I received some unexpected news about an old friend today. But it’s not the kind of news you ever want to hear.
Now playing
“If I finish this project, anything afterwards will be a piece of cake.” Have you ever found yourself in the middle…
Now playing
It’s always intimidating cutting into a car’s sheet metal. But when it’s your first time ever doing it, it can be…
Pictured: Me on my way to Radwood Philadelphia this Sunday.
Now playing
You may have noticed I’ve been silent about my recent BMW E30 purchase. The fanfare of buying an elderly autobahn…
Now playing
It had been a good few months. You hadn’t been on Facebook Marketplace at all. You hadn’t looked up any old…
Now playing
I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, that doesn’t look bad at all!” Trust me, I thought the same thing.
This new Jeeves & Wooster reboot by Alpina is unexpected but I think it works.
In recent years, the first BMW M3 has become slightly more known for its ability to rival air-cooled Porsche prices…
If it’s time to go car shopping again, perhaps skip the Craigslist ads, the enticing CarMax warranty or Aston Martin…
Now playing
A Jalopnik reader had the misfortune of experiencing a fire extinguisher go rogue in the middle of a track day. We…
You know a project car is truly insane when swapping the body on another car was described as the “easy route” but…
Now playing
I tend to like German cars. The Volkswagen Golf is good. An E30 BMW 3 Series is also good. Throwing the rear…
You really did it. One of you maniacs out there actually spent a hot $102,000 on a 1989 BMW E30 M3 with 35,000 miles.
The E30 generation of BMW 3 Series is a great car. Overrated? Yeah, probably. But they’re fun and iconic enough that…
Now playing
One of my beefs with car culture—parts of it, at least, not all of it—is the way it emphasizes the biggest and the…
In the three decades it’s existed, the E30 BMW 3-Series went from yuppie mascot to irrelevant old coupe to bargain…
Now playing
Ex-Vine star and sentient dab Jake Paul is, without a doubt, the worst person in the universe, regurgitating played…
Now playing
Every old car owner’s worst nightmare is a mechanical failure, a crash out of your control. Greg built his 1991 BMW…
Now playing
Cue the epic soundtrack. It’s time to get sideways.