Car: BMW 325i

Ah the Beamer.  I recently "inherited" my brothers former 92 BMW 325i.  Although it needs some work to be in perfect shape, all things considered the car is in pretty good shape. The major advantage of having the Beamer, as I see it, is not only does it get a little better mileage than my Ranger, It is available.  This leaves a little more freedom to look around and try to fix things myself since I have the luxury of more than 1 night to fix any problems that may arise with either vehicle.

Despite the fact that it runs pretty well the Beamer does need some work.  The major things being an oil leak and a break squeal.  Neither of these problems should take more than a weekend to fix and shouldn't actually cost much in parts.  The minor fixes include fixing a door handle, rewiring/securing the head unit for the stereo, and possibly a new glovebox.  None of these problems should be hard to fix but may take a day or weekend just because they are all really troubleshooting problems

Once I fix the oil leak and break squeak I have some upgrade plans.  First the practical... The first being, replacing the current non-functioning sunroof.  Not even sure why it doesnt work.  Motor seems to work sunroof just doesn't move.  So if the panel won't move anyway I would like to replace it with a glass panel so it will atleast serve as a skylight.

The impractical upgrades are sorta dreams that I'm not sure if I will follow or even be able to do.  The first is ugrading the engine from the 2.5L V6 to a "Modern" M3 V8. This is possible but may be challenging.  The real difficult task is replacing/converting the transmission.  Mike and I would like to try to fabricate or replace the current automatic transmission with a manual one.