Faults:

The rubber intake boot cracked, causing a check engine light.

The switch that controls the door locks on the center console broke, preventing the operation of the door locks from inside of the vehicle.

The front suspension bushings (lower control arms) are currently in need of replacement.

One of the front wheel bearings is making noises and is in need of replacement.

General Comments:

The car is simply beautiful. The combination of colors and quality of materials makes this a very beautiful machine to own. The car handles relatively well, delivers decent fuel economy (avg. 25 MPG combined hwy/city) and the brakes are the best I have ever experienced on any car.

For myself, the seating position is not conducive to long trips. The footwell has a very intrusive hump that causes my right leg to get stiff and fall asleep on drives over one hour.

Faults:

PCV valve, rocker cover gasket, various pipes/tubes over the last year, sunroof shade.

The last thing I replaced was the fuel pump. My BMW broke down in front of Melbourne Mercedes Benz. Maybe it was a sign..

Currently it's leaking coolant (I think I may be up for a new radiator) and it's got a slight drip of transmission (I think) fluid.

General Comments:

Since buying it, I have installed an Alpine fold out DVD system, replaced the stock 16" OEM wheels with 20" Dolce chrome wheels and added a pod-style air filter.

Despite its mileage, it still drives like a dream and looks great, and definitely gets attention!

The car is a bit too small for my liking, Currently I'm looking for a 1998+ 530i+, 740i or IL or even an X5, so I can finally get some 24" wheels ;-)

Either way it's a great car, and I don't mind paying top dollar to keep it on the road. The guys at the BMW dealership are great!

Faults:

- Front arm bushings needed to be replaced.

- Passenger's window stopped working, thought it was a fuse, turns out someone shoved movie tickets between the seal and the window and it got stuck, causing the window to stop rolling down.

- Drivers side leather began to split due to wear and tear.

General Comments:

After crashing and totaling my 67 Mustang, I was looking for something that would be just as cool, being 18 at the time. My father gave me one restriction, the new car must be under 10 years old, and it must be in my price range, as we were using insurance money for the replacement.

After looking and looking and looking, I stumbled upon the BMW 323is, and fell in love.

I loved the car from the moment I got into it, although I was still bitter about losing the Mustang, the beamer was fast, cool, comfortable, luxurious, and got good gas mileage (although at the time I didn't know that - stupid me). It never had any huge problems, just a few regular ones for this model, it really picked it up when you needed it to, although it did start shifting a little rough, and after a while the outside temp thermometer switched to Celsius, and no matter how hard I looked in owners manuals and online, I couldn't figure out how to switch it back, but whatever, easy enough to convert in my head.

I needed the money, so I decided to sell the beamer about a year and a half after we bought it, telling myself repairs were too expensive for me to afford and that 25 mpg wasn't good enough for a car its size.

BOY WAS I WRONG, I regret selling it every day. And am now looking for an earlier model BMW, to get my fix.