BMW E30 325is

What are your opinions on getting one as a first car? If I can figure out how to replace the timing belt and water pump from some youtube videos, is the rest of the car bretty reliable?

also basically a redpill me on this post

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Timing belt is specified by the manufacturer to be changed every 50000.
Every other manufacturer almost doubles that.
Convertibles leak like you might as well be standing under a gutter in a rainstorm & dont rev the autotragic in park or you deplete the engine of oil or some stupid retarded inferior shit.

Pretty much this. But timing belt isn't the only oddity of this vehicle.

I would suggest either having a very good BMW specific mechanic or getting another vehicle and work your way up to an E30. Then (If) when you learn the ropes of car ownership, you may just end up getting memed out of wanting one of these. E30s are very specific vehicles with a niche purpose between comfort and performance that is something you should grow into.

I hear they at least don't have the electrical problems that plague the bit later BMW models. Just mechanical issues.

You heard wrong!
Never ask another BMW owner if their cars have shit electrical cause they won't tell you the truth. It's like a conspiracy or something.

Yes, ask people on a Siberian prison tattoo board who have never owned one, they will only tell you the truth

Yes anyone except an actual BMW owner cause they are always gonna tell you( pic related)