...18 wheelers passing you on the highway scare the hell out of you.

...You have a new found hatred for "tension straps".

...You try to reach through the rear seat armrest to access the trunk and just can't figure out what's in the way.

...The top just never works 100% like you want it to.

There's a good thread somewhere on the tension straps. Use a bicycle tube for fixing it. Works real well.

This is going to be a long thread.....

I'll throw some in.

1. You seriously question if you are bipolar based on how much you love the car with the top down and how much it drives you crazy with the top up.

2. Every time you have the top down and you back up, you can't help but feel like you're in the Notorious B.I.G. "Hypnotize" video.

3. You condition your door, top, and window seals like the very existence of mankind depends on it.

4. You think the integrated 3rd brake light is the coolest.

5. Just when you think your old e36 is dated and no one likes her, you get a compliment on the car when the top is down out of the blue.

6. Watching the top fold down reminds you of an epileptic seagull with tourettes.

3. You condition your door, top, and window seals like the very existence of mankind depends on it.

5. Just when you think your old e36 is dated and no one likes her, you get a compliment on the car when the top is down out of the blue.So I know for sure I own one!! (walks to garage and just looks for 2 minutes)

...when you drive with the top up you swear is sounds just like a school bus

...when you have some kind of water damage on the interior of your car

...when you drive with the top down and the music up, you get either flipped off or called an asshole by some jealous mother fucker

...when you park your car outside of a store/restuarant and leave the top down, you glance out the window to check every 2.5 seconds

...when you drive with the top down, and you SWEAR you heard a wierd ass noise come from your car

...when you drive on the highway with the top down and your girl is all over you

...when asked what car you drive, you NEVER just call it a BMW. It's a convertible BMW

....when you have a formal meeting to drive to on a hot day however you'll drive with the top up to avoid getting your hair messed up by the wind.

....when you start tapping on various panels to try and find out where noises are coming from.

....when you start tapping on various panels to try and find out where noises are coming from.

ha ha ha ha:lol

It's so true!

-When you created DIY videos OUT OF NECESSITY (so you can remember for the next time it happens)
-you burn your A$$ so, so, so bad on the seats in a sunny day (forgetting to tilt the seat)
-rattle, body flex, rattle, clunk?? WTF was that?

-You carry an entire hair grooming kit in the glove box from late March through the end of October.

-You curse the fact you have to take the Valentine 1 off the mount and store it in the glovebox everytime you get out of the car.

-You curse the fact you have to take the GPS system off the mount and store it in the glovebox everytime you get out of the car.

-You curse the fact you haven't got enough room in the glovebox to store all your electronic toys that are subject to theft if you leave them attached to the car.

- You go for a drive in the hills every evening around dusk just to watch the sunset from your vert.

-You love the way the word CABRIO sounds.

-You know what the word Cabriolet means.

-You spend more on raggtop conditioner and cleaner than most people spend on dates.

-You bless the god that invented the OEM windscreen because now your wife is willing to go for drives with you.

-You have no problem with helmet clearance when racing or autocrossing.

-You condition your leather interior 2x more often than sedan and coupe guys.

-You carry an entire hair grooming kit in the glove box from late March through the end of October.
:lol:lol

Sally.

:lol:lol

Sally.


That's Mary to you, sailor! :buttrock

- When you look over your top after putting it up or down to check for something wrong.

- When the pockets behind the front seats have 4 pairs of sunglasses for everyone in the car when the top comes down on a sunny day :redspot...

...when the stock stereo in your old e36 sedan never bothered you but the stock stereo in your e36 convertible is no where near loud enough.

...when you hear noises from the rear and immediately think RSM, but then you realize you have a convertible and realize it could be ANYTHING

...when you just roll your eyes when a passenger says a button that makes all the windows go up and down at the same time is overkill

...when you put off car washes on a sunny day cause that means you'll have to drive with the top up until it's fully dry

When you drive by reflected office buildings just to see yourself

When you buy 91 rated gas and waste it in one day

When you think its going to rain you still drive with the top down anyway

When you pick up a friend who doesn't know what kind of car you drive

When you turn on your remote start and jump in your car to drive off

That's Mary to you, sailor! :buttrock

Fair enough!

All in good fun brother.

Fair enough!

All in good fun brother.

Never doubted it for a second. I was sounding just a tad fruity........:help

-When to you, "dog ears" have nothing to do with dogs...

-When you get a new surprise falling on you every time you put the top up...

-When your daily driver gets jealous and throws off a windshield wiper on the way to a concert in pouring rain...

-When you spend more time tucking in your car under the car cover then you do tucking in yourself at night...

-When you pity those old men in their new Mazda Miatas because they could have had so much more of a car for so much less money...

:rofl

...your fat friends flip the front seat forward to get in back, take one look, and just say, "oh, ill just stay here."

...you close the top without the engine running and the battery barely has enough power to start the car in the morning.

...you have to check realoem to compare part numbers before buying any used e36 part because your car is "special."

...When driving in a tunnel, you put the car in neutral and blip the throttle to hear the exhaust note reverberate...

Scott

...your fat friends flip the front seat forward to get in back, take one look, and just say, "oh, ill just stay here."
EDIT:

When your fat friends look at your rear seat and say "oh hell no, you can go F yourself if you think im going in there......" But then have a good time in the back while your driving with your knees!:buttrock

If the only reason you'd like lambo doors is to look across the car with to top down and see only the seats connecting the two halfs of the car. (always thought that would look cool.

your carpet and the red / in the //M logo on your dash gauge console are faded.

...you complain that there is a long list of "things that will break" on your car, but cannot bring yourself to get rid of it because it is way too much fun to drive.


And +1 to the comment about having enough room for your helmet when autocrossing.:redspot

Scott

...you purposely wait till you're at a crowded stoplight before putting the top up or down (praying that the lid doesn't get stuck while rubbing the top)

...you change lanes to avoid sprinklers, and put your hand over your head when flocks of birds fly overhead

...your arms, face, and neck are nice and tan; but, the rest of you is very, very white

-When it's lovebug season and you can't decide whether to risk the inevitable leak and use the pressure washer, or spend all day scrubbing.

...you purposely wait till you're at a crowded stoplight before putting the top up or down (praying that the lid doesn't get stuck while rubbing the top)

...you change lanes to avoid sprinklers, and put your hand over your head when flocks of birds fly overhead

...your arms, face, and neck are nice and tan; but, the rest of you is very, very white

TreibeFroh....we have the exact same car. Mine turns 100,000 in few days.

I have only owned by e36 convertible for a month or so but I know I own one now because I watch the nightly weather forecast much more looking to see if it will rain or not the next day!

These are awesome! So true. I think you guys covered most of mine.

-When you have a mental list of safe places to leave the top down when parked!

Love Bugs... Got to love them! They have them in SW Florida???
They are bad around I-10!!!

1) you resist putting the top up fearing it will not complete the cycle...

2) you can't understand the loathing from coupe owners...

3) everytime you drive it, you wish years off it's life day dreaming of the day it came off the show room floor...

4) always keep an eye out for a better condition e36 vert...

5) remember how much you wanted one 10 years ago...

6) ...and now that you have one, kick yourself for not getting one sooner...

7) wonder if you'll ever stop spending money on it...

- When you always have a wet drivers seat during hard rain

- When your rear window is cracking when you try to open the roof on a sunny winter day

- When your full automaticly roof wouln't open and fold up in a way it must be in front of an terrace and you need to jump out of the car to help the roof folding.

- When you spend twice the price of an "normal" E36 just to be "roofless" :-)

-when you cant get the stereo to sound like you want it to. because 5.25" suck!
- when you add a sub in the trunk and the trunk lid just buzzes, pops and vibrates.
- when you have to design and build your own windscreen cause the bmw one doesnt even come close to fitting your needs.
-when the wife drives the car you get a phone call on how to put the top down everytime.

-U prepare ur day to NOT detail the car, but to "day spa"(prep, wash, massage in the leather treatment, wax the car, glaze the car, tire treatment) the car
--Then drive it back in the garage. Check 4 different reputible weather channels, and use a coin on deciding whether to drive it after the day spa.
-Make excuses to drive some place so u can "drive" the car.
-Drive to work & park in the dead-zone (where NO1 else parks):D SO u don't worry @bout sum hater keyin ur shit!
-while writing this post check on ur car:rofl:
-Find out a true "coupe" is a car without a B-pillar & flip the bird 2 every1 else who "think" they have a true coupe;)

-U play Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" (http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/SeanKingston/Girls_01_02_full_100.asx)on a day like today, with the top down. & DON'T dedicate it 2 ur car:D

....when you take the time to read other people's issues with their cabrio's to feel better about yours.

- When you turn back to look out your rear window when backing out of a parking spot only to realize you can't see anything.

- When looking at the weight posted on the sticker by the driver's door makes you want to cry.

- When you drive with the top up so you don't hear that annoying wheel bearing that you have to replace.

When you know your vert is at your house and get jellus when you see others enjoying theres

you will not put the top down unless the car is clean

You accept having a sweaty back as a good trade off to going topless

you leave the top down over night and put a car cover over so you don't damage the top by runing it up and down.

You wish summer could last all year.

You hate having to drive the car in the snow!!!

when with all new suspension and brakes it still shudders at 60mph for no apparent reason
... shudders on a groovy asphalt while approaching a stop sign
when you drive with top up and a view through a brand new rear window is already distorted

good, at least now i know im not the only vert owner who's roof seems to have lepracy, leaks like the titanic and makes some weird ass noises when the top is down. oh, one more.

- right as it starts raining, you run out and stuff an old sweater between the seats and the door to absorb the drips.

+ 1 for all of the above . . . . +5 for tension straps . . .

And you have a headliner that drops vapor barrier "dust" and flakes all over the interior of the car . . .

And you park the car in the shade outside the office window a) so you can keep an eye on it all day and b) just so you can leave the top down and not burn your back leaving at the end of the day.

Oh yeah, and then you get to clean tree leaves out of your car . . . .

But it's all worth it

When you actually use the OBC's CODE function when you park your car with the top down.

When you threaten to eject your buddies in the back by pulling the red lever underneath the backseat.

When you can remove the rear liner panels inside your trunk to reset the covertible top motor in less than 30 seconds.

Uh-oh I forgot one.

When you realize its getting to be winter with no chance of an Indian summer and you snap on the hardtop in about 5 minutes. You feel like you just bought a new car!!!

you only have a single 12" sub because you still need half of your trunk space.

your single 12" sub sounds better and louder than most other setups because you have the top down and your ski pass thru is open.:buttrock

..when your thimking of suitable parking before reaching your destination.
..when you hold your breath, when driving under a bridge where birds hang out.
..when coupe drivers have to look when the hardtop is on, but all the windows are open.

when you're at a red light in the turn lane and 3 cars turning on to your street almost wreck because they were staring so hard.

when you're at a redlight thinking that everyone is envious of your car, then u realize there is an e46 vert and an m3 near by that just stole all your thunder.

soccor moms check you out and, and you in turn check them out (hey baby)

u drive by the entrance to the gym reaaaal slow so all the cute recptionists know u're the one that owns the convertible bmw.

- When you go to replace the battery for the first time and realize you need a special one

When you floor it every time you sea a big seagull while you have the top down !

all you want to do is drive your car with the top down even when you have nowhere to go

-When your co-workers just know that it is way to nice for you to make it into work on time.

- when, between the months of july and january (and beyond?) there is only one post in this thread

5) remember how much you wanted one 10 years ago...

6) ...and now that you have one, kick yourself for not getting one sooner...

7) wonder if you'll ever stop spending money on it...

+1000!!!!!


When the leaves start falling from the trees at the beginning of autumn, and the you will NOT park in the two rows of parking spots that are under the big leafy trees and have to park farther out where no trees are because you can't stand the thought of dead leaves in your car (top down) or on the softtop (top up).


When you pull up at the auto parts store, and the clerk looks at your car with the hardtop on and he tells you, "I've never seen that model of BMW before". (yes, really happened)


When you have to drive around town for a LONG time before you find a car that gives you car envy. ;)

- When you go to replace the battery for the first time and realize you need a special one

That is really true, and the clerk @ the battery store swears all de 6-cil battery's are the same, but you need the one that is 3 cm longer.

-when your dad steals your car just to take a spin, and put it later that day back on the same parking spot and thinks you didn't noticed (but he did fill the gas tank up)

-when you hardtop is on, you hope the strange knocking sounds didn't come from you car, but later realise it was, and spending the whole day how to find out how to get rid of the noise

When in the dead ice cold weather of January, you get a decently sunny day and you put that mother fuckin' top DOWN, even though it's 28 degrees, you have NO HEAT and your heated seats DON'T WORK.......and you love every fucking second of it.

Hard core baby.....

Yes, my heat doesn't work.

When in the dead ice cold weather of January, you get a decently sunny day and you put that mother fuckin' top DOWN, even though it's 28 degrees, you have NO HEAT and your heated seats DON'T WORK.......and you love every fucking second of it.

Hard core baby.....

Yes, my heat doesn't work.

X2...

On second thought, I'm taking the Jeep.

-You bless the god that invented the OEM windscreen because now your wife is willing to go for drives with you.


Very much true. That's the only way to get my wife in my cabrio.

+ everything said above.

In addition:

- When you can't stand being stuck in a tunnel during a traffic jam because of terrible noise and pollution !
- When you can't wait to leave the office to get back home on a sunny evening ...
- When people ask you if you just come back from vacation because of your sun tan ....

- When you can't stand being stuck in a tunnel during a traffic jam because of terrible noise and pollution !

-Conversely, you know you own a convertible when you mention that there is a noticable difference in air temperature when passing under an over pass, and people don't know what you're talking about.

-You mention having 'no blind spots' and someone tells you that's not possible.

-You mention having 'no blind spots' and someone tells you that's not possible.

Love it :)

This thread is just what I needed considering the M3 is stuck in its garage for the foreseeable future. As soon as we approach 40 it's coming out to play.

I love this thread, I have been thinking of selling my M3, still may but this thread is great! If I do sell it, I will be looking for another in a year or so. It's a tough car to carpool with!!!

Temp difference while going under overpasses +1
Speeding up when it starts to rain so the rain will pass over you!
Driving top down, on a good road, with no other traffic close and realizing your convertible has less road noise than most other cars.
The only thing I fear is large flocks of birds flying over.....
Trying to stop in the shade at a stop light...

When it starts to rain and you pull over on the freeway UNDERNEATH the overpass so that you don't get wet while your top takes the 11 seconds to go up.

When your 2 year old goes "wheeeeee" and raises his arms up in the air when riding around in the car.

When you think about how there's NO POSSIBLE WAY that you'd be happier in a coupe or sedan.

When on a Sunny day, leaving your convertible Jeep or your sportbike in the garage and taking the 'car' isn't a sacrifice anymore.

When you wish you didn't have a :complain:complain:complain:complain:complain plastic rear window, so you could be a little less paranoid about cracking it on a cold day to the point of being willing to go drop top when it's clear/cold/sunny (like Nitrosoxide!)

When you thank God that you didn't "settle" and get an E30 Cabrio, just because they were a few thousand cheaper.

When you think it's cool that your car has a central locking glovebox that none of the other E36's have.

When you don't have to worry about the "X-Brace" mod, because you already have one.

When you get invited to drive the Homecoming Princesses around the track for a local high school's Homecoming football game because you have a car worthy of that duty.

When you think that they'll probably have to bury you in your car because there's no other car that will make you anywhere close to as happy for what you can afford to spend (unless you win the lottery).

When you also think about how much your car frustrates the crap out of you, but acknowledge that it's all worth it.

When you think to yourself, "If I had this car when I went to Prom, I might have actually got some action that night!"

I can definitely relate to a number of the above, especially having the wife call every single time she borrows the car to ask how to put the top down (after having the lid hit the top due to bad tension straps). Also, I completely understand all the "the top is never fully functional no matter how many hours I fiddle with it" posts.

Here's mine...

...when you wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night to the sound of rain on the windows and roof, trying to remember if you put the top up when you parked it in the driveway (thrice the answer has been...no, the top is down).

When you think about how there's NO POSSIBLE WAY that you'd be happier in a coupe or sedan.

Amen!



...when you wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night to the sound of rain on the windows and roof, trying to remember if you put the top up when you parked it in the driveway (thrice the answer has been...no, the top is down).

You are ballsier than I, sir. I can't imagine leaving it outside overnight with the top down.

You are ballsier than I, sir. I can't imagine leaving it outside overnight with the top down.

That's not intentional. Usually it happens because I'm planning on going somewhere and then change plans and forget to go out and put the top up. No problem leaving the car open for a couple of hours in my neighborhood, but overnight...not a good idea, especially in inclement weather.

Do you know how long it takes to dry out and then recondition soaking wet leather seats and carpeting?:(

When you get in and after nearly 12 years the car still doesn't look dated and the interior still rocks! :D

When you get in and after nearly 12 years the car still doesn't look dated and the interior still rocks! :D

Couldn't put it better myself Mparallel.

+1 to the above (big time)!! I don't see this car's age at all. My car is now 14 years old and I still stop, turn-around and look at it when I park it in a parking lot (nearly every-time). I always catch myself thinking "Damn, that is one good looking car".

You know you own a vert when you are waiting for summer to come to put the top down and enjoy open air driving again!

You know you own a vert when you want to move to a wormer climate just to have a longer top down season!

wow, reading this set of posts makes me feel kinda bad about even thinking of selling mine....13 years old - 140k miles, still runs and drives great. Might as well keep it. I need a larger garage.

When it KILLS you that you can't take your car through a automated car wash and it's SOOOO dirty and it's also dark when you get home from work... So, as a solution, when you had a morning appointment, you delay the time that you go back to work by 1/2 hour so that you can wash your car. But then you realize that it's 30 degrees out and your hose is frozen. So, you get another hose out of the shed and hook it up to your garage sink so that you can wash your baby with WARM water!!! And it's still cold enough that you're out there in a down jacket and are trying not to slip on the water that's freezing up on your driveway because it's still that cold out.

And it was totally worth it because your E36 vert is clean!!! (and you'd rather wash your car in 30 degree weather than be at work anyway!)

When it KILLS you that you can't take your car through a automated car wash and it's SOOOO dirty and it's also dark when you get home from work... So, as a solution, when you had a morning appointment, you delay the time that you go back to work by 1/2 hour so that you can wash your car. But then you realize that it's 30 degrees out and your hose is frozen. So, you get another hose out of the shed and hook it up to your garage sink so that you can wash your baby with WARM water!!! And it's still cold enough that you're out there in a down jacket and are trying not to slip on the water that's freezing up on your driveway because it's still that cold out.

And it was totally worth it because your E36 vert is clean!!! (and you'd rather wash your car in 30 degree weather than be at work anyway!)
lmao i was going to say something along the lines of that but up here in michigan it freezes to your car

edit: just seen that you live in vancouver so you probably have the same problem

When you don't even consider a sedan or coupe when thinking "new" car.

That when you hardtop is on, you hope the strange knocking sounds didn't come from you car, but later realise it was, and spending the whole day how to find out how to get rid of the noise
Did you find the noise, got the same problem.

When it KILLS you that you can't take your car through a automated car wash and it's SOOOO dirty and it's also dark when you get home from work... So, as a solution, when you had a morning appointment, you delay the time that you go back to work by 1/2 hour so that you can wash your car. But then you realize that it's 30 degrees out and your hose is frozen. So, you get another hose out of the shed and hook it up to your garage sink so that you can wash your baby with WARM water!!! And it's still cold enough that you're out there in a down jacket and are trying not to slip on the water that's freezing up on your driveway because it's still that cold out.

And it was totally worth it because your E36 vert is clean!!! (and you'd rather wash your car in 30 degree weather than be at work anyway!)
+10 I really do feel bad when driving a dirty vert, feels like your letting down the "group" when your in a dirty vert- especially when you see a clean one go by! And the VERT POLICE will ticket you!

I have taken 30 min to quick wash many times before leaving for work, even set lights out at night to get the quick wash done, people may think your nuts but when you take the cover off in the morning and hop in the shiny vert and drive away you don't care- the smile on your face is just too big!! :D

-when your wife wants to divorce you because you have "big plans" for your car!

you know you own a vert when - you start to plan the best route for your next summer's motoring trip in December

When you threaten to eject your buddies in the back by pulling the red lever underneath the backseat.



Wait, you mean that lever's not for a parachute brake option?





When you buy a new winter coat and hat, just so you can drive with the top down in February.

When you spend November to March checking ebay and craigslist every 15 minutes, just to see if anyone has listed a hard top.

96 328i vert top clicks when up or down button pressed

Very funny stuff...

Just purchased a 1998 328ic three weeks ago, my first BMW before 50! Yeh!

I especially like the comment above "you go out to the garage just to look at it for 2.5 seconds." I'm guilty! hahaha.

when you sell your vert...just to buy another!

When your the only one to speed up when it starts to rain so you dont get wet....

When your tops up and you can't see any thing behind you..

you take it to the local alignment shop and the gal behind the counter comments how nice your car is and wants to go for a ride. :)

you take it to the local alignment shop and the gal behind the counter comments how nice your car is and wants to go for a ride. :)

:lol

I read through a bunch of these, I love it, but am I the only person with an e36 vert that doesn't leak? I was going to replace the top this summer, shit, now I think I will leave it, and maybe get a new liner for it, since the outside is in good shape (it is just the inside that is falling apart) but now I am worried about developing leaks...haha

Mine don't leak, and they also don't seem to have any liner issues at the moment.

I read through a bunch of these, I love it, but am I the only person with an e36 vert that doesn't leak? I was going to replace the top this summer, shit, now I think I will leave it, and maybe get a new liner for it, since the outside is in good shape (it is just the inside that is falling apart) but now I am worried about developing leaks...haha

Mine dont and seems in good order, even only hits the lid every once in awhile when its abit cold and going done for the first time.

Now that I've said that, if it goes wrong, I'll cry, go mad, then blame you lol:D

I'm not going to tell you that mine doesn't leak because that would jinx it.

..... when the traffic cop prefers to pull you over (and not the guy that went through the stop light after you)

... when you piss your wife off by circling the parking lot looking for a shady spot

... when you park only in end spaces, against the curb, to avoid a-holes dinging your doors

... when you carefully wash the car with the top down, so you don't have to wait for the top to dry

... when you spend hours talking about these things online!!!

^^+1^^

1. When you look out in the driveway and think your car has been stolen only to remember that it's in the shop.

2. When you make up excuses to go to the store just so you can drive it.

3. When plastic pieces seem to rain down on your head when you put the top down.

4. When it always smells like mildew after a good rain.

5. When people offer to buy the car in the Target parking lot.

6. When someone with a coupe pulls up beside you and looks at your car and gives you the thumbs up, and you just nod.

7. When you have to switch mechanics because they hate working on tops and they had it for 3 weeks and still didn't fix it

8. When you put the top down in the driveway and let it sit, just so everyone can drool as they drive by.

9. When 50 degrees or better is "top-down" weather

10. When you look at everyone you pass, so you can see if they check out your car.

10. When you look at everyone you pass, so you can see if they check out your car.

+1 :rofl I do this all the time.

When your door panels and sideskirts decide that they feel like taking a vacation.

When the soccer moms envy you at a stoplight because you've got the top down and the music up.

When you purposely drive through parking lots and take the long way around to whatever store you're heading to just so you can make people stare.

When people ask you if it's worth the money and you say yes, especially since I spent $10,000 less than you. (Guy in a newer Ford F-150 Lightning)

Those of us in the E46 section tried doing this...making all variants on the "You know you own an E46 when..." thread. They wound up getting locked.

Those of us in the E46 section tried doing this...making all variants on the "You know you own an E46 when..." thread. They wound up getting locked.


That's because E36>E46 :D

*Puts flame suit on and runs*

...you are considering moving from melbourne because winter means that you can't drive topless - even with a wind deflector.. :(

... When you put the top down and hope, just HOPE that after all of the poking, fixing, prodding, changing tension straps with bungees, bicycle tubes or that infamous velcro strap, this time it works well, it doesn't rub against the cover and you can just enjoy that feeling...only to find out that something else is not not working!

when you sell your vert...just to buy another!

+10000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :redspot:redspot:redspot

When your co-workers strike up a conversation over lunch about your car
When you leave your car in the parking lot at work with the top down because you know....ohhhh you know people are lookin....
When people at work suggest going out for lunch, and you volunteer to drive...every time....
Furthermore, when you volunteer to drive, you're immediately hit with requests from people wanting to ride with you...
When you're in the drive through ATM with the top down, and two drunk guys from the bar across the street come up to you and start commenting on how awesome your car is.....as you're trying to take money out.......:shifty
When you just.......stare......:D
When you just can't stop staring.....
When you tune other people out as they talk to you because you're too busy staring....
When you browse Craigslist for E36 convertibles, even though you have one, and then you see a nice local one for sale, and you check your account and you know you can afford to buy it.....and you need to slap yourself back into reality...:help
ALong those same lines, when you see a damaged one for sale, and you honestly want to buy it, repair it and sell it not to make a profit, but just to get another E36 vert back on the road...

...you turn on your windshield wipers at a stop light with the top down and get confused to why it is raining in Southern California.

When your buddy blows past you in his 400 hp turbo porsche coupe on a sunny day and you don't give a shit because you just smoked a doob and are just enjoying your sun machine...

When your fall and winters are life changing after buying a hardtop.

. . . When you aren't used to having to actually unlock the doors, because in your POS Sebring vert. you could just pull the doorlock up from the outside without anything happening.

. . . When your friend has a V8 mustang and thinks its the $hit and can beat your stock M3, and you could care less because you can take a turn and he cant.

. . . When you pick on people driving V6 mustangs with their girl friend in the passengers seat when they try to show off and race you, then you smoke his @$$ right in front of his lady.

-when you hate driving though sworms of bugs.

-when the wife dont want to drive with you outta fear of her hair getting messed up (the top dont go up as long as I'm driving)

-when you keep a bottle of sunscreen in the center consle.

-when you try to test the theory from the movie 'driven' when they are drving in the 'vert and not getting wet because they are drving so fast.

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. . . When your friend has a V8 mustang and thinks its the and can beat your stock M3, and you could care less because you can take a turn and he cant.

. . . When you pick on people driving V6 mustangs with their girl friend in the passengers seat when they try to show off and race you, then you smoke his @$$ right in front of his lady.


+10000

the same with trucks!!!!:alright

-when the top is down, its easier to flip off the photo radar cameras!

........... That rear window. Damn that rear window...........and the damn leaks :shifty

....when you do a major mod to your car, you think you're the first one ever to do it, and then you find out someone overseas did it years ago.... :shifty

I love this... :buttrock

- When you have a backseat, but you tell your friends your car is only a 2 seater cause you have your windscreen in.

- Everytime you go somewhere and park... you're always cleaning the dash of dust.

- When you're ALWAYS online trying to find a hardtop, cheap and in the area for sale!

- When you get upset with the top up cause you have tinted windows, but the damn plastic window is still clear!

... When you let your hubby use your car (with the top down) to drive a female friend to the airport, only to have him return and say "Damn, I hope when you are driving that car it doesn't do to guys what it does to women. When I got back out there from helping her get the luggage inside, there were three women surrounding the car saying ' Great car and now that your wife is gone ...'

lol.

When it dips a little below 70 and your passengers ask if you could put the top up. You just roll up the windows and turn on the heater......

When now that it's fall and the leaves are falling off the trees, there's now 4 full rows in the parking lot at work that you can't park in anymore.

... When you let your hubby use your car (with the top down) to drive a female friend to the airport, only to have him return and say "Damn, I hope when you are driving that car it doesn't do to guys what it does to women. When I got back out there from helping her get the luggage inside, there were three women surrounding the car saying ' Great car and now that your wife is gone ...'

DAMN! I need to go to YOUR Airport!!! :eyecrazy

When you buy replacement parts for your car from a local wrecked parts coupe...and you realize the part is slightly different for the cabrio....:shifty