If you grew up in the 80's driving second hand 70's cars your love might be tempered by how drafty, noisy and unreliable they were. And how the interiors of just 6 to 8 year old cars would literally fall apart all around you as you drove. But they looked good.
OMG, I hope you enjoyed this. I almost cried just watching this. I love BMW's, especially old ones. Reminds me of our old 318i. You guys should find an E21 323i and take it for a spin. that would be AWESOME!!
Classic BMW's are the best. An ALPINA 2002tii Touring would be the ultimate. I had a grey market '77 316 with euro bumpers and "single headlights", '78 320i and an '85 323i Euro at one point or an other. Miss those cars a lot. Good drives. Never owned a 2002 and probably never will as they command $$$ now.
I miss the sound of the M10 engine and that classic BMW gear whine... And the smell of horsehair in the seats on a warm day. "Like" if you understand! I'm only 32, but I had a few classic Bimmers in my early 20's. Great cars, the new ones just don't compare.
I had one. These cars drove really well from 50 to 80 mph with a wonderfully smooth acceleration in this range. Seemingly faster that almost any other 4 cylinder car in it's day.....
We have the BMW 1602(1975) in Greece until today.I remember a trip fro Athens to Rome.From port of Bari directly to autostrada and the engine 140-145km at relantir with a little bit the accelerator 180km!!
I have nice oem 1602 parts, anyone....??? brand new in box oem 1600 pistons .25mm over size complete with rings & pin, rebuilt early 1.6 head, 276 cam cleaned pressure tested seals guilds, a 1600 block matching vin##, and body ID plate 1563#### plate numbers matching a clear California Pink Slip old school, the block will need cleaning & machining, crank everything there to revive early car or do a unique rebuild. My 1968 1602 long gone now in parts obviously, but not forgotten, I replaced it with 1971 2002, and 1970 e9, among a few others.
Prior to watching this video I thought that these cars sounded and behaved more like E30, but this is a really vintage. I have good speakers, good soundcard and I have found many of the sounds of the car annoying. Also the steering rack ratio is just ridiculous. I love the styling of this car, but I would never pay money to live with it.
Memory Lane! I bought the 1600-2 version of this BMW in 1968, and the styling underwent only minor detail changes over 7 or 8 years. Came to regret not upgrading to the 2002 with its bigger engine, but the 1600 was a great little car. I was a Car and Driver subscriber and was motivated to make the purchase by a cover and rave review of the 2002 early in 1968.
The 76 '02 was my first car. Damn greatest car ever. Even with them bumpers. Quick and nimble, awesome sounding through that Ansa exhaust when you wound out the gears. Oh man, the memories.
Hi Chris, Could I ask how you are mounting your camera to get that great POV view? I'm going to guess a ball-cap with a Go Pro mounted to the top of the bill?? Really curious since the POV is really spot-on!! I'm also guessing you're not recording audio to the camera either, but to a recorder & then syncing the two in an editor?? P.S. -> When you looked at the seatbelt in the beginning and I saw how thin the side of the car is; I ended up wincing later on when the Roadway truck passed you. Damn that would hurt to get hit by anything in this car...
cars in the 70s and 80s did not have a chime back then, they had buzzers, the first car that had a classic ding was the 1981 Cadillac Seville that came with a bell being hit by a hammer on the passenger side.
FEVER! once you get hooked on 02's you are doomed.. 20 years ago.. heck even ten years ago you could buy these like apples by the bushel .. now they rare and gold. Great car!
+Black Onyx Massive availability difference... In China, it's a very rare collectible car. Not in the US... I live in Japan and here too, it's a very rare car that only collectors own. A bit like the R32 GTR in the US... In the US it's a car everyone wants to buy and that costs 20k$+. In Japan it's a 8000$ sports car nobody really wants.
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