was covered in sap and pine needles when i walked up to it.....dings and scratches all over in the body, (obvious signs that the car was not cared for)...the interior was filthy dirty.....there were a lot of discrepancies when we were talking about the car.

Sap? Dirty? No shiet!!!
It had been sitting for probably good two months before you arrived (I was busy driving my new lightning) and it was parked under a ....**GASP***.....Pine tree!!! What interior was dirty!! It was all up stairs. We put it all in when you got here. No tears in the interior, so why are you crying?

You basically gave me a day notice before you flew in, so I didn't exactly have time to clean the car up. When you said, "I'm gonna clean this thing up", I had no idea that you were going to stab me in the back. Total lack of respect.

"Not cared for". Like I said before....you have put zero effort into that car, so you have no room to judge me, bud.

Originally Posted by quillbro

It was a decent deal though.

That's the first thing you have typed that is truthful.
Sad thing is that I could have given your the car for free and you still would've found something to complain about.

Originally Posted by quillbro

With alot of work it would be a nice
car. But i think he was less than completely honest with me.

You were not totally honest with me, Evan. You told me you were capable and willing to work on the problems.....you never said anything about your being reliant on a shop to perform your work. You're not the buyer you pretended to be. Dishonest.

Originally Posted by quillbro

took the car to the shop when the clutch blew and the owner of the shop said there were nuts and bolts loose all over the place. and the elctrical job on this car is a nightmare

Loose bolts all over the place? HA HA!!! Sure!!! If you want to complain about the OBDI engine being spliced into the OBDII car, talk to Gene.


Obviously you need to buy a new car with a warranty instead of a USED highly modified car, because you don't have a clue about much. Hopefully you learned your lesson on that. You must have a "drive" in you to seriously modify a car. At this time, you don't have it. Leave it to other people and stop running your mouth.



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